Notts Outlaws fell to a narrow defeat with five balls to spare despite Haseeb Hameed and Kyle Verreynne’s 150-run partnership. 

The pair would both score 85 to set a total of 279 to defend with the ball before Brett Hutton and Olly Stone, on his return, both took three wickets; however the hosts would take the spoils in the final over.

After losing the toss and being asked to bat, Ben Martindale and Freddie McCann continued their recent form to get the Outlaws off to another good start; they moved to their fifty partnership inside ten overs until McCann was stumped for 21.

It started a period of dominance for Gloucestershire, though as Tayyab Tahir was trapped LBW and Martindale was bowled, both by Aman Rao.

It brought Hameed and Verreynne to the crease to weather the storm as Notts were 87/3 after 20 overs.

The pair accumulated well, playing some excellent shots to move to their fifty partnership before both going on to score half-centuries.

It would be back-to-back fifties for the skipper and a fourth half-century of the campaign for Verreynne.

Their partnership pushed Notts to 146/3 from 30 overs.

They continued to rotate the strike and score well; however, with the overs slowly running out, the pair had to put their foot down.

Haseeb Hameed started the attack with some nice shots down the ground before he top-edged a pull shot.

Lyndon James came to the crease and smashed his first ball for six, letting the crowd know exactly what his intentions were.

With five overs left, Notts were 252/4. Verreynne would also make 85 before he was caught by Bracey following back-to-back sixes in the previous two deliveries.

De Lange would then take three wickets in the 47th over before Rao came back into the attack for the 49th over and removed Stone and Ahmed.

It meant Notts had to defend 279 for the four points.

Brett Hutton struck early to remove Cameron Bancroft for four bringing Ollie Price to the crease.

Him and Bracey would score well, but would only end the powerplay 44/1.

Bracey espically would start to increase his strike rate though, finding the boundary consistently and moving to his half-century.

At the half-way stage he was 90* alongside Price who had just picked up his half-century and the pair’s hundred-run stand for the second wicket.

James Bracey would soon raise his bat, reaching the milestone with a fine on-drive to the boundary.

Olly Stone would shift the momentum to get Outlaws back in the mix, striking three times in eight balls.

He would first remove the centurion who chipped the ball to Haseeb Hameed at mid-wicket for 103 before breaking their 153-run partnership by sending Price to the pavilion soon after.

After challenging the pads multiple times before, Stone trapped Price who had to depart for 59. Joseph Eckland would be Stone’s third victim, who, despite his best efforts, couldn’t keep out the returning bowler’s yorker.

Boorman and Phillips would steady the storm and make a fifty partnership before Brett Hutton’s last two balls shifted things once again.

Boorman would chip one back to Hutton, who got down acrobatically to make the catch before he then trapped Ahmed LBW with his final delivery.

Gloucestershire would need 30 runs from the final 30 balls; Phillips moved to his half-century as the hosts took the spoils with five balls to spare.