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BBC News
08-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Lancashire opener Salt's bat cleared by corruption unit
Lancashire batter Phil Salt has had the bat he used in their T20 match against Northants Steelbacks cleared by the Cricket Regulator's anti-corruption was alleged to have breached ECB Directives 3.2 and 3.3 after his bat failed an on-field bat gauge test during Friday's Vitality Blast club said that it was the same bat he had used for the past two years for England, Lancashire and in the Indian Premier League, but it did not pass through the gauge on the field and was deemed to have failed the tests carried out after the match were deemed inconclusive despite the bat fitting through the gauge on several occasions, but it was eventually found to be compliant with the regulations and no further action will be taken."The club and player felt this should have been the end of the matter, but the officials felt it necessary for the bat to be taken away for further testing," the club's statement continued., external"At Lancashire, we believe this whole process could have been avoided with improved processes on and off the field, whether that be through better equipment and/or additional training."Following the incident there have been inappropriate comments made by match commentators, inaccurate articles written in the media and some unsavoury social media posts towards the player, that could have been avoided." In response, the Cricket Regulator said it notes "that the match officials performed their roles fully in compliance with the regulations."In addition, they said they "acknowledge the cooperation provided by Lancashire and the player in this matter."An ECB spokesperson told BBC Sport: "We are working with all parties involved to ensure they are clear on the correct process for bat gauge testing."
United News of India
09-06-2025
- Sport
- 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
BBC News
08-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Anderson stars but Northants stay unbeaten in Blast
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 veteran seamer's 3-31 at a blustery Old Trafford backed up his 3-17 against Durham at the 42-year-old's sterling efforts could not prevent the Steelbacks totalling 180-6 before restricting Lancashire to 156-9 in Livingstone's return to Lightning colours following his 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 Scrimshaw was the pick of their bowlers with an impressive scorecards North Group – Malan fireworks & Ali hat-trick Yorkshire climbed off the bottom of the North Group table after posting a first victory of their T20 Blast campaign, beating Leicestershire Foxes by a thumping margin of 106 Malan (88 from 48 balls) and Will Luxton (62 from 34) put on 132 for the second wicket and, despite a mini-collapse which saw five wickets go for 31 runs, Yorkshire posted a towering total of 213-7 in their 20 England batter Malan passed 10,000 T20 runs in the Foxes were never really in the hunt with spin doing the damage, Jafer Chohan taking 4-27 and Dom Bess moved Yorkshire into seventh place in the table with their first win at the fourth attempt. Derbyshire remain without a win after Bears inflicted a fourth defeat, winning by 58 runs at Edgbaston with Hassan Ali taking 6-23 including a hat-trick.A half-century from New Zealand opener Tom Latham (58 from 42 balls) helped put Bears in a commanding position at the halfway mark after posting Hudson-Prentice marked his Derbyshire return with a wicket after signing a four-match loan deal from Sussex and Pat Brown was the pick with the ball for the visitors with both ended on the losing side as a chase of 200 proved beyond them after a disastrous start which saw them 1-2 after the first seven deliveries and they were bowled out for seamer Ali dismissed Ross Whiteley, Alex Thomson and Ben Aitchison in the 16th over for his hat-trick to claim Bears' best-ever bowling figures in the T20 Blast. South Group – Spitfires overpower Hampshire Hawks England opener Zak Crawley starred as Hampshire Hawks had their winning streak brought to an abrupt halt at the hands of Kent Spitfires who chased down a target of 178 to win by eight Rogers (3-33) gave Kent a lightning start with the ball helping to reduce Hampshire to 29-3 but Joe Weatherley's 63 from 46 balls and contributions lower down the order from Dewald Brevis (24), James Fuller (27) and Benny Howell (23) helped the visitors to after Daniel Bell-Drummond (61) and Kent skipper Crawley (75 not out from 43 balls) shared a superb 110 run partnership for the second wicket, those defences were never for Hampshire was not enough to dislodge them from the top of the south group table after four rounds of action with James Vince's side on 12 points. Tom Helm continued his remarkably consistent Blast campaign as Middlesex finally got their South Group campaign off the ground with a six wicket win over Essex at Middlesex seamer posted 4-32 from his four overs as the home side were restricted to 156-9, Simon Harmer's 28-ball 41 lifting them after a disappointing batting contribution followed up his 3-29 and 3-29 in his previous two games against Kent and result was never in much doubt after Middlesex skipper Stephen Eskinazi (72) and Kane Williamson (31) put on 97 for the first victory, their first of the season at the fourth attempt, left Essex still looking for a first win after four attempts and rooted to the bottom of the table. At Hove James Coles continued his outstanding form with the bat and Nathan McAndrew dismantled Glamorgan with the ball as Sussex Sharks downed the Welsh is averaging 98 in the Blast after four innings and his innings of 75 not out was the high point of an excellent display from the hosts with the Alsop also reached a half-century in 27 balls with five sixes as Sussex posted then set about Glamorgan with the ball taking 5-19 in his four overs as Sussex won by 78 was secured with two wickets in two balls for Tymal Mills as the Sussex captain became the fifth player to reach 300 T20 put his side second with three wins from four and level on 12 points with leaders Hampshire and third-placed Somerset. Wednesday fixtures North GroupRiverside: Durham v Derbyshire FalconsNorthampton: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v BearsTrent Bridge: Notts Outlaws v YorkshirePlay starts 18:30 BST
