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Durham 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).
Full postJames Coles caps Sussex rout to leave Kent rock-bottom
Alsop, Simpson post hefty century stand to put contest out of Spitfires' reach
ECB Reporters Network
12-Jul-2024
Sussex 203 for 4 (Alsop 87*, Simpson 53*) beat Kent 115 (Muyeye 45, Coles 4-12) by 88 runs
Sussex Sharks have thrashed Kent Spitfires by 88 runs in Vitality Blast at Canterbury.
The Sharks have one foot in the quarter-finals after recovering from 64 for four to post 203 for four, thanks to an unbroken stand of 139 between Tom Alsop and John Simpson.
Full postWellington Storms to 83 in crashing win over Sparks
Three wickets each to Chloe Skelton, Issy Wong seal 182-run victory
ECB Reporters Network
12-Jul-2024
Western Storm 284 (Wellington 83, Luff 60, George 5-50) beat Central Sparks 102 (Perrin 42, Skelton 3-8, Wong 3-20) by 182 runs
Western Storm climbed off the foot of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy table with a 182-run smashing of Central Sparks which relegated their opponents to the bottom instead.
Storm were lifted to an imposing 284 all out from 49.5 overs at Worcester by a dazzling 83 from 53 balls from Amanda-Jade Wellington. The Aussie struck 14 fours and two sixes and took the innings to an impregnable level with a sixth-wicket stand of 102 in 14 overs with captain Sophie Luff (60). Katie George did most to disrupt the run-fest with 5 for 50 including an exceptional caught and bowled.
Full postAnderson bows out with 704 as Atkinson's 12 helps England rout WI on day three
West Indies lost their last four wickets on Friday for 57 runs, going down by an innings and 114
Alan Gardner
12-Jul-2024
England 371 (Crawley 76, Smith 70, Root 68, Pope 57, Brook 50, Seales 4-77) beat West Indies 121 (Atkinson 7-45) and 136 (Atkinson 5-61, Anderson 3-32) by an innings and 114 runs
He said all he wanted to do was contribute to a win. James Anderson got his wish, though the Lord's crowd were denied the fairytale five-for that seemed there for the taking at the start of day three. He finished with three in the innings, four in the match, and 704 for a Test career that has spanned more than two decades, as England completed the formalities of a crushing victory over West Indies.
As Anderson took his final bow, the centre stage was claimed by his latest successor. Gus Atkinson ripped out three more wickets to finish a brilliant first outing with match figures of 12 for 106 - the best by an Englishman on Test debut since 1890. Atkinson's sheepish grin was perhaps partly in recognition that he had denied Anderson the chance to bookend his extraordinary Test career with twin appearances on the Lord's honours board, but his ruthlessness was to be applauded as he blew through the West Indies tail.
Anderson even missed the opportunity to finish the match with a catch off his own bowling, dropping a chance dollied back to him by the No. 9, Gudakesh Motie. The moment drew gasps and groans, though Anderson could smile as he sank to his knees mid-pitch, the ball having rebounded out of his grasp as he went for it one-handed. Unlike his longtime new-ball partner, Stuart Broad, the Hollywood ending was not to be.
Full postSam Cook's winning return trumps Tawanda Muyeye's T20 best
Eagles on course for quarter-final berth after getting the better of local rivals
ECB Reporters Network
11-Jul-2024
Essex 187 for 3 (Walter 46*) beat Kent 165 for 5 (Muyeye 73) by 22 runs
Sam Cook returned from injury to linchpin Essex's 22-run victory over 'Battle of the Bridge' rivals Kent Spitfires and put the Eagles in pole position for a Vitality Blast quarter-final place.
Fast bowler Cook ended a 49-day hamstring injury lay-off to take one for 21 as Essex defended 187 despite Tawanda Muyeye's T20 best of 73.
