Trent Bridge ke maidan par Nottinghamshire Outlaws ka jalwa barkarar hai. Metro Bank One-Day Cup mein Notts Outlaws ne ek aur routine win darj karke points table ke top par apni jagah pakki kar li hai. Leicestershire Foxes ke khilaf ye jeet dikhati hai ki kyun ye team is tournament ki sabse khatarnak sides mein se ek hai. 100 percent winning record ke saath Notts ab unstoppable nazar aa rahi hai.
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Match ki shuruat Leicestershire Foxes ke captain Stephen Eskinazi ke toss jeetne se hui. Foxes ne pehle batting ka faisla kiya lekin Notts ke fast bowlers ne unke iradon par paani pher diya. Brett Hutton ne powerplay mein hi Rishi Patel aur Ian Holland ko chalta kiya. Dillon Pennington ne bhi dusre end se itni tight bowling ki jaise kisi ne run-meter par tala laga diya ho.
Pitch thodi slow thi aur Stephen Eskinazi ne ek chhor sambhale rakha. Unhone 93 runs ki unbeaten innings kheli lekin afsos ki baat ye rahi ki unhe dusre end se koi support nahi mila. Hamza Shaikh ne thodi himmat dikhayi aur 35 runs banaye magar left-arm spinner Joe Pocklington ne apne career-best 4 for 40 ke spell se middle order ki kamar tod di. Foxes ki team 199 runs par hi dher ho gayi. Unka middle aur lower order bilkul waisa hi collapse hua jaisa aksar humein Pakistan ki batting line-up mein dekhne ko milta hai: bina kisi logic ke wickets gawaye gaye.
Target ka peecha karte hue Notts Outlaws ne aggressive start kiya. Halaki George Munsey jaldi out ho gaye lekin Ben Martindale ne front foot par aakar attack kiya. Martindale ne 50 runs ki shaandaar half-century lagayi. South African wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne ne 35 aur Lyndon James ne unbeaten 38 runs banakar match ko 45 balls pehle hi khatam kar diya. Leicestershire ke bowlers ne koshish toh ki lekin 199 ka total kabhi bhi defend karne layak nahi tha.
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- Joe Pocklington ne apne career ka best spell 4/40 pheka jisne Foxes ki innings ko derail kar diya.
- Ben Martindale ne apni List A career ki dusri half-century lagayi jo chase ka base bani.
- Stephen Eskinazi ne poore innings batting ki lekin team ko 200 tak bhi nahi pahuncha paye: ye batata hai ki Notts ki bowling kitni disciplined thi.
- Nottinghamshire ne ab tak 3 matches khele hain aur teeno mein jeet haasil ki hai.
The Guru Gyan Verdict:
Nottinghamshire is playing a different brand of cricket right now. Unki bowling attack balanced hai aur batting mein depth nazar aa rahi hai. Wahi Leicestershire ko apne top order par dependency kam karni hogi. Eskinazi ki 93 runs ki mehnat par baaki batters ne paani pher diya. Agar Foxes ko tournament mein bane rehna hai toh unhe apne approach mein thodi Desi Passion wali aggression lani hogi warna aisi routine defeats unka peecha nahi chhodengi.
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