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13-07-2025
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T20 Blast: Surrey seal home quarter-final, Vince stars for Hawks
Surrey became the second team to secure their place in the quarter-finals of the T20 Vitality Blast with a 67-run victory over South Group leaders Somerset at The Kia Oval. The Londoners' third white-ball win in five days means they are now 14 points clear of fifth-placed Sussex, who lost at Hampshire, and will be at home in the last Hawks all but secured their place in the final eight thanks largely to James Vince's 98 not out as they chased down the Sharks' 167-7 with 16 balls to hopes of making this season's final eight were dealt a blow with a 40-run home defeat to 2024 winners Gloucestershire, while Kent jumped into fourth place with a victory against Middlesex in North Group, Lancashire bounced back from Friday's Roses derby defeat by edging out Durham in a low-scoring thriller at Emirates Old Trafford to leapfrog their opponents and go top of the Northants strengthened their grip on a top-four finish with a terrific 64-run victory at Bears, Matthew Breetzke making 85, while Worcestershire eased to victory against Leicestershire and Derbyshire thrashed Yorkshire by eight wickets at Headingley. as Wayne Madsen hit an unbeaten 51 off 28 balls. Star-studded Surrey see off leaders Somerset At a sun-kissed Kia Oval, Surrey opener Will Jacks responded well after being hit on the elbow early to top score with 57, and Jason Roy and Dan Lawrence (both 32) provided important knocks as the hosts totalled 201-7 against Jack Leach claimed 2-42 and Lewis Goldsworthy ended with 2-39 but group leaders Somerset could not back up their victory on Friday at Kent with an away against it, they lost Tom Lammonby early when he was bowled by Reece Topley (3-20) and when Sean Dickson was caught and bowled by Jamie Overton their hopes looked to be gone, eventually ending 67 runs came out on top by six wickets against Sussex after all-rounder James Fuller claimed 3-16 in the Sharks' wonderful knock, featuring three sixes and 12 fours, aided by Joe Weatherley's 43 off 29 balls, means they can secure their passage to the knockout stage with a win at bottom club Essex on cause was helped further by Glamorgan's loss to Gloucestershire at Sophia Gardens.A fourth-wicket partnership of 69 between Ben Charlesworth (55) and captain Jack Taylor (39) was vital as the visitors finished on Welsh club started the powerplay brightly but lost their way following the loss of opener Will Smale for 43, leaving them 66-4, and South African Marchant de Lange (4-20) and swing bowler David Payne finished off the tail as they were all out for Kent chased down a target of 161 against Middlesex in front of their own fans in Klassen picked up three wickets for the home side as Middlesex captain Leus du Plooy (68) top-scored on his side's way to knocks from opener Tawanda Muyeye (59 off 41 balls) and veteran Joe Denly (46) saw the hosts bounce back from their defeat on Friday and secure a seven-wicket victory, reaching 165-3 in 18.1 overs. Lancashire go top; Northants leap to second A decisive performance with bat and ball from Chris Green helped Lancashire defeat Durham in a top of the table clash in of 3-15 off his four overs from the Australian all-rounder helped restrict Durham to 156-7, with Colin Ackerman top scoring for the visitors with Red Rose started the powerplay strongly with opener Keaton Jennings making 42 but when he fell with the score on 107-4, the hosts wobbled and then lost Michael Jones and Jack Blatherwick without Green's assured cameo settled home fans nerves and his second six of his innings meant he ended on 31 not out as the Red Rose reached 156-7 and went top - they could confirm their final eight spot with a victory at Yorkshire next leapfrogged Leicestershire with a six-wicket win at New Foxes won the toss and elected to bat first but were 5-2 in the second over following the early dismissals of Rishi Patel and Shan Cox (70 not out off 44 balls) steadied the ship and they reached the end of the innings with 173-6 on the got off to a flier in their reply, reaching 50-0 in the fifth over and Ethan Brookes' 56 not out off just 28 balls, which included five sixes, helped the hosts secure a comfortable victory on 176-4 with 13 balls still went up to second in the North Group with an impressive victory against fellow quarter-final hopefuls a batter-friendly pitch at Edgbaston, Breetzke backed up his superb 93 against Derbyshire on Friday with a dazzling 40-ball knock containing six sixes, to help the Steelbacks post reply, Bears lost Alex Davies and Dan Mousley early on and despite Sam Hain's 50 off 29 balls providing some resistance, the hosts were bowled out still 65 runs short of their the day's other game, Derbyshire dismantled Yorkshire at Headingley in a clash between the North Group's bottom two clubs.A five-wicket haul from seamer Ben Aitchison, 2-36 from Zak Chappell and 2-5 from Mohammad Ghazanfar, who sent down 20 dot balls, saw the White Rose limited to 151-9, Dom Bess top scoring with opener Jonny Bairstow followed his century on Friday with a five-ball duck, bowled by 19-year-old Afghan off-spinner whose hopes of reaching the knockout stages have already gone, chased down their target easily with Aneurin Donald and Wayne Madsen bringing up half centuries. Tuesday fixture Chester-le-Street: Durham v Leicestershire FoxesMatch starts 18:30 BST
