Worcestershire v Warwickshire
A pair of Australians have already come blisteringly close to the first century in the Twenty20 Cup, and last night it was Nick Knight's turn to come, see and all but conquer, as Warwickshire made it two wins out of two in the Midlands/West/Wales division.
Like Andrew Symonds and Brad Hodge, Knight fell agonisingly short of his hundred, but his 89 from 58 balls was too much for Worcestershire. Using a strong crosswind to pepper the short boundaries, Knight chipped reverse-sweeps over the infield and flayed through the covers. Even his own team-mates couldn't keep pace – the next highest score was Ian Bell's 16. Kadeer Ali kept Worcestershire in the hunt with a stroke-filled 53, but Ian Carter was unstoppable, finishing with 3 for 19.
Twenty20 Cup, 2003, Midlands/West/Wales Division
Worcestershire v Warwickshire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
18 June 2003 (20-over match)
Result: Warwickshire won by 20 runs
Points: Warwickshire 2, Worcestershire 0
Toss: Warwickshire
Umpires: PJ Hartley and AA Jones
TV Umpire: A Clarkson
Man of the Match: NV Knight
Warwickshire innings (20 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
*NV Knight st Rhodes b Batty 89 66 58 9 3
IJL Trott c Moore b Mason 5 10 8 1 0
DP Ostler c Smith b Harrity 4 9 4 0 0
NM Carter c Mason b Leatherdale 11 12 8 2 0
IR Bell st Rhodes b Batty 16 11 10 3 0
TL Penney run out 3 6 5 0 0
GG Wagg st Rhodes b Batty 7 4 6 1 0
CO Obuya run out 14 13 11 0 1
NMK Smith run out 2 3 4 0 0
Waqar Younis c Smith b Harrity 6 5 4 1 0
+KJ Piper not out 0 2 0 0 0
Extras (b 5, lb 9, w 4) 18
Total (all out, 19.4 overs) 175
FoW: 1-11 (Trott), 2-35 (Ostler), 3-69 (Carter), 4-109 (Bell),
5-128 (Penney), 6-137 (Wagg), 7-155 (Knight), 8-166 (Smith),
9-171 (Obuya), 10-175 (Waqar Younis).
Bowling O M R W
Mason 4 0 27 1
Harrity 3.4 0 32 2 (1w)
Liptrot 4 0 19 0 (1w)
Leatherdale 4 0 38 1 (1w)
Batty 4 0 45 3 (1w)
Worcestershire innings (target: 176 runs from 20 overs) R M B 4 6
SD Peters c Ostler b Carter 23 20 23 4 0
DK Taylor c Ostler b Carter 0 5 3 0 0
GJ Batty c Knight b Carter 5 7 9 0 0
Kadeer Ali b Bell 53 40 36 2 3
*BF Smith not out 40 49 38 4 0
DA Leatherdale b Waqar Younis 10 10 10 1 0
SC Moore not out 2 3 2 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 9, w 9, nb 2) 22
Total (5 wickets, 20 overs) 155
DNB: MS Mason, +SJ Rhodes, CG Liptrot, MA Harrity.
FoW: 1-8 (Taylor), 2-20 (Batty), 3-37 (Peters), 4-127 (Ali),
5-151 (Leatherdale).
Bowling O M R W
Waqar Younis 4 0 25 1 (1w)
Carter 4 0 19 3 (5w)
Wagg 2 0 19 0 (1nb)
Obuya 3 0 25 0
Smith 3 0 27 0 (1w)
Bell 4 0 29 1 (1w)
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