Notts Outlaws race to within one point of topping T20 table

Nottinghamshire Outlaws won two matches in two days to go second in their T20 Blast group.

The Outlaws kick started the weekend in style on Friday night with a win away at table topping Northamptonshire Steelbacks.

This was followed up by a landslide victory at Trent Bridge against Worcestershire Rapids.

Natwest T20 Blast North Group (as of Monday July 11)

  1. Northamptonshire Steelbacks P10 W6 L2 Pts14
  2. Notts Outlaws P10 W5 L2 Pts13
  3. Birmingham Bears P9 W5 L3 Pts11
  4. Durham Jets P10 W4 L4 Pts10
  5. Yorkshire Vikings P10 W4 L4 Pts10
  6. Worcestershire Rapids P12 W4 L6 Pts10
  7. Lancashire Rapids P10 W4 L5 Pts9
  8. Derbyshire Falcons P11 W3 L6 Pts8
  9. Leicestershire Foxes P10 W3 L6 Pts7

The Outlaws won the toss on Friday night at Northamptonshire and put the Steelbacks in to bat.

Imran Tahir starred with the ball taking figures of 3/13 in his four overs as the home side collapsed to 122 all out after 18.2 overs.

Dan Christian played a captain’s innings scoring 56 off of just 32 deliveries as the Outlaws scored 123/4 with three overs to spare.

Match Summary: Nottinghamshire Outlaws beat Northamptonshire Steelbacks by six wickets Steelbacks 122 all out off of 18.2 overs Outlaws 123/4 off of 17 overs

Notts then followed this up with their fifth straight T20 Blast win to propel them to second in the group.

Worcestershire Rapids batted first and the Outlaws attack restricted the away side to just 124/8 off of their 20 overs with wickets being taken consistently throughout the innings.

Riki Wessels then blasted a 19-ball fifty on his way to 80 not out which featured seven 6s as the home side won by nine wickets with 46 balls to spare.

Match Summary: Nottinghamshire Outlaws beat Worcestershire Rapids by nine wickets Rapids 124/8 off of 20 overs Outlaws 128/1 off of 12.2 overs

Nottinghamshire will be hoping to make it six wins in a row as they travel to Leicestershire tomorrow (Tuesday July 12) night.