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Jordan stars as Surrey win last-ball thriller against Kent
Surrey snatch victory in dramatic finale after Jason Roy, Laurie Evans steer chase
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12-Jun-2025
Surrey 173 for 6 (Roy 56, Evans 46*, Agar 3-26) beat Kent 171 for 7 (Denly 40, Jordan 4-10) by four wickets
Chris Jordan hit a boundary off the last ball as Surrey beat Kent Spitfires by four wickets in a South Group thriller at the Kia Oval. It was quite a night for Jordan who had earlier taken 4 for 10 - his best figures in the competition - in Kent's 171 for 7.
Jason Roy (56) and skipper Sam Curran (32) seemed to have the chase under control when they put on 90 in nine overs but there were more twists to come.
Full postDickson, Gregory outmuscle Middlesex to make it four from four
Hefty 229 not sufficient as Somerset pile through to five-wicket win
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12-Jun-2025
Somerset 235 for 5 (Dickson 76, Gregory 58*) beat Middlesex 229 for 5 (Holden 87*, Geddes 69) by five wickets
Sean Dickson marked his return to Somerset's team with top score of 76 as they made it four wins from as many Vitality Blast group games with a five-wicket victory over Middlesex in a Taunton run-feast.
Middlesex ran up 229 for five - the highest ever Blast total by a visiting side at the Cooper Associates Ground - after losing the toss, Max Holden striking 87 not out off 47 balls and Ben Geddes a career-best 69 from 32 deliveries, including seven sixes.
Full postSmale's pace puts Glamorgan on fast track to big win
Essex lose fifth game in a row despite pyrotechnics from Luc Benkenstein
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12-Jun-2025
Glamorgan 220 for 6 (Smale 65) beat Essex 180 (Benkenstein 62, Crane 3-24) by 40 runs
Will Smale's career-best 65 handed Glamorgan their third Men's Vitality Blast win of the summer, and kept Essex on zero points at the foot of the table.
Batter Smale had watched sister Sophia score a season's best 24 in a losing cause for Essex against Hampshire Hawks earlier in the day and, as the older of the two, decided to win the sibling rivalry. He put on 84 with Colin Ingram as Glamorgan piled on 220 against the low-in-confidence Eagles.
Full postO'Dowd 158* trumps Munsey 191 as Netherlands chase down 370 against Scotland
It was the third-highest successful chase in ODIs
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12-Jun-2025
Netherlands 374 for 6 (O'Dowd 158*, Nidamanuru 51, Croes 50, Sharif 3-62) beat Scotland 369 for 6 (Munsey 191, Cross 59, Levitt 2-41, Dutt 2-73) by four wickets
Max O'Dowd's 158 not out trumped George Munsey's 191 as Netherlands pulled off the third-highest successful chase in ODI cricket in their World Cup League 2 match against Scotland in Dundee.
Batting first after winning the toss, Scotland rode on Munsey's record 191 off 150 balls to put up 369 for 6. It was the highest ODI score by an Associate batter, going past Paul Stirling's 177 against Canada in 2010. Munsey had a great chance to score a double-hundred - when he fell, ten balls were still left in the innings.
Full postAustralia ahead after Cummins, Rabada and Ngidi dominate pulsating second day
With two third-innings wickets still to prise out, South Africa already need to pull off the fourth-highest successful chase at Lord's
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12-Jun-2025
Australia 212 and 144 for 8 (Carey 43, Ngidi 3-35, Rabada 3-44) lead South Africa 138 (Bedingham 45, Bavuma 36, Cummins 6-28, Starc 2-41) by 218 runs
For two hours in the middle of day two, Australia had one hand on the WTC mace after taking a 74-run first-innings lead at Lord's. For the next two, South Africa did their utmost to prise their fingers from it, and for the one after that, Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc fought them off with a 61-run eighth-wicket partnership. As things stand, Australia still have a few fingers on the mace after a gripping day of Test cricket.
