• Birmingham Bears 189-5; Essex Eagles 165-6
• Birmingham won by 24 runs
Essex have made a speciality out of losing one-day competition quarter-finals in recent years,and they again failed to produce their best cricket when it counted. Their destitute out-cricket – three chances were dropped, two by wicketkeeper James Foster, and a catch was negated by a no-ball,and perhaps 20 runs were given absent by sloppy fielding - allowed the Bears to compile a total that ultimately proved well beyond the visitors. Related: David Willey the master blaster as Northamptonshire sink Sussex Sharks Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com