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Owen, Chapman star in Freedom's tense win over MI New York
MINY stretched the game out with quick wickets in the middle overs but Chapman took Freedom home with his unbeaten 45
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22-Jun-2025
Washington Freedom 189 for 8 (Owen 60, Chapman 45*, Edwards 30, Naveen 2-28, Sunny 2-37, Boult 2-38) beat MI New York 188 for 4 (De Kock 55, Bracewell 42*, Pooran 33, Monank 32, Holland 1-6) by two wickets
An exhibition of exhilarating powerplay hitting was followed by a long stutter, but the good work done by Mitchell Owen up top was enough to carry Washington Freedom through to victory over MI New York in their MLC 2025 game in Dallas on Saturday.
Chasing 189 for their third win, Freedom ended the powerplay on 74 for 2. Owen had hit 48 of those from 21 balls, with four fours and four sixes, young medium-pacer Rushil Ugarkar the worst hit, conceding 22 in the second over of the innings, when Owen hit three sixes.
Full postIndia's gaffes overshadow Bumrah's jaffas, Pope ton makes it England's day
Ben Duckett's 62 in a 122-run stand with Pope held England's response together after India finished on 471
Vithushan Ehantharajah
21-Jun-2025
Stumps England 209 for 3 (Pope 100*, Duckett 62, Bumrah 3-48) trail India 471 (Gill 147, Pant 134, Jaiswal 101, Stokes 4-66, Tongue 4-86) by 262 runs
Saturday in Leeds was a day of opportunities taken and spurned. Unfortunately for India, it was their contribution to the latter that has changed the complexion of this Test match.
Having begun the day with Rishabh Pant's thrill-filled 134, the third century of the innings, India proceeded to lose 7 for 41 to cap their first innings at 471. And yet more profligacy in the field not only allowed Ollie Pope to move to his ninth Test century, but England to close on 209 for 3.
Full postSri Lanka salvage draw in Mathews' farewell Test
It was a case of what might have been for Bangladesh who declared with 37 overs left
Madushka Balasuriya
21-Jun-2025
Sri Lanka 485 (Nissanka 187, Kamindu 87, Nayeem 5-121, Mahmud 3-74) and 72 for 4 (Nissanka 24, Taijul 3-23) drew with Bangladesh 495 (Mushfiqur 163, Shanto 148, Litton 90, Asitha 4-86, M Rathnayake 3-39, T Rathnayake 3-196) and 285 for 6 dec (Shanto 125*, Shadman 76, T Rathnayake 3-102)
Sri Lanka batted out 32 overs in the final session and ensured that the first Test in Galle ended in a draw. But it wasn't a result without minor jeopardy, as Sri Lanka lost four wickets on the way before Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis shut shop for good.
The teams shook hands with five overs left to play in the day, with the pair having played out 53 balls in their partnership. But reflection later on might leave Bangladesh with the one hanging question - could they have declared sooner?
Full postUnicorns blitz past Super Kings as Short and Allen fifties top du Plessis' 100
It was San Francisco Unicorns' fourth win in four games, and Texas Super Kings' first defeat in MLC 2025
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21-Jun-2025
San Francisco Unicorns 202 for 3 (Allen 78, Short 61, Fraser-McGurk 37, Milne 1-24) beat Texas Super Kings 198 for 5 (Du Plessis 100, Mukkamalla 38, Bartlett 2-31, Rauf 2-34) by seven wickets
Faf du Plessis slammed a 51-ball 100, but he had to do it alone, pretty much, for Texas Super Kings. That was the difference between Super Kings and San Francisco Unicorns on the day, since Unicorns had two men doing it, doing it at well over a-run-a-ball, and doing it for long enough. The quick half-centuries Matthew Short and Finn Allen hit were not only enough to take Unicorns over the line in a chase of 199, but get there with 23 balls in hand. The win kept them at the top of the MLC 2025 table with four wins in four, with Super Kings one spot below after their first loss.
Super Kings were asked to bat, and du Plessis had two big partnerships for the first two wickets, but he had to contribute exactly 100 runs to those, which added up to 166. In the first stand, of 97, Devon Conway was unusually slow, scoring 23 in 23. In the second, worth 69, Saiteja Mukkamalla did better than Conway had, contributing 38 to du Plessis' 30, though they went at roughly the same strike rate.
