Over 20. 8 runs. Bowler: Jack Blatherwick. Derbyshire Men: 10-201(rr 10.05) A length ball outside off, met with a mis-timed slog from Sufyan Moqim that stays down. The non-striker Akif Javed is run out attempting a quick single and departs the crease. Akif Javed goes for 1 off 1. Derbyshire now need 5 from the final ball with no wickets in hand and the odds stacked heavily against them.
No movement on a length ball just on off stump, Akif Javed drives it well-timed along the ground for a neat single. Akif Javed gets off the mark in style.
Jack Blatherwick bowls a length ball down the leg side, and Akif Javed attempts a slog but completely misses. The umpire calls it a wide, adding an extra run to the total. That move nudges Derbyshire to 200 for 9.
A back of a length delivery outside off stump, without movement, sees the batter attempt a slog but only manages a top edge. The ball is caught by the third man, resulting in the batter's dismissal. Nick Potts departs after scoring 32 runs off 24 balls.
A slower ball angling outside off, met with a mis-timed slog that stays grounded. The fielder, the bowler himself, is quick to cut it off as no run comes from this delivery.
A length delivery on the outside off, met with a powerful slog that takes a top edge. It races away to the third man boundary for four. Nick Potts moves up to thirty off just 21 balls, cruising at a strike rate of 143.
Over 19. 3 runs. Bowler: James Anderson. Derbyshire Men: 8-193(rr 10.16) Anderson bowls a short, no-movement delivery outside off stump, and Potts reacts quickly with a well-timed pull shot, steering it firmly along the ground for a single. Derbyshire face a tough chase needing 13 from the final over with two wickets in hand.
A back of a length delivery on the leg side, expertly met with a well-timed, controlled pull shot racing into the deep square leg for a quick single. Sufyan Moqim gets off the mark.
On a length ball straight at middle stump, the batter swings a slog but connects on the body, the ball staying low and controlled before being fielded at mid off for no run.
Over 18. 13 runs. Bowler: Tom Aspinwall. Derbyshire Men: 8-190(rr 10.56) A length ball on outside off is well timed by Nick Potts, steering it neatly along the ground for a single. Derbyshire face a chase needing 16 runs from 12 balls with two wickets in hand, holding a 53% chance according to WinViz.
A length ball on off stump invites an aggressive slog from Potts, who manages to catch a top edge and runs two despite the risk. Derbyshire's win probability jumps significantly, leveling the contest at 50 percent.
A length ball drifting outside off, Nick Potts pulls off a controlled, middled slog that races away to long off for four. Nick Potts adds another boundary, his second in this over.
Over 17. 11 runs. Bowler: Shadab Khan. Derbyshire Men: 8-177(rr 10.41) The leg spinner floats a length ball just outside off stump; Ben Aitchison goes for an ambitious slog but mistimes it, offering a simple catch to long off. He's caught out trying to up the scoring rate. Ben Aitchison departs for 4 off 7. Derbyshire require 29 from 18 balls with two wickets in hand, the pressure mounting.
Shadab Khan tosses up a length ball on off stump to Nick Potts, who connects perfectly with a controlled slog over mid wicket. The ball sails majestically for six, clearing the boundary with ease.
The leg spinner bowls a length ball wide outside off stump. The batter attempts a slog but misses completely, and a wide is called, adding an extra to the total.
Shadab Khan delivers a back of a length leg spinner on the outside off. Ben Aitchison times a neat drive through the off side, comfortably collecting a single.
Over 16. 3 runs. Bowler: Tom Aspinwall. Derbyshire Men: 7-166(rr 10.38) Ben Aitchison goes for a cut shot outside off on a length ball without movement but mistimes it, sneaking through for a quick single. Derbyshire require 40 runs from 24 balls with three wickets in hand, the pressure mounting in this chase.
A length ball on off stump with no movement, met with a well-timed drive that races along the ground for a comfortable single. Ben Aitchison gets off the mark.
A yorker, right on middle stump, and the batter attempts a flick but misses completely. It's bowled! A sharp finish from the bowler to claim the wicket. Ross Whiteley departs for 46 off 29 deliveries.
