Rapids too strong once again at Trent Bridge

NOTTS Outlaws were second best as Worcestershire Rapids bounced back from a Friday night home defeat to North Group leaders Northamptonshire Steelbacks with a third consecutive Trent Bridge victory in the Vitality Blast, winning by a comfortable 25 runs.

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Adam Hose clocked up six sixes in a superb 51-ball 95, with Kashif Ali hitting 51 off 35 as the Rapids totalled a challenging 206 for five after being asked to bat first as the rain that had washed out the scheduled Blast Women's game earlier thankfully disappeared.

Tom Moores (39 off 27), Joe Clarke (31 off 24) and Liam Patterson-White (39 off 19) tried to keep the Outlaws in contention but Worcestershire's bowlers served their team well by taking wickets at key moments, two each from Tom Taylor and Jacob Duffy, with Australian paceman Ben Dwarshius (one for 23) outstanding at the death, conceding only 11 in his last two overs as the home side fell short at 181 for seven.