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SEAMER'S SPELL SETS UP VICTORY TO SEAL QUARTER-FINAL SPOT

- BY TOM EVANS

AS Tom Brown collared the winning runs, Ormskirk skipper Gary Knight hurled his bat into the sky.

A day earlier, another wicketkeeper-batter had twice done the same during the Edgbaston Test, but that’s where the similarities end.

India’s Rishabh Pant had momentarily lost control; Knight never did as he guided his side to the last eight of the ECB National Knockout with a five-wicket win over fierce rivals Northern.

From the moment visiting captain James Cole called correctly and offered Knight’s seamers first use of a tricky pitch, Ormskirk had the upper hand.