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John Turner, Toby Albert ease Hampshire to third win from three
Defending champions shot out for 119 to continue winless start to 2025 season
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06-Jun-2025
Hampshire 121 for 3 (Albert 73*) beat Gloucestershire 119 (O Price 42, Turner 3-28) by seven wickets
John Turner led an outstanding Hampshire Hawks bowling performance to set up a third straight victory to start their Men's Vitality Blast campaign.
Turner picked up three wickets before Chris Wood, Scott Currie and Benny Howell all snaffled two at under five runs an over to hold defending champions Gloucestershire to 119. Opener Toby Albert, on the back of 54 and 28 not out, dominated the chase with a personal best 73 as Hawks strode to the winning line with 30 balls to spare.
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Visitors set a revised target of 120 after five overs were lost due to a power cut during the chase
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06-Jun-2025
Nottinghamshire 120 for 3 (James 43, Haynes, 43, Aitchison 1-10) beat Derbyshire 162 for 9 (Donald 50, Patterson-White 3-20) by seven wickets (DLS method)
A powercut could not deny Notts Outlaws victory over local rivals Derbyshire Falcons in an extraordinary Vitality Blast North Group match at the Central Co-op County Ground.
The Outlaws were 108 for 3, chasing the Falcons 162 for 9, when the floodlights went out midway through the 13th over. When power was restored, the visitors were set a revised target of 120 and they easily sealed victory by seven wickets under the DLS method.
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Skipper's all-round display the difference against Durham as Leicestershire continue strong start
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06-Jun-2025
Leicestershire 193 for 8 (Kimber 51, Raine 5-23) beat Durham 187 for 7 (Aldridge 44, Kimber 2-14) by six runs
Leicestershire Foxes picked up a third Vitality Blast win in four matches to keep their place among the front-runners in the North Group, defeating Durham by six runs in a tight finish at the Uptonsteel County Ground.
Ben Raine took 5 for 23 against his former team-mates, with four wickets in his final two overs, but the Foxes still posted 193 for 8, their highest Blast score against Durham after skipper Louis Kimber made 51 off 27 balls and Lewis Hill 47 off 30.
Full postCarlson 93 steers Glamorgan past Pepper-powered Essex
Third defeat from three for visitors as Glamorgan pull off steep chase with over to spare
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06-Jun-2025
Glamorgan 185 for 4 (Carlson 93) beat Essex 183 for 8 (Pepper 60, Douthwaite 3-34) by six wickets
A magnificent Kiran Carlson 93 led Glamorgan back to winning ways against a winless Essex at Sophia Gardens.
The captain's knock was the catalyst in a successful chase of 184 and a six-wicket win. He had support from Will Smale with 43 as the opening pair set a strong platform for Carlson to continue through the innings.
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Victory condemns depleted Yorkshire to their third successive defeat in the competition
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06-Jun-2025
Birmingham 168 for 4 (Davies 65, Milnes 3-23) beat Yorkshire 164 for 7 (Malan 69, Briggs 2-28) by six wickets
Warwickshire Bears condemned Yorkshire to a third successive Vitality Blast defeat as they handed them a six-wicket beating at Edgbaston.
The Bears registered their first win of the campaign after Yorkshire, put in, totalled 164 for 7, having lurched from 139 for 2 to 146 for 7 in 17 balls. Dawid Malan (69 not out, 48 balls) and James Wharton (39, 23) set a solid foundation, but the middle and lower orders were scalped by the spinners as Danny Briggs, Jake Lintott and Moeen Ali each took two wickets.
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New Zealand spinner takes three after Laurie Evans and Ollie Pope propel Surrey to 193
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06-Jun-2025
Surrey 193 for 7 (Evans 62*, Pope 53, Stewart 3-27) beat Kent 151 for 9 (Crawley 46, Santner 3-28) by 42 runs
Surrey have thrashed the Kent Spitfires by 42 runs in the Vitality Blast at Canterbury.
Surrey posted 193 for 7, Ollie Pope giving them a platform with 53 before Laurie Evans assaulted the death overs, making an unbeaten 62 from just 26 balls.
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Black Caps quick restricted Sussex to 166, which was chased down with two overs to spare
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06-Jun-2025
Somerset 169 for 3 (Kohler-Cadmore 64, Carson 1-22) beat Sussex 166 for 8 (Simpson 58, Henry 3-29) by seven wickets
Somerset maintained their 100% record in the Vitality Blast after cruising to a seven-wicket win over previously unbeaten Sussex Sharks at Hove.
Having restricted them to 166 for 8 after putting Sussex in, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Tom Lammonby broke the back of Somerset's chase when they added 89 off 45 balls for the second wicket after Will Smeed departed in the first over.
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Northants seamer destroys Worcestershire at the front and back to make it four wins in a row
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06-Jun-2025
Northamptonshire 190 for 5 (Vasconcelos 59, Duffy 2-27) Worcestershire 159 (Roderick 29, Sanderson 6-8) by 31 runs
Ben Sanderson stole the show as he returned figures of 6 for 8, including sealing the match with a hat-trick, as Northants Steelbacks hurried to a 31-run win over Worcestershire Rapids in the Vitality Blast North Group.
Setting their opponents 191 to win, it was Ricardo Vasconcelos (59) who anchored the Steelbacks innings.
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India A 319 for 7 (Rahul 116, Jurel 52, Woakes 3-50, Hill 2-56) vs England Lions
He committed the first mistake after 273 minutes. Leaning into the ball, but playing away from the body, KL Rahul went swinging at a good-length delivery from England Lions quick George Hill. The ball was seaming away after starting well outside off stump, and the thick outside edge was pouched brilliantly with a reverse cup by Emilio Gay at second slip.
Rahul cursed his ill judgment as his first lapse in concentration brought to an end what was otherwise a carefully crafted century on his first day of the English summer.
Full postLaura Harris mauls Somerset with 77 off 34
Australian smashes her second fifty of the competition to send Birmingham Bears joint top
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06-Jun-2025
Warwickshire 172 for 9 (Harris 77, Robbins 3-24) Somerset 103 (Wilson 31, Taylor 3-13) by
Laura Harris continued her remarkable start at Edgbaston by clubbing Warwickshire to a 69-run Vitality Blast victory over Somerset.
Harris followed her 16-ball half-century on her debut in Birmingham last week with an equally spectacular 77 from 34 balls to lift Warwickshire to 172 for 9. Her barrage completed the team's strong recovery from 30 for 3 after Mollie Robbins (3 for 24) took three wickets in her first ten balls.
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