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Phoenix triumph over Originals on awkward Old Trafford pitch
The hosts were stuck on their own surface, posting 109 for 7 which was overhauled with 17 balls to spare
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24-Aug-2025
Birmingham Phoenix 113 for 3 (Duckett 49*, Clarke 40) beat Manchester Originals 109 for 7 (Klaasen 34, Livingstone 2-11) by seven wickets
Birmingham Phoenix produced a polished display to thrash Manchester Originals by seven wickets at Emirates Old Trafford and move up to fourth in the table.
The Phoenix have struggled for consistency in the tournament, and their defeat to Welsh Fire on Friday evening ended any hope of qualifying for the knockout phase, but a disciplined performance in the field and a clinical partnership of 72 from 45 balls between Ben Duckett (49 not out from 38) and Joe Clarke (40 from 21) delivered a consolation victory.
Full postShakib joins 500 club as Falcons take down Patriots in low-scoring game
Karima Gore struck an unbeaten half-century to see a 134-run chase through
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24-Aug-2025
Antigua and Barbuda Falcons 137 for 3 (Gore 52*, Salamkheil 1-16) beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 133 for 9 (Lewis 32, Shakib 3-11) by seven wickets
Shakib Al Hasan made history on Sunday, becoming the fifth man in the world to take 500 wickets in T20 cricket. He bowled only two overs against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots but picked up 3 for 11 in a match-winning effort for Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, who consolidated their place at the top of the CPL 2025 points table.
Shakib needed six balls to get the record out of the way, deceiving Mohammad Rizwan in flight and securing a caught and bowled. Two more wickets came his way as he quadrupled his tally for the season and limited the former champions to a meagre 133 for 9 in North Sound. Patriots had a tough go of it after being put in to bat with only Rizwan (30 off 26) and Evin Lewis (32 off 31) scoring more than 18 runs. There were four single-digit scores and three run-outs, epitomising an innings that never went quite right.
Full postD'Oliveira century seals Worcestershire's place in top three
Leicestershire eliminated after reaching 321 for 9 in spirited chase at New Road
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24-Aug-2025
Worcestershire 328 (D'Oliveira 107, Patel 5-65) beat Leicestershire 312 for 9 (Masood 88, Cox 76, Allison 3-87) by 16 runs
Brett D'Oliveira's 107 gave Worcestershire Rapids the platform for a 16-run victory over Leicestershire Foxes, clinching a top-three finish while eliminating the home side, who finished 312 for nine in reply to the Rapids' 328.
D'Oliveira's second hundred of this year's 50-over competition came off 105 balls and contained 15 fours and two sixes. He had shared a stand of 119 for the first wicket with 19-year-old Daniel Lategan (34 off 59). Rob Jones (67 off 59) made the next biggest impression on the Foxes attack.
Full postAlbert snookers Nottinghamshire with 96 in maiden Surrey knock
Youngsters rule the roost as visitors hold nerve to defend 290 in close-fought contest
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24-Aug-2025
Surrey 289 for 8 (Albert 96, Blake 72) beat Nottinghamshire 279 for 9 (King 67, Schadendorf 51, Sykes 3-44) by 10 runs
Ralphie Albert, the England Under-19 allrounder who is grandson to snooker star Jimmy White, fell just four runs short of a rampant century in his first innings at any level for Surrey as the visitors posted 289 for 8 against Notts Outlaws in their Group A Metro Bank One-Day Cup match at Trent Bridge.
It was his side's highest ever individual score for a maiden List A innings and helped bring victory by ten runs. This still looked unlikely, however, when, in reply, the Zimbabwean Dane Schadendorf and locally-raised Sam King both made their first fifties in any Notts cricket in an 85-run third-wicket partnership.
Full postMilnes seven-for, Imam century keeps Yorkshire on a roll
Sussex pay price for a lack of acceleration, though local seagull steals the show, and banana
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24-Aug-2025
Yorkshire 286 for 4 (Imam 106, Wharton 85) beat Sussex 284 for 9 (Carter 94, Simpson 65, Lamb 53, Milnes 7-38) by six wickets
Yorkshire, the outstanding team in Group B of the Metro Bank One Day Cup, made sure of qualification for the climax of the competition with their sixth win in seven games. The Sussex Sharks, meanwhile, with one game remaining, cannot progress.
