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Latham, Davies lay platform before Hasan six-for downs Derbyshire
Derbyshire never get going in run chase, slipping to 28 for 4 to go down by 58 runs
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08-Jun-2025
Birmingham 199 for 6 (Latham 58, Brown 3-40) beat Derbyshire 141 (Whiteley 50, Hasan 6-23) by 58 runs
Birmingham Bears completed back-to-back home wins with a 58-run victory over struggling Derbyshire Falcons at Edgbaston.
The Bears piled up 199 for 6 against the injury-hit Falcons. Opening pair Tom Latham (58 off 42 balls) and Alex Davies (49 off 29) provided a strong launchpad before the visitors reined the scoring in a little, Pat Brown taking 3 for 40.
Full postColes, McAndrew power Sussex to comfortable Hove win
Forceful batting followed by frugal five-wicket haul in 78-run win over Glamorgan
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08-Jun-2025
Sussex 195 for 4 (Coles 75*, Alsop 50) beat Glamorgan 117 (Tribe 34, McAndrew 5-19) by 78 runs
Sussex Sharks made it three wins out of four in the Vitality Blast when they outplayed Glamorgan at Hove, winning by 78 runs with 4.4 overs to spare.
First James Coles led the way with the bat, with an unbeaten 75, before Nathan McAndrew took over with the ball, with figures of five for 19 from his four overs. At one point Glamorgan, who had also won two out of three before this fixture, were 49 for seven and appeared to be heading for an even heavier defeat.
Full postMalan passes 10,000 T20 runs to lead Yorkshire rout
Luxton makes 62 in big stand as Leicestershire are routed at Headingley
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08-Jun-2025
Yorkshire 213 for 7 (Malan 88, Luxton 62) beat Leicestershire 107 (Chohan 4-27) by 106 runs
Captain Dawid Malan became the fifth English batter to reach 10,000 career T20 runs at the start of a superb 88 which helped his Yorkshire side achieve their first Vitality Blast win of the season at the expense of Leicestershire Foxes at Headingley.
The former England left-hander hit five sixes in an opening 48-ball knock which helped his side, on the back of three North Group defeats, set the Foxes an imposing 214-target that was never threatened.
Full postCrawley goes through gears to condemn Hampshire to first defeat
Kent charge to eight-wicket win after century stand between Zak Crawley and Daniel Bell-Drummond
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08-Jun-2025
Kent 181 for 2 (Crawley 75*, Bell-Drummond 61) beat Hampshire 177 for 7 (Weatherley 63*, Rogers 3-33) by eight wickets
Kent Spitfires have handed the Hampshire Hawks their first defeat of the Vitality Blast season, pummelling them by eight wickets at Canterbury.
The Hawks had the misfortune to run into a fully armed and operational Zak Crawley: the England man hit 75 off 43 balls, including three sixes and he enjoyed a stand of 110 with Daniel Bell-Drummond, who made 61 from 40.
Full postScrimshaw, Pope spike Lancs guns as Northants maintain 100% start
David Willey leads from front with bat before regular wickets undermine hosts' chase
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08-Jun-2025
Northamptonshire 180 for 6 (Willey 37, Anderson 3-31) beat Lancashire 156 for 9 (Scrimshaw 4-19, Pope 2-27) by 24 runs
Northamptonshire Steelbacks maintained their 100% start in this year's Vitality Blast when they defeated Lancashire Lightning by 24 runs at Emirates Old Trafford to make it five wins in succession.
Having posted 180 for 6, in which skipper David Willey top-scored with 37, the visitors produced a determined display in the field, George Scrimshaw leading the way with career-best T20 figures of 4 for 19 from his four overs, as Lancashire ended on 156 for 9.
Full postStevie Eskinazi ransacks winless Essex
Essex remain rooted to the bottom of the South Group as Middlesex notch their first win
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08-Jun-2025
Middlesex 159 for 4 (Eskinazi 72, Walter 2-34) beat Essex 156 for 9 (Harmer 41, Helm 4-32) by six wickets
Stephen Eskinazi put pointless Essex to the sword as his 72 gave Middlesex their first Men's Vitality Blast victory of the season.
The hosts had lost six wickets in 29 balls to hinder their batting effort, although Simon Harmer's T20 best for Essex - a brisk 41 - helped his side to a semi-respectable 156.
Full postWyatt-Hodge leads onslaught as Surrey march past Durham
Opening stand with Smith puts contest beyond doubt despite Armitage anchoring visitors' innings
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08-Jun-2025
Surrey 143 for 1 (Wyatt-Hodge 74*, Smith 44) beat Durham 141 for 5 (Armitage 50) by nine wickets
Danni Wyatt-Hodge's blistering 26-ball half-century set Surrey on their way to a thumping nine-wicket win over Durham at the Oval.
The England opener struck two sixes and 11 fours in her unbeaten 74 (36), sharing a stand of 94 for the first wicket with skipper Bryony Smith (44 from 28) as the hosts chased down a target of 142 with 43 balls to spare to return to the top of the table.
Full postTara Norris takes the honours as Lancashire turn the tables
Key allround display dents high-flying Warwickshire to tighten the permutations in Women's Blast
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08-Jun-2025
Lancashire 162 for 7 (Lister 39, Norris 33*, Taylor 2-25) beat Warwickshire 157 for 9 (Wraith 58*, Norris 3-24) by five runs
Lancashire Thunder opened the Women's Vitality Blast table right up with a five-run victory over Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
Eleanor Threlkeld's side shrugged off a slow start with the bat to reach 162 for seven, much of it compiled in heavy drizzle. That was a strong recovery from 31 for four, led by Ailsa Lister 39 (26) and Tara Norris (33 not out, 24) against an accurate Warwickshire attack in which all six members took wickets,
Full postUnfettered England hunt down 197 in style to seal 2-0 series lead
Six-laden display from West Indies not enough to stay in the series, as Banton, Bethell star in chase
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08-Jun-2025
England 199 for 6 (Buttler 47, Brook 34, Banton 30*) beat West Indies 196 for 6 (Hope 49, Charles 47, Wood 2-25) by four wickets
Harry Brook had said at the toss that he "fancied a chase" in the second T20I in Bristol. Well, he was handed one all right, as West Indies obliged in trademark style, serving up a six-laden display of power-hitting that included five in a single 31-run over from Adil Rashid - the second-most expensive in England's T20 history - and 75 runs off the final four overs of their innings.
Despite 15 blows over the ropes in total, and a stiff target of 197, even that was not nearly enough to rein in a newly liberated England batting line-up that responded with a salvo of cameos to hunt down their target with nine balls to spare.
Full postAdam Hose 95 blows away Notts as Worcestershire seal points
Visitors recover from 1 for 2 to post 206 for 5 and maintain Trent Bridge winning run
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07-Jun-2025
Worcestershire 206 for 5 (Hose 95, Kashif 51) beat Nottinghamshire 181 for 7 (Moores 39, Taylor 2-36) by 25 runs
Worcestershire Rapids bounced back from a Friday night home defeat to North Group leaders Northamptonshire Steelbacks with a third consecutive Trent Bridge victory in the Vitality Blast, winning by a comfortable 25 runs.
Adam Hose clocked up six sixes in a superb 51-ball 95 with Kashif Ali hitting 51 off 35 as the Rapids totalled a challenging 206 for 5 after being asked to bat first as the rain that had washed out the scheduled Blast Women's game earlier thankfully disappeared.
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