BBC News
02-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'Wheels not off' after first Leics loss
Leicestershire's first defeat of the season will not trigger panic, says Foxes all-rounder Logan van five-wicket T20 Blast loss to Northants Steelbacks came two days after the County Championship Division Two leaders opened their white-ball campaign with victory against East Midlands rivals wickets lost in the first over and an early batting collapse had Leicestershire at 39-7 and staring at the prospect of setting a club-record low total in the competition.A knock of 42 from Van Beek helped then to 122 all out, and while they had Northants 75-4 in the 14th over, Ravi Bopara's unbeaten 46 off 40 balls took them home with four balls to spare."We just had a terrible start, and that doesn't mean the wheels have fallen off or anything like that," Van Beek told BBC Radio Leicester."We just have to acknowledge it. We had a bad start, that was it. We now have another game in two days' time, so let's click into that." Van Beek says the early difficulties at Wantage Road did nothing to diminish the new levels of confidence the side has found in the opening months of the coach Alfonso Thomas has spoken in recent weeks about how it has taken "baby steps" to lift Leicestershire out of the County Championship doldrums to the top of the Division Two five victories in seven matches leading up to the start of the T20 campaign is as many wins as they managed in the second tier of the red-ball game between 2019 and 2024."Even in this situation, because we have been winning you kind of have a bit of an instinct that 'all right we can pull this out of the fire here'," Van Beek said."You have a good feeling going into games and a good feeling going into situations knowing you are winning and have the momentum."Leicestershire are next in action on Wednesday at Old Trafford where they face North Group leaders Lancashire Lightning, who have won all three of their T20 matches.
BBC News
20-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Willey backs earlier Finals Day in T20 Blast
Northants Steelbacks captain David Willey has called for T20 Blast Finals Day to be reinstated earlier in the domestic climax of county cricket's shortest format was played in July in 2022 and 2023, but was pushed back to September last the 22 years since T20 cricket made its debut in England, only four finals have been played in July, with the majority taking place in August - a month which is now dominated by The Hundred, and this year's Finals Day will be on 13 September."The schedule is ridiculous, I won't beat around the bush there. Having that huge gap before you play a quarter-final shafted us last year," Willey told BBC Radio Northampton."I think you need to block out parts of the season for each format. I think there's nothing better than you play the Blast finals just before The Hundred starts - it makes more sense to do that and then it's just where you fit the County Championship in around that."Willey believes the overall domestic season could be extended into the first part of October to fit everything in."I think the season could be pushed back a little bit, given the challenges groundsmen face to produce good wickets at this time of year, with usually pretty poor conditions," he added."Very often we put our feet up in October and it's glorious and dry, there is potential to do that."He continued: "Whether you do reduce games there (in the Championship), I don't know. I appreciate it's a busy season but part and parcel of county cricket, and actually one of the beauties of it, is that there's so many more dimensions than just preparing as best as you can for each game. There's a little bit of give and take along the way." Willey bowled Northants to their first T20 title in 2013 with a hat-trick in the final and the Steelbacks lifted the trophy again in he believes the arrival of Australian Darren Lehmann as head coach will help them challenge again after reaching the quarter-finals last previously played under Lehmann in The Hundred for Northern Superchargers and described it as a "really exciting appointment" for the club."He's a self-confessed cricket nut, he studies the game, watches the game, played county cricket for Yorkshire for some time - he was an incredible player and has won pretty much everything there is to win as a coach as well," Willey said."That knowledge and understanding of the county game, understanding the schedule of the county game is a big part of it, and he'll be able to push guys and challenge guys with the care that he does is going to be great for the club."Northants start the new season on 4 April with a County Championship game against Kent - and their T20 Blast campaign begins on 30 May when they are away to Yorkshire, the former club of both Lehmann and Willey. Although primarily a white-ball player nowadays, Willey is willing to consider playing some Championship cricket in the right circumstances."Come September, if the side are in a position to play for something - I don't want to take a position if there's nothing to play for, get young guys ready for the following season - but if they're in contention for promotion and if they need me, I'll try and help the boys out and get us across the line," he now 35, and having retired from international cricket in 2023 after 116 white-ball games when he was not offered a new ECB contract, he still believes he could do a job for all-rounder added: "The senior bowlers that have been playing have very often suffered with injuries and to have someone that's been in global competitions and been around the group a long time, I feel I could still add value helping the next crop of English white-ball cricketers coming through."
