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3 days ago
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Hose hits superb 95 as Rapids beat Outlaws
Vitality Blast, Trent BridgeWorcestershire Rapids 206-5 (20 overs): Hose 95, Ali 51; Pennington 2-48Nottinghamshire Outlaws 181-7 (20 overs): Patterson-White 39*, Moores 39; Taylor 2-36, Duffy 2-42Worcestershire Rapids win by 25 runsScorecard Adam Hose hit a devastating 95 from 51 balls to help Worcestershire Rapids secure a 25-run victory over Nottinghamshire Outlaws in the T20 Blast at Trent hosts won the toss and put Worcestershire in to bat - a decision that looked to be paying dividends when the hosts picked up two quick early wickets to put the Rapids under pressure at skipper Brett D'Oliveira was run out for a golden duck in bizarre fashion just three balls into the innings when he lost his balance as he tried to take a quick single and bowler Daniel Sams reacted quickly to dismiss him with a direct Pollock then hammered former Worcestershire bowler Dillon Pennington's first ball straight down Matthew Montgomery's throat at deep square leg to leave the Rapids in a spot of Kashif Ali instantly went on the attack for Worcestershire, hitting three sixes in the space of three overs to end the powerplay at moved onto 51 but soon after he was caught in the deep by Lyndon James after coming down the track to Calvin Harrison in the 10th over and sending one straight to long that moment onwards, Hose stepped on the gas and produced a blistering batting display, smashing six sixes - two of which sailed over the stand - and seven first maximum from Hose was the biggest of the lot, sending an enormous slog sweep into the street outside the ground off Liam repeated the trick again shortly after, this time off Harrison, and then went to his 21st T20 career half-century - and second of the season - in some style as he pulled Conor McKerr for Brookes ably supported Hose, making a valuable 32 from 19 balls before he tried to go big through the leg side against Patterson-White but was caught by Sams in the deep to bring to an end a 79-run partnership with Hose to leave the Rapids on it did not slow Worcestershire's progress as Ben Dwarshuis joined Hose in the middle and they took 16 runs from Pennington in the 17th over and then 19 from Sams in the penultimate over of the was still time for one more six in the final over off Pennington - and 11th of the evening for the Rapids - as Dwarshuis smashed one on the up over mid-wicket on his way to 18 not out off nine Hose chasing what would have been the first T20 Blast century of the season, he tried to scoop Pennington down to fine leg but was trapped in front, falling just five runs short of a ton as Worcestershire finished on 95 is the joint-highest score of the T20 Blast season, with Lancashire's Keaton Jennings also reaching the same figure against Notts in May. Nottinghamshire made a relatively bright start in reply despite losing Lyndon James for just one when he sent a length delivery from Tom Taylor tamely into the hands of Hose at who is the Outlaws' leading T20 run-scorer so far this season, pushed his side onto 38 inside the first five after he toed one in the air straight to Taylor at mid-off from Jacob Duffy for 19, the hosts struggled to build any significant Henriques was stumped by Gareth Roderick off Fateh Singh and skipper Joe Clarke, who hit two sixes on the way to 31, was caught by D'Oliveira off Taylor to leave the Outlaws 72-4 at the halfway point of the hit two sixes and made a quick 20 from 12 balls, while Tom Moores joint top-scored with 39, but both fell in relatively quick succession as Nottinghamshire saw any realistic hopes of victory drift away at 129-6 with five overs (15) and Patterson-White (39*) slapped a few impressive boundaries towards the end of the innings to restore some pride, with the latter launching a particularly huge six through mid-on from a valiant late effort for the Outlaws proved to be in vain as they ended up on 181-7 and Worcestershire sealed a deserved win to move level on points with Nottinghamshire and above them on net run-rate into fourth.
BBC News
17-02-2025
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Hales opts out of Outlaws return
Former England batter Alex Hales will not return to Nottinghamshire Outlaws to play in the T20 Blast this 36-year-old opener, who became the second-highest runscorer in the history of T20 cricket earlier this month, has played for Nottinghamshire for 17 consecutive seasons. However, he has recently relocated to Dubai and has decided not to sign a white-ball contract with the said Trent Bridge was his "favourite place in the world to play cricket" and he would like to "return at some point" but looks set to take up franchise opportunities in the Caribbean Premier League and Major League Cricket instead. He is the Outlaws' all-time leading T20 run-scorer, with 4,825 runs in the format, and has made a total of 25 centuries in Nottinghamshire colours."Given the current landscape of the global game as well as having recently moved abroad, unfortunately I won't be able to return this season," Hales director of cricket Mick Newell added: "While he won't be joining us this summer, we are by no means closing the door on him making a return to Notts at some stage in the future."Hales played 11 Tests, 70 one-day internationals and 75 T20s for England between 2011 and hit centuries in each of England's ODI world-record breaking innings at Trent Bridge, and was part of the team which won the T20 World Cup in 2022.
