By Brian Halford

June 23, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Birmingham Bears 228-4 v Worcestershire Rapids 175-9
Birmingham Bears won by 53 runs
Toss: Rapids, who elected to field
Birmingham Bears secured a place in the Vitality Blast quarter-finals with a thumping 53-run victory over arch-rivals Worcestershire Rapids at Edgbaston on Friday night.
Batting first, the Bears started strongly and never lost momentum as they totalled 228-4 thanks to Rob Yates (59 from 39 balls), Dan Mousley (51 from 25) and Glenn Maxwell (44 from 20).
Mousley then continued his brilliant Blast by taking four wickets ...