Leicestershire 303 for 7 (Shaikh 104, Kelly 53, Pennington 3-65) beat Nottinghamshire 280 (McCann 64, Hameed 54, A Inexperienced 4-40) by 23 runs
Shaikh, the 20-year-old former England Underneath-19s captain who joined Leicestershire from Warwickshire lower than a month in the past, made 104 from 109 balls, his second hundred within the competitors, sharing a 117-run fourth-wicket partnership with Nick Kelly (53) because the Group A winners posted a difficult 303 for 7. Dillon Pennington took 3 for 65 for the Outlaws.
Inexperienced, their 19-year-old tempo bowler, then took 4 for 40 because the Outlaws have been bowled out for 280 in reply. Freddie McCann (64) and Haseeb Hameed (54) gave Notts an opportunity of contesting subsequent month’s remaining on their very own floor for the primary time however the innings lacked the large partnership that may have received it for them, with McCann’s run-out a key second.
Requested to bat first, the Foxes misplaced Rishi Patel to an excellent supply from Brett Hutton and slipped from 49 for 1 to 64 for 3 as skipper Stephen Eskinazi was stumped and Rehan Ahmed caught off a top-edge for a 36-ball 31.
Kelly survived a caught-and-bowled probability to Patterson-White on 10 and the Foxes went 11 overs with no boundary but he and Shaikh steadily amassed, including 117 in 23 overs earlier than the Kiwi left-hander bottom-edged a Pennington slower ball into his stumps.
Shaikh, on mortgage forward of a everlasting transfer, accelerated impressively to his hundred, hitting seven fours and going to a few figures together with his second six, launched over the legside boundary off Olly Stone. He equalled his Listing A career-best made in opposition to Surrey 23 days in the past earlier than Patterson-White bowled him.
Ben Cox and Ben Inexperienced each perished on the leg-side boundary however the final 11 overs added 115 runs, Ian Holland hitting 29 off 16 balls.
The Outlaws’ reply started properly, openers Ben Martindale and McCann placing on 63 in 11 overs, Martindale choosing up seven boundaries earlier than legspinner Ahmed’s first ball trapped him leg earlier than for 43.
The wicket sapped the Outlaws’ momentum. Solely 29 had been added when Scotland worldwide George Munsey was caught at mid-on within the twentieth off Alex Inexperienced. But as McCann, who survived a tough probability to cowl on 37, reached 50 from 70 balls, Notts have been properly positioned at 125 for two from 25 overs.
Two freakish occurrences adopted. Foxes wicketkeeper Cox needed to go away the sphere in a daze after Hameed, aiming in the direction of sq. leg off Ahmed’s bowling, caught him on the pinnacle together with his bat in his comply with by means of.
Luckily, he was cleared to return after checks. In his absence, McCann was run out by stand-in keeper Jonny Tattersall in a relay effort involving Eskinazi and bowler Holland after a mix-up with Hameed, who had been caught off a free hit.
Hameed and Jack Haynes departed in consecutive Tom Scriven overs as Outlaws’ hopes pale, the previous edging behind earlier than Haynes skied to mid-off. When Patterson-White holed out to deep midwicket at 234 for six, Notts wanted 70 from 48 balls.
So long as Kyle Verreynne (43) was on the crease, an opportunity remained for the guests, however that disappeared as he and Farhan Ahmed fell to Inexperienced within the forty eighth.