Vitality Blast Men 2026, GLO vs GLA Central & West Group Match Report, July 12, 2026

In reply, Gloucestershire have been restricted to 185 all out, Dawid Malan top-scoring with 39 and D’Arcy Quick making 35. There have been two wickets every for Mason Crane, Dan Douthwaite and Kellaway in a complete victory.

Regardless of their defeat, Gloucestershire nonetheless progressed to the knockout stage as one of many two finest third-placed groups, and can tackle Northamptonshire on Wednesday.

Carlson and Smale have been in explosive kind from the beginning on a sizzling afternoon, taking 66 off the six-over powerplay and mentioning a century stand within the ninth over. They have been significantly extreme on Gloucestershire loanee James Hayes, taking 22 off the fifth over of the innings.

Smale smacked a six and eight fours earlier than the partnership was damaged by Quick within the tenth over, Graeme van Buuren taking a excessive catch at mid-off. Carlson went to fifty off 31 balls and had helped take the rating to 156 within the 14th over when stumped off a van Buuren huge.

Kellaway ensured there was no let-up for the Gloucestershire bowlers, clearing the ropes 4 instances earlier than being caught behind off Hayes, whose two overs price 44 runs, and Sean Dickson added 22 off 9 balls to take his facet nicely past 200.

Batting circumstances have been close to excellent on a highway of a pitch and shortly Gloucestershire openers Malan and Quick have been capitalising on the quick outfield, mentioning a half-century stand in 4.3 overs. By the tip of the powerplay, the hosts have been 67 for one, Quick having departed for 35 to a catch at further cowl off Nathan McAndrew.

Crane put a brake on the scoring, conceding solely 4 off the seventh over, which noticed Miles Hammond caught within the deep off a reverse sweep. The leg-spinner struck once more in his subsequent over as Jack Taylor was caught behind on the second try by Chris Cooke trying to chop.

Malan had confronted 27 balls and struck 5 fours when bowled trying to hit Douthwaite out of the bottom and on the midway stage of their innings Gloucestershire have been 104 for 4. Kamran Dhariwal and James Bracey stored the house facet in it, each hitting Crane for straight sixes within the thirteenth over.

However Bracey holed out to long-off for 22, Kellaway the profitable bowler, and when Dhariwal shortly adopted for 27 off 15 balls, nicely caught by the diving Carlson at level off Andy Gorvin, the duty of scoring practically 15 an over proved too nice. A belligerent 28 from van Buuren proved too little too late.