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Pollard and Pooran knock Texas Super Kings out to put MI New York in MLC 2025 final
Du Plessis, Hosein and Ferreira had combined to give Texas Super Kings a fighting total, but it was no match for the power of Pollard and Pooran
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12-Jul-2025
MI New York 172 for 3 (Pooran 52*, Monank 49, Pollard 47*, Hosein 1-11) beat Texas Super Kings 166 for 5 (Du Plessis 59, Hosein 55*, Ferreira 32*, Luus 3-35, Ugarkar 2-31) by seven wickets
Kieron Pollard. A batting coach at Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Apt, seeing that he is 38-plus. But a full-fledged allrounder elsewhere around the world, including at MLC, where he is such a key part of MI New York. Just how key, he showed on Friday night in Dallas, walking out with MINY's asking rate over 12, smashing 47 not out from 22 balls, and putting his team in the MLC 2025 final at the expense of Texas Super Kings, who must have felt they were going to the title round till Pollard happened.
The chase wasn't massive: 167. But MINY lost Quinton de Kock and Michael Bracewell for single-digit scores by the seventh over. That they had 43 on the board when Bracewell fell was mainly down to Monank Patel, but he was going at a strike rate of just around 120. Nicholas Pooran, who had walked out at the fall of Bracewell, was at just about a run a ball. And when Monank, after trying hard, fell for 49 off 39 in the 13th over, MINY had only reached 83.
Full postTahir, Pretorius, Wiese give Guyana Amazon Warriors massive win
The trio shares nine wickets to bowl out Central Districts for 92 in 14.2 overs in a chase of 159
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12-Jul-2025
Guyana Amazon Warriors 158 for 6 (Gurbaz 58, Andrew 45, Schaw 2-24, Forde 2-34) beat Central Districts 92 (Young 26, Tahir 4-23, Pretorius 3-18, Wiese 2-13) by 66 runs
Guyana Amazon Warriors opened their account in Global Super League 2025 with a thumping 66-run win over Central Districts in Providence. The win took Warriors to the top of the points table, at least for the time being, while Central Districts are at the bottom with two defeats in two games.
The star of the show for Warriors were their bowlers: Imran Tahir, Dwaine Pretorius and David Wiese. Tahir picked up 4 for 23, Pretorius 3 for 18 and Wiese 2 for 13, as Central Districts were bowled out for a mere 92 in 14.2 overs in their chase of 159.
Full postSams, Montgomery share eight wickets as Notts keep top-four hopes alive
Jack Haynes' unbeaten fifty seals chase as Durham lose ground in congested qualification race
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11-Jul-2025
Yorkshire 159 for 3 (Haynes 55*) beat Durham 156 (Clark 44, Sams 4-26, Montgomery 4-30) by seven wickets
Notts Outlaws kept their qualification hopes alive with a seven-wicket victory over Durham, who began the evening as marginal North Group leaders but ended it locked in a battle for the top four places that is still impossible to call.
Chasing 157 to win on a slow pitch, Jack Haynes steered the Outlaws home with an unbeaten 55 off 40 balls with two sixes, backed up by Moises Henriques (43 off 33) and Joe Clarke (43 off 26), both of whom also cleared the ropes twice as Durham were beaten with eight balls to spare.
Full postTurner, Windsor star as Durham win low-scoring scrap with Hampshire
Hosts keep slim Finals Day hopes alive by chasing down target of 104 at Chester-le-Street
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11-Jul-2025
Durham 104 for 5 (Windsor 36*) beat Hampshire 103 for 7 (Southby 25, Turner 3-17) by five wickets
Durham Women gave their slim chances of making the Vitality Blast Finals Day a timely boost with a bonus point win over Hampshire Hawks, with the five-wicket defeat ending the visitors' own chances of qualifying.
It was the host's bowlers who put them in charge at a sun-kissed Banks Homes Riverside with seamer Phoebe Turner taking three wickets in the 12th over to turn the game Durham's way before restricting the hosts to just 103 for 7 from their 20 overs.
