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Samson, Dube, Mukesh star as India complete 4-1 series win
India completed a splendid turnaround after losing the series opener
Sreshth Shah
14-Jul-2024
India 167 for 6 (Samson 58, Dube 26, Muzarabani 2-19) beat Zimbabwe 125 (Myers 34, Marumani 27, Akram 27, Mukesh 4-22, Dube 2-25) by 42 runs
Zimbabwe kept India to a par total of 167 despite a half-century from Sanju Samson, and they took the upper hand in the chase after a strong powerplay. However, Mukesh Kumar, Washington Sundar and Shivam Dube hit back with the ball to sniff out any chance of a Zimbabwe victory, and India sealed a 42-run win to complete a splendid series turnaround in Harare after losing the opening fixture of the series.
Sunday's victory was India's fourth win in a row, all completed in comfortable fashion.
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Unbroken stand of 121 in nine overs with Charlie Allison sees top-two rivals Sussex downed
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13-Jul-2024
Essex 211 for 5 (Pepper 120*, Allison 44*) beat Sussex 207 for 2 (Hughes 81, Clark 72*) by five wickets
Essex, needing to win their last three games for a home quarter-final spot in the Vitality Blast, got off to a terrific start with an improbable win over the Sussex Sharks by five wickets with nine balls to spare.
Essex were inspired by an heroic innings of 120 not out by Michael Pepper, who faced just 53 balls balls and hit nine sixes and nine fours But he was well supported by Charlie Allison, who made an unbeaten 44 from 26 with a six and four fours. The pair stunned a sell-out crowd with a partnership worth 121 in nine overs.
Full postJaiswal and Gill wrap up series in style for India
The bowlers shared the wickets around and kept Zimbabwe to 152 for 7, before the opening pair made light work of the target
Shashank Kishore
13-Jul-2024
India 156 for 0 (Jaiswal 93*, Gill 58*) beat Zimbabwe 152 for 7 (Raza 46, Marumani 32, Khaleel 2-32, Dube 1-11) by ten wickets
Zimbabwe's most-assured batting effort wasn't enough to mount a challenge against India's young IPL stars. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill made light work of a 153-run target, sauntering home in just 15.2 overs in a sensational exhibition of intent-laden batting of the kind we hadn't seen in the series so far.
Where Zimbabwe hit all of 10 fours in their 20 overs, Jaiswal and Gill smashed as many in their first four overs en route a ten-wicket thumping that delivered an unassailable 3-1 lead for India with one more game to play on on Sunday.
Full postNew Zealand collapse again as Sarah Glenn leads England to 4-0 lead
England make light work of 104-run chase after another stellar display led by spinners
Valkerie Baynes
13-Jul-2024
England 104 for 3 (Dunkley 26, Wyatt 26) beat New Zealand 103 for 8 (Gaze 25, Green 24, Glenn 4-19) by seven wickets
Sarah Glenn's four-wicket haul kept New Zealand winless on their tour of England with one game to play after the hosts sealed victory in the fourth T20I by seven wickets with 51 balls to spare at The Kia Oval.
It was the third time leg-spinner Glenn had taken four wickets in a T20I as the White Ferns limped to 103 for 8 in their 20 overs and England competed the run-chase with ease, thanks largely to a 54-run opening stand by Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt.
Full postMatthew Waite's 34-run over sets Worcestershire up for rapid victory
Birmingham Bears condemned to 55-run defeat after stellar allround display
ECB Reporters Network
12-Jul-2024
Worcestershire 187 for 6 (Kashif 46, Briggs 2-25) beat Birmingham 132 (Mousley 68, Waite 4-29) by 55 runs
Worcestershire Rapids turned the Vitality Blast North Group table upside-down by beating leaders Birmingham Bears by 55 runs in a rain-reduced 17-overs-per-side match at Edgbaston.
