3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Surrey 144 for 8 (Pope 43, Mills 2-16) tied with Sussex xxx for x (Wright 76*, Batty 3-20) Twelve days after his heroics in the World Cup final, Jofra Archer made a highly impressive return to action with two wickets as Sussex Sharks tied with Surrey in a Vitality Blast thriller at Hove. The 24-year-old showed no ill effects from the side injury which…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 198 for 5 (Duckett 64, Hales 63) beat Derbyshire 171 for 8 (Reece 61, Gurney 5-30) by 27 runs Alex Hales and Ben Duckett scored half-centuries before Harry Gurney took five wickets to carry the Nottinghamshire Outlaws to a 27 run victory over the Derbyshire Falcons in the North Group at Derby. Hales made 63 from 42 balls and Duckett 64 from 40…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Northamptonshire 155 for 6 (Keogh 59*) beat Birmingham 111 for 8 (Sanderon 2-17) by 21 runs (DLS method) Rob Keogh‘s career-best 59 helped Northamptonshire to a first win in this season’s Vitality Blast as they beat Birmingham Bears by 21 runs in front of over 4500 on a balmy night at Wantage Road. Without a T20 win at home since 2017, Northants responded to…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 175 for 6 (Kuhn 55*) beat Essex 153 for 7 (ten Doeschate 58*) by 22 runs Kent Spitfires maintained their leadership of the Vitality Blast South Group after defeating Essex Eagles by 22 runs at a jam-packed Canterbury. An unbeaten 55 from Heino Kuhn coupled with some wily bowling and a decent fielding stint helped ease the hosts to a third straight victory…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Hampshire 174 for 6 (Donald 48, Dawson 47*) beat Somerset 172 for 3 (Babar 95*) by four wickets Liam Dawson‘s unbeaten 47 guided Hampshire to an improbable four-wicket Vitality Blast victory over Somerset with three balls to spare in the first T20 match under the Taunton floodlights. Somerset looked favourites for most of the evening after Babar Azam marked his home debut with an…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 137 for 2 (Eskinazi 51) beat Glamorgan 136 (Roland-Jones 5-21) by eight wickets A Toby Roland-Jones hat-trick – the second inflicted on Glamorgan in successive games – followed by a Stevie Eskinazi half-century, guided second-placed Middlesex to an eight wicket win over bottom side Glamorgan in the Vitality Blast at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. Glamorgan, fresh from being dismissed for 44 by Surrey…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Lancashire 71 for 1 (Davies 29*) beat Worcestershire 130 for 9 (Livingstone 3-21) by 21 runs (DLS method) An expert bowling display and some brief Jos Buttler-esque fireworks from Liam Livingstone led unbeaten Lancashire to a thumping 21-run win on Duckworth Lewis Stern over Vitality Blast champions Worcestershire at Emirates Old Trafford. Livingstone returned 3 for 21 from four overs of legspin as pace…
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1:46 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The ball is curling late. It had come down straight for nearly 80% of the pitch. But then, suddenly, as if by magic, it started swinging in. The batsman is in trouble. He tries to block it but ends up losing so much of his balance that he basically falls face first onto the pitch. Tamim Iqbal is down. His stumps are shattered. And Lasith…
10:43 AM ET In the cruellest cut to Australia’s Ashes squad, the selection chairman Trevor Hohns has conceded that Joe Burns‘ bout of post-viral fatigue, forcing him home after just one match of a contracted stint with Lancashire in county cricket, played heavily against him in the final deliberations for choosing the 17 players to launch a defence of the urn. Where logic could be found for the omissions of…