Full postBrits slams career-best 98* as West Indies go down in first T20I
There was little resistance from West Indies in the first T20I after Tazmin Brits led South Africa to 183 for 6
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21-Jun-2025
South Africa 183 for 6 (Brits 98*, Claxton 3-39) beat West Indies 133 for 6 (Glasgow 53*, Kapp 2-27) by 50 runs
Tazmin Brits slammed a career-best 98 not out, off just 63 balls, to lead South Africa to a 50-run win in the opening T20I against West Indies in Cave Hill on Friday. There was little resistance from West Indies with either the ball or the bat, though two individual efforts stood out: Jahzara Claxton's three top-order wickets and Jannillea Glasgow's 53 not out from 44 balls in the second half of the chase, but it was far too little.
Asked to bat, South Africa lost captain Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp to Claxton inside five overs, and finished the powerplay on 44 for 2, but Brits and Nadine de Klerk were already starting to go fast. The two brought up a 71-run stand for the third wicket in just over six overs, Brits very much the aggressor, scoring 42 of the runs in that partnership.
Full postDan Mousley becalms Rapids before Bears battle to victory
Mousley takes T20 best 4 for 19, Alex Davies puts Bears run-chase on course with 42 off 24
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20-Jun-2025
Birmingham 135 for 9 (Davies 42, Hain 38*, Singh 3-18, Dwarshuis 3-32) beat Worcestershire 134 (Mousley 4-19) by one wicket
Birmingham took the local derby honours against Worcestershire Rapids with a thrilling one-wicket Vitality Blast victory in a low-scoring nerve-shredder at Edgbaston.
The Rapids, put in, floundered to 134 all out in 18.4 overs in the face of the experienced Bears spin attack. Dan Mousley took a T20 best 4 for 19, Danny Briggs 2 for 20 and Jake Lintott 2 for 27 as no batter reached 30.
Full postMoores, Montgomery inflict rare defeat on Northamptonshire
Notts remain in quarter-finals contention with comfortable victory at Wantage Road
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20-Jun-2025
Nottinghamshire 164 for 8 (Moores 53, Procter 2-26) beat Northamptonshire 140 (Zaib 37, Montgomery 3-22) by 24 runs
Tom Moores smashed 53 off just 27 balls to help set up a 24-run Vitality Blast victory over Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Wantage Road.
Moores struck five fours and three sixes to regain the initiative for the Outlaws after they made just 33 for 2 in the powerplay. He shared a 43-run partnership with Jack Haynes (32) in five overs. However, the visitors were still well behind the pace on 111 for 5 after 16 overs before Moores blazed 20 off one over from Luke Procter and, with three of the lower order each smashing a six, Nottinghamshire closed on a competitive 164 for 8.
Full postPayne the hero with bat and ball as Gloucestershire seal low-scorer
Hampshire scrap hard in defence of 124 but come up short against veteran seamer
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20-Jun-2025
Gloucestershire 130 for 8 (Short 49, Howell 2-22) beat Hampshire 124 for 9 (Payne 3-20) by two wickets
David Payne deployed all his considerable experience to propel Gloucestershire to a dramatic two-wicket victory over Hampshire Hawks in a low-scoring but memorable Vitality Blast contest at the Seat Unique Stadium.
Chasing a modest 125 to win and buoyed by D'Arcy Short's 41-ball 49, Gloucestershire were cruising at 112 for 4 in the 16th, only to then lose four wickets for the addition of 11 runs to set-up a nerve-jangling finale. With the scores level, Payne kept his composure to lift the final ball, bowled by Chris Wood, over long-on for an astonishing last-gasp match-winning six.
Full postWells, Hurst lead the romp as Lancashire over-run Derbyshire
Lancashire post new highest T20 score in record-breaking display at County Ground
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20-Jun-2025
Lancashire 243 for 7 (Wells 83, Hurst 59) beat Derbyshire 163 (Jewell 65) by 80 runs
Lancashire Lightning put on a dazzling display of batting to crush Derbyshire Falcons by 80 runs on a record-breaking night in the Vitality Blast North Group game at the Central Co-op County Ground Derby.
Luke Wells smashed eight sixes in his 83 off 44 balls and Matty Hurst hammered 50 off 20 balls to equal the fastest T20 fifty for Lancashire set by Jos Buttler in 2016.
Full postWill Jacks' 97 leads Surrey to fifth win in a row
Chris Jordan left the field apparently concussed after a heavy fall attempting a catch
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20-Jun-2025
Surrey 194 for 8 (Jacks 97, Helm 3-48) beat Middlesex 119 (Higgins 27, Williamson 26, Santner 3-25) by 75 runs
Will Jacks' scintillating 97 led Surrey to a fifth win in a row as they thrashed London neighbours Middlesex by 75 runs at the Kia Oval.
The England allrounder, not required for Test duty against India, nevertheless reminded the selectors of his batting prowess, pummelling five sixes and 10 fours in a 56-ball masterclass. Noah Cornwell and Ryan Higgins were the pick of the Middlesex attack with two wickets apiece.
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