Birmingham, confirmed as North Group winners, will take their place in the last eight with a home tie and as the form team in the country. His 81 from 41 balls had reduced the Headingley crowd to silence long before David Willey had him lbw. Yorkshire had dismissed Birmingham for only 101 on a used pitch at Edgbaston earlier in the tournament, but this was different gravy. It took Birmingham only 8.1 overs to reach that landmark in the return fixture as Stirling deposited Jordan Thompson for one of his seven sixes. This was a fatalistic Yorkshire seam bowling performance, not helped by some fielding blemishes on an outfield dampened by rain that had delayed the start for 35 minutes.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 01, 2022 21:57 UTC