WORCESTERSHIRE Rapids fell short of pulling off a thrilling comeback against derby rivals Bears.
The game went down to the final over, with Rapids heading into it defending three runs, but fell just short as Bears snatched a one-wicket victory.
Naming an unchanged side from their triumph over Durham, Rapids were first to bat in Edgbaston.
The opening duo of Kashif Ali and 17-year-old star Isaac Mohammed got off to a flying start, racing to 39 within three overs.
However, within three balls both Mohammed and Jake Libby were dismissed, faltering the side's flying start.
After the departure of Kashif Ali followed, Ethan Brookes came in to join captain Adam Hose at 43-3, looking to rebuild the side's momentum.
The former Bears pair added 31 for the fourth wicket, before Hose mistimed a clip off his pads straight into the hands of Ed Barnard for 25.
Gareth Roderick met a similar fate, being caught behind in acrobatic fashion after capturing two runs.
The dismissals of Brookes and Tom Taylor followed, before Ben Dwarshuis hit three consecutive sixes, in a vital but short-lived cameo of 26 runs.
Fateh Singh and Jacob Duffy both also fell as the Rapids were bowled out for 134.
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The Bears wasted no time in chasing the score, going at ten-an-over until Dwarshuis removed Tom Latham in the fourth.
Alex Davies put out an impressive 42 off 24 balls, before Fateh Singh claimed his first scalp of the evening.
However Rapids began to mount a monumentous comeback, taking four wickets for just 15 runs in a magnificent three-over spell - including two wickets in two consecutive deliveries from Singh.
With the Bears 86-6, not-out batter Sam Hain performed well to put in a seventh wicket stand worth 25, before Mohammed took a stunning catch off Duffy's delivery.
Rapids went on to reduce their rivals to 119-8, as Matthew Waite has Danny Briggs caught, leaving the Rapids to defend 14 in the final two overs.
Hasan Ali looked to get the job done for the hosts, before Jake Libby took a tremendous catch, leaving Bears three to win with one-wicket in hand.
Hain got the job done for the home side, nudging the winning runs through midwicket and consigning Rapids to an agonising one-wicket defeat.
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