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6 days ago
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Buttler challenges Lancs to win biggest T20 games
Jos Buttler says Lancashire Lightning must rise to the challenge of winning the "big prize" if they want to claim only their second T20 Blast title. Buttler top-scored with 77 in Lancashire's win at old rivals Yorkshire at Headingley on Thursday to secure a top-two finish in the North Group with one match to spare. That guarantees a home quarter-final in September as they chase a spot in Finals Day at Edgbaston later that month. Since the competition began in 2003, Lancashire have qualified for the knockout stages 18 times, but their sole success remains in 2015. "We've been a really consistent team but we haven't won the big prize enough," Buttler told BBC Radio Lancashire. "We have to find a way to win and the quarter-final is our next challenge." Buttler and Liam Livingstone are the only players left at Lancashire from their T20 Blast title triumph a decade ago. The Red Rose have been back to Finals Day on three occasions since then, but have won only one game out of four on the biggest domestic stage. They have avoided a trip to South Group powerhouses Surrey and Somerset by finishing in the top two and can look forward to one more game at Emirates Old Trafford. "Lancashire has a history of playing well in T20 cricket," Buttler added. "We've had a really good side for a number of years so it's important we can make the most of that. "We've got a really good team and it's important we drive that forward, try to get into Finals Day and go all the way."
BBC News
6 days ago
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Buttler challenges Lancs to win biggest T20 games
Jos Buttler says Lancashire Lightning must rise to the challenge of winning the "big prize" if they want to claim only their second T20 Blast top-scored with 77 in Lancashire's win at old rivals Yorkshire at Headingley on Thursday to secure a top-two finish in the North Group with one match to guarantees a home quarter-final in September as they chase a spot in Finals Day at Edgbaston later that the competition began in 2003, Lancashire have qualified for the knockout stages 18 times, but their sole success remains in 2015."We've been a really consistent team but we haven't won the big prize enough," Buttler told BBC Radio Lancashire."We have to find a way to win and the quarter-final is our next challenge." Buttler and Liam Livingstone are the only players left at Lancashire from their T20 Blast title triumph a decade Red Rose have been back to Finals Day on three occasions since then, but have won only one game out of four on the biggest domestic have avoided a trip to South Group powerhouses Surrey and Somerset by finishing in the top two and can look forward to one more game at Emirates Old Trafford."Lancashire has a history of playing well in T20 cricket," Buttler added. "We've had a really good side for a number of years so it's important we can make the most of that."We've got a really good team and it's important we drive that forward, try to get into Finals Day and go all the way."
BBC News
07-07-2025
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- BBC News
Lancashire's Croft questions 'stupid' schedule
Lancashire interim head coach Steven Croft has questioned county cricket's schedule following back-to-back T20 Blast Lightning played Northamptonshire Steelbacks away on Friday night and only arrived back to their Emirates Old Trafford base at 3:45am because of motorway hold-ups. Less less than 12 hours later, they were back in action at home to Derbyshire Falcons on Saturday managed to win both games to move to the top of North Group, but Liam Livingstone and Saqib Mahmood picked up injuries."It was a bit of a late one, I think we probably got into bed at half four," Croft told BBC Radio Lancashire."They're some of the world's best players and I think to ask them to get out there within 11 hours of a game finishing, it feels pretty stupid and silly." The two games were the start of a run of seven in 15 days to complete Lancashire's T20 group have further fixtures on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday before finishing with trips to Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire Outlaws next Thursday and Friday Red Rose are well placed to progress to the knockout stages, but Croft is concerned about the demands being placed on the pulled up during his innings of 35 and needed a runner, while Mahmood went off after bowling three overs."Putting the players at risk, we saw two players walk off the field through injury, which is never nice to see," he said. "But I think it's such an easy fix in my eyes and other people's."It's a bit of a bridge too far to ask the lads to go out with such a quick turnaround. It's a bit of a mess but it is what it is." 'Minimal sleep and quick turnaround' Cricket's domestic calendar is crowded with the Championship and the T20 Blast this month before August is given over to The Hundred and the One-Day everything in represents a huge challenge but Croft believes spectators will lose out if the best players are not properly looked after. "It's something that seriously needs to be looked at," said Croft, who stepped in as interim head coach following the departure of Dale Benkenstein. "One of those players might be off that field for a bit of a while and I wouldn't say that's all down to the schedule, but it's not helped one bit for that player who's walked off."Liam's hamstring might have gone at any time, but getting minimal sleep and such a quick turnaround to playing elite sport is a tough one."
BBC News
05-07-2025
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- BBC News
Lancs top Blast group as Wood destroys Derbyshire
Lancashire Lightning moved top of the T20 Blast North Group with a second victory in 24 hours as they comfortably beat bottom club Derbyshire Falcons at Emirates Old the hosts posted a solid 178-6, Red Rose bowler Luke Wood took two wickets in the first two balls of a Derbyshire reply that never got out of second by 42 runs moved Lancashire four points clear of second-placed Durham with five games to go before the quarter-finalists are locked Derbyshire, meanwhile, already face a scenario where even winning all of their five remaining games might not be enough to progress to the last contrast, Lancashire are on a roll having won their past four Blast fixtures and will go into their final five games with a spring in their step aside from Liam Livingstone, who batted with a runner, adding 35 in 22 balls after pulling his leg spinner did not appear for the second half of the did not much matter after Wood's pacey in-swingers delivered the two-wicket burst in the first two deliveries of Derbyshire's innings, having Caleb Jewell caught at slip and bowling Martin Andersson with a perfect off-stump Madsen briefly threatened to make the match interesting with 53 from 40 balls but when he became the second victim of Chris Green's second over, the Derbyshire reply rather fizzled who also took a catch, finished with 3-25 from his four overs.
United News of India
09-06-2025
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- United News of India
Anderson stars but Northants stay unbeaten in Blast
London, June 9 (UNI) James Anderson delivered a second three-wicket haul of his T20 Blast return for Lancashire but it was not enough to stop Northants Steelbacks making it five wins from five to tighten their grip on the top of North Group. The veteran seamer's 3-31 at a blustery Old Trafford backed up his 3-17 against Durham at Chester-le-Street. But the 42-year-old's sterling efforts could not prevent the Steelbacks totalling 180-6 before restricting Lancashire to 156-9 in reply. Liam Livingstone's return to Lightning colours following his Indian Premier League (IPL) victory with Royal Challengers Bangalore saw him take 2-35 and add 18 with the bat as Northants always had the game under their control. George Scrimshaw was the pick of their bowlers with an impressive 4-19. UNI BM
