All Rhodes lead to a big win for Birmingham Bears

A T20 career-best 79 from captain Will Rhodes helped Birmingham Bears to their fourth consecutive Blast win against Leicestershire Foxes.
Put into bat first, the Bears lost openers Pieter Malan (22) and Ed Pollock (8) early on after some superb bowling from Naveenul-Haq (2-20).
After losing their openers, it was up to Rhodes and Sam Hain to steady the ship – which they did in style. Off just 57 balls, Rhodes made 79 – hitting five fours and five sixes before being dismissed by Callum Parkinson (1-32) – while Hain, who overtook Ian Bell to become the Bears’ T20 all-time top scorer, made...

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