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Scrimshaw, Pope spike Lancs guns as Northants maintain 100% start
David Willey leads from front with bat before regular wickets undermine hosts' chase
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08-Jun-2025
Northamptonshire 180 for 6 (Willey 37, Anderson 3-31) beat Lancashire 156 for 9 (Scrimshaw 4-19, Pope 2-27) by 24 runs
Northamptonshire Steelbacks maintained their 100% start in this year's Vitality Blast when they defeated Lancashire Lightning by 24 runs at Emirates Old Trafford to make it five wins in succession.
Having posted 180 for 6, in which skipper David Willey top-scored with 37, the visitors produced a determined display in the field, George Scrimshaw leading the way with career-best T20 figures of 4 for 19 from his four overs, as Lancashire ended on 156 for 9.
Full postStevie Eskinazi ransacks winless Essex
Essex remain rooted to the bottom of the South Group as Middlesex notch their first win
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08-Jun-2025
Middlesex 159 for 4 (Eskinazi 72, Walter 2-34) beat Essex 156 for 9 (Harmer 41, Helm 4-32) by six wickets
Stephen Eskinazi put pointless Essex to the sword as his 72 gave Middlesex their first Men's Vitality Blast victory of the season.
The hosts had lost six wickets in 29 balls to hinder their batting effort, although Simon Harmer's T20 best for Essex - a brisk 41 - helped his side to a semi-respectable 156.
Full postWyatt-Hodge leads onslaught as Surrey march past Durham
Opening stand with Smith puts contest beyond doubt despite Armitage anchoring visitors' innings
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08-Jun-2025
Surrey 143 for 1 (Wyatt-Hodge 74*, Smith 44) beat Durham 141 for 5 (Armitage 50) by nine wickets
Danni Wyatt-Hodge's blistering 26-ball half-century set Surrey on their way to a thumping nine-wicket win over Durham at the Oval.
The England opener struck two sixes and 11 fours in her unbeaten 74 (36), sharing a stand of 94 for the first wicket with skipper Bryony Smith (44 from 28) as the hosts chased down a target of 142 with 43 balls to spare to return to the top of the table.
Full postTara Norris takes the honours as Lancashire turn the tables
Key allround display dents high-flying Warwickshire to tighten the permutations in Women's Blast
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08-Jun-2025
Lancashire 162 for 7 (Lister 39, Norris 33*, Taylor 2-25) beat Warwickshire 157 for 9 (Wraith 58*, Norris 3-24) by five runs
Lancashire Thunder opened the Women's Vitality Blast table right up with a five-run victory over Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
Eleanor Threlkeld's side shrugged off a slow start with the bat to reach 162 for seven, much of it compiled in heavy drizzle. That was a strong recovery from 31 for four, led by Ailsa Lister 39 (26) and Tara Norris (33 not out, 24) against an accurate Warwickshire attack in which all six members took wickets,
Full postUnfettered England hunt down 197 in style to seal 2-0 series lead
Six-laden display from West Indies not enough to stay in the series, as Banton, Bethell star in chase
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08-Jun-2025
England 199 for 6 (Buttler 47, Brook 34, Banton 30*) beat West Indies 196 for 6 (Hope 49, Charles 47, Wood 2-25) by four wickets
Harry Brook had said at the toss that he "fancied a chase" in the second T20I in Bristol. Well, he was handed one all right, as West Indies obliged in trademark style, serving up a six-laden display of power-hitting that included five in a single 31-run over from Adil Rashid - the second-most expensive in England's T20 history - and 75 runs off the final four overs of their innings.
Despite 15 blows over the ropes in total, and a stiff target of 197, even that was not nearly enough to rein in a newly liberated England batting line-up that responded with a salvo of cameos to hunt down their target with nine balls to spare.
