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T20 Blast | Chris Lynn’s knock in vain as Warwickshire win high-scoring encounter

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Warwickshire, under West Indies import Carlos Brathwaite, trumped Northamptonshire in an away game to collect two North Group points in the business end of the tournament. Over 400 runs were scored in the entertaining evening at Northampton’s County Ground, with Warwickshire chasing down the hosts total with six wickets and seven balls to spare.


Prior to the match, Northampton captain Joshua Cobb won the toss and opted to bat first. Openers Ben Curran and Chris Lynn instigated a boundary riot at the top in their 72-run stand, with the latter of the two charting 59 runs off just 43 balls. Meanwhile, number 3 batter Saif Zaib clubbed a 32-ball 74 to turbo-charge his side’s score to 211 from their 20 overs.


Among Warwickshire bowlers, Craig Miles and Jake Lintott collected two wickets each. However, both failed to contain the stem of run flow in the first innings of the match. Captain Brathwaite claimed a wicket in his four-over spell, dismissing opener Curran for 26.


In response, Warwickshire batters struck fifth gear from the get-go as openers Paul Stirling, and Robert Yates collected 21 runs off the opening Tom Taylor over. After racing to 17 off just 7, Stirling was dismissed by Ben Sanderson. Sanderson’s spell of 2-18 from 3 overs made him standout in a match every other bowler went above 8 per over.


Adam Hose’s 44-ball 63*, Alex Davies 18-ball 42 and Chris Benjamin’s 31-ball 58 brought down the thunder on Northamptonshire bowlers as the Carlos Brathwaite-led side effortlessly chased down their imposing target.


Warwickshire’s win earns them two points, thus elevating them to fourth spot on the North Group standings.


Brief scores:

Northamptonshire: 211-6 (20)

Saif Zaib 74 (32), Chris Lynn 59 (43)

J Lintott 2-39, Craig Miles 2-53

 

Warwickshire: 213-4 (18.5)

Adam Hose 63* (44), Chris Benjamin 58* (31)

Ben Sanderson 2-18, Tom Taylor 1-50

 

Warwickshire won by 6 wickets

 

 



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