David Townley T20 CupSaturday, 26 July 2025
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Lancashire Lions
Lancashire Lions won Open the scorecard first, then use the report and analysis sections below for context.
Match snapshot
Match state
Lancashire Lions won
Result, hero summary, and scorecard come first; report and analysis follow underneath.
Date
Saturday, 26 July 2025
Venue: Badby Cricket Club.
Competition
David Townley T20 Cup
Cup or knockout fixture in the BCEW archive.
Analysis scope
Whole archive context
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Result
Lancashire Lions won
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks
- 118 for 7 from 20 overs
- Lancashire Lions
- 119 for 4 from 12.1 overs
Lancashire Lions won the toss and elected to field.
Innings 1: Northamptonshire Steelbacks
118/7 (20)
Batting
- Runs
- 37
- Balls faced
- 49
- Strike rate
- 75.51
- Fours
- 2
- Sixes
- 0
- How out
- b Shahzaib Haider
- Runs
- 3
- Balls faced
- 6
- Strike rate
- 50.00
- Fours
- 0
- Sixes
- 0
- How out
- c Zahid Mahmood b Arslan Sabir
- Runs
- 4
- Balls faced
- 17
- Strike rate
- 23.53
- Fours
- 0
- Sixes
- 0
- How out
- c Lewis Kurucz b Shoaib Nazir
Match report
Lancashire Lions beat Northamptonshire Steelbacks.
Lancashire Lions won the toss and elected to field first.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks made 118/7 from 20 overs, a run rate of 5.90. Bilal Akhtar top-scored with 37 from 49 balls. Tahseen Sabir took 1 wicket for 9 runs from 3 overs, including 1 maiden, at an economy of 3.00. Of the 7 dismissals recorded, 4 were caught, 2 bowled and 1 run out. Extras added 17 runs, 14% of the total — 9 wides and 8 no-balls.
Lancashire Lions made 119/4 from 12.1 overs, a run rate of 9.78. Shahzaib Haider top-scored with 63 from 39 balls. Bilal Akhtar took 2 wickets for 30 runs from 3 overs, at an economy of 10.00. Gerald Porter led the fielding with 2 catches. Of the 4 dismissals recorded, 3 were caught and 1 lbw.
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