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. wicket

    WICKET Mitchell (c Mellor b Barker) 16

    Worcs 186-6

    What an anti-climax. Daryl Mitchell falls, edging an extremely slow and wide one behind to Alex Mellor from Keith Barker.

    Four balls left to bowl.

  2. Worcs 185-5

    D'Oliveira 32, Mitchell 16

    Jeetan Patel shows his versatility, bowling yorkers in the 19th over. He finishes with 2-26 from his four after the Rapids take nine runs off his final over.

    Keith Barker will bowl the last. What can the Bears limit them to?

  3. 6 runs

    D'Oliveira goes big

    Worcs 176-5

    That's more like it! Brett D'Oliveira wallops one from Aaron Thomason over the legside for a towering six.

    Oh dear... it gets worse for the Bears as wicketkeeper Alex Mellor misfields and the ball strikes the helmet, costing five penalty runs. You don't see that every day.

    D'Oliveira finishes the over with another legside six to take 21 runs from the over. Rapids on the charge.

  4. Worcs 155-5

    D'Oliveira 15, Mitchell 8

    I think the lesson from this innings is that pace off the ball is much harder to hit. Worcestershire smashed it all over the place in the power-play, but the spinners and now Grant Elliott with his slower-balls have proven tough to whack.

    No boundaries and eight runs off the over. Are the Rapids going to tee off now? How many runs would they be happy with from here?

  5. Worcs 147-5

    D'Oliveira 9, Mitchell 6

    Keith Barker - proud owner of one of the most aesthetically-pleasing bowling actions - bowls a controlled over until Daryl Mitchell gets hold of one over extra-cover for four.

    The Bears' tactic is to bowl full and wide on the offside, so the Rapids can't target the shorter legside boundary. How much longer will it work?

  6. Bears pulling it back

    Worcs 140-5

    Jeetan Patel and Dom Sibley have done an excellent job of slowing down Worcestershire.

    The run-rate is now down to a nicer-looking 9.33, with Brett D'Oliveira and Daryl Mitchell at the crease.

  7. wicket

    WICKET Whiteley (c de Grandhomme b Patel) 4

    Worcs 135-5

    Big wicket for Birmingham Bears! Ross Whiteley can hit a very long ball, but he mistimes from Jeetan Patel.

    Colin de Grandhomme - another New Zealander - runs back from extra-cover and pouches a brilliant diving catch.

  8. Worcs 135-4

    Whiteley 4, D'Oliveira 3

    The end of a good debut spell from Dom Sibley. The former Surrey man bowls a few legside wides, but finishes with figures of 1-20 from his four overs.

    The legspinner bowled a bit for Surrey, but clearly Birmingham fancy his talents more. Tidy stuff.

  9. wicket

    WICKET Cox (c Hain b Elliott) 22

    Worcs 128-4

    Ben Cox drags a Grant Elliott slower-ball into the legside for four before following it up with a charge and chip down the ground for another.

    But the Bears have the last laugh as Cox slaps the next ball straight down Sam Hain's throat to become the third Rapids man caught in the outfield. Bears doing well to come back here.

  10. Elsewhere in Friday's T20 Blast games

    Jos ButtlerRex Features
    • Jos Buttler has fired a 34-ball 50 for Lancashire against Leicestershire
    • Is the century on? Durham's Paul Collingwood is currently on 84 against Yorkshire
    • Kent are just past halfway through their innings and are 77-4 against Sussex
    • Glamorgan look set to post 180 plus at The Oval
    • Tom Moores is looking good to reach his half-century as Nottinghamshire are 110-2 against Derbyshire

    Click here for scorecards from all of Friday's games

  11. Watch Clarke's dismissal

    The Rapids got off to a flier earlier. Joe Clarke smashed 34 from just 15 balls before he was caught off Boyd Rankin.

    Watch his dismissal above.

  12. wicket

    WICKET Santner (c Patel b Sibley) 12

    Worcs 113-3

    Grant Elliott's drop doesn't matter much. Mitchell Santner departs the very next over, chipping Dom Sibley down to Jeetan Patel at long-on.

    Big-hitting Ross Whiteley comes into bat, fresh from hitting six sixes against Yorkshire a few weeks back.

  13. dropped catch

    Santner dropped by Elliott

    Worcs 113-2

    More New Zealanders into action. The latest, Grant Elliott, really should have dismissed his international team mate Mitchell Santner, but the medium-pacer shells a return catch to let him off the hook.

    Worcestershire ticking along nicely after an explosive start.

  14. Worcs 107-2

    Cox 7, Santner 9

    Better over for Worcestershire. Mitchell Santner gets hold of a full-toss for four down the ground before wicket-keeper Alex Mellor misses a stumping opportunity off Dom Sibley and concedes four byes in the process.

  15. Worcs 98-2

    Cox 6, Santner 5

    Jeetan Patel came into this game as the joint-highest wicket-taker in the T20 Blast alongside Leicestershire's Clint McKay. The New Zealander is an experienced pro and has put the breaks on Rapids' runaway train.

    The run-rate has come down from 14 to 10.89.

  16. Sibley into the attack

    Worcestershire Rapids 94-2

    Dom Sibley was brought in on a three-year contract from Surrey for his batting, but the 21-year-old is a handy spinner too.

    He starts well, going for just three off his first over in a name and numberless Bears shirt.

  17. Elsewhere in tonight's T20 Blast games

    Somerset arriveRex Features
    • Traffic issues in Bristol forced Gloucestershire's game against Somerset to be delayed until 19:15 BST
    • Glamorgan racing along against Surrey at The Oval. Aneurin Donald (76) and Colin Ingram put on 95 runs for the second wicket before Donald was removed by Stuart Meaker
    • Paul Collingwood has just brought up his fifty for Durham against Yorkshire
    • Lancashire are 106-2 against Leicestershire - Jos Buttler batting

    Click here for scorecards from the other seven games.

  18. wicket

    WICKET Hastings (c Thomason b Patel) 51

    Worcestershire Rapids 89-1

    John Hastings goes the very next ball as he picks out Aaron Thomason on the long-on boundary. He looks disappointed as he drags himself from the field, but he really shouldn't - the Rapids are off to a flier.

  19. 50 runs

    Fifty for Hastings

    Worcestershire Rapids 89-1

    Nineteen balls. That's all it's taken big John Hastings to reach 50. Pinch-hitting at it's best as he reaches the landmark with a six off Jeetan Patel.

  20. Worcs 83-1

    Hastings 45, Cox 2

    Australian all-rounder John Hastings is middling absolutely everything.

    He smashes Aaron Thomason to the point boundary, but Thomason manages to keep the rest of the over tight as just eight come from it.

    Still an absolutely flying start from the Rapids.