mintt287	Bedfordshire v Wales National Counties
	National Counties T20 Competition 2023 (Group 4)
Venue	Ampthill Park, Ampthill on 1st May 2023 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Bedfordshire won by 3 wickets
Points	Bedfordshire 2; Wales National Counties 0
Umpires	B Jones, GW Marshall
Scorers	B Davies (Wales National Counties), M Wynn (Bedfordshire)

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Wales National Counties innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
HLA Friend	c Thurstance b Lowe	38	30		4	1	126.67
CW Hemp	c and b Thurston	43	30		3	3	143.33
RAJ Smith	lbw b Lowe	0	1		-	-	0.00
BL Wadlan	run out (Thurstance)	2	2		-	-	100.00
MJ Bevans	c Darlow b Fuller	39	31		1	3	125.81
+WTE Smale	c Bates b Thurston	4	4		-	-	100.00
*SJ Pearce	c Taylor b Lowe	2	4		-	-	50.00
SJ Jardine	c and b Darlow	4	6		-	-	66.67
SBS Jaspal	c and b Darlow	5	9		-	-	55.56
RD Edwards	not out	2	3		-	-	66.67
JC Harding	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 w)	3
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-78 (Friend), 2-78 (Smith), 3-80 (Wadlan), 4-91 (Hemp), 5-97 (Smale), 6-100 (Pearce), 7-108 (Jardine), 8-122 (Jaspal), 9-142 (Bevans, 20 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Darlow	4	0	26	2	-	-	12.00	6.50
Fuller	4	0	39	1	1	-	24.00	9.75
Houghton	4	0	35	0	-	-	-	8.75
Thurston	4	0	22	2	1	-	12.00	5.50
Lowe	4	0	19	3	-	-	8.00	4.75

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Bedfordshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GR Thurstance	c Edwards b Smith	2	3		-	-	66.67
EC Ballard	c Jaspal b Smith	7	6		1	-	116.67
SD Bates	c Jaspal b Harding	8	6		-	1	133.33
CO Thurston	c Pearce b Wadlan	22	19		4	-	115.79
AG Wakely	not out	63	44		2	4	143.18
OC Soames	c Hemp b Jardine	8	11		1	-	72.73
AW Houghton	c Smale b Harding	15	17		-	1	88.24
+MJ Taylor	c Edwards b Smith	13	9		3	-	144.44
GM Darlow	not out	0	0		-	-	0.00
JC Fuller	did not bat
JRD Lowe	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 w)	6
Total	(7 wickets, 19.1 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Thurstance), 2-12 (Bates), 3-25 (Ballard), 4-52 (Thurston), 5-78 (Soames), 6-123 (Houghton), 7-138 (Taylor)

Wales National Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Smith	4	0	27	3	1	-	8.00	6.75
Harding	3.1	0	23	2	2	-	9.50	7.26
Edwards	2	0	21	0	-	-	-	10.50
Pearce	2	0	10	0	1	-	-	5.00
Wadlan	3	0	26	1	-	-	18.00	8.67
Jaspal	3	0	19	0	-	-	-	6.33
Jardine	2	0	16	1	-	-	12.00	8.00

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Notes
--> HLA Friend made his debut in Minor Counties Twenty20 matches
--> CW Hemp made his debut in Minor Counties Twenty20 matches
--> RAJ Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Twenty20 matches
--> WTE Smale made his debut in Minor Counties Twenty20 matches
--> SBS Jaspal made his debut in Minor Counties Twenty20 matches
--> JC Harding made his debut in Minor Counties Twenty20 matches
--> AG Wakely passed his previous highest score of 40 in Minor Counties Twenty20 matches
--> AW Houghton equalled his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Twenty20 matches
--> JRD Lowe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Twenty20 matches when he dismissed SJ Pearce in the Wales National Counties innings (previous best was 2-23)

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