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James Vince 98* puts Hampshire on brink of quarter-finals
Sussex lose third game in a row to dent qualification chances
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13-Jul-2025
Hampshire 171 for 4 (Vince 98*) beat Sussex 167 for 7 (Clark 39, Fuller 3-16) by six wickets
James Vince hit the turbo button to smoke 98 not out to beat Sussex Sharks and put Hampshire Hawks on course for the Men's Vitality Blast quarter-finals.
Captain Vince led from the front in a magnificent 49-ball knock to chase down 168 and secure a third straight Hawks victory - and only failed to reach figures by hitting the winning runs with a four rather than a six.
Full postKhaled, Omarzai take Rangpur Riders home in one-run thriller
Needing two to tie and three to win off the final ball, Hurricanes could only score one
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13-Jul-2025
Rangpur Riders 151 for 6 (Mayers 67*, Ibrahim 43, Usama 3-15) beat Hobart Hurricanes 150 (Nabi 44, Khaled 4-26, Iftikhar 2-13) by one run
Azmatullah Omarzai and Khaled Ahmed helped Rangpur Riders successfully defend a total of 151 - by one run - against Hobart Hurricanes.
Rangpur, the defending champions, now sit at the top of the GSL 2025 points table with wins in both their games. Hurricanes are third with a 1-1 win-loss record.
Full post Brookes Brilliance keeps Worcestershire quarter-final hopes alive
Ben Cox makes defiant 70 on return to New Road but old team-mates have the final say
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13-Jul-2025
Worcestershire 176 for 4 (Brookes 56*) beat Leicestershire 173 for 6 (Cox 70*, Taylor 3-25) by 6 wickets
Worcestershire Rapids delivered a complete performance with bat and ball to secure an impressive six-wicket victory over Leicestershire Foxes at Visit Worcestershire New Road, keeping their quarter-final hopes alive heading into the final round of fixtures.
Chasing a target of 174, the Rapids timed their pursuit to perfection, anchored by a stunning, unbeaten 56 from Ethan Brookes, his clean ball-striking and composure under pressure proving the decisive factor.
Full postDe Lange leads the charge as Gloucestershire power past Glamorgan
Charlesworth half-century sets up visitors for emphatic win at Sophia Gardens
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13-Jul-2025
Gloucestershire 175 for 6 (Charlesworth 55) beat Glamorgan 135 (Smale 43, de Lange 4-20) by 40 runs.
Gloucestershire bounced back to upset Glamorgan's hopes of knock-out qualification with a 40-run win at Sophia Gardens.
Marchant De Lange terrorised his former side with 4 for 20 including two wickets in an over to flip the game to send Glamorgan to 135 all out in pursuit of Gloucestershire's 175 for 6.
Full postBreetzke, Willey star for Northants in thumping win over Bears
Top three pile on the runs to land 64-run win at Edgbaston
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13-Jul-2025
Northamptonshire 240 for 6 (Breetzke 85, Vasconcelos 56, Willey 54) beat Birmingham 176 (Hain 50, Scrimshaw 3-33) by 64 runs
Northamptonshire Steelbacks steamrollered their way to the brink of Vitality Blast qualification with a 64-run win over Warwickshire Bears at Edgbaston.
The Steelbacks piled up their record Vitality Blast total, 240 for six, thanks to top three Matt Breetzke (85 from 40 balls), Ricardo Vasconcelos (56, 27) and David Willey (54, 30). The experienced Bears attack was plundered for 21 fours and 15 sixes.
Full postGreen stars with bat and ball as Lancashire leave Durham with work to do
Clash of North Group's top two puts Lancashire on the verge of quarter-final berth
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13-Jul-2025
Lancashire 156 for 7 (Jennings 42) beat Durham 155 for 7 (Ackermann 42, Green 3-15) by three wickets
Chris Green starred with bat and ball as Lancashire Lightning won the battle of the top two in the Vitality Blast North group to put themselves on the verge of qualification for the quarter-finals, while defeat leaves Durham fighting it out for one of the remaining top four spots with two games left.
Colin Ackermann with 42 and Ollie Robinson (35) were the mainstays in Durham's 155 for 7 but a vital contribution of 20 off the final two overs from Matthew Potts and Will Rhodes also gave their innings an important late boost.
Full postKlaassen shows his class as Kent overpower Middlesex
Muyeye's fifty closes the contest out to keep quarter-final hopes alive
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13-Jul-2025
Kent 165 for 3 (Muyeye 66, Denly 46) beat Middlesex 160 for 5 (Du Plooy 68, Klaassen 3-39) by seven wickets.
The Kent Spitfires are still in with a shout a Vitality Blast quarter-final place, after they coasted to a seven-wicket win over Middlesex at Canterbury, with 11 balls to spare.
Fred Klaassen took 3 for 39 as the visitors were limited to 160 for five from their 20 overs and they needed 68 from Leus Du Plooy to give them something to defend.
Full postTopley topples Somerset as Surrey secure home quarter-final
Clash of table-toppers ends in one-sided win after Will Jacks' half-century drives hosts
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13-Jul-2025
Surrey 201 for 6 (Jacks 57) beat Somerset 134 (Topley 3-20) by 67 runs
Surrey booked a home tie in the Vitality Blast knockout stages as they thrashed Somerset by 67 runs in the battle of the South Group's top two at the Kia Oval.
Reece Topley (3 for 20) led the charge for wickets, while Jamie Overton, Sam Curran and Adam Zampa all got two apiece as Somerset collapsed from 73 for 2 to 134 all out in pursuit of 202 to win, Tom Kohler-Cadmore top-scoring with 38.
Full postRocky Flintoff makes 93 but India Under-19 continue to dominate
Vaibhav Suryavanshi picked a wicket as India had England five wickets down and trailing by 310 runs
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13-Jul-2025
Rocky Flintoff fell seven runs short of a century as England Under-19 fought back on day two of their Under-19 test with India at Beckenham.
England were 230 for five at stumps in reply to India's 540 all, out, trailing by 310.
Flintoff was lbw to Deepesh Devendran for 93 just five minutes from the close of play and their captain Hamza Shaikh made 84. Henil Patel had India's best bowling figures with 2 for 51.
Full postAitchison five-for, Donald fifty end Yorkshire's knockout hopes
Derbyshire romp home at Headingley after limp home effort relieved only by Dom Bess's fifty
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13-Jul-2025
Derbyshire 157 for 2 (Donald 54, Madsen 51*) beat Yorkshire 151 for 9 (Bess 53, Aitchison 5-29) by eight wickets
Seamer Ben Aitchison's maiden T20 five-wicket haul set Derbyshire on their way to hammering Yorkshire for the second Sunday running, ending the hosts' already slim Vitality Blast quarter-final hopes in the process.
Excellent Aitchison was potent en route to a superb 5 for 29 at Headingley and Afghanistan overseas spinner Mohammad Ghazanfar miserly in returning 2 for 5 from four overs as Yorkshire were limited to 151 for 9.
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