Metro vs Birmingham Sports
Metro won Open the scorecard first, then use the report and analysis sections below for context.
Match snapshot
Match state
Metro won
Result, hero summary, and scorecard come first; report and analysis follow underneath.
Date
Saturday, 23 August 2003
Venue: The Nursery Ground, Lords.
Competition
Cup or knockout fixture in the BCEW archive.
Analysis scope
Whole archive context
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Result
Metro won
- Metro
- 96 for 5 from 15.2 overs
- Birmingham Sports
- 95 for 10 from 17.5 overs
Metro won the toss and elected to field.
Innings 1: Birmingham Sports
95/10 (17.5)
Batting
- Runs
- 0
- Balls faced
- —
- Fours
- —
- Sixes
- —
- How out
- c David Townley b Heindrich Swanepoel
- Runs
- 0
- Balls faced
- —
- Fours
- —
- Sixes
- —
- How out
- c Simon Butler b Adam Benjamin
- Runs
- 8
- Balls faced
- —
- Fours
- —
- Sixes
- —
- How out
- c Tim Guttridge b Heindrich Swanepoel
- Runs
- 0
- Balls faced
Match report
Metro beat Birmingham Sports.
Metro won the toss and elected to field first.
Birmingham Sports made 95/10 from 17.5 overs, a run rate of 5.33. Andy Powers top-scored with 28. Adam Benjamin took 4 wickets for 21 runs from 4.5 overs, including 1 maiden, at an economy of 4.34. Heindrich Swanepoel was the most economical bowler, at an economy of 4.33 from 3 overs. Simon Butler led the fielding with 3 catches.
Metro made 96/5 from 15.2 overs, a run rate of 6.26. Simon Butler top-scored with 39. Michael Harrison took 2 wickets for 16 runs from 5 overs, including 1 maiden, at an economy of 3.20. Of the 5 dismissals recorded, 5 were caught. Extras added 14 runs, 15% of the total — 3 byes, 7 wides and 4 no-balls.
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