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King six secures tie after Luff, Wellington give Somerset glimpse of victory
Mahika Gaur claims 3 for 15 to limit visitors but Lancashire comes unstuck before thrilling finale
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18-Jul-2025
Lancashire 114 for 7 (Smale 25, Wellington 3-24) tied with Somerset 114 for 6 (Luff 36, Gaur 3-15)
Alana King hit the last ball of the match for six as Lancashire Thunder and Somerset signed off their Vitality Blast campaign with a thrilling tie at Blackpool CC.
Mahika Gaur produced a T20 career-best of 3 for 15 to spearhead a destructive start by the Thunder that reduced Somerset to 43 for 5 in a 17-overs-per-side game that started an hour late after some Thunder players became caught up in severe traffic congestion on the north-west motorways. Sophie Luff and Alex Griffiths mounted a rescue act with a 56-run partnership that took the visitors to a more prosperous 114 for 7 with Somerset skipper Luff making 36 and Griffiths finishing 29 not out.
Full postHenry's three wickets set up the win as NZ cruise past Zimbabwe
Half-century from Conway, and all-round display from Ravindra, also helped NZ top the table
Firdose Moonda
18-Jul-2025
New Zealand 122 for 2 (Conway 59*, Ravindra 30, Maposa 1-17) beat Zimbabwe 120 for 7 (Madhevere 36, Henry 3-26, Ravindra 1-10) by eight wickets
New Zealand took the lead in the Zimbabwe T20I tri-series points table after a second successive win, this time over the hosts. After New Zealand's bowling attack kept Zimbabwe to 120, the lowest first-innings total of the tournament so far, their batters polished off the required runs inside 14 overs, which helped their net run rate balloon to 1.919.
Zimbabwe remain without a point, and with much work to do to avoid being knocked out of their own competition. They need to win both of their next two games, against South Africa and New Zealand, to progress to the final, and will need a major improvement in their batting to get there.
Full postJordan Cox 139* downs Hampshire, leaves them sweating on top four
Essex record third win in last four but qualification hopes long gone as group stage nears finish
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17-Jul-2025
Essex 222 for 6 (Cox 139*) beat Hampshire 220 for 6 (Albert 84, Cartwright 56) by four wickets
Jordan Cox pillaged the highest score in this year's Men's Vitality Blast to keep Hampshire Hawks waiting over a quarter-final place.
Cox smashed a remarkable 139 off 60 balls to record the second-highest T20 tally for an Essex player - with the already exited Eagles winning three of their last four matches.
Full postButtler, Anderson deliver Roses glory for Lancashire
Former England team-mates produce vital roles with bat and ball to seal 21-run victory
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17-Jul-2025
Lancashire 174 (Buttler 77, Jennings 42) beat Yorkshire (Shafique 54, Anderson 3-25) by 21 runs
Jos Buttler posted a superb season's best 77 off 46 balls and became only the second Englishman to reach 13,000 career T20 runs as Lancashire Lightning beat Yorkshire in a pulsating Roses match at Headingley and qualified for the Vitality Blast quarter-finals.
With Nottinghamshire losing at Worcestershire, Lancashire would have advanced whatever this result. But ending a run of three Roses defeats, including one last week, means they secured a top-two finish in the North Group for a home tie in September's last eight.
Full postAll-round Ethan Brookes keeps Rapids' slim hopes bubbling
Victory keeps mathematical hopes of quarter-finals alive, although results must go their way
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17-Jul-2025
Worcestershire 206 for 7 (Brookes 57*, Pennington 3-34) beat Nottinghamshire 161 (Moores 57, Montgomery 47, Brookes 3-30) by 45 runs
Worcestershire Rapids retained their sliver of a hope of Vitality Blast qualification with a 45-run win over Notts Outlaws at Visit Worcestershire New Road.
The Rapids amassed a hefty 206 for seven thanks to punchy contributions from the top five, led by Ethan Brookes (57 from 20 balls) and Brett D'Oliveira (46, 36). Dillon Pennington took 3 for 34.
