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Alex Lees scores maiden T20 ton to secure Durham's quarter-final place
He and Graham Clark put on 181 together to break their own record for Durham's highest T20 stand
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18-Jul-2025
Durham 204 for 1 (Lees 101*, Clark 79) beat Northamptonshire 203 for 5 (Willey 63, Breetzke 52, Potts 3-27) by nine wickets
Durham secured a home quarter-final in the Vitality Blast as a record-breaking partnership from centurion Alex Lees and Graham Clark led them to a resounding nine-wicket win over Northamptonshire Steelbacks.
Steelbacks won the toss and batted first and David Willey (62) exploited a platform set by Matthew Breetzke (52) with some destructive hitting, but an excellent spell from Matthew Potts helped reel Northants in late on as they finished on 203 for 5.
Full postKent march into quarter-finals with tense win over Essex
Muyeye and Finch the heroes with century stand before Billings knocks off winning runs
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18-Jul-2025
Kent 173 for 7 (Muyeye 80, Finch 64) beat Essex 172 for 6 (Walter 52, Allison 48) by seven wickets
The Kent Spitfires are through to the Vitality Blast quarter-finals after a thrilling final evening at Canterbury.
The Spitfires eased to a seven-wicket win over Essex and thousands of fans stayed in the ground to watch Surrey's nerve-shredding win over Sussex on the big screen, a result that confirmed Kent's place in the top four.
Full postChathli takes command as Surrey outmuscle Bears
Table-toppers strike psychological blow ahead of potential Finals Day encounter
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18-Jul-2025
Surrey 204 for 5 (Chathli 65, Harris 37, Surenkumar 3-33) beat Birmingham 179 for 9 (Harris 42,Chatterji 3-23, Moore 3-38) by 25 runs
Kira Chathli's belligerent first half-century in the 2025 Vitality Blast led table-toppers Surrey to a 25-run win over The Bears to strike a psychological blow ahead of final's day.
In what may prove a dress-rehearsal for the final itself in nine days' time, the Surrey keeper thrashed 65 in 31 balls, including five sixes. She shared a second-wicket stand of 93 with Grace Harris (37 from 25) as the hosts piled up 204 for 5.
Full postBen Green stars as Somerset claim west country bragging rights
Allrounder's batting cameo at the death helps take home side beyond Gloucestershire's reach
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18-Jul-2025
Somerset 164 for 7 (Green 36*, J Taylor 3-19) beat Gloucestershire 148 for 8 (Short 71*, Ball 2-20) by 16 runs
Ben Green conjured up an incisive performance with bat and ball as Somerset beat arch rivals Gloucestershire by 16 runs in a hard-fought Vitality Blast encounter beneath the Cooper Associates Ground floodlights.
So often an unsung hero in the short format, Green top-scored with 36 not out from 22 balls with three sixes and dominated a crucial unbeaten stand of 42 for the eighth wicket with Craig Overton as Somerset posted 164 for 7 on a turning pitch after winning the toss.
Full postFarhan five-for, Moores pyrotechnics claim spoils for Notts
Lancashire collapse to 126 all out but had already guaranteed their place in quarter-finals
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18-Jul-2025
Nottinghamshire 127 for 6 (Moores 75) beat Lancashire 126 (Farhan 5-25) by four wickets
A hat-trick and a maiden white-ball five-wicket bag for 17-year-old Notts prodigy Farhan Ahmed, who last season became the youngest player in first-class cricket in Britain to have taken ten wickets in a match, helped bowl out Lancashire for 126 in the Vitality Blast at Trent Bridge.
But Notts were soon struggling to cope themselves with a turning pitch as England slow left-armer Tom Hartley claimed two men in the reply's second over and at 14 for 4 after 17 balls the modest target seemed far distant. At which point Tom Moores, in wonderful batting form all campaign, arrived to pass an outstanding fifty from only 23 balls en route to claiming the match.
