First-Class Counties Second Eleven Annual 2020

17 The Second Eleven T20 competition at Arundel was also completed without interruption from the weather, with Glamorgan lifting the title in the closest final during the nine years of the competition as they beat Hampshire by one run. The first semi-final had seen Glamorgan amass 204-4 with opening batsman Nick Selman scoring a career-best 115*. Nottinghamshire were never in the hunt, being dismissed for just 99 in 17.4 overs with Kazi Szymanski taking 4/18. The second semi-final saw Durham being defeated by Hampshire. Durham batted first but made only 93 from 17 overs, James Fuller took 4/9 before his batsmen guided Hampshire to victory despite Brodie Glendinning claiming 5/13. With the wicket at Arundel getting slower and lower, Glamorgan wisely opted to bat first after winning the toss. They ended on 122-7 with Billy Root top-scoring with 49* after James Fuller had again led the attack with 3/23. In reply, Hampshire slipped to 11-3, before Ian Holland launched a counter-attack as Hampshire moved on to 96-7. With the help of Gareth Schreuder, Holland took Hampshire to the brink of victory. But Roman Walker, the young fast bowler from Wrexham, then held his nerve to deliver a superb final over as Hampshire fell one run short of their target. After considering all of the statistics, the winner of the Les Hatton Trophy for Second Eleven Cricketer of the Year Player was Liam Patterson-White of Nottinghamshire. He contributed with bat and ball in all three formats, besides making his first-class debut during 2019. Eddie Byrom (Somerset), with 723 runs, was the highest scorer in the Second Eleven Championship, whilst Jared Lysaught (Kent) topped the season’s averages in red ball cricket with 97.67. With the ball, Essex’s Aron Nijjar led the way with 32 victims, whilst Warwickshire’s Ethan Brookes, the third brother from that dynasty, after Ben and Henry, had the best average of 15.16 runs per wicket. In the Second Eleven Trophy, the batting honours went to Jordan Cox of Kent, who totalled 357 runs in his county’s successful campaign. The leading wicket takers in the 50 overs competition, with 15 wickets apiece, were Nathan Rimmington of Durham and Tristan Blackledge who played for Glamorgan and Kent. Owen Morgan of Glamorgan returned the summer’s best bowling average of just 6.23. As far as the T20 competition was concerned, Michael-Kyle Pepper (Essex) totaled the run-scoring tables with 445 runs, whilst Glamorgan’s Kazi Szymanski was the leading wicket-taker with 21 wickets. Zac Chappell of Nottinghamshire also topped the bowling averages with a haul at just 10.54 apiece, whilst the top score of the summer came from Michael-Kyle Pepper who scored 132* against the MCC Young Cricketers. Alfie Gleadall (Derbyshire) recorded the only T20 hat-trick of the season against Northamptonshire at Stoke-on-Trent. Jack Potticary (Nottinghamshire) took five catches against Derbyshire at the John Fretwell Sports Complex, Nettleworth. In the Second Eleven Championship, one of the highlights was Leicestershire’s first innings’ total of 519-3d against Worcestershire at the War Memorial Ground in Amblecote with an opening partnership of 408 by Ateeq Javid (207*) and Harry