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(c)Cricinfo en-gb The Hampshire captain Dimitri Mascarenhas battled the pain of twice tearing tendons in his shoulder to lead the county to the Friends Life t20 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/149000/149053.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579554.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579554.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-579554 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hampshire survived a terrific late assault by David Miller, Yorkshire's South African overseas player, to clinch the Friends Life t20 title by 10 runs https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/149000/149072.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579458.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579458.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-579458 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An fifth-wicket stand of 54 between Simon Katich and Sean Ervine saw Hampshire into the final after Somerset struggled to 125 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/149000/149051.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579375.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579375.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-579375 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jonny Bairstow played another ebullient innings swept Yorkshire to a 36-run victory against Sussex in the first Friends Lift t20 semi-final https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/149000/149034.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579329.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579329.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-579329 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Tim Bresnan will be available for Yorkshire on Twenty20 Finals Day after the England management reversed their decision to make him unavailable https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146800/146869.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579235.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579235.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-579235 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT English cricket's uneasy relationship with the growing influence of domestic Twenty20 will again come to the fore on Saturday when the Friends Life t20 finals day is held in Cardiff https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/142900/142918.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579214.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579214.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-579214 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yorkshire remain hopeful they will have Tim Bresnan available for the Friends Life t20 Finals Day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146800/146874.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579013.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579013.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-579013 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hampshire will have an opportunity to win their second Friends Life t20 title in three seasons after a dramatic victory over Nottinghamshire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147700/147762.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573977.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573977.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-573977 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Scott Styris, the former New Zealand allrounder, has described his 37-ball hundred in Sussex's FLt20 quarter-final victory over Gloucestershire as one of his "better" innings https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147700/147724.9.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573969.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573969.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-573969 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yorkshire reached their first T20 Finals Day with a 29-run win over Worcestershire, inspired by Joe Root's maiden Twenty20 half-century https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147700/147739.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573965.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573965.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-573965 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Scott Styris' outrageous 37-ball hundred sends Sussex to final day with a 39-run win over Gloucestershire at Hove https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147700/147722.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573837.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573837.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-573837 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Somerset, given the fillip of having their adored captain back in their side, will contest FLt20 finals day for the fourth year in succession after a 27-run win over Essex https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147700/147718.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573833.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573833.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-573833 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yorkshire will start favourites against Worcestershire in their Friends Life t20 quarter-final as they target a first trip to finals day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147700/147715.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573811.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573811.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-573811 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alfonso Thomas' Twenty20 bowling skills are as dangerous as ever at 35, as a recent tentative approach from Cricket South Africa can testify. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/136400/136433.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573638.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/573638.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-573638 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yorkshire or Worcestershire will make a first appearance at T20 finals day after the two teams were drawn against each other in the last eight of the Friends Life t20 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571592.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571592.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571592 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yorkshire concluded their most successful Friends Life t20 campaign by beating Derbyshire by 21 runs to earn a home tie in the quarter-finals https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/132500/132573.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571583.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571583.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571583 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A half-century from Michael Lumb helped Nottinghamshire romp to a 69-run victory over Leicestershire and secure a home FLt20 quarter-final https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571582.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571582.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571582 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durham and Lancashire tied their final Friends Life t20 North Group game at Chester-le-Street as both sides missed out on the quarter-finals https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571581.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571581.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571581 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kent beat Middlesex by three wickets with an over to spare in their final FLt20 game at Uxbridge but it was a hollow victory because neither side had any chance of reaching the quarter-finals. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571580.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571580.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571580 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey's miserable Friends Life t20 campaign at least ended on a winning note with a seven-wicket victory over Sussex https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571579.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571579.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571579 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ian Saxelby took two wickets as Gloucestershire booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Friends Life T20 with a rain-affected eight-wicket win over Northamptonshire. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571578.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571578.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571578 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rain and the Duckworth-Lewis method ended Warwickshire's hopes of victory against Glamorgan and a quarter-final spot https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/144900/144977.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571577.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571577.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571577 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nick Compton made an unbeaten 42 to secure victory for Somerset as both teams qualified for the quarter-finals https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146000/146068.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571574.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571574.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571574 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Richard Gould, the Surrey chief executive, has called for England's Twenty20 domestic tournament to be scheduled throughout the summer and has predicted it could bring "a dramatic increase" in spectators. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147100/147104.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571394.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571394.