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11-07-2025
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Roy gets late Hundred deal as wildcard draft looms
Roy has a highest score of 92 in this year's T20 Blast [Getty Images] Former England opener Jason Roy has signed a late deal to play in The Hundred after initially failing to secure a contract at this year's draft. Roy, 34, will play for Southern Brave as an injury replacement for South Africa batter Faf du Plessis. Advertisement It comes after Roy found form in the T20 Blast over recent weeks with three scores over 50 in 10 matches for Surrey at an average of 30.10. Roy played three seasons with Oval Invincibles but was released after a difficult season in 2023 during which he averaged 17.11. The 2019 World Cup-winner was dropped from England's 2023 World Cup squad later that summer and has not played an international since. Having been signed by Northern Superchargers last year only to miss the tournament through injury, Roy went unsold at the auction in March. His signing comes before Tuesday's 'wildcard draft', at which the eight men's and women's franchises will fill the final two places in their squads. Advertisement The wildcard picks will be domestic players, with recent form in the T20 Blast expected to be rewarded. The most intriguing decision will be whether any of the men's franchises opt to sign veteran bowler James Anderson. After retiring from international duty last year and playing in the T20 format for the first time in 11 years, England's record wicket-taker has taken 13 wickets in six Blast matches for Lancashire this season. Northamptonshire seamer Ben Sanderson, 36, is the joint-highest wicket-taker in the Blast this season but does not have a Hundred deal. Another currently without a deal is Hampshire's 23-year-old wicketkeeper Tom Albert, who scored 98 not out against Glamorgan on Sunday and is third on the list of most runs. Advertisement Seventeen-year-old Rocky Flintoff, son of legendary former England all-rounder Andrew, will also hope to be picked up, having scored 107 for England Under-19s last week. Trent Rockets have the first pick in the men's wildcard draft while Southern Brave will have first chance in the women's. The draft takes place on Tuesday from 09:00 BST.
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11-07-2025
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Roy gets late Hundred deal as wildcard draft looms
Former England opener Jason Roy has signed a late deal to play in The Hundred after initially failing to secure a contract at this year's 34, will play for Southern Brave as an injury replacement for South Africa batter Faf du comes after Roy found form in the T20 Blast over recent weeks with three scores over 50 in 10 matches for Surrey at an average of played three seasons with Oval Invincibles but was released after a difficult season in 2023 during which he averaged 17.11. The 2019 World Cup-winner was dropped from England's 2023 World Cup squad later that summer and has not played an international been signed by Northern Superchargers last year only to miss the tournament through injury, Roy went unsold at the auction in signing comes before Tuesday's 'wildcard draft', at which the eight men's and women's franchises will fill the final two places in their wildcard picks will be domestic players, with recent form in the T20 Blast expected to be rewarded. The most intriguing decision will be whether any of the men's franchises opt to sign veteran bowler James retiring from international duty last year and playing in the T20 format for the first time in 11 years, England's record wicket-taker has taken 13 wickets in six Blast matches for Lancashire this eamer Ben Sanderson, 36, is the joint-highest wicket-taker in the Blast this season but does not have a Hundred deal. Another currently without a deal is Hampshire's 23-year-old wicketkeeper Tom Albert, who scored 98 not out against Glamorgan on Sunday and is third on the list of most Rocky Flintoff, son of legendary former England all-rounder Andrew, will also hope to be picked up, having scored 107 for England Under-19s last Rockets have the first pick in the men's wildcard draft while Southern Brave will have first chance in the women's. The draft takes place on Tuesday from 09:00 BST.
