David Townley T20 CupSaturday, 14 June 2025
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Cheshire Cobras
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won Open the scorecard first, then use the report and analysis sections below for context.
Match snapshot
Match state
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won
Result, hero summary, and scorecard come first; report and analysis follow underneath.
Date
Saturday, 14 June 2025
Venue: Badby Cricket Club.
Competition
David Townley T20 Cup
Cup or knockout fixture in the BCEW archive.
Analysis scope
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Result
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks
- 133 for 0 from 11.2 overs
- Cheshire Cobras
- 129 for 3 from 20 overs
Cheshire Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
Innings 1: Cheshire Cobras
129/3 (20)
Batting
- Runs
- 25
- Balls faced
- 28
- Fours
- 5
- Sixes
- 0
- How out
- run out (David Howells)
- Runs
- 10
- Balls faced
- 30
- Fours
- 1
- Sixes
- 0
- How out
- c Asif Ali b Bilal Akhtar
- Runs
- 0
- Balls faced
- 6
- Fours
- 0
- Sixes
- 0
- How out
- b Eddy Claridge
- Runs
- 41
- Balls faced
- 41
- Fours
- 5
- Sixes
- 0
Match report
Northamptonshire Steelbacks beat Cheshire Cobras.
Cheshire Cobras won the toss and elected to bat first.
Cheshire Cobras made 129/3 from 20 overs, a run rate of 6.45. Paul Knowles top-scored with 41 from 41 balls. Bilal Akhtar took 1 wicket for 5 runs from 4 overs, including 1 maiden, at an economy of 1.25. Of the 3 dismissals recorded, 1 was caught, 1 bowled and 1 run out. Extras added 35 runs, 27% of the total — 6 byes, 21 wides and 8 no-balls.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks made 133/0 from 11.2 overs, a run rate of 11.74. David Howells top-scored with 72 from 41 balls. Michael Harrison was the most economical bowler, at an economy of 7.00 from 3 overs. The innings included 14 fours and 3 sixes.
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