Full postEcclestone, Capsey star as England hold off New Zealand for 3-0 lead
Experimental side captained by Nat Sciver-Brunt made to work before getting home in final over
Valkerie Baynes
11-Jul-2024
England 142 for 4 (Capsey 67*, Dunkley 35) beat New Zealand 141 for 8 (Devine 58*, Bates 38, Ecclestone 4-25) by six wickets
England mixed it up, put it in a test tube, found themselves under pressure and still came out with a win and an unassailable 3-0 lead in their T20I series against New Zealand.
Sophie Ecclestone's four-wicket haul smothered Sophie Devine's defiance before Alice Capsey's T20I career-best of 67 not out saw the hosts win by six wickets with four balls to spare in Canterbury.
Full postChohan's birthday five-for leaves Yorkshire feeling 22
Legspinner takes 5 for 14 to bowl Durham out for 107 and keep quarter-final hopes alive
ECB Reporters Network
11-Jul-2024
Yorkshire 108 for 3 beat Durham 107 (Chohan 5-14) by seven wickets
Legspinner Jafer Chohan claimed a maiden five-wicket haul to help set Yorkshire up for a crucial win by seven wickets over fellow contenders Durham at Headingley, chasing only 108 to boost their Vitality Blast quarter-final hopes.
Chohan, who turned 22 today, finished with a superb 5 for 14 from 3.4 overs as Durham were bowled out for 107 inside 17. He struck three times in the 15th over as Durham crumbled from 96 for 5 to 97 for 9 on a used pitch having elected to bat. They crept to three figures, but it wasn't enough to prevent a fifth defeat in 11 - this one coming with 3.2 overs remaining as Adam Lyth top-scored with two sixes in 30.
Full postFive-star Waite ends Worcestershire's seven-match losing streak
Leicestershire's quarter-final hopes dented as Hose sets up Rapids win
ECB Reporters Network
11-Jul-2024
Worcestershire 184 for 8 (Hose 63, Kashif 41) beat Leicestershire 168 (Cox 55, Kimber 53, Waite 5-21) by 16 runs
Worcestershire Rapids ended a run of seven successive defeats in the Vitality Blast and dealt a blow to Leicestershire's hopes of reaching the knockout stages with a 16-run victory at New Road.
Worcestershire achieved their highest score of the season thanks chiefly to Adam Hose's 63 off just 39 balls, beating last weekend's previous best of 181for four versus Lancashire Lightning at Emirates Old Trafford.
Full postDavies, Andersson lift Middlesex to rare win
Gloucestershire top-four hopes take a hit as visitors stage recovery from 32 for 4
ECB Reporters Network
11-Jul-2024
Middlesex 181 for 8 (Davies 53, Andersson 52, Payne 3-28) beat Gloucestershire 152 (J Taylor 45, Hollman 3-37) by 29 runs
Jack Davies and Martin Andersson staged a gutsy alliance of 101 as Middlesex recovered from adversity to forge a 29-run Vitality Blast victory over Gloucestershire at Cheltenham.
Reduced to 32 for 4 in the powerplay, the Londoners were indebted to their fifth wicket pair, Davies raising 53 in 35 balls and Andersson 52 from 39 deliveries to stage a recovery that saw Middlesex eventually post a competitive total of 181 for 8.
Full postManeesha six-for highlight as Sri Lanka enjoy better of rain-affected draw
England Under-19s suffer collapse before Shanmuganathan fifty buoys tourists in second dig
ECB Reporters Network
11-Jul-2024
Sri Lanka U19s 324 (Kalupahana 104, Caldera 55, French 4-81) and 192 for 4 (Shanmuganathan 73) drew with England U19s 247 (McCann 92, Fonseka 86, Maneesha 6-56)
England Men Under-19s will head to Chelmsford for a series decider after the first Youth Test against Sri Lanka Under-19s ended in a rain-affected draw.
Any hopes of a result had been dulled when the second day was completely washed out, after which the tourists controlled the contest to earn a deserved 77-run first-innings lead. Sri Lanka U19s then batted out the remainder of the match to be 192 for 4 when stumps was called at 5.30pm.
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