David Townley T20 CupSaturday, 8 August 2026
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Metro
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, 8 August 2026
Venue: East Haddon Memorial Playing Field.
Competition
David Townley T20 Cup
Cup or knockout fixture in the BCEW archive.
Analysis scope
Whole archive context
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Result
Metro won
- Northamptonshire Steelbacks
- 79 for 9 from 17.3 overs
- Metro
- 267 for 1 from 20 overs
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
Innings 1: Metro
267/1 (20)
Batting
- Runs
- 159
- Balls faced
- 74
- Fours
- 25
- Sixes
- 2
- How out
- not out
- Runs
- 65
- Balls faced
- 34
- Fours
- 10
- Sixes
- 1
- How out
- b Neve Abgeller
- Runs
- 20
- Balls faced
- 15
- Fours
- 1
- Sixes
- 0
- How out
- not out
- Runs
- —
- Balls faced
- —
- Fours
- —
- Sixes
- —
- How out
- did not bat
Match report
Metro beat Northamptonshire Steelbacks.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field first.
Metro made 267/1 from 20 overs, a run rate of 13.35. Matt Dean top-scored with 159 from 74 balls. Neve Abgeller took 1 wicket for 26 runs from 2 overs, at an economy of 13.00. Conna Burrows was the most economical bowler, at an economy of 10.00 from 4 overs. The innings included 36 fours and 3 sixes.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks made 79/9 from 17.3 overs, a run rate of 4.51. Gerald Porter top-scored with 27 from 21 balls. Nick Ebbeck took 2 wickets for 0 runs from 0.3 overs, at an economy of 0.00. Rory Field was the most economical bowler, at an economy of 3.33 from 3 overs. Mo Ghalib led the fielding with 3 catches.
Century for Matt Dean.
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