Maxi proves too much for Outlaws

By Brian Halford

Class act: Sam Hain is in a rich vein of form
PICTURES: Alamy

BIRMINGHAM Bears maintained their 100 per cent record with a five-wicket victory over Leicestershire Foxes, winning with 15 balls to spare on a sundrenched evening.
The Foxes’ bleak start to the campaign continued after they totalled a modest 166-7 on an excellent pitch. Every dismissed batter except one passed 15 but none reached 30 as Danny Briggs bowled with his customary nous for 4-0-15-3.
That looked chaseable for a Bears side including the Australian Glenn Maxwell, fresh from the
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