As Trent Bridge gears up for another mouthwatering Saturday double-header in the Vitality Blast, read on for a breakdown of Notts Outlaws v Worcestershire Rapids - by the numbers.
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MULLANEY’S 22 LEADS THE WAY
Former Outlaws captain Steven Mullaney is the standout bowler in this fixture, having claimed 22 wickets in 20 appearances against Worcestershire at an average of just 20.09.
He tops the charts ahead of Jake Ball, who has 20 scalps, and Luke Fletcher, with 17, while the highest-ranked current Notts bowler is Calvin Harrison, who has taken five.
FLETCHER’S FIVE-FER
Outlaws favourite Fletcher has nine Blast appearances against Worcestershire, and he saved the best until last, as he claimed a standout five-fer in the ninth as part of a four-wicket win.
Bowling first, the Outlaws restricted Worcestershire to 164-9, as Fletcher returned 5/32, making him the only Notts bowler in history to take a T20 five-wicket haul against the Rapids.
LUCKY 13 FOR THE OUTLAWS
That win at Trent Bridge, which the Outlaws edged in the final over, was one of 13 games in which Notts have tasted victory in T20 cricket against Worcestershire.
They have registered eight of those wins at New Road, and five at Trent Bridge, giving them the lead in the overall head-to-head, with Worcestershire having only won nine.
ALL SQUARE ON A SATURDAY
The Outlaws and the Rapids have in the past locked horns in the shortest format on every day of the week, with tonight’s hosts boasting a 100% record on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays.
However, as for a Saturday, there are very much bragging rights up for grabs, with both sides having won two apiece out of four games.
WORCESTERSHIRE MUSTER JUST 86
What was significantly less level-pegging than the ongoing Saturday head-to-head was a 2021 clash between the sides at Trent Bridge.
On that day, the Rapids managed just 86-8 as a strangling Outlaws bowling performance saw them hit just two boundaries in the entire innings, and not a single one until the 11th over.
The hosts then made a mockery of the Worcestershire batting effort, as the total was comfortably overhauled, without losing a wicket, with an eye-watering 82 balls remaining.
