Gloucestershire 138 (Bancroft 43, Foulkes 3-22) beat Birmingham Bears 124 for 9 (Payne 4-23, O Value 3-32) by 14 runs
Birmingham Bears suffered a fourth consecutive quarter-final exit as Gloucestershire surprised the North Group winners with a 14-run victory in a tense, low-scoring contest at Edgbaston.
The west nation facet scraped into the final eight solely on web run price, ending fourth within the South Group, however will now face Sussex within the semi-final again on this floor on Saturday week.
Gloucestershire had regarded properly underneath par, racing to 51 with out loss from 5 overs after being put in solely to be bowled out for simply 138.
Cameron Bancroft had top-scored for Gloucestershire with 43 in 35 balls and opening companion Miles Hammond 30 from 24 however nobody else bettered Jack Taylor’s 19.
Needing to attain at slightly below seven-an-over, Bears have been 37 for two within the powerplay, 17 behind their opponents on the corresponding level and with one fewer wicket in hand.
Payne, who opened with a maiden, had Alex Davies caught on the sq. leg boundary and struck a serious blow to the house facet when Moeen Ali was out for 27. Payne had conceded 16 of these himself because the England man hit him for six, 4 and 6 however the subsequent ball discovered the skin edge and James Bracey took the catch.
Like their counterparts within the first innings, Bears struggled to regain their momentum, dropping Mousley leg earlier than in an tried pull and Jacob Bethell caught at further cowl, each wickets falling to Ollie Value, leaving them 59 for 4 within the ninth. That turned 74 for five within the thirteenth as Value’s offspin claimed its third sufferer, Sam Hain unleashing a towering hit on the leg facet however failing to clear Hammond on the midwicket boundary.
Benjamin hammered six off Tom Smith and Garton took two fours off Value to ease the stress however then Josh Shaw ramped it up once more with two wickets in two balls as Garton holed out to long-off and Foulkes perished leg earlier than.
All of it got here all the way down to 18 required off the final six balls, with Gloucestershire tempo man and main wicket-taker Payne popping out on high, conceding simply three and including the wickets of Benjamin and Jake Lintott for good measure as Value and Bancroft held catches within the deep.
Gloucestershire followers should have been anticipating an enormous rating when Hammond and Bancroft helped them put 54 on the board from six.
Bancroft’s scoop introduced him two of three fours in Foulkes’s opening over and Hammond pulled Mousley for six however the offspinner had revenge when Hammond was caught by a tumbling Lintott at mid-off.
The Bears spinners then wrestled again management, Briggs beating Bracey’s swing throughout the road for a leg earlier than, Ollie Value top-edging the identical bowler to quick advantageous leg. An opportunity was missed when Bancroft was dropped on 30, however the return of tempo noticed Jack Taylor’s tried pull go vertical, dropping into the gloves of keeper Davies.
Ben Charlesworth clobbered Moeen over the midwicket boundary however perished on the lookout for a repeat subsequent ball after which Bancroft, for whom one thing substantial now regarded very important, was brilliantly run out by Garton’s direct hit from long-on.
Panic now set in. Matt Taylor and Shaw have been caught off consecutive balls from Foulkes, one other precision throw by Garton ran out Matt Taylor from mid-on and Payne sliced Mousley within the air to backward level, leaving Gloucestershire all out for what regarded like a significantly under-par 138, however turned out to be sufficient.
