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Saturday, October 8, 2022

Pasty’s big blitz: the inside story of Warwickshire’s great escape

The Bears were saved from a spell in the Second Division on the final day of the county cricket season by an incredible nine-fer

It was dubbed the Great Escape, Warwickshire dodging relegation from Division One of the County Championship by a whisker on the final day of the season through Liam Norwell’s jaw-dropping nine-wicket blitz against Hampshire at Edgbaston.

Norwell – nicknamed “Pasty” due to his Cornish roots – and club stalwart Oliver Hannon-Dalby sent down all but seven of the 43.5 overs in a herculean display of seam bowling. The former attacked, the latter shut down the other end and a meagre target of 139 runs was somehow defended.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3w7SxhE

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