Summary

  • Hastings hits 50 off 19 balls for Worcs

  • Worcs post 190-7 at Edgbaston

  • Sibley out for 49 on Bears debut - stunning Santner catch

  • Bears fall short on 185-7 - Santner takes 3-16

Live Reporting

Felix Keith

  1. 6 runs

    Bears 86-3

    Sibley 45, Elliott 9

    Shot. No slogging from Dom Sibley. He gets to the pitch off one from Brett D'Oliveira and smashes it to the short boundary on the offside for the Bears' first six of the innings.

    Bears need 105 from 60 balls. This game is on a knife edge.

  2. dropped catch

    Sibley dropped by Brown

    Bears 75-3

    Oh dear. How costly might that prove for Worcestershire? Dom Sibley plinks one down to long-off from Daryl Mitchell's bowling, but Patrick Brown grasses it.

    Grant Elliott finds the boundary with an aggressive shot to cow corner to take nine runs off the over.

  3. Elsewhere in the T20 Blast

    Varun ChopraRex Features
    • Marchant de Lange has taken two wickets as Surrey are require another 75 runs against Glamorgan with 39 balls remaining
    • Essex are 77-1 against Hampshire (chasing 169) and have just had Varun Chopra trapped lbw by Gareth Berg
    • Derbyshire, targetting 190 against Nottinghamshire, are currently 60-2 with seven overs gone
    • Leicestershire's Mark Cosgrove (43) is on his way to his 50 against Lancashire. They require another 67 from 38 balls.
    • A thrilling finale shaping up at Chester-le-Street. Yorkshire need another 40 runs with 23 balls left against Durham.

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  4. Bears 66-3

    A lot of pressure on the shoulders of Dom Sibley now. The required rate is 10.5 as Grant Elliott comes in.

  5. wicket

    WICKET Hose (c&b D'Oliveira) 1

    Bears 64-3

    Good captaincy from Joe Leach. He's seen the effectiveness of the slower bowlers and the change works immediately.

    Brett D'Oliveira sees the back of Adam Hose, who smashes one back at the leg-spinner, who takes a sharp catch. Bears in trouble now.

  6. Bears 63-2

    Sibley 31, Hose 1

    Mitchell Santner looks very difficult to score off out there. The left-arm spinner has 2-12 from his three overs.

    Pressure is now on new Bears Dom Sibley and Adam Hose.

  7. wicket

    WICKET Hain (st Cox b Santner) 2

    Bears 61-2

    Very sharp work behind the stumps from Ben Cox. Lovely combination, with Sam Hain completely out-foxed by Mitchell Santner's 47mph delivery. His back foot slides out of the crease and the bails are removed.

  8. Bears 60-1

    Sibley 29, Hain 6

    Good end to the Powerplay for the Bears. Dom Sibley creams a short one to the fence before a big full-toss from Joe Leach ends up at the fine-leg boundary.

    Sam Hain pulls Leach's final ball to the boundary, too - 16 runs off that one.

  9. Bears 44-1

    Sibley 20, Hain 1

    Excellent stuff from Mitchell Santner. He goes for just one off the over, with the final ball prompting a stumping appeal. Dom Sibley is fine, but sharp work from Ben Cox.

    One over of the Powerplay left.

  10. wicket

    WICKET Bell (c Brown b Santner) 15

    Bears 43-1

    Ian Bell is not a cat it turns out. He used two lives, but falls on his third go. He slices a Mitchell Santner delivery to Patrick Brown at short third-man, who takes a simple catch.

  11. Bears 43-0

    Sibley 20, Bell 15

    Ian Bell is living a charmed life out there at the moment. He mistimes one, but a retreating Mitchell Santner can't grab it.

    It's a better over from John Hastings, but with four byes there's still nine runs off it. Bears on track at the moment.

  12. Elsewhere in the T20 Blast

    Billy GodlemanRex Features
    • Derbyshire opener Billy Godleman removed by Samit Patel with just the second ball of their innings against Nottinghamshire
    • Leicestershire are almost halfway through their innings against Lancashire and are 72-2, chasing 174
    • Yorkshire are 76-2 against Durham, with David Willey (17) and Alex Lees (22) at the crease
    • Kent have set Sussex a target of 164 at Canterbury
    • Essex are 17-0 against Hampshire, chasing 169
    • Surrey lost Jason Roy for a duck against Glamorgan

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  13. Bears 34-0

    Sibley 19, Bell 11

    Vintage Ian Bell. The former England man skips down the pitch second ball to Mitchell Santner before timing it over extra-cover for four.

    Bears take eight from the left-arm spinner's first over and have started brightly, but in a very different manner to Worcestershire.

  14. dropped catch

    Bell dropped by Tongue

    Bears 26-0

    Phwooaarrr. That's gorgeous from Dom Sibley. John Hastings' first ball is pumped past mid-on for four before he slaps a leg-cutter through the offside to the fence.

    He gets off strike before Josh Tongue drops a sitter at short fine-leg to give Ian Bell a life.

    Sibley finishes the over with a powerful back-away-and-hook shot for another boundary. He has 18 already.

  15. Bears 12-0

    Sibley 5, Bell 4

    Josh Tongue is a highly regarded fast bowler, but he starts shakily, firing a wide down the legside below he allows Dom Sibley two balls on his pads to get away.

    A slower-ball bouncer is then dispatched by Ian Bell and the Bears are off to a flier - simply by playing conventional shots.

  16. Latest scores

    North Group

    • Durham 157-3 v Yorkshire 51-2 (7 overs)
    • Leicestershire 45-2 (4.2 overs) v Lancashire 173-5
    • Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 189-4 (20 overs)
    • Birmingham Bears v Worcestershire 190-7 (20 overs)

    South Group

    • Surrey 46-1 (5 overs) v Glamorgan 181-6
    • Gloucestershire v Somerset 136-9 (18.4 overs)
    • Hampshire 168-6 (20 overs) v Essex
    • Kent 157-9 (19.3 overs) v Sussex Sharks

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    Jack TaylorRex Features

  17. Can the Bears make if five in a row?

    Worcs 190-7

    Birmingham Bears have been in excellent form of late in the T20 Blast, winning their last four games. Can they make it five in a row and do the double over their local rivals? They'll need 191 at just over 9.5 runs per over.

    Dom Sibley will hope to continue his positive debut as he opens the batting with skipper Ian Bell.

  18. Worcs 190-7

    D'Oliveira 35, Leach 0

    Brett D'Oliveira takes two from the final Keith Barker delivery to help Worcestershire reach 190.

    It's a good score, but after a rocket-fuelled start, the Bears will be happy with how they responded, with Jeetan Patel and Dom Sibley doing well in the middle overs. Game on.

  19. wicket

    WICKET Barnard (run out Mellor) 2

    Worcs 188-7

    Brett D'Oliveira is desperate to get back on strike. So much so in fact that he's willing to run out Ed Barnard.

  20. Elsewhere in Friday's T20 Blast games

    Paul CollingwoodRex Features
    • Durham have set Yorkshire a target of 158 at Chester-le-Street. Paul Collingwood hit an unbeaten 88 for the hosts.
    • Lancashire have finished their innings on 173-5 against Leicestershire. Jos Buttler top-scored for the hosts with a 40-ball 57.
    • Jason Roy out first ball as Surrey chase 182 against Glamorgan
    • George Bailey is currently on 56 as Hampshire are 130-5 with three overs still to play in their innings against Essex.

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