Metro vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks
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Match snapshot
Match state
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Date
Saturday, 19 June 2021
Venue: Highgate.
Competition
Cup or knockout fixture in the BCEW archive.
Analysis scope
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Result
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- Metro
- 249 for 4 from 30 overs
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks
- 149 for 3 from 21 overs
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
Innings 1: Metro
249/4 (30)
Batting
- Runs
- 136
- Balls faced
- 96
- Fours
- 13
- Sixes
- 3
- How out
- not out
- Runs
- 18
- Balls faced
- 18
- Fours
- 1
- Sixes
- 1
- How out
- c Gerald Porter b Mark Turnham
- Runs
- 0
- Balls faced
- 12
- Fours
- 0
- Sixes
- 0
- How out
- c Gerald Porter b Michael Harrison
- Runs
- 38
- Balls faced
- 38
- Fours
- 2
- Sixes
- 1
Match report
The match between Metro and Northamptonshire Steelbacks ended in a draw.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field first.
Metro made 249/4 from 30 overs, a run rate of 8.30. Matt Dean top-scored with 136 from 96 balls. Hassan Ali took 1 wicket for 28 runs from 6 overs, including 1 maiden, at an economy of 4.67. Gerald Porter led the fielding with 2 catches. Of the 4 dismissals recorded, 3 were caught and 1 run out.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks made 149/3 from 21 overs, a run rate of 7.10. David Howells top-scored with 105 from 67 balls. Gareth Jones took 1 wicket for 8 runs from 3 overs, including 1 maiden, at an economy of 2.67. Of the 3 dismissals recorded, 2 were caught and 1 bowled. Extras added 28 runs, 19% of the total — 3 byes, 1 leg bye, 15 wides and 9 no-balls.
Centuries for Matt Dean and David Howells.
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