WORCESTERSHIRE Rapids vice captain Adam Hose was full of praise for Kashif Ali and Ethan Brookes, after the side's "awesome" victory over Nottinghamshire Outlaws.
Hose was in fine form, inspiring his team to an impressive 25-run bounce-back victory.
"It was an awesome night to be honest," said Hose, reflecting on the performance. "Last night (against Northamptonshire Steelbacks) was pretty disappointing and we highlighted a few sort of individual factors at the start of the game, in terms of our attitude in the field.
"We let a few sort of sloppy misfields go and that kind of set the tone for us. So we highlighted that. You know, some days it’s going to come good with bat and ball.
"That’s fine, but I think we addressed those thing and I think tonight we did that.
"We set the tone. Obviously not an ideal start, but I think the way Kashif (Ali) played was really brave, he took the game on and got us off to a brilliant start in the power play."
Hose and Ali combined impressively and added 72 for the third wicket.
Individually, Hose bagged seven fours and six sixes across 19 overs to take him within five of a century, when he was trapped for LBW in the 20th over.
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"It’s always a bit of a tricky one to balance when you’re out there, you know, sort of weighing up how good we felt the pitch was, and what sort of par score is," added Hose.
"The way Kash played, and then Ethan (Brookes), it almost took the pressure off me a little bit, to kind of manage the innings, and then sort of explode from maybe 11 or 12 overs onwards.
"Those guys gave us a really good platform, and a lot of the time, I think it’s easy to forget when you’re batting out in the middle, but partnerships are so important.
"Communicating with each other, where one player might have a preference on what’s important or what he suits, and vice versa.
"So I think with the partnership with both Ethan and Kash, we kind of did that, and fortunately tonight, it paid off."
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