Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
Worcestershire captain Gareth Batty must have being rueing his decision to bat first as his side were ripped apart by the Northants Steelbacks at New Road.
After winning the toss and electing to bat the Royals top order were blown away by Matthew Nicholson and Ben Philips who both ended the innings with three wickets a piece.
It was only when Zaheer Khan came to the crease that the Royals started to find the boundaries, Khan partnered by tail enders Ray Price and Matt Mason dragged the Royals to 86 before Khan was caught by Ganguly off the bowling of Nicholson.
With such a low total to defend the Royals needed to strike early but Steelbacks openers Sourav Ganguly and Usman Afzaal slowly took their time as they looked to build the winning partnership.
Roger Sillence made the only breakthrough for the Royals picking up the wicket of Afzaal for only 8 before Ganguly and captain David Sales steered the Steelbacks to a 9 wicket victory, their first Twenty20 group win of the season.
Twenty20 Cup, 2006, Midlands/West/Wales Division
Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
30 June 2006 (20-over match)
Result: Northamptonshire won by 9 wickets
Points: Northamptonshire 2, Worcestershire 0
Toss: Worcestershire
Umpires: NL Bainton and TE Jesty
Worcestershire innings R M B 4 6
L Vincent c White b Nicholson 2 3 5 0 0
GA Hick lbw b Phillips 2 9 6 0 0
BF Smith c Ganguly b Nicholson 0 1 2 0 0
+SM Davies c Sales b Phillips 10 9 9 2 0
SC Moore st Wessels b Panesar 13 31 23 1 0
*GJ Batty b Phillips 1 1 2 0 0
DKH Mitchell run out 0 0 1 0 0
RJ Sillence lbw b Brown 11 23 23 1 0
Z Khan c Ganguly b Nicholson 26 28 21 4 0
RW Price b Ganguly 10 13 15 1 0
MS Mason not out 7 10 10 1 0
Extras (lb 3, w 1) 4
Total (all out, 19.3 overs) 86
FoW: 1-3 (Vincent), 2-4 (Smith), 3-5 (Hick), 4-16 (Davies),
5-18 (Batty), 6-18 (Mitchell), 7-40 (Moore),
8-42 (Sillence), 9-63 (Price), 10-86 (Khan).
Bowling O M R W
Phillips 4 0 12 3
Nicholson 3.3 1 12 3
Ganguly 4 0 21 1
Panesar 4 0 23 1
Brown 4 0 15 1 (1w)
Northamptonshire innings (target: 87 runs) R M B 4 6
U Afzaal c Vincent b Sillence 8 18 15 1 0
SC Ganguly not out 44 59 53 5 0
*DJG Sales not out 34 40 31 4 1
Extras (w 1) 1
Total (1 wickets, 16.3 overs) 87
To Bat: BM Shafayat, +MH Wessels, L Klusener, BJ Phillips,
AR White, MJ Nicholson, MS Panesar, JF Brown.
FoW: 1-19 (Afzaal).
Bowling O M R W
Khan 3 0 15 0 (1w)
Sillence 2 0 6 1
Mason 3.3 0 16 0
Price 3 0 20 0
Mitchell 2 0 12 0
Batty 2 0 12 0
Vincent 1 0 6 0
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