Full postGeorgia Elwiss, Marie Kelly anchor victory for The Blaze
Duo both pass fifty in 102-run opening stand as Elwiss makes winning return to former home
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18-Jul-2025
The Blaze 164 for 5 (Kelly 57, Elwiss 53*) beat Hampshire 137 for 4 (Southby 62, Adams 57) by 27 runs
Georgia Elwiss returned to Utilita Bowl to place a perfect anchoring fifty and give The Blaze the ideal springboard ahead of the Vitality Blast Women's Finals Day.
All-rounder Elwiss spent the last four years at the Bowl-based Southern Vipers before moving to The Blaze in the winter - and scored 53 not out, having batted the whole innings.
Full postLatham hundred leads Bears mauling of Derbyshire
Opening partnership with Alex Davies decisive as Falcons plummet to bottom of North Group
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18-Jul-2025
Birmingham 233 for 5 (Latham 104, Davies 89, Aitchison 4-45) beat Derbyshire 106 (Lintott 3-27) by 127 runs
A dazzling century from Tom Latham inspired the Bears to a 127-run victory over Derbyshire Falcons at the Central Co-op County Ground and a place in the Vitality Blast quarter-finals.
Latham hit eight sixes in a 51-ball 104 and shared an opening stand of 187 from 98 balls with Alex Davies whose 89 off 54 included six maximums.
Full postGriffith leads Essex to consolation win over Durham
Spinners Smale and Maqsood strangle chase as visitors fall narrowly short
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18-Jul-2025
Essex 164 for 3 (Griffith's 60*, Scrivens 48) beat Durham 155 for 8 (Bates 45, Penna 2-26, Smale 2-26, Maqsood 2-26) by nine runs
Cordelia Griffith's bustling knock of 60 from 35 balls laid
the foundations for Essex to end their Vitality Blast campaign on a high by seeing off Durham at Chelmsford.
The right-hander shared a second-wicket partnership of 66 from 44 with skipper Grace Scrivens (48 from 39) as the home side posted 164 for 3.
Full postKing six secures tie after Luff, Wellington give Somerset glimpse of victory
Mahika Gaur claims 3 for 15 to limit visitors but Lancashire comes unstuck before thrilling finale
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18-Jul-2025
Lancashire 114 for 7 (Smale 25, Wellington 3-24) tied with Somerset 114 for 6 (Luff 36, Gaur 3-15)
Alana King hit the last ball of the match for six as Lancashire Thunder and Somerset signed off their Vitality Blast campaign with a thrilling tie at Blackpool CC.
Mahika Gaur produced a T20 career-best of 3 for 15 to spearhead a destructive start by the Thunder that reduced Somerset to 43 for 5 in a 17-overs-per-side game that started an hour late after some Thunder players became caught up in severe traffic congestion on the north-west motorways. Sophie Luff and Alex Griffiths mounted a rescue act with a 56-run partnership that took the visitors to a more prosperous 114 for 7 with Somerset skipper Luff making 36 and Griffiths finishing 29 not out.
Full postHenry's three wickets set up the win as NZ cruise past Zimbabwe
Half-century from Conway, and all-round display from Ravindra, also helped NZ top the table
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18-Jul-2025
New Zealand 122 for 2 (Conway 59*, Ravindra 30, Maposa 1-17) beat Zimbabwe 120 for 7 (Madhevere 36, Henry 3-26, Ravindra 1-10) by eight wickets
New Zealand took the lead in the Zimbabwe T20I tri-series points table after a second successive win, this time over the hosts. After New Zealand's bowling attack kept Zimbabwe to 120, the lowest first-innings total of the tournament so far, their batters polished off the required runs inside 14 overs, which helped their net run rate balloon to 1.919.
Zimbabwe remain without a point, and with much work to do to avoid being knocked out of their own competition. They need to win both of their next two games, against South Africa and New Zealand, to progress to the final, and will need a major improvement in their batting to get there.
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