One-Day Cup, males’s semi-final, Radlett
Middlesex 255-8 (48.4 overs): Hollman 83*, Fernandes 44, Helm 40; Ackermann 3-46
Durham 254-7 (50 overs): Rhodes 80, Ackermann 71*; Hollman 3-53
Middlesex beat Durham by two wickets
Luke Hollman scored a sensational unbeaten 83 to assist Middlesex stun Durham with a two-wicket win of their One-Day Cup semi-final at Radlett to achieve their first Listing A decider since 1990.
Middlesex will face Leicestershire within the remaining at Trent Bridge on Sunday, 20 September, after the Foxes beat Notts Outlaws by 23 runs of their last-four assembly.
Hollman placed on a Listing A greatest displaying with the bat as Middlesex’s tailend turned the match round when struggling at 145-7 after 30 overs as they chased 255 for victory.
It was at that time that Hollman was joined on the crease by Tom Helm, who contributed 40 to their 79-run partnership that modified the complexion of the showdown.
Earlier than that, it had appeared that Colin Ackermann, who had already starred with the bat for Durham with an unbeaten 71, had put his group in management when he snagged three fast wickets – together with the scalp of opener Nathan Fernandes for 44.
Whereas former England captain Ben Stokes re-joined Durham’s bowling assault late on, he failed so as to add to the solitary early wicket of Josh de Caires as Middlesex noticed out a milestone victory through which Hollman additionally delivered with the ball.
The spin bowler took 3-53, which included two caught and bowled and the scalp of Durham’s high scorer Will Rhodes for 80, whereas Naavya Sharma and Zafar Gohar took two wickets apiece to restrict Durham to 254-7.
