Bears and Pakistan international paceman, Hassan Ali took his first T20 hat-trick and reportedly recorded the Bears' best ever figures in the format of 6-23 to help beat Derbyshire by 58 runs yesterday.

The Bears piled up 199 for six against the injury-hit Falcons. Opening pair Tom Latham (58, 42 balls) and Alex Davies (49, 29) provided a strong launchpad before the visitors reined the scoring in a little, Pat Brown taking three for 40.

It was more than enough though, as the Falcons replied with 141 all out in 19.1 overs. There was no way back from the visitors dire start of 29 for four and their fourth defeat in four duly followed.

Ross Whiteley hit 50 (37) and Wayne Madsen 46 (32), but Hassan Ali added four late wickets, including a hat-trick, to his two early ones to finish with six for 23 while George Garton equalled the T20 world record of five catches by a non-wicketkeeper.

The Bears now have two successive wins after the first four matches and are on the same number of points in the north Vitality T20 Blast table as local rivals Worcestershire Rapids.