Batting first, Nottinghamshire amassed 249-8 in their 20 overs. Sammy King made 123 from 52 balls and Dane Schadendorf 70 from just 25 deliveries, against a young Derbyshire attack in which Rory Haydon took 2-48 and Jack Morley was the only bowler of experience.
In reply, Brooke Guest reached 50 in just 15 deliveries and went on to a remarkable century in just 33 balls, with 10 sixes and 7 fours. He was helped in a partnership of 152 in just ten overs by Pathway bat Harrison Parker (42) and at 164-1 after just 10.4 overs Derbyshire had a chance of a remarkable win.
The dismissal of Guest triggered a collapse against a more experienced attack that included Olly Stone, Connor McKerr, James Hayes and Freddie McCann. Thereafter only Rohan Vallabhaneni, with 28, was able to mount a challenge and the home side was all out for 216, losing by 33 runs.
I suppose the game highlights the difference between a more affluent county and ourselves. Technically the Nottinghamshire players are largely second teamers, but they are considerably more experienced than the Derbyshire one, which had only Mitch Wagstaff and Yusaf bin Naeem with any first team experience, aside from Guest and Morley.
Mind you, after our winning the competition a few seasons back with Leus du Plooy as captain, I don't think we can take the moral high ground..
Scorecard and video clips can be seen here
Interesting to see Guest with such a dominant innings. Either we haven't used him enough or correctly for the first team or the level of bowling suits him at this level. Probably a bit of both I imagine but has to play remaining games and bat higher you'd think after spanking a knock like that.
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