Birmingham Bears 200 for 6 (Hose 55, Benjamin 48*) beat Derbyshire 197 for 8 (Guest 54, Lintott 2-30, Briggs 2-30) by three runsBirmingham Bears survived a late Derbyshire Falcons surge to win a thrilling Vitality Blast North Group game at Derby by three runs. After McKiernan finished his spell, the Falcons looked like restricting the Bears to around 160 but Hose and Benjamin cut loose in the last five overs. Watt went for 24 in the 16th and after Hose drove Kerr for six to reach 50 off 28 balls, Benjamin smashed him for two more maximums with another 24 coming from the 19th. Hose pulled Conners to deep midwicket but that ushered in Carlos Brathwaite for a brutal cameo. Leus du Plooy and Wayne Madsen gave the Falcons hope but when they fell in consecutive overs, the game looked up.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 27, 2022 22:29 UTC