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Jos Buttler 96, Liam Dawson four-for seal spoils for England
West Indies pay price for slow starts with ball and bat to fall 21 runs short in chase
Alan Gardner
06-Jun-2025
England 188 for 6 (Buttler 96) beat West Indies 167 for 9 (Lewis 39, Dawson 4-20) by 21 runs
Jos Buttler began life back in the ranks of England's T20I side by making his highest score on home soil, his supremely calculated innings of 96 from 59 providing a reassuring touch of quality to a new-look batting order. Liam Dawson then marked his return to England duty after more than two years out of the side with his best return in any format, figures of 4 for 20 putting the skids under West Indies in the chase.
Buttler scored almost exactly half of England's runs but did most of the heavy lifting to give his successor, Harry Brook, a largely comfortable first outing as T20I captain. Jamie Smith and Jacob Bethell were the only other batters to make double-figures on a lop-sided scorecard, but West Indies paid for a profligate start with the ball that allowed England to race away to 78 for 1 at the end of the powerplay.
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Allrounder takes 2 for 11 as Essex stutter to 104 all out before unbeaten fifty seals chase
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The Blaze 106 for 3 (K Bryce 51*) beat Essex 104 (K Bryce 2-11, McCarthy 2-22) by seven wickets
Kathryn Bryce starred with bat and ball as The Blaze beat Essex Women by seven wickets in the Vitality Blast match at the Central Co-op County Ground Derby.
Despite losing opening bowler Grace Ballinger after one ball of the game, The Blaze delivered a disciplined display in the field with Bryce taking 2 for 11 and Cassidy McCarthy 2 for 22.
Full postHampshire openers set up DLS win over Surrey
Scott Currie and Chris Wood impress with ball as hosts struggle to 141 for 7 from 20 overs
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Hampshire 63 for 0 (Vince 33*) beat Surrey 141 for 7 (Roy 37, Currie 2-17) by 15 runs (DLS method)
Miserly bowling from Scott Currie and Chris Wood restricted a subdued home side to an underwhelming 141 for 7, Jason Roy top-scoring for the third time this season with 37, while Sam Curran and Laurie Evans made 34 and 33 not out respectively.
Full postGrace Harris in a hurry to impress on match-winning Surrey debut
Australia international smites rapid fifty before taking key wickets to undermine Hampshire chase
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Surrey 213 for 4 (Harris 63, Wyatt-Hodge 62) beat Hampshire 181 for 8 (McCaughan 81, Harris 3-18) by 32 runs
Grace Harris announced herself on the 2025 Vitality Blast with a blistering half-century and three wickets as Surrey made it two from two with a 32-run win over Hampshire at the Kia Oval.
Hot off the plane the Australia international smashed 63 in 35 balls with four sixes and five fours. Harris shared half-century stands with Danni Wyatt-Hodge (62 from 41) and Paige Scholfield (49 from 18) - all this after Wyatt-Hodge and skipper Bryony Smith (33) posted 73 for the opening wicket.
Full postBopara 84* bests Samit 83* as Northants win battle of the old pros
Veterans make their marks in thrilling encounter as Derbyshire are outgunned by six runs
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04-Jun-2025
Northamptonshire 194 for 6 (Bopara 84*, Willey 37, Ghazanfar 2-30) beat Derbyshire 188 for 4 (Patel 83*, Jewell 71) by six runs
A brilliant innings from Ravi Bopara took Northants Steelbacks to a third Vitality Blast victory by six runs despite a thrilling Derbyshire Falcons chase led by Samit Patel at the Central Co-op County Ground.
Bopara scored an unbeaten 84 from 46 balls including five sixes as the Steelbacks recovered from 112 for 5 to post an imposing 194 for 6 with Afghanistan spinner Mohammad Ghazanfar taking 2 for 30.
Full postEssex overcome Kalis and showers to seal 14-over showdown
MacGregor stars again with the ball in tight victory over Bears at Chelmsford
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Essex 154 for 4 (Macleod 44, Scrivens 36) beat Birmingham Bears 139 for 8 (Kalis 52, MacGregor 3-32) by 19 runs (DLS)
Essex's batters came to the party as they overcame the weather and a late Sterre Kalis blitz to beat Warwickshire by 19 runs under the Duckworth Lewis Stern method at Chelmsford in the Vitality Blast women's competition.
Issy Macleod (44), Grace Scrivens (36) and an explosive 27 from Maddie Penna lifted the hosts to 154 for 4 in a game reduced to 14 overs-a-side by rain.
Full postRehan Ahmed stars for Leicestershire as Lancashire's winning start ends
Legspinner claims 3 for 16 to breach Old Trafford's defences in five-wicket win
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Leicestershire 149 for 5 (Kimber 40, Cox 38*) beat Lancashire 145 for 7 (Jennings 39, Green 36, Rehan 3-16)
Rehan Ahmed put Lancashire Lightning in a spin with a superb three for 16 from four overs and later a crucial 27 as Leicestershire Foxes breached fortress Emirates Old Trafford to claim an impressive Vitality Blast victory.
Legspinning allrounder Ahmed is due to link up with England for their T20I series against the West Indies later this week, and he claimed season's best figures across all formats, limiting the Lightning to 145 for seven on a used pitch.
Full postMcCaughan, Tyson seal the spoils as Hampshire outgun Lancashire
Eight-wicket victory settles rivalry between two in-form teams
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Hampshire 125 for 2 (McCaughan 68*) beat Lancashire 122 for 8 (Lister 37, Tyson 3-27) by eight wickets
Hampshire Hawks won the battle of the two in-form sides in women's county cricket this summer as three wickets for impressive spinner Bex Tyson set up a commanding Vitality Blast win over Lancashire Thunder at Emirates Old Trafford.
Left-armer Tyson returned an excellent season's best three for 27 from four overs as Thunder scrambled to 122 for eight, including 37 not out off 20 balls for Ailsa Lister.
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Kate Cross takes 100th ODI wicket as West Indies succumb in pursuit of unlikely 367
Valkerie Baynes
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England 366 for 6 (Jones 129, Beaumont 106, Lamb 55) beat West Indies 223 (Grimmond 53, Glasgow 44, Capsey 3-41, Smith 2-27, Filer 2-44) by 143 runs
Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont both scored back-to-back centuries to deliver an unassailable 2-0 ODI series lead and put England on the cusp of a complete sweep of West Indies' tour.
Reprising their successful first-wicket partnership from the opening match in Derby, Jones and Beaumont drove the hosts to 366 for 6 against a severely understrength West Indies, who fell 143 runs short in the second game in Leicester despite a bright half-century from ODI debutant Realeanna Grimmond.
Full postSurrey get off the mark as England stars come to the party in Cardiff
Jason Roy, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan play key roles to set up then secure seven-run win over Glamorgan
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Surrey 149 for 8 (Roy 69, Douthwaite 3-23) beat Glamorgan 142 (Curran 3-18, Jordan 3-31) by seven runs
Surrey picked up their first win of the Vitality Blast with a disciplined bowling display that sealed a seven-run win over Glamorgan in Cardiff.
Sam Curran impressed with the ball, taking 3 for 18 to secure his first win as Surrey captain. Earlier, Jason Roy scored a second consecutive half-century to lift Surrey to a competitive 149 for 8 before the experienced, international-filled bowling contingent took charge.
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