Full postBreezy Breetzke blows Derbyshire away with hard-hitting 93
South African returns from Test duty with a bang to reignite Northamptonshire's Blast hopes
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11-Jul-2025
Northamptonshire 237 for 4 (Breetzke 93, Willey 53, Zaib 53*) beat Derbyshire 224 for 6 by 13 runs
Matt Breetzke blazed 93 off 45 balls, just one short of his highest T20 score, to reignite Northamptonshire Steelbacks' Vitality Blast campaign by setting up a 13-win over bottom-placed Derbyshire.
The victory puts the Steelbacks' quest for qualification back on track, after they lost their previous five games, following six straight wins at the start of the tournament.
Full postBelligerent Bairstow ton seals Roses spoils for Yorkshire
Lancashire chase fizzles out despite half-century from Jos Buttler
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11-Jul-2025
Yorkshire 236 for 6 (Bairstow 116, Luxton 90*, Green 4-34) beat Lancashire 217 for 7 (Buttler 55, Thompson 2-37) by 19 runs
Jonny Bairstow hit 10 sixes in a stunning career-best 116 off 54 balls as struggling Yorkshire shocked high-flying Lancashire Lightning by claiming an entertaining 19-run Roses Vitality Blast win at Emirates Old Trafford.
Yorkshire won in Manchester for the first time since 2014, claiming only their fourth win in 11 North Group games this season on the back of 236 for 6.
Full postPepper gives Essex the pep-talk with first home victory in 12 months
Sussex's mid-season slump continues with quarter-final place in jeopardy
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11-Jul-2025
Essex 148 for 4 (Pepper 87) beat Sussex 145 (Simpson 52, Amir 3-16) by six wickets
Michael Pepper's pyrotechnical 87 off 47 balls led Essex to their first home Men's Vitality Blast victory in exactly a year, as Sussex Sharks' quarter-final hopes took a new battering.
The Eagles hadn't won at the Ambassador Cruise Line Ground in a T20 since downing Kent Spitfires on July 11, 2024, after a dismal beginning to this season.
Full postGregory, Abell dig deep to keep Somerset clear at the top
South Group leaders find a way as Kent are out-muscled at Canterbury
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11-Jul-2025
Somerset 138 for 5 (Gregory 37, Abell 34) beat Kent 137 for 8 (Denly 40, Meredith 3-19) by five wickets
Somerset guaranteed themselves a home quarter-final in the Vitality Blast with a five-wicket win over the Kent Spitfires at Canterbury.
Riley Meredith took three for 19 as the hosts were held to a paltry 137 for 8 from 20 overs, Joe Denly their top scorer with 40.
Full postHain, Hasan and Briggs keep Bears on track for quarter-finals
Worcestershire chase never gets going despite fifty from Adam Hose
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11-Jul-2025
Birmingham 176 (Hain 44, Dwarshuis 3-30) beat Worcestershire 153 (Hose 51, Hasan 3-32, Briggs 3-37) by 23 runs
Birmingham Bears took a big stride towards Vitality Blast qualification with a comfortable 23-run win over neighbours Worcestershire Rapids at broiling Visit Worcestershire New Road.
The Bears' 176 all out was solid rather than spectacularly compiled. It lacked a major contribution but Sam Hain (44 off 35 balls) and George Garton (36 not out off 22) ensured a competitive total against an attack led by Ben Dwarshuis.
Full postKalis sets up Bears before spinners see off Somerset
Hannah Baker leads defence with 3 for 32 as hosts suffer ninth loss of campaign
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11-Jul-2025
Birmingham 149 for 8 (Kalis 51, Robbins 4-29) beat Somerset 127 for 9 (Wellington 33, Baker 3-32) by 22 runs
Sterre Kalis registered an assured half-century as Birmingham beat Somerset by 22 runs at Taunton's Cooper Associates Ground to improve their prospects of qualifying for the knockout stages of the women's Vitality Blast competition.
The Dutch international top-scored with 51 from 41 balls, struck six fours and dominated a profitable stand of 63 in 9.1 overs with Katie George for the fourth wicket as the visitors raised 149 for 8. George contributed 28 and Laura Harris made a brisk 29, while Mollie Robbins returned career-best figures of 4 for 29 to keep Somerset in the hunt.
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