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Shaikh, Malik lead Warwickshire chase after leggie Tazeem stars again
Teenage spinner now has 15 wickets in five One-Day Cup appearances as Lancashire stumble
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22-Aug-2025
Warwickshire 253 for 5 (Shaikh 75, Malik 72, Blatherwick 4-48) beat Lancashire 249 for 9 (Tazeem 3-39) by five wickets
Hamza Shaikh made 75 and legspinner Tazeem Ali took 3 for 39 to help Warwickshire beat Lancashire by five wickets at Aigburth and thereby consolidate their bid to reach the knock-out stages of the Metro Bank One Day Cup.
Having restricted the home side to 249 for 9 on a pitch that aided spin, Ed Barnard's side reached their target with 61 balls to spare, Kai Smith finishing on 45 not out having put on 77 with Shaikh.
Full postNgidi takes five, Breetzke, Stubbs shine as South Africa win series
Ngidi took 5 for 42 as Australia were bowled out for 193, with Inglis making 87 after South Africa were set up by half-centuries from Breetzke and Stubbs
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22-Aug-2025
South Africa 277 (Breetzke 88, Stubbs 74, Zampa 3-63) beat Australia 193 (Inglis 87, Ngidi 5-42) by 84 runs
South Africa completed a fifth successive bilateral ODI series win over Australia, dating back to 2016, and this one, with a game to spare. Their 84-run victory in the second match followed a similar pattern to their triumph on Tuesday which was set up by a strong batting effort that was well defended under lights.
Half-centuries from Matthew Breetzke and Tristan Stubbs, who also shared in an 89-run fourth wicket stand, took South Africa to a competitive total on 277, with Breetzke becoming the first player in men's ODI history to pass 50 in his first four ODI matches. Nandre Burger and Lungi Ngidi then led the way in defence. Ngidi was player of the match with 5 for 42, his second five-for in ODIs and second against Australia.
Full postHolder stars with bat and ball to help Patriots end losing streak
Barbados Royals remain winless after two games, while the latest win has lifted Patriots to second spot on the table
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22-Aug-2025
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 174 for 8 (Mayers 42, Holder 38, Simmonds 3-26, Sams 2-24) beat Barbados Royals 162 (Alleyne 42, Holder 4-14, Naseem 2-32, Bidaisee 2-33) by 12 runs
Jason Holder was bang in the middle of all good things St Kitts and Nevis Patriots did as they ended a three-match losing streak in CPL 2025 to beat Barbados Royals by 12 runs in Basseterre on Thursday night.
Holder first hit a 21-ball 38 to lift an up-and-down Patriots innings that needed a bit of impetus, and then picked up four wickets, including three key strikes at the death when the match got a bit tense.
Full postCurran-Cox onslaught sees Invincibles home
Remarkable 10-ball hitting barrage turns game after Joe Root's 76 put Trent Rockets in control
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21-Aug-2025
Oval Invincibles 173 for 4 (Cox 58*, Curran 54) beat Trent Rockets 171 for 7 (Root 76) by six wickets
A remarkable 10-ball hitting barrage from Sam Curran and Jordan Cox turned the game on its head and drove Oval Invincibles towards a crucial win against table-topping rivals Trent Rockets in The Hundred.
Chasing 171 to win, the Invincibles were just beginning to feel the pressure at 70 for 2 with 102 needed for victory from just 40 balls - ten legal balls, one strategic timeout and six sixes later they'd sailed to 121 for 1, with just 51 more required from the last 30.
Full postRockets keep slim hopes alive with six-wicket win
Invincibles kept in check by spin trio of Kirstie Gordon, Ash Gardner and Alana King
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21-Aug-2025
Trent Rockets 113 for 4 (Scrivens 34, Wellington 1-15, Capsey 1-16) beat Oval Invincibles 109 for 7 (Lanning 45, Gardner 2-10, Gordon 2-21) by six wickets
Trent Rockets won a must-win game against Oval Invincibles at The Kia Oval to keep alive their slim qualification hopes in The Hundred.
Both teams were coming into the match off the back of defeats and a loss would have spelled the end of Rockets' campaign but, having won the toss and elected to bowl first, they'd have been delighted at the break to have limited the hosts to just 109 for 7.
Full postLammonby five-for turns the tables for Somerset
Somerset implode despite flying start with the ball, to lose by 90 runs at Hove
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21-Aug-2025
Somerset 243 (Hill 55, Thomas 50, Hunt 3-35, Crocombe 3-47) beat Sussex 153 (Lammonby 5-20) by 90 runs
Somerset produced an unlikely victory over Sussex in the Metro Bank One Day Cup at Hove, winning by 90 runs after being bowled out for a modest 243. It was their fourth victory in six matches.
On a slow pitch that offered some sharp seam movement on occasions, but was far from unplayable, both sides were guilty of rash strokeplay, especially the Sussex Sharks when they lost four wicket for no runs in the course of eight deliveries.
Full postDawkins, Evison drive Kent to emphatic seven-wicket win
Sharma makes 82 for Northamptonshire but second-wicket stand breaks back of chase
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21-Aug-2025
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).
Full postMcCoy 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
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21-Aug-2025
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.
Full postCrawley, Rashid star as Superchargers crush Spirit
Hosts pay price for underwhelming batting effort as Superchargers cruise home with 18 balls to spare
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20-Aug-2025
Northern Superchargers 138 for 2 (Crawley 55*) beat London Spirit 135 for 3 (Pope 52) by eight wickets
Northern Superchargers returned to winning ways under the lights at Lord's to romp home past hosts London Spirit and climb to third in the table in The Hundred men's competition.
Zak Crawley took most of the plaudits for 38-ball 55, but it was a batting effort that owed a debt of gratitude to his colleagues with the ball - the Superchargers attack impressing as they limited Spirit to just 135 for 3 batting first.
Full postEssex'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
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20-Aug-2025
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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