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18-06-2025
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Wins for Surrey, Glos and Rapids in T20 Blast
Surrey eased to the top of the South Group in the T20 Blast, while reigning champions Gloucestershire finally claimed their first win of this year's competition at the sixth time of Sharks were routed by 48 runs at the Oval as Sam Curran's side showed their power with bat and overcame a stoppage because of the position of the sun to beat Kent by seven wickets at Canterbury and move off the bottom of the South New Road, Durham failed to make it four successive wins as they went down to Worcestershire by six wickets. Looking to win this competition for the first time, Surrey were always on top of Sussex from the moment Will Jacks (43) and Dom Sibley (45) hammered a 52-run opening stand from the opening five the tournament's third-highest run scorer, Jason Roy was out for a two-ball duck but Sam Curran took up the mantle with 38 before Ollie Sykes provided some late 20-year-old, playing only his eighth game in this format for Surrey, thrashed four sixes and two fours for a career-best 44 not target of 211 always looked out of reach for the visitors as the home side's powerful bowling attack of Reece Topley (3-34) and Tom Curran (2-24) took three early wickets between them to reduce Sussex to scorecardsTom Clark (45) and Danny Lamb (49) offered brief resistance for Sussex, but with Mitchell Santner (3-26) and Chris Jordan (1-35) also among the wickets Surrey's latest win sends out a clear warning to the rest of the teams in the been the surprise package to win the competition for the first time last year, Gloucestershire have endured a miserable defence so far, losing their opening five matches, but victory at Kent keeps alive their slim hopes of making it out of the South again it was Ajeet Singh Dale who impressed with the ball as he picked up his second successive three-wicket haul (3-24) to help limit Kent to 157-9 after they had chosen to from a stunning century against Somerset on Sunday, Daniel Bell-Drummond (3) became one of Singh Dale's victims and the home side were indebted to Tawanda Muyeye (33), Harry Finch (42) and captain Sam Billings (38) but they could only add 34 runs from their final five made the run chase look comfortable by winning with 10 balls to spare but not before the weather caused a brief hammering a six, D'Arcy Short (33) found the sun shining straight into his eyes and the umpires took the players off the pitch until it had disappeared behind the break did not change the direction of the match as Ollie Price (41*) and skipper Jack Taylor (54*) came together to share an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 98 and finally get off the mark. Rapids end Durham run In the North Group, Durham missed the chance to consolidate second place as they were beaten by Worcestershire to bat by the home side, it took a 33-ball unbeaten 58 from Will Rhodes for Durham to post anything near a competitive total as, after they had been reduced to 100-5 at the start of the 14th over, they reached struck six fours and two sixes as the visitors struggled to break the shackles of some tight bowling with Matthew Waite taking 2-20 in his four overs, including the dangerous New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy made light work of the run chase with debutant Isaac Mohammed (32) and Jake Libby (21) rattling up an opening stand of 39 inside four overs, before Ethan Brookes hit a career-best 51, including four boundaries and four sixes, to help them claim victory with 17 balls to spare. Thursday's fixtures North GroupLeicester: Leicestershire Foxes v Nottinghamshire Outlaws (18:30 BST)South GroupLord's: Middlesex v Essex (18:15)Taunton: Somerset v Hampshire Hawks (18:30)
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18-06-2025
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In-form Jordan bags victory for frenzied Surrey over Kent
Chris Jordan snatched victory for Surrey over Kent in a thriller at the Kia Oval. The all-rounder followed up his Vitality Blast best of 4-10 by hitting a boundary off the final ball of Thursday's (June 12) match to claim a win by four wickets. Advertisement Kent's 171-7 looked unlikely to be enough while Jason Roy (56) and skipper Sam Curran (32) were adding 90 in nine overs to overcome the early losses of Dominic Sibley (6) and Will Jacks (67). But Australian paceman Wes Agar removed both in the 12th over, Roy given out to a catch behind which elicited an angry response from the England white ball opener. When Tom Curran – playing just as a batsman because of injury – was run out in the 13th, they had sunk from 102-2 to 105-5 inside nine balls. The match turned again on Laurie Evans and Mitchell Santner putting on 48 from 33, Kiwi Santner's departure in the 18th failing to disturb his partner. Advertisement Evans, who had recaptured his best T20 form when the sides met at Canterbury six days earlier, took two fours off Tom Rogers in the penultimate over in his crucial knock of 46 off 29 deliveries. That still left Surrey needing nine from the final over, but Kent had used up their best bowlers and skipper Sam Billings had to use leg-spinner Matt Parkinson. Another handicap was that bowling their overs too slowly left them with an extra fielder having to be brought into the 30-yard circle. Parkinson kept it down to six from the first five balls but, from the last, Jordan perfectly dissected a gap between two fielders at long-on, to the roar of a crowd of around 20,000, giving Surrey their third win in five games. Advertisement "It's the first time we have chased a score this season and, credit to the boys, we kept going down the order," said 36-year-old Jordan. "All I needed to do off the last delivery was to get bat on ball and it was great to help get us over the line. "In terms of the overall performance, things are coming together nicely." Earlier on, Tawanda Muyeye's 37 gave Kent momentum after being sent in but they needed a hard hit 40 from 24 balls by former England batsman Joe Denly to gain substance, aided by Jack Leaning (24) and Tom Rogers (18no). It was Rogers who stiffened Surrey's chase by ensuring 18 came off the final over, bowled by Jacks, to escape the straitjacket inflicted by the outstanding Jordan, who struggled last season on his return from the World T20 but is now looking back to his best. Advertisement Surrey have been given a frenetic finale to the first stage of the Blast, Tuesday's trip to play Hampshire at the Utilita Bowl followed 24 hours later by entertaining Sussex at the The Oval. They remain at home to take on Middlesex in the London derby on Friday evening and then it's a rapid change of focus with a return to Rothesay County Championship action. Standing second in Division One, 10 points behind leaders Nottinghamshire despite having only won two out of seven matches so far, the three-times champions head to New Road to take on Worcestershire on Sunday (June 22), followed seven days later by a home clash with Durham.
