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Dawkins, Evison drive Kent to emphatic seven-wicket win

Sharma makes 82 for Northamptonshire but second-wicket stand breaks back of chase

Kent 247 for 3 (Dawkins 111, Evison 82) beat Northamptonshire 243 (Sharma 82, Evison 3-36) by seven wickets
Ben Dawkins struck a sparkling maiden List A century to steer Kent Spitfires to their second Metro Bank One Day Cup victory of the season, beating a youthful Northamptonshire side by seven wickets at Wantage Road as they chased down 244 with 32 deliveries to spare.
The in-form England Under-19 opener struck an unbeaten 111 (105 balls, 12 fours, two sixes), sharing a second-wicket stand of 157 off 181 balls with Joey Evison who made a fine 82 (106 balls, 10 fours, 1 six).
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McCoy and Allen lead Falcons to victory as Knight Riders fluff their lines

With 14 needed off the last over, Shamar Springer bowled four dot balls to Kieron Pollard to give Falcons the match, and the No. 1 spot on the points table

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons 167 for 6 (Allen 45, Imad 39*, Tariq 2-37, Edward 2-56) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 159 for 6 (Munro 44, Pollard 43*, Carty 35, McCoy 4-39) by eight runs
It came down to 14 runs needed off the last six balls. Nathan Edward took a single on the first ball, bowled by Shamar Springer, putting Kieron Pollard on strike. Game over, you'd think, and two-in-two for Trinbago Knight Riders in CPL 2025. Except that Pollard swung and missed the first two, got enough bat on the fourth ball but chose not to run, and then connected well but not well enough to get the ball to the fence. Four dot balls. He dug a yorker-length ball out for a four off the last, but Springer was the hero for Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, while Pollard had fluffed his lines.
Knight Riders came into the game having won their first match, and gave themselves enough chances to earn their first win over Falcons after two losses last season. In the end, though, they let the game slip through their fingers.
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Essex's young and old combine as Westley, Allison tons down Glamorgan

231-run stand between 36-year-old club captain and 20-year-old rookie sets up home win

Essex 371 for 6 (Westley 141, Allison 131, Zain-ul-Hassan 3-60) beat Glamorgan 181 (Carlson 64, Harmer 5-47) by 190 runs
Tom Westley and Charlie Allison chalked up career-best List A scores while posting a 231-run third-wicket partnership that underpinned Essex's third successive Metro Bank One-Day Cup victory.
The Essex captain's 141 was his eighth List A century, while Allison's 131 was his first in the white-ball format but his fourth of a summer in which the 20-year-old has established himself as a forceful and elegant middle-order stroke-maker. As a statistical curiosity, both players' innings lasted 113 balls.
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Leicestershire and Derbyshire share 624 runs in dramatic tie

18-year-old Alex Green takes third five-for in five games before final-over drama

Leicestershire 312 for 5 (Patel 94, Hill 93) tied with Derbyshire 312 (Came 67, Green 5-64)
Leicestershire and Derbyshire shared a dramatic tie after a see-saw battle at Grace Road - although the result did neither side any favours as they tried to keep alive their chances of qualifying for the knock-out phase of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup.
Rishi Patel and Lewis Hill shared a 166-run second-wicket partnership as the Foxes posted 312 for 5 from their 50 overs, bolstered by valuable contributions from Peter Handscomb (35 off 23) and Ben Cox (35 not out off 22) as the last 10 overs added 90 to their total.
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Ollie Robinson, Will Rhodes keep Durham in contention

George Bell and Josh Bohannon's hundreds not enough for struggling Lancashire

Durham 321 for 6 (Robinson 80*, Rhodes 75, Lees 64, Aspinwall 3-59) beat Lancashire 320 (Bohannon 106, Bell 104, Raine 4-34) by four wickets
Captain Ollie Robinson and in-form allrounder Will Rhodes hit composed, match-clinching half-centuries as Durham maintained their Metro Bank One-Day Cup knockout hopes by beating struggling Lancashire by four wickets at Liverpool.
Wicketkeeper-batter Robinson and Rhodes, in pursuit of 321, came together at 168 for 3 in the 30th over and calmly secured a third win from six in Group B. They shared 127, Robinson with 80 not out off 59 balls and Rhodes 75 off 68. Durham won with nine balls remaining.
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