Full postAdam Hose 95 blows away Notts as Worcestershire seal points
Visitors recover from 1 for 2 to post 206 for 5 and maintain Trent Bridge winning run
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07-Jun-2025
Worcestershire 206 for 5 (Hose 95, Kashif 51) beat Nottinghamshire 181 for 7 (Moores 39, Taylor 2-36) by 25 runs
Worcestershire Rapids bounced back from a Friday night home defeat to North Group leaders Northamptonshire Steelbacks with a third consecutive Trent Bridge victory in the Vitality Blast, winning by a comfortable 25 runs.
Adam Hose clocked up six sixes in a superb 51-ball 95 with Kashif Ali hitting 51 off 35 as the Rapids totalled a challenging 206 for 5 after being asked to bat first as the rain that had washed out the scheduled Blast Women's game earlier thankfully disappeared.
Full postBad light forces early stumps after Haines, Gay fifties
Thakur, Deshpande and Kotian struck but India A did not hold on to all chances
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07-Jun-2025
England Lions 192 for 3 (Gay 71, Haines 54, Kotian 1-21) trail India A 348 (Rahul 116, Jurel 52, Woakes 3-60) by 156 runs
It was a day dominated by the hosts as England Lions wrapped up the India A tail and then reached 192 or 3 at stumps. Emilio Gay top scored with 71 while Tom Haines continued his good form with another fifty. Jordan Cox remained unbeaten on 31. Bad light forced an early end to the day's play, with Lions having cut down the deficit to 156 runs.
For India A, the bowlers were good in patches, but failed to be consistent. Anshul Kamboj picked up 1 for 38, while Tushar Deshpande and Tanush Kotian also managed a wicket each.
Full postWyatt-Hodge leads way as Surrey pinch rain-affected contest
Lancashire struggle to 85 for 6 in 11-over innings before visitors themselves get ahead on DLS
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07-Jun-2025
Surrey 62 for 4 (Wyatt-Hodge 25) beat Lancashire 85 for 6 (Morris 29, Moore 2-14) by two runs (DLS method)
Surrey gained revenge for last month's County T20 Cup final defeat to Lancashire Thunder as they won a weather-shortened Vitality Blast clash at Emirates Old Trafford by two runs on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern.
In an 11-overs per side game, visiting spinners Kalea Moore and Tilly Corteen-Coleman struck twice apiece to restrict Lancashire to 85 for 6 following a 3.15pm start due to rain. Fi Morris top-scored with 29 off 25 balls for the home side.
Full postGrace Thompson holds her nerve as Durham edge a thriller in the rain
Durham bowler concedes three runs in final over before downpour to take the contest on DLS
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07-Jun-2025
Durham 119 for 6 (Bates 34, Heath 29) beat Hampshire 33 for 2 by one run (DLS)
Grace Thompson bowled an exemplary over just before it hosed it down to give Durham a dramatic one-run victory by DLS over Hampshire Hawks in the Women's Vitality Blast.
Durham had scored 119 on a slow track, thanks to Suzie Bates' 34 and Bess Heath's 29 - with Freya Davies and Bex Tyson each picking up two wickets.
Full postNat Sciver-Brunt 57* leads England to 3-0 sweep in rain-wrecked final ODI
Sarah Glenn takes three as West Indies limp to 106 for 8 either side of a five-hour delay
Valkerie Baynes
07-Jun-2025
England 109 for 1 (Sciver-Brunt 57*) beat West Indies 106 for 8 (Joseph 34, Glenn 3-21, Arlott 2-15) by nine wickets (DLS method)
Another experimental England side, led by Nat Sciver-Brunt's half-century and three wickets to Sarah Glenn, romped to victory at a rain-hit Taunton and a 3-0 sweep of their ODI series against West Indies, leaving the visitors winless from six matches all tour.
Having swept the T20 leg 3-0 and won the first two ODIs by more than 100 runs each, England mixed up their batting order, elevating captain Sciver-Brunt and Sophia Dunkley to open while Amy Jones, who had reprised her opening role with Tammy Beaumont for the first time in five years earlier in the series with great success, dropped back to the middle order and Beaumont sat out.
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