One-Day Cup, men's semi-final, Uptonsteel Grace Road
Leicestershire 303-7 (50 overs): Shaikh 104, Kelly 53; Pennington 3-65
Nott Outlaws 280 each retired (49 overs): McCann 64, Hameed 54; A Green 4-40
Leicestershire bushed Notts Outlaws by 23 runs
Leicestershire reached their 2nd One-Day Cup last successful 4 years, overcoming Notts Outlaws by 23 runs successful their semi-final astatine Grace Road.
Hamza Shaikh acceptable the 2023 contention winners connected their mode to the decider against Middlesex, scoring a match-defining 104 disconnected 109 balls arsenic the Foxes acceptable a challenging 303-7 to chase.
The 20-year-old, who joined Leicestershire from Warwickshire conscionable a period ago, combined with Nick Kelly (53) for a 117-run fourth-wicket concern to springiness Notts plentifulness to do.
Shaikh yet fell to Liam Patterson-White, portion Dillon Pennington went connected to assertion 3-65 for the Outlaws.
Notts, aiming to scope their archetypal location last since the List A decider was moved to Trent Bridge from Lord's successful 2021, started good with openers Ben Martindale and Freddie McCann putting connected 63 successful 11 overs.
But, with his archetypal delivery, England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed trapped Martindale limb earlier for 43.
The Outlaws' pursuit slowed aft that, and portion the 69-run concern betwixt McCann and skipper Haseeb Hameed helped to dependable the visitors, a mix-up outgo the opener his wicket connected 63 arsenic helium was tally out.
When 19-year-old Alex Green, who would decorativeness with 4-40, dismissed the ever-dangerous Kyle Verreynne (43) and Farhan Ahmed successful the abstraction of 4 balls successful the 48th over, Leicestershire's triumph was each but assured.
The Foxes' showdown with Middlesex volition beryllium the sixth One-Day Cup last to beryllium played astatine Trent Bridge since English cricket's lone remaining List A contention near Lord's successful 2019.
The archetypal planned Nottingham last successful 2020 was wiped retired by the Covid pandemic, but determination person been 5 since, each won by counties immoderate would see unfashionable: Glamorgan (twice), Kent, Leicestershire and Worcestershire.
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