Metro Financial institution Males’s One-Day Cup ultimate, Trent Bridge
Middlesex 231 (49.5 overs): Higgins 100, Duke 55; Holland 5-36
Leicestershire 200 (44.2 overs): Kelly 103; Roland-Jones 3-27, Helm 3-32
Middlesex win by 31 runs
Middlesex claimed their first silverware in a decade as they fought again from a difficult begin to beat Leicestershire in an exciting One-Day Cup ultimate at Trent Bridge.
Having been put into bat by Leicestershire captain Stephen Eskinazi, Ryan Higgins’ magnificent hundred dug Middlesex out of a gap and helped them attain 231 earlier than being bowled out within the ultimate over of their innings.
Higgins, 31, struck 9 fours in his 115-ball knock after his group had slumped to 71-5 within the twenty second over, placing on 135 with on-loan Yorkshire wicketkeeper Harry Duke (55) for the sixth wicket.
Ian Holland returned his second-best Listing-A figures of 5-36 for the Foxes, whereas England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed took 3-55.
In reply, Leicestershire too misplaced early wickets as former England seamer Toby Roland-Jones bowled 10 overs straight by means of in a advantageous opening spell of 3-27.
Leicestershire had been indebted to the efforts of New Zealand worldwide Nick Kelly, who reached a wonderful century of his personal off 103 deliveries and gave the impression to be taking his aspect to victory.
Nevertheless, the sport swung once more within the over after Kelly reached his hundred because the left-hander heaved Tom Helm to Higgins on the mid-wicket fence to go away Leicestershire eight down.
And that proved the decisive second as Helm dismissed Ajaz Patel and Tom Scriven skied Naavya Sharma straight up, with captain Ben Geddes taking the successful catch.
Middlesex’s most up-to-date success was the County Championship in 2016, they usually had not received a white-ball trophy since lifting the T20 Blast in 2008.
