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Albert onslaught condemns Glamorgan to 95-run loss
Wicketkeeper-batter makes career-best 98 not out before Sonny Baker seals rout
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10-Jul-2025
Hampshire 208 for 4 (Albert 98*, Cartwright 48) beat Glamorgan 113 (Baker 4-20) by 95 runs
Toby Albert was left stranded two runs shy of a maiden Men's Vitality Blast century but his new highest score allowed Hampshire Hawks to leapfrog Glamorgan into third in the South Group.
Wicket-keeper batter Albert built his innings up slowly to reach a fever-pitch 98 off 57 balls but he lost strike to Hilton Cartwright in the last over to fall short of a deserved ton.
Full postRehan delivers six-wicket victory as Foxes stay in the hunt
Unbeaten half-century sinks Northamptonshire with 23 balls to spare
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10-Jul-2025
Leicestershire 173 for 4 (Rehan 52*, Budinger 40, Scrimshaw 3-33) beat Northamptonshire 171 for 7 (Bopara 53) by six wickets
Leicestershire Foxes kept themselves in the race for a quarter-final spot in the Vitality Blast after defeating Northamptonshire Steelbacks by six wickets with 23 balls to spare to go fourth in the North Group, moving ahead of their opponents, who remain in contention despite losing five matches in a row.
Rehan Ahmed was the Foxes' match-winner with an unbeaten 52 off 30 balls after Sol Budinger had hit 40 off 22, pace bowler George Scrimshaw taking three for 33 for the Steelbacks.
Full postShakib's fifty and four-for seal the deal for Dubai Capitals
He top-scored from No. 5, with seven fours and one six, and left too much for the Central Districts batters to do
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10-Jul-2025
Dubai Capitals 165 for 7 (Shakib 58*, Atal 41, Schaw 3-27, Tickner 2-27) beat Central Districts 143 for 8 (Bruce 34, Shakib 4-13, Tanveer 2-28) by 22 runs
Shakib Al Hasan starred with both bat and ball for Dubai Capitals to give the ILT20 champions a winning start in the Global Super League over New Zealand's Central Districts.
Shakib first held fort in the middle order, striking seven fours and a six in his unbeaten 37-ball 58 from No. 5 to help Capitals post 165 for 7 in their 20 overs. Then he dismissed four of the top-six batters in the Central Districts line-up to derail their chase, finishing with figures of 4 for 13 at an economy rate of 3.25.
Full postRoot holds the fort with 99* as India put brakes on Bazball
A disciplined bowling effort from India's seamers led England to scale back their usual aggressive intent
Matt Roller
10-Jul-2025
England 251 for 4 (Root 99*, Pope 44, Reddy 2-46) vs India
Shubman Gill declared the return of "boring Test cricket" but England did not care. They scored uncharacteristically slowly - at just 3.02 runs per over - and ground their way into the ascendancy on their slowest-scoring full day of the Bazball era, as Joe Root reached the close a run short of his 37th Test century and his eighth at Lord's.
"Baz-Baz-Bazball! Come on, I want to see it," Mohammed Siraj was heard telling Root over the stump microphones, as England put their attacking shots away during a wicketless second session. "No more entertaining cricket, lads," Gill told his team-mates, after Ollie Pope left the ball alone outside his off stump. "Welcome back to the boring Test cricket."
Full postKusal, Nissanka easily dispatch Bangladesh in T20I series opener
But it was the SL bowling that laid the groundwork with Shanaka and Vandersay applying the squeeze
Andrew Fidel Fernando
10-Jul-2025
Sri Lanka 159 for 3 (Kusal 73, Nissanka 42) beat Bangladesh 154 for 5 (Emon 38, Theekshana 2-37) by seven wickets
Kusal Mendis smote another half century, Pathum Nissanka crashed a 16-ball 42, and Sri Lanka made light work of a target of 155, strolling home at the end of the 19th over.
It was the Sri Lanka bowling that laid the groundwork though, with Dasun Shanaka plying shorter lengths to concede only 22 from his four overs, while Jeffrey Vandersay also kept a lid on the scoring. Bangladesh might wonder if they were not ambitious enough, having lost only five wickets in their innings.
