Outlaws complete the double over Bears

NOTTS Outlaws ended a run of three successive Vitality Blast defeats with a scintillating six-wicket victory at Edgbaston.

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The Bears piled up 206 for seven, with Tom Latham striking 69 (39 balls) and Dan Mousley 53 (40) before a spectacular late barrage from Moeen Ali and Ed Barnard brought 57 in 20 balls. Liam Patterson-White took three for 37.

But the Outlaws, who chased down 226 to beat the Bears at Trent Bridge a month ago, powered to 212 for seven, clinching victory when Tom Moores hit the last ball of the match for six. Moores finished on 74 not out (33) after Lyndon James struck a vital 50 (40) and Daniel Sams 16 not out from six balls, including two sixes in a final over from which they needed 16.

Moores said: “It's an unbelievable effort from the lads.

“Any chase over 200 is special and its probably not quite sunk in yet that we've got over the line.

“We've had a couple of tough games where things didn’t go our way so it’s nice to do that at a ground like Edgbaston and it was nice to be there at the end.