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Surrey top of Blast group after beating Middlesex
Vitality Blast, Lord'sSurrey 189-9 (20 overs): Jacks 52, T Curran 47; Higgins 4-33Middlesex 181-6 (20 overs): Eskinazi 53; Jordan 2-28Surrey (4 pts) beat Middlesex (0 pts) by eight runsMatch scorecard Surrey moved to the top of the South Group in the T20 Blast with an eight-run win over Middlesex at Lord' opening partnership of 66 in the first six overs between Will Jacks, who top-scored with 52, and Ryan Patel got Surrey off to a quick start after choosing to bat Curran added a rapid 47 off 22 balls before being dismissed by Ryan Higgins (4-33) as the visitors posted 189-9 from their 20 Eskinazi (53) and captain Leus du Plooy (29) led Middlesex's chase but both fell in the same Chris Jordan over to signal the end of their victory Plooy was narrowly run out by a direct hit before Eskinazi was caught at gully two balls big-hitting from Luke Hollman (32 not out) gave Surrey nervous moments late on but his effort came just too late as Middlesex fell short on 181-6. Surrey had already booked their spot in the last eight and are now above Somerset on net run rate with one match left to meanwhile, are unable to qualify from the South more fixtures will be played on Thursday and a further eight are scheduled for Friday, when the group stage will top four sides in each group will progress to the quarter-finals to be played in September. Finals Day is at Edgbaston on 13 September. Thursday fixtures North GroupWorcester: Worcestershire Rapids v Nottinghamshire Outlaws (17:30 BST)Headingley: Yorkshire v Lancashire Lightning (18:30 BST)South GroupCheltenham: Gloucestershire v Sussex Sharks (16:00 BST)Chelsmford: Essex v Hampshire Hawks (19:00 BST)
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13-07-2025
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T20 Blast: Surrey seal home quarter-final, Vince stars for Hawks
Opening batsman Will Jacks (57) top scored for Surrey as they beat South Group leaders Somerset [Getty Images] 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 eight. Advertisement The 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 spare. Glamorgan's 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 Canterbury. 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 table. Elsewhere, 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. Advertisement 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 Somerset. Returning 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 double. Up 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 short. Advertisement Hampshire came out on top by six wickets against Sussex after all-rounder James Fuller claimed 3-16 in the Sharks' innings. Vince's 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 Thursday. Hampshire's 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 175-6. The 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 135. Advertisement Meanwhile, Kent chased down a target of 161 against Middlesex in front of their own fans in Canterbury. Fred Klassen picked up three wickets for the home side as Middlesex captain Leus du Plooy (68) top-scored on his side's way to 160-5. Terrific 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 All-rounder Chris Green impressed with bat and ball for Lancashire in their victory against Durham [Getty Images] A decisive performance with bat and ball from Chris Green helped Lancashire defeat Durham in a top of the table clash in Manchester. Advertisement Figures 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 42. The 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 scoring. However, 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 week. Worcestershire leapfrogged Leicestershire with a six-wicket win at New Road. Advertisement The 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 Masood. Ben Cox (70 not out off 44 balls) steadied the ship and they reached the end of the innings with 173-6 on the board. Worcestershire 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 remaining. Northamptonshire went up to second in the North Group with an impressive victory against fellow quarter-final hopefuls Bears. On 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 240-6. Advertisement In 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 target. In 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 53. Yorkshire opener Jonny Bairstow followed his century on Friday with a five-ball duck, bowled by 19-year-old Afghan off-spinner Ghazanfar. Advertisement Derbyshire, whose hopes of reaching the knockout stages have already gone, chased down their target easily with Aneurin Donald hitting 54 off 30 balls before Madsen saw them to 157-2 in the 17th over, ending the match with a towering six off Zafar Chohan to bring up his own half-century. Tuesday fixture Chester-le-Street: Durham v Leicestershire Foxes Match starts 18:30 BST