Full postBoult's sixes help MI New York eliminate Unicorns in thriller
Unicorns recovered from 16 for 5 to post 131 but couldn't stop MINY from chasing it down, even though they took it deep
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10-Jul-2025
MI New York 132 for 8 (De Kock 33, Monank 33, Boult 22*, Hassan 4-30, Short 3-22) beat San Francisco Unicorns 131 (Bartlett 44, Ugarkar 3-19, Boult 2-19, Kenjige 2-43) by two wickets
MI New York and San Francisco Unicorns rode a rollercoaster in Dallas with unending twists and turns, till inaugural champions MINY edged last year's runners-up Unicorns to a two-wicket win. In a game that featured several small but crucial contributions from various players, Trent Boult stood out with his returns of 2 for 19, and even more the back-to-back sixes towards the end of the tense chase of 132, which took MINY to victory and to Qualifier 2 and eliminated Unicorns.
MINY will now face Texas Super Kings to decide who takes on Washington Freedom in the MLC 2025 final.
Full postEskinazi returns to the ranks in vain as Hampshire squeeze to victory
Former captain makes 94 but ends up on the losing side at Northwood
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09-Jul-2025
Hampshire 188 for 7 (Fuller 43*) beat Middlesex 187 for 8 (Eskinazi 94, Currie 4-32) by three wickets
Former Middlesex all-rounder James Fuller returned to haunt his old team with a crucial unbeaten 43 from 26 balls as Hampshire squeezed over the line at Merchant Taylors' School to keep their Vitality Blast hopes alive.
The Hawks were under pressure at 157 for seven, needing 31 from 13, when the final ball of Noah Cornwell's stint sailed over Fuller for four byes plus a no-ball - and momentum swung as the batter capitalised on the resulting free hit to crack six off Leus du Plooy.
Full postEvison, Bell-Drummond, Gilchrist guide Kent to tense two-wicket win
Visitors keep knock-out hopes alive with thrilling two-wicket win at Hove
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09-Jul-2025
Kent 151 for 8 (Evison 48*, Bell-Drummond 47, Mills 3-21) beat Sussex 148 (Gilchrist 4-42) by two wickets
Joey Evison was Kent's hero with a thumping 48 off 24 balls as the Spitfires kept their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Vitality Blast alive with a two-wicket win with three balls to spare over Sussex Sharks in a low-scoring thriller at Hove.
Chasing 149, Kent were struggling on 112 for eight after Tymal Mills picked up two wickets in three balls in the 16th over. But Evison, who had already hit James Coles' left-arm spin for successive sixes, helped Fred Klaassen take 17 off the 17th over from Ollie Robinson including another six before clearing the rope with a straight hit off Tymal Mills in the 18th.
Full postBirmingham blow North Group wide open with emphatic win over Lancashire
Star-studded Lancashire derailed as George Garton claims four wickets
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09-Jul-2025
Birmingham 203 for 9 (Barnard 54, Blatherwick 3-29) beat Lancashire 167 (Garton 4-28) by 36 runs
Birmingham Bears opened the Vitality Blast North Group right up with a 36-run victory over leaders Lancashire Lightning at Edgbaston.
Warwickshire stacked up 203 for nine, their first 200-plus total against Lancashire in the Blast, thanks to Dan Mousley's thunderous 32 from 12 balls, which took them to 74 in the powerplay, and Ed Barnard's luscious 54 (34). Jack Blatherwick and Tom Hartley emerged from the onslaught with a creditable three for 29 and two for 29 respectively.
Full postJacks applies the muscle as Surrey see off Gloucestershire
Zampa, Curran star with ball to outdo D'Arcy Short in 28-run win at Bristol
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09-Jul-2025
Surrey 193 for 7 (Jacks 57, Curran 46, Shaw 3-41) beat Gloucestershire 165 for 9 (Short 70, Curran 3-32) by 28 runs
Will Jacks led the way with an impressive half century as Surrey defeated Gloucestershire by 28 runs at the Seat Unique Stadium to move a step closer to quarter-final qualification in the Vitality Blast.
The England international hit 57 from 35 balls with a four and 5 sixes and dominated a stand of 87 in 9.2 overs for the third wicket with Sam Curran, who posted 46, as the visitors scored 193 for 7 after being inserted on a used Bristol track. Josh Shaw claimed 3 for 41 as Gloucestershire fought back, but knocks of 32 and 31 not out from Tom Curran and Dan Lawrence respectively carried Surrey to a formidable total.
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