West Indies without Kieron Pollard as Australia bowl first

Report Josh Hazlewood earned the final bowling slot in the Australia side Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against West Indies West Indies were without their captain Kieron Pollard who has a minor injury for the opening match of the series against Australia in St Lucia where the visitors won the toss and opted to bowl. Nicholas Pooran will take over the captaincy for this match, leading West…

July 9, 2021
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Ravi Bopara sees Sussex home against old club Essex to strengthen quarter-final pursuit

Report Essex’s hopes in balance after subsiding to below-par total despite Tom Westley half-century Sussex 148 for 4 (Bopara 62*, Rawlins 50*) beat Essex 146 for 9 (Westley 53, Jordan 3-30) by six wickets An unbeaten 62 by Ravi Bopara guided Sussex Sharks to a crucial six-wicket win over his former club Essex Eagles in the Vitality Blast at Hove. The 36-year-old, who spent 17 years at Chelmsford before heading…

July 9, 2021
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Samit Patel, Nottinghamshire openers secure home quarter-final after seven-over thrash

Report Yorkshire couldn’t break free in their seven-over innings as Notts won with 20 balls to spare Nottinghamshire 65 for 0 (Hales 31*) beat Yorkshire 60 for 3 (Paterson 2-5) by ten wickets Defending champions Nottinghamshire Outlaws secured a home quarter-final in this year’s Vitality Blast with a 10-wicket win over Yorkshire Vikings in a match reduced to seven overs per side after rain delayed the start. With Alex Hales…

July 9, 2021
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Derbyshire Falcons hold their nerve to defeat Durham in tense run-chase

Report du Plooy top-scores with 47 before Guest smashes winning runs off final ball of the match Derbyshire 180 for 4 (du Plooy 47, Guest 34*, Critchley 33*) beat Durham 176 for 9 (Dickson 37, Thomson 3-23) by six wickets Derbyshire Falcons held their nerve in a tense run-chase in the final over to defeat Durham by six wickets in their Vitality Blast clash at Emirates Riverside. The Falcons successfully…

July 9, 2021
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Daniel Bell-Drummond steers Kent chase after weakened Surrey stutter

Report A makeshift Surrey side saw their quarter-final hopes take a hit with nine-wicket defeat Kent 129 for 1 (Bell-Drummond 53*) beat Surrey 128 for 7 (Milne 2-13) by nine wickets Kent Spitfires restricted Surrey to just 128 for 7 before strolling to a nine-wicket victory at the Kia Oval and strengthening their position at the top of the Vitality Blast’s South Group. Daniel Bell-Drummond went on to a 37-ball…

July 9, 2021
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Another Finn Allen fifty steers Lancashire to thumping win over Steelbacks

Report Jennings chimes in with 54* to help overhaul Northamptonshire with 26 balls to spare Lancashire Lightning 144 for 2 (Allen 66, Jennings 54*) beat Northamptonshire Steelbacks 142 for 8 (Keogh 56, Hurt 3-22) by eight wickets New Zealand opener Finn Allen made his third fifty in 11 Vitality Blast innings this season as Lancashire Lighting thrashed Northamptonshire Steelbacks by eight wickets at Emirates Old Trafford. Allen made 66 off…

July 9, 2021
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Birmingham get bogged down in top-four pursuit as Ish Sodhi and Brett D'Oliveira share seven

July 9, 2021

Ish Sodhi bagged a four-for © Getty Images Worcestershire 174 for 6 (D’Oliveira 45, Rhodes 4-34) beat Birmingham 125 (Pollock 53, Sodhi 4-24, D’Oliveira 3-15) by 49 runs Worcestershire brushed aside their Midlands neighbours, Birmingham Bears, with ease in a match that they will hope was as good as a quarter-final eliminator. Much has still to be decided in the final week, and Birmingham have the chance to turn the…

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Mahmudullah makes shock decision to retire from Test cricket

News ESPNcricinfo has learned that he informed his team-mates at the end of day three in Harare Mahmudullah has announced to his Bangladesh team-mates that he has retired from Test cricket. ESPNcricinfo has learned that he made the announcement shortly after the end of the third day’s play of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Harare. But he didn’t say anything in regards to his decision on the BCB’s video…

July 9, 2021
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Mehidy Hasan Miraz: 'Getting a five-for overseas is even more special'

July 9, 2021

Mehidy Hasan Miraz picked up his eighth five-wicket haul in Test cricket © BCB Takudzwanashe Kaitano is the latest of 13 Test openers that Zimbabwe have tried in the last five years. On day three in Harare, he made 87, the highest score by a Zimbabwe Test opener, breaking Grant Flower’s 29-year-old record. Kaitano kept Zimbabwe in the game for a long period, adding 61 with Milton Shumba for the…

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