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571394 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kent's Friends Life t20 hopes ended as they suffered two calamitous run-outs during a 23-run home defeat to Essex under lights in Canterbury https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571347.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571347.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571347 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Middlesex pulled off a dramatic one-wicket victory over Surrey in the Friends Life t20 London derby with just a single ball to spare https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147100/147102.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571346.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571346.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571346 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Matt Prior scored 81 off 37 balls as Sussex passed 200 for the third time this season, only for the rain to ruin any chance of a result https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147100/147100.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571339.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571339.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571339 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nottinghamshire are confident that Adam Voges will not be leaving the county to compete in the Sri Lanka Premier League https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/133700/133781.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571306.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571306.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571306 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yorkshire's coach Jason Gillespie would no doubt jump on such talk as unwisely premature but the county's reinvention as a force in Twenty20 is beginning to look credible after victory over Notts at Trent Bridge. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/144900/144921.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571186.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571186.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571186 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kent dismissed Surrey for 88 - their lowest total in Twenty20 - to keep alive hopes of reaching the quarter-finals and send the hosts out https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146500/146508.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571185.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571185.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571185 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Essex kept alive their hopes of gaining a place in the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals by beating Middlesex by two wickets in their South Group clash https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571184.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571184.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571184 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hamish Marshall led from the front as Gloucestershire boosted their hopes of a quarter-final place with a seven-wicket Friends Life t20 win over Worcestershire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/134400/134424.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571183.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/571183.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-571183 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sussex booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20 and ended Surrey's hopes in the process following an emphatic six-wicket win at The Oval. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570944.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570944.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570944 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nottinghamshire remained unbeaten as a record Lancashire opening stand between Stephen Moore and Tom Smith proved in vain in a rain-affected eight-wicket Friends Life t20 win. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570943.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570943.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570943 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT If anything could sum up the struggles of this season's Friends Life t20 to achieve lift-off, it was surely Kevin Pietersen's first-ball duck against Hampshire. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/147000/147005.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/570838.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/570838.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570838 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Moeen Ali and Daryl Mitchell were the stars of Worcestershire's 54-run over Somerset in the Friends Life t20 clash at Taunton https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570705.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570705.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570705 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Derbyshire put a significant dent in Lancashire's hopes of qualifying for the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals by claiming a three-wicket win with seven balls to spare at Old Trafford https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/133600/133687.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570704.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570704.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570704 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durham kept alive their hopes of reaching the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals by thrashing holders Leicestershire by nine wickets https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570703.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570703.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570703 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan allrounder, will now not join Hampshire for the Friend Life t20 due to ongoing problems in obtaining a visa. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/132100/132194.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570564.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570564.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570564 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire celebrated their first win of this season's Friends Life t20 after coasting to a nine-wicket victory over Glamorgan in Cardiff. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570549.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570549.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570549 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey's top order suffered a dramatic collapse as in-form Hampshire cruised to their fourth successive Friends Life t20 victory at West End. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/144600/144652.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570548.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570548.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570548 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hampshire's Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell produced another explosive innings to carry Hampshire to victory in the Twenty20 South group clash against Essex at Chelmsford. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570438.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570438.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570438 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Former Derbyshire all-rounder Wayne White condemned his ex-team mates to a fifth Friends Life t20 defeat as Leicestershire won a thrilling North Group match by four wickets off the last ball at Derby. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570437.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570437.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570437 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Rippon took career-best figures of 4 for 23 on his debut as Sussex romped to an 83-run victory over Kent at Hove in the Friends Life t20 South Group. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570439.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570439.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570439 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England Twenty20 opener Alex Hales' fine form continued with the bat as he propelled Nottinghamshire back to the top of the Friends Life t20 North Group with a 41-run victory over Durham. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570436.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570436.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570436 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yorkshire took a giant step towards qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20 by beating Lancashire by 19 runs in front of a 10,350 crowd at Headingley. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/141900/141957.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570435.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570435.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570435 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Warwickshire captain Jim Troughton led by example with a half-century in his side's seven-wicket win over Northamptonshire in the Friends Life t20 at Wantage Road. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570434.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570434.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570434 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Phil Hughes showed the Australians what they are missing by lighting up Worcestershire's Friends Life t20 campaign in a 19-run victory over Glamorgan Dragons at New Road. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570433.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570433.