George Munsey 88* Powers Notts to First Win of Campaign
Scotland international George Munsey powered an unbeaten 88 as Notts Outlaws registered a first win of their Vitality Blast campaign at the fourth attempt, comfortably beating Durham by six wickets with 16 balls to spare at Trent Bridge.
Well beaten in each of their first three North Group matches, Notts were miserly with the ball in restricting Durham to 156 for 8 and opener Munsey’s first big contribution in the competition meant they were always comfortably ahead in the chase.
Durham Innings
Olly Stone, Mohammad Ali and George Linde took two wickets each in a Durham innings that never found any sustained momentum, Will Rhodes top scoring with 38 from 32 balls after Ollie Robinson had made 36 from 27.
Dillon Pennington set the tone with a wicket from his first delivery as Durham were left reeling at 41 for 4 at the end of their batting powerplay.
- Graham Clark was caught behind off a thin edge
- Alex Lees miscued to mid-on
- Left-arm spinner Linde took two in two as South African compatriot David Bedingham sent up a steepling top edge and Ben Raine picked out the man at deep midwicket
Notts Innings
Needing to score at just less than eight an over, the Outlaws breezed through their batting powerplay at above ten, Munsey leading the way with six fours and a six.
Munsey, a powerful striker of the ball, completed his first Outlaws half-century from 30 deliveries, hitting Raine over the top for his eighth four as Notts reached halfway in their innings at 93 for 2, needing another 64.
The Scot had an escape on 58 as a half-chance went down before back-to-back maximums off Nathan Sowter brought the requirement down to 25 from the last five overs.
Notts suffered a momentary wobble as McCann skyed one into the off side and Tom Moores edged behind without scoring, Matty Potts taking both wickets with a wide in between, but new man Linde quickly found the winning boundary.
