Nottinghamshire 171 for five (Hales 71*, Moores 32, Raine 2-15) beat Durham 168 for six (Robinson 50, Mullaney 3-28) by 5 wickets
Alex Hales scored an unbeaten 65 to information Nottinghamshire Outlaws again to profitable methods within the Vitality Blast, defeating Durham by 5 wickets at Seat Distinctive Riverside.
The England opener was in dominant kind for the Outlaws bouncing again from a duck in opposition to the Lancashire Lightning in his final outing. Hales was aggressive firstly of his knock to place his group forward of the speed earlier than taking part in the anchor position, permitting team-mates Tom Moores and Shaheen Afridi to blast Notts over the road with 4 balls to spare.
Earlier within the day, Ollie Robinson scored his second T20 fifty in two days to prime rating for the hosts of their innings of 168. However, Durham have been made to rue a pricey finish to their innings after scoring solely 9 from their last two overs, which performed a major position of their first defeat within the competitors this season.
After dropping the toss, Durham’s Graham Clark regarded to construct on his century of their opener match and located his vary within the third over, clattering Afridi for a six and boundary into the leg-side from successive deliveries earlier than simply lifting an off-drive over the pinnacle Matthew Carter at mid-off at hand the house facet impetus.
Conor McKerr halted Clark’s onslaught for 29 because the opener picked out Mullaney. However, Michael Jones saved Durham’s sturdy begin alive after surviving an edge previous Tom Moores from his first ball. The Scotland worldwide scored 5 boundaries in a quick-fire 26 from 12 balls, however Mullaney produced a gem to bowl Jones after which prised out Alex Lees for 13.
Durham required a response to stem the tide. Turner and Robinson produced an important stand beneath strain value 57 for the fourth wicket. The 2 gamers complemented one another nicely with the guile of Robinson and the facility of Turner offering the muse of the Durham innings.
Turner tried to push the run price on however offered Mullaney together with his third wicket when Hales took a very good low catch at long-off. Robinson pressed on and continued to defy the Nottinghamshire assault, dispatching Afridi for 2 boundaries to file his second Blast…
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