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570433 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hamish Marshall led from the front with 66 as Gloucestershire romped to a shock nine-wicket win over Somerset with 5.2 overs to spare in the Friends Life t20 clash at Taunton. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/134400/134424.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570432.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570432.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570432 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Group leaders Sussex maintained their unbeaten record in this season's Friends Life t20 with a dramatic four-wicket victory over nearest rivals Essex https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146800/146843.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570353.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570353.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570353 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sean Ervine hit his first half-century in the Friends Life t20 for two seasons as Hampshire beat Middlesex by four wickets with four balls https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570249.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570249.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570249 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Defending champions Leicestershire slumped to their fifth defeat in six games in the Friends Life t20 North Group https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570250.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570250.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570250 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paul Best claimed 3 for 19 on only his second Friends Life t20 appearance to help Warwickshire to a comfortable seven-wicket success over Gloucestershire at Bristol https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146800/146831.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570248.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570248.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570248 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Herschelle Gibbs thrashed an unbeaten 83 off 58 balls as Durham beat Derbyshire by eight wickets https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146800/146828.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570247.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570247.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570247 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Eoin Morgan has said that English domestic Twenty20 cricket has fallen "so far behind" rival leagues such as the IPL and Big Bash https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/136500/136538.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/570126.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/570126.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570126 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kent lost four wickets in four balls as they collapsed to a 48-run defeat in their Friends Life t20 clash with Middlesex https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570114.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570114.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570114 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Craig Kieswetter's explosive half-century helped unbeaten Somerset to an easy seven-wicket win over Northamptonshire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570112.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570112.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570112 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yasir Arafat became the leading wicket-taker in the history of England's domestic T20 competition as Lancashire recorded a thumping eight-wicket win over sorry Durham https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/142900/142982.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570023.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/570023.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-570023 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Glenn Maxwell guided Hampshire to victory against Kent, a county struggling financially and desperate for more Twenty20 cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569843.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569843.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569843 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sussex won a high-scoring game by 19 runs against Essex at Hove to go clear at the top of the Friends Life t20 South Group https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569842.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569842.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569842 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT James Cameron's terrific half-century helped Worcestershire to their second win in this year's Friends Life t20 with a 14-run victory over Northamptonshire . https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/145600/145604.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569757.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569757.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569757 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Luke Wright hit 91 as Sussex completed the double over Middlesex in the Friends Life t20 at Hove https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569503.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569503.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569503 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hampshire are still without a victory in this year's Friends Life t20 after suffering a three-run defeat to Kent under floodlights https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569501.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569501.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569501 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey's last-ball defeat at Essex at least allowed the healing process to begin in their first match since the death of Tom Maynard. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569500.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569500.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569500 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Azeem Rafiq became the first cricketer of Asian origin, and the youngest player in the county's history, to captain Yorkshire when he led them to victory in a Friends Life t20 tie away to Durham at Chester-le-Street. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113300/113324.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569494.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569494.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569494 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Warwickshire turned the tables on midlands rivals Worcestershire with a surprisingly comfortable Friends Life t20 victory at New Road. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569493.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569493.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569493 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT James Hildreth hit a magnificent 53-ball century to guide Somerset to a thrilling four-wicket victory over Glamorgan and maintain their unbeaten record in an absorbing Friends Life t20 match at Taunton. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569492.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569492.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569492 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ian Saxelby took 4 for 16 as Gloucestershire defeated Northamptonshire by eight runs to register their first win in the Friends Life t20 and keep their opponents waiting for their opening success of the group campaign. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569491.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569491.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569491 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Edgbaston's rain-blighted season continued with Warwickshire's Friends Life t20 match against Somerset washed out after only 7.1 overs were bowled. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569332.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569332.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569332 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Essex beat Middlesex by six runs in their Friends Life t20 South Group match at Lord's, the hosts falling just short with 149 for 9 in their pursuit of 156. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/65700/65771.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569331.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569331.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569331 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South African duo Herschelle Gibbs and Johann Myburgh steered Durham to a five-wicket win over Derbyshire in a tight Friends Life t20 North Division game at Derby. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569190.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569190.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569190 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Greg Smith took five wickets in two overs in a thrilling climax as Essex collected their first Friends Life t20 success of the campaign with a three-run victory against Kent at Chelmsford. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569189.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569189.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569189 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569188.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569188.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569188 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Laurie Evans swept Warwickshire to their first Friends Life t20 win of the season with a dominant unbeaten 68 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569027.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/569027.