CricketPaul Stirling Hits 51 Balls 119 As Warwickshire Smashes Northamptonshire
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Paul Stirling 51 Balls 119, Warwickshire Vs Northamptonshire

Paul Stirling scored a magnificent century including 8 fours and 8 sixes off 46 balls to guide Warwickshire to victory over Northamptonshire in the Vitality T20 Blast. Paul Stirling has just run Steelbacks into a pulp at Edgbaston, hitting an incredible 119 off 51 balls. He banged 10 sixes and 9 fours, while hitting 34 off just over a over. His teammate, Sam Hain has scored an unbeaten 66 off 32 balls as Warwickshire reach 207 for three in 16 overs.

Paul Stirling was at his destructive best during the Vitality Blast, with his hundred from 46 balls including taking Northamptonshire seamer James Sales for 34 runs from an over. It was his best T20 innings of his career, scoring 119 not out from 51 balls, including nine fours and 10 sixes. Stirling roared to his third T20 century and celebrated with a six that fell 20 rows behind in the Hollies stands, before succumbing to a long-off catch in the final over.

The 119 included 10 sixes and nine fours, with Birmingham Bears making 207-3 in the rain-shortened 16-over session. James Sale top-scored in a onslaught that saw Paul Stirling top-scoring with the first five balls from the over, scoring six, then cutting through to cut through six with a sliding delivery. Stirling scored five consecutive sixes from an over by Northamptonshire seamer James Sale, before cutting through the third to score four. Opening batsman Paul Stirling was a single strike away from making six sixes in the over, but James Sale, the 19-year-old mid-order spinner making his T20 debut, was saved when the final ball was cut across the slips for a four.

Chasing DLS revised target of 207 for 16 overs, the Steelbacks faltered to 20 for 3 and had no chance to recover against a required pace increase. Spinners Jake Lintott, who took 3 for 19, and Danny Briggs (3 for 21) capitalised on the pressure, with the Northamptonshire Steelbacks bowled out for 81, with just three batsmen reaching double figures.

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