T20 Blast 2026, Match 7

Gloucestershire v Birmingham Bears

Gloucestershire 121 16.1 ov
Birmingham Bears 74 14.4 ov

Gloucestershire won by 47 runs

Venue
County Ground, Bristol
Date
Fri, 22 May 2026
Toss
Birmingham Bears won the toss and chose to field

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Birmingham Bears 67% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field. They lost.

Gloucestershire win

Birmingham Bears win

Gloucestershire batBirmingham Bears chase 122

Turning point +29 to Gloucestershire. 11.2, the chase: Marchant de Lange to VL Jani, wicket, 66/8, needing 56. Gloucestershire went from 36% to 65%.

Moved it most Jordan Thompson −39.5 · Craig Miles +28.0 · Marchant de Lange +27.9 · Duan Jansen +22.5

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Miles Hammondb OJ Hannon-Dalby171030170.0+9.0
D'Arcy Shortc EG Barnard b OJ Hannon-Dalby451080.0−6.2
OJ Pricec AL Davies b CR Woakes191040190.0+5.8
Ben Charlesworthc RM Yates b Usman Tariq252121119.0−7.3
Jack Taylorc VL Jani b TC Ali161510106.7−4.8
KS Dhariwalc RM Yates b TC Ali10601166.7−2.3
James Braceyc Usman Tariq b TC Ali201330153.8+7.0
Duan Jansenb TC Ali02000.0−5.1
Craig Milesb Usman Tariq480050.0−4.1
Matthew Taylorc AL Davies b CR Woakes470057.1−7.2
Marchant de Langenot out0*000–0.0
Extras lb 22
Total 16.1 ov, 7.48 an over121

Fall of wickets 5-1 (Short, 1), 22-2 (Hammond, 2.5), 46-3 (Price, 5.1), 81-4 (Charlesworth, 10), 81-5 (Taylor, 10.1), 106-6 (Dhariwal, 12.3), 106-7 (Jansen, 12.5), 113-8 (Bracey, 14.1), 121-9 (Miles, 16), 121-10 (Taylor, 16.1)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Oliver Hannon-Dalby201226.00600+4.0
Chris Woakes3.102226.951000+12.6
Jordan Thompson2030015.00100−21.6
Edward Barnard10808.00100−0.8
TC Ali402546.25900+11.3
Beau Webster10505.00200+3.8
Usman Tariq301725.67500+5.8

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