It was, once again, a day for bowlers. Fourteen wickets fell on day two, the same number as the first day, for a total of 28 wickets in six sessions.
Full postMcCaughan century leads Hampshire rout of Essex
Charli Knott helps add hefty total before Adams four-for seals emphatic 42-run win
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12-Jun-2025
Hampshire 195 for 2 (McCaughan 106, Knott 72*) beat Essex 153 for 8 (Adams 4-26) by 42 runs
Ella McCaughan became the first women to make a Vitality Blast T20 hundred as Hampshire completed a double over Essex with a 42-run victory at Chelmsford.
The tournament's leading run scorer plundered 106 in 60 balls complete with 16 fours as she passed 1000 runs in the format.
Full postJoseph stars in rain-shortened chase to put West Indies 1-0 up
Tazmin Brits' half-century and Nadine de Klerk's rearguard proved insufficient for South Africa in the first ODI
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12-Jun-2025
West Indies 180 for 6 (Joseph 60, Matthews 40, Taylor 30, Hlubi 3-50) beat South Africa 232 for 9 (Brits 57, de Klerk 42, Luus 32, Alleyne 2-35, Ramharack 2-44) by four wickets (DLS method)
A half-century from Qiana Joseph and solid support acts from the experienced duo of Hayley Matthews and Stafanie Taylor helped West Indies chase down a rain-reduced target in Barbados to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against South Africa.
Earlier, Tazmin Brits made a brisk half-century that made her the second-fastest South Africa woman to make 1000 ODI runs. However, it wasn't enough as West Indies followed up a good bowling effort with a comfortable chase.
Full postSanderson makes it six straight wins for Steelbacks
His three wickets in four balls extends tally in this year's competition to 17
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11-Jun-2025
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 184 for 6 (Broad 60, Breetzke 53) beat Birmingham Bears 174 for 8 (Mousley 68, Sanderson 3-31) by 10 runs
Ben Sanderson sealed an historic, unprecedented sixth straight Vitality Blast victory for Northamptonshire Steelbacks with three wickets in the penultimate over against Birmingham Bears at Wantage Road. Sanderson finished with figures of 3 for 31 as the hosts wrapped up a dramatic 10-run victory.
With Moeen Ali well set on 31, the Bears needed 24 off the last two overs before Sanderson broke through, collecting three wickets in four balls, including the dangerous Moeen, to extend his tally in this year's competition to 17.
Full postOllie Robinson half-century leads Durham to victory over Derbyshire Falcons
Robinson's T20 best helped his side amid impressive bowling from Allah Ghazanfar Fynn Hudson-Prentice
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11-Jun-2025
Durham 168 for 6 (Robinson 70, Ackermann 33) beat Derbyshire Falcons 152 (Madsen 37, Jewell 33, Raine 3-21) by 16 runs
Durham win by 16 runs
A tremendous half-century from Ollie Robinson led Durham to a 16-run victory over basement boys Derbyshire Falcons in the Vitality Blast.
Durham had a nightmare start when they lost an early wicket, but Robinson's fluent 70, a T20 best for him, helped his side to 168 for 6 amid some impressive bowling from Allah Ghazanfar (2 for 18) and Fynn Hudson-Prentice (2 for 25).
Full postMalan stays on a roll as Yorkshire beat Notts
Jack White takes 4 for 33 on T20 debut as Joe Clarke's half-century goes in vain
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11-Jun-2025
Yorkshire 175 for 8 (Malan 58, Lyth 29) beat Notts Outlaws 166 for 9 (Clarke 50, White 4-33) by nine runs
Dawid Malan hit his third consecutive Vitality Blast half-century as Yorkshire, having lost their first three North Group matches, defeated Notts Outlaws by nine runs at Trent Bridge, seamer Jack White taking 4 for 33 on his T20 debut.
With Adam Lyth making 29 from 21 and Matt Revis 27 not out from 22, Malan's 58 from 29 balls helped Yorkshire post 175 for 8.
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