Sussex 168 for 7 (Hudson-Prentice 47, M Taylor 3-32) beat Gloucestershire 167 for 8 (J Taylor 52, Mills 4-25) by three wickets Sussex Sharks scrambled a bye off the final ball of the game to get their Vitality Blast campaign off to a successful start with a three-wicket win over Gloucestershire at Hove. Chasing 168, the final over began with Sussex needing ten to win but Fynn Hudson-Prentice, whose 47…
Kent 205 for 8 (Denly 56) beat Middlesex 107 (Parkinson 4-25) by 98 runs Matt Parkinson claimed a hat-trick as Kent thrashed Middlesex by 98 runs at Chelmsford to open their 2024 Vitality Blast campaign with a win. Parkinson, who made the move from Lancashire over the winter, shone for his newly adopted county, claiming the scalps of Jack Davies, Tom Helm and Henry Brookes in his third over on…
Surrey 200 for 8 (Smith 76) beat Glamorgan 181 for 7 (Labuschagne 58, Ingram 50) by 19 runs An explosive innings of 76 from Jamie Smith set up a 19-run victory for Surrey in their Vitality T20 Blast match against Glamorgan. Smith’s runs saw Surrey reach 200 for 8 from their 20 overs, a target that was too much for Glamorgan to chase. The Glamorgan bowlers struggled to keep the…
Somerset 197 for 6 (Abell 55, Gregory 44) Essex 193 for 6 (Elgar 77, Gregory 3-42) by four wickets Tom Abell and Lewis Gregory staged a whirlwind stand of 60 in 30 balls as Somerset launched the defence of their Vitality T20 Blast title with a thrilling four-wicket victory over Essex at the Cooper Associates Ground. Abell top-scored with 55 from 36 balls and Gregory smashed 44 from 22 deliveries…
Northamptonshire 157 for 2 (Willey 79, Breetzke 51*) beat Nottinghamshire 154 (Haynes 51, Zaib 3-12, Scrimshaw 3-16) by eight wickets Skipper David Willey smashed seven sixes and seven fours in a 34-ball 79 as Northamptonshire Steelbacks made it two Vitality Blast wins from two with a crushing eight-wicket win over Notts Outlaws. After bowling Outlaws out for 154, Steelbacks knocked off their target with a commanding 40 balls to spare,…
Birmingham 105 for 4 (Yates 29) beat Durham 101 (Jones 29, Hasan 3-20) by six wickets A brilliant bowling performance from Birmingham Bears gave them a win in their Vitality Blast opener as they beat Durham by seven wickets at the Seat Unique Riverside. Hasan Ali and Richard Gleeson led the attack with exceptional performances as the experienced seamers picked up five wickets between them and helped restrict the hosts…
Leicestershire 155 for 3 (Budinger 50, Chohan 2-32) beat Yorkshire 151 for 7 (Masood 45, Hull 3-28) by seven wickets Leicestershire Foxes launched their Vitality Blast season in spectacular style with a thumping seven-wicket win over Yorkshire Vikings at the Uptonsteel County Ground in Leicester. Vikings had themselves started the season strongly with an eight-wicket win over Worcestershire Rapids the previous evening but were brought crashing back to earth in…
Worcestershire 172 for 5 (D’Oliveira 61, Wells 2-24) beat Lancashire 169 for 5 (Croft 52*, Smith 2-32) by five wickets Worcestershire Rapids are celebrating their first win of the season in the Vitality Blast after Tom Taylor‘s last over six enabled them to defeat Lancashire Lightning by five wickets at Visit Worcestershire New Road. Club skipper Brett D’Oliveira‘s half century laid the foundations for the Rapids triumph after they had…
Brydon Carse, the Durham and England fast bowler, has been handed a three-month ban after an anti-corruption investigation by the newly formed Cricket Regulator. Carse, who accepted the charges and cooperated with the independent regulatory body, was found to have breached ECB gambling regulations by placing 303 bets on various cricket matches between 2017 and 2019. He did not bet on games he was playing in but, according to a…
Liam Livingstone has revealed that he has been playing through pain for the last 18 months due to a knee injury. It “drained” his enjoyment of the game and left him “in a pretty crap place” but he played “pain-free” during England’s T20I series against Pakistan thanks to an anti-inflammatory injection. In 2022, Livingstone rushed back from an ankle injury to play for England at the T20 World Cup and…