Leicestershire 271 for 8 (Handscomb 103, van der Gugten 5-49) beat Glamorgan 262 (Ingram 68, Trevaskis 4-54) through 9 runs
Chasing 272 then seamer Timm van der Gugten had taken 5 for 49, Glamorgan had been all out for 262, with Foxes left-arm spinner Liam Trevaskis their superstar guy with the ball, taking 4 for 54 to journey with the 47 he made with the bat in a very important 103-run partnership with Handscomb for Leicestershire’s 7th wicket, even if ex-Glamorgan guy Roman Walker ran him near, taking the latter 3 wickets for figures of three for 40 to seal a nine-run victory.
Veteran Colin Ingram top-scored for the Welsh aspect with 68. His dismissal to Trevaskis with 75 nonetheless wanted from 55 balls seemed to have swung the steadiness closely in opposition to the house aspect, however a Record A career-best 61 from Dan Douthwaite took the competition into the penultimate over.
The outcome places Lewis Hill’s aspect on 10 issues, one in the back of Glamorgan and Warwickshire – who additionally surrendered their unbeaten document in opposition to Yorkshire – and two forward of Gloucestershire and Yorkshire.
Each Glamorgan, who tackle Yorkshire in Cardiff within the last spherical of staff fits on Wednesday, and Warwickshire, who face eradicated Nottinghamshire at Rugby College, are already positive of no less than a quarter-final playground. Leicestershire, who progress to Bristol to satisfy Gloucestershire, have the prospective to complete in any of the summit 3 playgrounds – or be knocked out on web run-rate.
The only shade over their celebrations then this victory was once an shock to Handscomb suffered pace batting, then which he didn’t ground in Glamorgan’s innings and might construct him a dubiousness for Bristol.
Wanting to attain at 5.44 according to over, Glamorgan – lacking summit scorer Eddie Byrom via shock – misplaced each openers in first 9 overs to all-rounder Ian Holland, Tom Bevan serving to a leg-side supply into the fingers of scale down wonderful leg prior to Will Smale’s aim to unclouded the leg-side fence handiest picked out the person at deep sq.. They had been 43 for two from 10.
Leicestershire’s assault was once depleted through accidents and Hundred call-ups, but through the midway level in their innings at 108 for 4, they gave the impression now not such a lot to be biding their generation as making dehydrated going of what was once required.
They’d misplaced Sam Northeast to a go back catch tamely chipped again to Trevaskis for 31, the similar rating at which Kiran Carlson, appearing indicators of frustration, had holed out to deep midwicket off Tom Scriven. The velocity wanted was once as much as 6.56.
Billy Root was once stuck in the back of sq. at the opposite sweep off Trevaskis, Asa Tribe holing out to deep midwicket, a 3rd wicket for the left-arm spinner. Ingram, who crash two sixes and 7 fours, reached his fifty from 48 balls and had to be there on the finish if Glamorgan had been to win, so negligible marvel there have been rowdy celebrations a number of the house avid gamers when Trevaskis had him leg prior to sweeping.
Douthwaite’s 4 fours and 4 sixes stored Glamorgan within the hunt however then Walker bowled Van der Gugten and had Andy Gorvin stuck at backward level within the range of 4 deliveries, he was once the hero once more as Sol Budinger patiently waited for the ball to come back unwell at deep midwicket and Douthwaite’s courageous struggle got here to an finish.
Glamorgan had received the toss and pace a frenetic opening powerplay noticed them concede 59 runs then opting to bowl first on utility on a green-tinged sound however jerk 4 wickets, with a 5th briefly following within the eleventh over. 4 of them got here from Van der Gugten.
The pacy Netherlands world brushed aside Ian Holland leg prior to in his first over. Despatched again through the full of life Sol Budinger, skipper Hill was once run over through Asa Tribe’s direct crash from too much shield prior to the previous edged to first slip, having crash six fours in a 23-ball 28.
The resignation of the Foxes’ well-known run-scorer was once briefly adopted through that in their undoubted superstar flip, the Indian Check batter Ajinkya Rahane, who was once leg prior to providing negative shot, and Louis Kimber, who returned from The Hundred to be bowled during the gate for a four-ball duck.
Fresh guy Ben Cox crash six obstacles in his 34 however hooked Douthwaite to deep backward sq., resignation the Foxes 105 for six. The combo of Andy Gorvin and the spin of Carlson and Bevan proved restrictive however Handscomb and Trevaskis stayed affected person, including 103 in 23 overs prior to the closing was once bowled through the returning Van der Gugten.
Handscomb pulled Gorvin for his handiest six and dispatched Van der Gugten for his tenth 4 prior to finishing his 2nd hundred of this future’s pageant, by no means moved quickly but taking handiest 91 balls. He and Scriven added 47 in 5 overs prior to the Australian – limping in opposition to the top of his innings – succumbed to a catch at backward level.