Rapids piled up 187 for 6 thanks to star contributions at either end of their innings. Kashif Ali launched it with a sparkling 46 from 30 balls and Matthew Waite concluded it in spectacular fashion by whacking 34 from the last over by George Garton. Waite, who took 5 for 21 against Leicestershire Foxes the previous evening, blasted 36 not out from eight balls.
Full postLuke Hollman keeps lid on Glamorgan in rain-hit match
Runs from Leus du Plooy and Martin Andersson see Middlesex home in game reduced to 10 overs a side
ECB Reporters Network
12-Jul-2024
Middlesex 89 for 4 (Andersson 30, du Plooy 28) beat Glamorgan 88 for 9 (Hollman 4-13) by six wickets
Middlesex claimed a six-wicket victory over Glamorgan in their Vitality Blast match in a rain shortened contest in Cardiff.
Luke Hollman's four wickets and runs from Leus du Plooy and Martin Andersson in a game that was reduced to 10 overs a side were enough for Middlesex to secure the win.
Full postBenny Howell surges after Brad Wheal four-for as Hampshire see off Gloucestershire
Blistering half-century seals thriller off final ball as Hammond 66 goes in vain
ECB Reporters Network
12-Jul-2024
Hampshire 177 for 5 (Howell 62*, Smith 3-35) beat Gloucestershire 176 for 9 (Hammond 66, Wheal 4-35) by five wickets
Benny Howell's brutal half-century took down his former Gloucestershire team-mates to keep Hampshire Hawks' Vitality Blast hopes alive.
All-rounder Howell had already taken two wickets as Hampshire fought back to restrict their visitors - who have never won a T20 at Utilita Bowl - to 176.
Full postNeesham guides chase to keep Foxes in hunt for knockouts
Former Steelback condemns Northamptonshire defeat as North Group gets tight
ECB Reporters Network
12-Jul-2024
Leicestershire 186 for 7 (Neesham 67) Northamptonshire 183 for 7 (Bopara 61, Zaib 50, Mike 3-17) by three wickets
New Zealand allrounder Jimmy Neesham's 67 from 34 balls led Leicestershire Foxes to a three-wicket victory over Northamptonshire Steelbacks in what was a must-win fixture for the home side as the Vitality Blast group stage nears its conclusion.
Sol Budinger earlier matched Neesham's five sixes in a 25-ball 45 as the Foxes chased down 184 to win with five balls to spare, lifting them to 12 points from 12 matches with seven teams still in contention for the four quarter-final places on offer in the North Group.
Full postTom Kohler-Cadmore guides Somerset to crucial victory over table-topping Surrey
Burns, Curran make half-centuries but 183-run target is hunted down with over to spare
ECB Reporters Network
12-Jul-2024
Somerset 183 for 4 (Kohler-Cadmore 51) beat Surrey 182 for 5 (Burns 62, Curran 59) by six wickets
Tom Kohler-Cadmore powered his way to a match-winning half-century as Somerset beat Vitality Blast South Group leaders Surrey by six wickets beneath the floodlights at Taunton.
Set 183 to win, Somerset chased down their target with six balls to spare thanks to a forthright knock of 51 in 32 balls from Kohler-Cadmore, who hit three sixes and a trio of fours and shared in a crucial stand of 67 for the third wicket with Tom Abell.
Full postDurham maintain knock-outs push as Callum Parkinson collars Nottinghamshire
30-run victory maintains hosts' hopes of quarter-final berth
ECB Reporters Network
12-Jul-2024
Durham 160 for 6 (Turner 44*, James 3-31) beat Nottinghamshire 130 for 9 (Parkinson 3-15) by 30 runs
Ashton Turner and Callum Parkinson impressed as Durham strengthened their chances of reaching the Vitality Blast quarter-finals with a comfortable 30-run win over Nottinghamshire Outlaws at the Seat Unique Riverside.
Having been put in to bat, the hosts made a competitive 160 for six, as Turner (44*) combined with Ben Raine (23*) for a partnership worth 54 after they were struggling at 106 for six, which was largely down to three wickets from Lyndon James (3 for 31).
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