A second wicket stand of 196 in 33 overs between Imam-ul-Haq and James Wharton provided the foundation of Yorkshire's ultimately comfortable win, with 14 balls to spare. Imam continued his outstanding form with 106 from 105 deliveries, with ten fours and three sixes, while Wharton struck a List A best 85 from 103 balls.
Full postMayes comes of age as Hampshire hunt down hefty 340 target
Teenager gives glimpse of potential to leave Derbyshire winless in thriller
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24-Aug-2025
Hampshire 341 for 7 (Mayes 62*, Middleton 57, Brown 56, Fuller 54) beat Derbyshire 339 fo 5 (Jewell 98, Guest 76, Abbott 2-33) by three wickets
Teenager Ben Mayes gave a glimpse into the future with a match-winning 62 not out as Hampshire kept Metro Bank One-Day Cup men's competition progression in their own hands.
England Under-19 star Mayes, just 17, mesmerised with a catalogue of power, guile and switch hits for his second List A fifty.
Full postBarnard stars with bat and ball as Lees century is outdone
Allrounder claims two wickets before anchoring 301-run chase with unbeaten hundred
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24-Aug-2025
Warwickshire 303 for 6 (Barnard 141*, Booth 43*) beat Durham 300 for 8 (Lees 148*, Raine 46, Barnard 2-48) by four wickets
A sublime unbeaten 141 from Ed Barnard gave Warwickshire's qualification hopes in the Metro Bank One Day Cup a boost as his side beat Durham by four wickets, despite a magnificent century from Alex Lees.
Consistent wickets plagued Durham's innings, but the reliable Lees displayed a mix of grit and fluency to pick up a List A best of 148 and was well supported by Ben Raine (46) to get the home side to a total of 300 for eight.
Full postRoot 64* soothes Rockets nerves to book top-three finish
Fire fight back late with the ball but pay price for timid powerplay and costly early no-ball
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24-Aug-2025
Trent Rockets 152 for 7 (Root 64*) beat Welsh Fire 150 for 6 (Eskinazi 53, Cook 2-17) by three wickets
Joe Root delivered a batting masterclass at Sophia Gardens, hitting his second successive half-century as Trent Rockets snuck past Welsh Fire with a ball to spare to confirm their qualification for the knockout phase.
In a frenetic match, David Payne thought he had dismissed Root for a duck, only for the umpire to signal a no-ball after replays showed the bowler had over-stepped. The England run-machine promptly hit the subsequent free-hit for six over long-on and eventually finished unbeaten on 64 from 41 to secure a three-wicket win, keeping his composure in a chaotic finale.
Full postPerry, Schutt inspire Birmingham Phoenix in low-scoring grind
Manchester Originals miss chance to close gap on table-toppers as they slump to 16-run loss
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24-Aug-2025
Birmingham Phoenix 111 for 3 (Perry 55*, Kalis 43*) beat Manchester Originals 95 (Schutt 3-14) by 16 runs
Manchester Originals missed the chance to take a big leap towards qualifying for The Hundred Eliminator next Saturday after falling to a 16-run defeat to lowly Birmingham Phoenix at Emirates Old Trafford and slipping out of the top three.
The Originals, who have never progressed beyond the group phase of the women's competition, looked strong favourites after restricting the visitors to 111 for 3 but Aussie seamer Megan Schutt (3 for 14) spearheaded an inspired performance with the ball after Ellyse Perry's second successive half-century and a sparky knock from Sterre Kalis had given them something to defend.
Full postMatt Critchley's all-round brilliance hands Gloucestershire their first defeat
Essex have now won four matches in a row and could yet sneak into the latter stages
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24-Aug-2025
Essex 289 (Westley 92, Taylor 5-61) beat Gloucestershire 159 (Bracey 37, Critchley 3-27) by 130 runs
Tom Westley continued his late-summer purple patch of run accumulation with a well-crafted 92 to inflict the first defeat of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup campaign on Gloucestershire and enhance Essex's chances of qualifying for the knock-out stages.
The Essex captain has now racked up 443 runs in seven innings in this season's competition, including a century and three fifties. Add in three red-ball centuries in June and July's matches and he has scored 905 runs in just two months. His latest knock encompassed 103 balls and included eight boundaries.
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