Will Rhodes leads from the entrance as Warwickshire preserve 100% begin
Warwickshire 248 for six (Rhodes 75, Reece 4-42) beat Derbyshire 247 for 9 (Lloyd 65, Guest 57, Hannon-Dalby 4-49, H Brookes 3-44) by 4 wickets
Warwickshire continued their buccaneering progress within the Metro Bank One-Day Cup with a fifth successive win, by 4 wickets over Derbyshire at Edgbaston. The Bears accomplished their highest-ever List A chase in opposition to Derbyshire by overhauling the guests’ first rate however removed from daunting whole of 247 for 9.
Half-centuries from David Lloyd (65 off 92 balls) and Brooke Guest (57 off 59) assured the guests one thing to bowl at however the innings lacked a late cost. Olly Hannon-Dalby strengthened his place as prime wicket-taker within the comp this yr with 4 for 49 whereas Henry Brookes, launched from Hundred responsibility, took 3 for 44.
Warwickshire then made measured progress to 248 for six – Will Rhodes main the best way with 75 – in 47.4 overs to depart Derbyshire with only one win from 5 video games and solely delight to play for of their remaining three matches.
After selecting to bat, Derbyshire noticed off Hannon-Dalby’s first spell however Harry Came lifted Brookes to level to finish a gap stand of 35 in ten overs. Luis Reece and Lloyd added a sedate 48 earlier than the previous performed throughout a flighted ball from Jake Lintott and fell lbw.
That was Lintott’s a hundred and fifteenth sufferer in county cricket – subsequent got here Tazeem Ali‘s first. The 17-year-old offspinner, making his debut, confirmed the bottle and talent to comply with a ball which went for 5 leg-side wides with one which turned to win an lbw choice in opposition to Haider Ali.
Lloyd reached his eighth List A half-century however then bought an try and lap Brookes horribly unsuitable and fell lbw. Guest batted most assertively till he performed on from a slog at Hannon-Dalby who prevented a late cost from the batters by twice taking wickets with successive balls. The Yorkshireman will probably be on a hat-trick when he runs in to ship his first ball in opposition to Northamptonshire at Edgbaston on Friday.
Ed Barnard launched Warwickshire’s reply with a crisp 23 then clipped Suranga Lakmal firmly to mid-wicket the place Came took an outstanding diving catch. Reece nipped one via Rob Yates’ gate however Rhodes and Michael Burgess (46 off 43 balls) added 70 in 13 overs to place the pursuit nicely heading in the right direction.
Burgess was adjudged lbw, sweeping Mark Watt, however Rhodes continued his productive 50-over marketing campaign. The captain moved to 50 in 64 balls and it was a shock when he chopped on to Reece with 39 wanted from 52 balls.
Jake Bethell after a sketchy begin, settled to play some good-looking strokes. He struck the one two sixes of the sport and departed, lbw sweeping at Reece, with the Bears had been on the edge of their report List A chase in opposition to Derbyshire, displacing the 217 they reeled in at Derby in 1997 to report a one-wicket win to which 12 leg byes had been essential.