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T20 Finals Day figures slump to record low

The viewing figures for last month's T20 Finals Day at Edgbaston were 10 per cent down on the previous lowest recorded in 2013, and 498,000 worse than the highest recorded in 2005

10-Sep-2015•Freddie Wilde

Lancashire end long wait for Twenty20 title

There have been many disappointments and much heartbreak along the way, but Lancashire have clinched their first limited-over silverware since 1999 with a 13-run victory over Northamptonshire in the final of the NatWest T20 Blast.

29-Aug-2015•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Lancashire into final as spin dominates in poor spectacle

English cricket's three-for-one Finals Day provided entertainment in the second semi-final worthy of the supermarket discount bin as Lancashire reach the final with a six-wicket victory

29-Aug-2015•David Hopps

Willey the inspiration as Northants reach final

David Willey inspired Northamptonshire with an opening burst of three wickets as they swept past the defending champions and into the final

29-Aug-2015•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Umpires consider protective head visors

England's first-class umpires, concerned for their own safety in an era of ever-powerful hitting, are examining forms of protection including to the head, the heart and the back of the neck

29-Aug-2015•Ivo Tennant

Familiar foes meet on Finals Day

Three of the four teams who contested Finals Day in 2014 will meet again later this month to determine the winner of the NatWest T20 Blast

16-Aug-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Lancashire progress after dramatic tie

Lancashire will appear at their sixth Finals Day after they beat Kent by virtue of losing fewer wickets after the sides managed 142 apiece off their 20 overs

15-Aug-2015•Paul Edwards at Canterbury

Lack of floodlights costs Worcs after dazzling Vince ton

The NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final between Worcestershire and Hampshire ended in farcical circumstances as bad light at New Road - a ground with no floodlights - forced an early end to proceedings

14-Aug-2015•Freddie Wilde

Lancashire hope to end bleak run

The county that seemed to own limited-overs trophies in the late 20th century has only the 2003 National League Division Two trophy to show for its efforts this millennium

14-Aug-2015•Paul Edwards

Worcestershire out to strike blow for non-Test counties

Victory for Worcestershire and other non-Test grounds in the quarter-finals will send a defiant message that change to the county game must come alongside a respect for the past

13-Aug-2015•David Hopps

City-based T20 on hold as Blast attendances soar

Sussex fans in the NatWest Blast quarter-final at Hove were told by an ECB official to stop protesting about the possibility of T20 city franchises - and the possibility is receding in any event

13-Aug-2015•David Hopps

Willey strikes fastest hundred as Northants breeze through

If stardom is about taking your moments then David Willey surely has a chance at stardom. He turned Northants' quarter-final against Sussex into a rout, striking the fastest century of the season in the NatWest Blast

12-Aug-2015•David Hopps

Defining fixture looms for Essex

Another misfire in the Championship has increased the pressure on Essex's coach ahead of their NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final against the holders

12-Aug-2015•Alan Gardner

Essex face Cook dilemma for Blast tie

Essex have the chance to pick Alastair Cook for their Blast quarter-final tie against Birmingham as England's coach Trevor Bayliss has released players for the knockout stage

10-Aug-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Hales hits out at domestic schedule

After a disappointing finish to the NatWest T20 Blast group stage, England's domestic schedule came in for criticism from one of its leading T20 players

25-Jul-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Glamorgan miss out after five-over thrash

Glamorgan failed to take advantage of Essex's clash with Kent being a wash out as Gloucestershire claimed an eight-wicket victory in Cardiff

24-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

Yorkshire win after Maxwell dropped for 'disciplinary reasons'

Yorkshire Vikings took a crumb of comfort out of a dismal campaign by beating North Group leaders, Birmingham Bears, by eight wickets in their final NatWest T20 match at Headingley

24-Jul-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff and ECB/PA

Essex sneak through; Northants, Lancashire in quarters after rain

The last series of group matches in the NatWest T20 Blast saw a number of teams deeply interested in what their rivals were doing or, more to the point, given the wide band of rain that moved in from the West, whether they were playing at all

24-Jul-2015•Paul Edwards

12 teams; 8 places - T20 Blast goes down to the wire

ESPNcricinfo previews the final round of NatWest T20 Blast matches by outlining what each county needs to do to finish in the top four

24-Jul-2015•Freddie Wilde

Arafat's closing skills put Hampshire on brink

Four wickets from Yasir Arafat helped Hampshire as good as clinch a NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final place with victory over Somerset

23-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

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