Lancashire 169 for 8 (Vilas 42, Stone 4-21) beat Birmingham Bears 168 for 8 (Hose 50, Mousley 41, Gleeson 2-23) by two wickets Left-arm spinner Tom Hartley hit two sixes as Lancashire secured a home quarter-final in the Vitality Blast with a dramatic two-wicket victory over Birmingham Bears at Emirates Old Trafford. Needing 13 off the final over, Hartley’s second six had given his side a sniff of victory and…
Glamorgan 190 for 5 (Douthwaite 51*, Root 38*) beat Kent 155 (Stevens 34, McIlroy 3-31) by 35 runs Glamorgan have thrashed the Kent Spitfires by 35 runs in their final Vitality Blast game of the season at Canterbury. The death overs proved fatal for Kent, as an unbeaten stand of 95 between Dan Douthwaite and Billy Root turned the game on its head, steering Glamorgan to 190 for five. The…
How did India’s bowlers manage to avoid the blistering assault suffered by New Zealand during England’s 3-0 whitewash earlier this month? Thanks to their battery of 140kph/87mph-plus seamers, as well as a return to the same bowling plans that had delivered a 2-1 series lead in the first four Tests of the Pataudi Trophy last summer. That was the assessment of Mohammed Siraj, India’s leading wicket-taker in the match so…
Indians 149 for 8 (Harshal 54, Karthik 34, Glover 3-33) beat Northamptonshire 139 (Zaib 33, Avesh 2-16, Harshal 2-23) by ten runs Indians’ top order folded either side of a rain break at the County Ground in Northampton, but a punchy 34 from their captain Dinesh Karthik and an even punchier half-century from Harshal Patel dragged them up to 149 for 8. Saif Zaib, who was reprieved twice, then gave…
India 416 and 125 for 3 (Pujara 50*, Pant 30*) lead England 284 (Bairstow 106, Billings 36, Siraj 4-66, Bumrah 3-68) by 257 runs Jonny Bairstow added a new chapter to a glorious summer with a belligerent 106 off 140 balls, but it was India who took control of the Edgbaston Test over the course of an enthralling third day. Their quicks, led by Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, bowled…
Leicestershire 211 for 7 (Ackermann 72*, Willey 3-29) beat Yorkshire 151 for 9 (Lyth 52, Ahmed 3-17) by 60 runs Leicestershire Foxes finished off their Vitality Blast season with a fifth straight win but it was a bitter-sweet victory after it was revealed just hours before the match that they had suffered a two-point deduction as a result of two disciplinary offences committed during their dramatic one-run victory over Northamptonshire…
Derbyshire 194 for 5 (Madsen 100*) beat Durham 193 for 5 (Robinson 43, Jones 43, McKiernan 3-29) by five wickets Wayne Madsen scored his first T20 century as Derbyshire Falcons finished their Vitality Blast North Group campaign with a record-breaking five-wicket victory over Durham at Derby. Madsen scored a brilliant unbeaten 100 off 47 balls with 11 fours and three sixes as the Falcons completed their highest T20 run chase…
Gloucestershire 164 for 5 (Phillips 52) beat Middlesex 163 for 4 (Eskinazi 65*) by five wickets Glenn Phillips went out on a high, scoring a brilliant 52 from 39 balls as Gloucestershire successfully chased a victory target of 164 with one ball to spare to defeat Middlesex by five wickets in a dramatic finish to their final Vitality Blast match of the season at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol….
Nottinghamshire 165 for 5 (Duckett 62*) beat Worcestershire 159 for 8 (Barnard 38, Ball 4-25) by five wickets Notts Outlaws missed out on a quarter-final spot in the Vitality Blast for the first time in seven years despite ending the North Group campaign with a five-wicket success over Worcestershire Rapids at New Road. The Outlaws had been an unexpected life-line in their hopes of reaching the last eight after Leicestershire…
Northern Diamonds 241 for 4 (Winfield-Hill 93, Heath 51*, Armitage 47) beat Thunder 235 for 7 (Lamb 82) by six wickets A brilliant 93 from England international Lauren Winfield-Hill saw Northern Diamonds begin their Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy campaign with a six-wicket win over rivals Thunder. Alongside Hollie Armitage, who hit 47, and Bess Heath, who struck an unbeaten 51, Winfield-Hill ensured the target of 236 was easily chased down…