Month: July 2021

Report Half-century from 18-year-old prodigy sets up first home Blast win since 2019 Hampshire 176 for 6 (Prest 59*) beat Gloucestershire 166 for 5 (Phillips 57, Dent 42) by 10 runs Hampshire’s teenage batting prodigy Tom Prest inspired his side to only their second Vitality Blast win of the season with an unbeaten 59 helping seal an 10-run victory over high-flying Gloucestershire at the Ageas Bowl. The visitors needed 20…

Report Brett D’Oliveira and Ross Whiteley lay platform before Derbyshire fall short in chase Worcestershire 167 for 6 (D’Oliveira 43) beat Derbyshire 153 for 8 (Wood 46, Morris 3-21) by 14 runs Daryl Mitchell became a record-breaker as Worcestershire Rapids beat Derbyshire Falcons by 14 runs in the Vitality Blast North Group match at Derby. The 37-year-old became the first Worcestershire player to take 100 T20 wickets to help his…

Report Inglis, Ackermann seal eight-wicket win in nine-over chase Leicestershire 88 for 2 beat Durham 115 for 4 by eight wickets (DLS) Leicestershire Foxes inflicted a damaging defeat on Durham’s bid to qualify for the Vitality Blast quarter-finals by beating the home side by eight wickets via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method at Emirates Riverside. Josh Inglis and Colin Ackermann were on point for the visitors in a revised chase of 88…

Report Kent stay just out of reach as New Zealand quick defends 18 off final over Kent 191 for 4 (Cox 61*, Leaning 50) beat Surrey 180 for 6 (Jacks 87, Evans 57, Milne 4-38) by 11 runs Adam Milne took a hat-trick off the final three balls to clinch a thrilling 11-run victory for Kent Spitfires over Surrey at Canterbury, smothering the visitors in the death overs to leave…

Report Middlesex condemned to rain-affected defeat as Blast chances die Somerset 152 (Conway 45, Cullen 4-32) beat Middlesex 114 for 6 (Overton 3-28) by five runs (DLS) Somerset maintained their push for a top four finish in the Vitality Blast South Group with a five-run win over Middlesex under the DLS method at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton. The hosts were bowled out for 152 in 18.1 overs after…

Report Birmingham dismissed for lowest T20 total as Nottinghamshire claim crushing win Nottinghamshire 177 for 9 (Patel 41, Lintott 3-28) beat Birmingham 63 (Ball 4-11, Harrison 4-17) by 114 runs Notts Outlaws continued their assertive defence of the Vitality Blast title as they thrashed Birmingham Bears by 114 runs at Edgbaston. The Outlaws made it seven wins from 11 games after brushing aside a Bears side hit by the loss…

Report Former England star seals victory with classy unbeaten 43 at Chelmsford Northern Diamonds 117 for 2 (Taylor 43*) beat Sunrisers 116 for 7 by eight wickets Sarah Taylor proved her inimitable class with an impeccable 43 not out as Northern Diamonds got off the mark in the Charlotte Edwards Cup by beating Sunrisers by eight wickets. Three-time World Cup winner Taylor, who suffered a concussion in the defeat to…

Report Opening stand of 144 underpins Sussex’s return to winning ways Sussex 201 for 8 (Wright 77, Salt 63, Douthwaite 3-28) beat Glamorgan 168 (Lloyd 51, Lenham 4-26) by 33 runs A first-wicket stand of 144 between Luke Wright and Phil Salt helped Sussex beat Glamorgan by 33 runs in the Vitality Blast. The two openers guided their side to an imposing total of 201 for 8 which was always…