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-569027 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Moin Ashraf was the star of the show as Yorkshire claimed their second Friends Life t20 victory against a Derbyshire side who lost for the first time in the North Group https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568930.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568930.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568930 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland batsman Paul Stirling's belligerent 71 guided Middlesex to a six-wicket Friends Life t20 win over Hampshire at West End https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146500/146559.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568929.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568929.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568929 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/137200/137238.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/568773.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/568773.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568773 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The holders Leicestershire fell to their third defeat in a row after Andrew Gale and Phil Jaques powered Yorkshire to a match-winning total https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/119800/119811.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568767.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568767.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568767 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Middlesex fell short in pursuit of Sussex's 143 for 8 as Chris Liddle's five-wicket haul helped the visitors to victory https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/134000/134092.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568766.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568766.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568766 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568765.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568765.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568765 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Two crucial sixes from Glamorgan captain Jim Allenby sealed his side's victory in their rain-affected Friends Life t20 clash against Warwickshire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568764.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568764.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568764 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Moeen Ali and Phillip Hughes ran riot with the bat as Worcestershire's total proved well beyond Gloucestershire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146100/146191.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568763.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568763.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568763 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nottinghamshire secured a comfortable seven-wicket win after their bowlers combined to stifle Durham https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568761.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568761.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568761 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yorkshire recovered from 42 for 5 but still lost by two runs to Durham in an exciting finish to their opening FLt20 match https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568502.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568502.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568502 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Lancashire sent defending champions Leicestershire sliding to their second successive defeat in the Friends Life t20 with an 11-run victory at Grace Road. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568501.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568501.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568501 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Worcestershire's hopes in the Friends Life t20 have taken a blow with the news that Sohail Tanvir has been delayed in arriving in the UK https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146100/146115.8.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568497.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568497.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568497 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rob Nicol, the New Zealand batsman, has agreed to join Gloucestershire for the final two months of the season https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/142800/142824.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568489.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568489.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568489 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durham have signed South African batsman Johan Myburgh as their second overseas player for the Friends Life t20 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568469.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568469.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568469 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sajid Mahmood had a night to forget as Lancashire lost to Derbyshire by 17 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method in a Friends Life t20 game played in steady rain under the County Ground floodlights. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568388.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568388.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568388 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey made it two wins from as many Friends Life t20 starts and secured local bragging rights after securing an unlikely 28-run win over Middlesex amongst the showers at Lord's. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/146400/146404.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568386.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568386.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568386 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey opened their Friends Life t20 campaign with a 17-run victory over Essex at The Oval https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568316.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568316.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568316 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A bludgeoned half-century from new boy Richard Levi and career-best bowling figures from Max Waller saw Somerset to a 63-run victory over Warwickshire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568314.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568314.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568314 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka's record-breaking spin bowler, has dismissed England's Twenty20 format as "old fashioned" and called for it to adopt the franchise format favoured by the IPL. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/140300/140307.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568264.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568264.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568264 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Leicestershire Foxes were bowled out for 96 in a calamitous start to the defence of their Friends Life t20 title against Nottinghamshire Outlaws at Grace Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568224.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568224.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568224 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durham have suffered a major blow ahead of their Friends Life t20 campaign with the news that Paul Collingwood will miss at least the next month through injury, the club revealed today. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/136400/136462.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/568204.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/568204.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568204 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Gloucestershire have appointed Hamish Marshall to captain their T20 side, in place of Alex Gidman - their captain in all formats since 2009. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/134400/134424.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568079.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/568079.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-568079 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland allrounder Kevin O'Brien has been signed by Somerset for five of the forthcoming FLt20 matches https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/136300/136397.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/friends-life-t20-2012/content/story/567961.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/friends-life-t20-2012/content/story/567961.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-567961 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yorkshire have signed David Miller, the South African batsman, as their second overseas player for the Friends Life T20. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/117500/117584.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/567793.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/567793.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-567793 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ECB have created a new anti-corruption team to monitor matches in the Friends Life t20 and Clydesdale Bank 40 competitions https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/566799.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/566799.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-566799 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hampshire have bolstered their options for the Friends Life t20 by registering Australia allrounder Glenn Maxwell https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/135900/135991.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/566649.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/566649.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-566649 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT