*LONDON – Wahab Riaz’s spectacular performance in the English county hasearned laurels.*
*He took three wickets which helped Derbyshire beat Birmingham by 16 runsin their Vitality Twenty20 Blast fixture at Derby on Friday.*
Derbyshire, electing to bat, scored 143/9 in 20 overs as Calum MacLeod made39 runs from 38 balls with four boundaries to his name.
Skipper Gary Wilson and Billy Godleman contributed 30 and 23 runsrespectively for the team.
Grant Elliott grabbed three wickets while Aaron Thomason and Olly Stonechipped in with two wickets each.
Birmingham, chasing a target of 144 runs, managed 127/9 in their 20 overs.Ian Ball was the top scorer as he made 65 runs from 51 balls with fiveboundaries and two sixes to his name.
Chris Woakes and Colin de Grandhomme contributed 21 and 16 runsrespectively for the side.
Riaz took three wickets for the team while Alex Hughes and Hardus Viljoengrabbed two wickets for Derbyshire.