Full postLamb puts Payne to the slaughter as Sussex keep top-four hopes alive
James Coles, Tom Alsop hit half-centuries as Gloucestershire's title defence ends in Cheltenham
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17-Jul-2025
Sussex 189 for 6 (Coles 62, Alsop 55, Shaw 2-25) beat Gloucestershire 185 for 5 (Short 66, Bancroft 45, Charlesworth 44*, Crocombe 3-32) by four wickets
Danny Lamb held his nerve to hit 16 runs off five balls and carry Sussex Sharks to a dramatic last-ball four-wicket win over Gloucestershire in a thrilling Vitality Blast encounter on the opening day of the Towergate Cheltenham Festival.
Chasing a victory target of 186, Sharks required 15 runs off the final over, bowled by David Payne. Lamb clubbed three boundaries, including one off the final ball, to stun a large festival audience into silence and end Gloucestershire's defence of the title they lifted last year.
Full postTickner hurts Rangpur before rain ruins game
The rain-hit affair was the last league match of GSL 2025 with Riders already in the final and Stags knocked out
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17-Jul-2025
Match abandoned Rangpur Riders 79 (Saif 25, Ankon 25, Lennox 3-6, Schaw 3-13, Tickner 3-17) vs Central Stags
The last league match of the Global Super League (GSL) 2025 was replete with rain interruptions, and eventually inclement weather had the final say.
A downpour in Guyana in the morning delayed toss by 45 minutes. Nurul Hasan called right and Rangpur Riders opted to bat - despite the weather around - but had to wait more because rain returned. The game began 90 minutes later than scheduled time as a 17-over contest.
Full postSixy Hetmyer, all-round Motie seal Guyana Amazon Warriors' final spot
Hetmyer hit Fabian Allen for five sixes in an over, while Motie followed figures of 3 for 9 with 19 runs in the chase
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17-Jul-2025
Guyana Amazon Warriors 128 for 6 (Hetmyer 39, Moeen 30*, Stanlake 3-21) beat Hobart Hurricanes 125 (Allen 28, Motie 3-9, Moeen 2-17) by four wickets
Shimron Hetmyer went 6, 6, 6, 6, 2, 6 off Fabian Allen to pump life into Guyana Amazon Warriors' (GAW) chase of 126 against Hobart Hurricanes (HH), as Amazon Warriors warmed up for the GSL final by beating Hurricanes by four wickets. From 43 for 3 after nine overs in pursuit of 126, Amazon Warriors won with more than three overs to spare as Hetmyer crashed 39 off just ten balls - including another six, off Usama Mir.
But the win was set up by Gudakesh Motie's economical spell of 3 for 9, and Moeen Ali's twin strikes in the second over of the Hurricanes innings, after they elected to bat first. Moeen got Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Jake Doran within three deliveries to reduce Hurricanes to 14 for 2.
Full postWill Jacks, Chris Jordan secure Surrey London bragging rights
Surrey held off Middlesex's late dash to defend 190 and make it nine wins out of 10
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16-Jul-2025
Surrey 189 for 9 (Jacks 52, Higgins 4-33) beat Middlesex 181 for 6 (Eskinazi 53, Jordan 2-28) by eight runs
Will Jacks struck his third half-century in four games as Surrey held off a late fightback by Middlesex at Lord's to maintain their bid for top spot in the Vitality Blast South Group.
The Surrey opener top-scored with 52 from 36 balls to set up the visitors' total of 189 for 9, despite a season's best of 4 for 33 by Middlesex's Ryan Higgins.
Full postWides gift Lancashire last-gasp win over Essex
Mahika Gaur and Eve Jones looked to have sealed the game, only for Essex's bowlers to rally
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16-Jul-2025
Lancashire 108 for 6 (Jones 59, Penna 2-11) beat Essex 107 (Macleod 23, Gaur 3-22) by four wickets
Two wides from what should have been the last ball of the match saw Lancashire home by four wickets against Essex in a low scoring thriller at Chelmsford.
The Red Rose made hard work of chasing down 108 on a used pitch, but Eve Jones 59 from 58 balls got to the brink before the last-ball drama. It was hard on Essex, who defended their score of 107 all out like tigers, Eva Gray and Maddie Penna their standout bowlers.
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