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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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30-06-2025
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Dom Sibley's 305 powers Surrey to club-record score of 820
Surrey registered the fourth-highest innings score in County Championship history after declaring on 820 for nine against Durham at the Kia Oval. It was also the highest first-class total in Surrey's 126-year history as the hosts batted on until just after tea on day two. The epic five-session long innings was spearheaded by Dom Sibley who made a career-best 305 in a ten-hour vigil at the crease that lasted 151.3 overs. There were also quickfire centuries by Dan Lawrence and Will Jacks to back up Sam Curran's rapid hundred on the opening day. Sibley, on 169 overnight, added 334 in 53 overs with Lawrence as the former England all-rounder cruised from 58 to a career best 178. He struck four sixes and 19 fours while Jacks was just as brutal, hitting 119 from 94 balls putting on a further 133 in 21 overs for the fifth wicket. Durham used seven bowlers in trying to prise out the Surrey batsman on a flat pitch and an unresponsive Kookaburra ball with almost no swing or seam and little spin on offer. The spinner George Drissell put in a monumental shift, bowling 45 overs going for 247 runs for one wicket. Sibley's 475-ball innings featured two sixes and 29 fours and was the eighth first-class individual score of 300 or more by a Surrey batsman. Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. The declaration came when Jacks sliced to point. In the 28 overs before the close Surrey held Durham to 59 for one, with Matt Fisher taking the wicket of Emilio Gay bowled behind his trail by 761 runs with nine wickets remaining. Taunton (second day of four): Nottinghamshire, seven first innings wickets in hand, are 165 behind Somerset By Geoffrey Dean For sheer consistency this season, few can match the Nottinghamshire opening batsman Ben Slater. He came into this match with six consecutive championship fifties behind him to go with the two others he made in April, and on Monday he at last converted his ninth of the campaign into three figures. Having been dismissed twice in the nineties this year, including last week against Yorkshire, his delight at reaching his fifteenth first-class hundred from 171 balls was palpable as he punched the air. The compact 33-year old left-hander could hardly have played any better, seeing off the probing opening pair of Matt Henry and Craig Overton and coping capably with Jack Leach's constant targeting of the footmarks outside his off stump. His defence almost watertight, apart from an edge at catchable height through the slips off Kasey Aldridge, Slater put anything loose away unerringly to collect 14 fours in his unbeaten 116. Driving emphatically through the covers, he also cut and pulled clinically when given the opportunity. It was a most impressive effort in the heat, especially given he has been on the field for the whole of the two days played. Thanks to Slater, Nottinghamshire have every chance of first innings parity or better. After his opening partner Haseeb Hameed soon edged a beauty from Matt Henry, Freddie McCann and Joe Clarke grafted hard for an hour or more before each fell to some fine spin bowling. Jack Haynes very nearly departed off his first ball, perhaps being fortunate to be given the benefit after Leach hit his back pad. He grew in confidence, though, to play some attractive strokes in his unbeaten 34 out of a stand of 71 in 25 overs with Slater. Utilita Bowl (second day of four): Hampshire, with seven first-innings wickets in hand, are 611 runs behind Worcestershire By Ivo Tennant The imbalance between bat and ball continued apace for two sessions on this second day, if not as starkly as was the case at the Oval. By the time Hampshire's bowlers trudged off the field at tea, having conceded 679 runs in sweltering heat, they had seen quite enough of the Kookaburra, as well as of Jake Libby. The ECB's intention is that wickets should be hard earned in county cricket and there is no doubting that this experiment is proving they have to be. The third session, in which Worcestershire took three wickets, made for more compelling cricket. They will have to continue to bowl markedly well, for in addition to the lack of movement on account of a less pronounced seam, the pitch is about as flat as can be. As Dominic Kelly said after managing to take one wicket on his County Championship debut, 'give me the Dukes ball every time'. This was not the ideal occasion for him to be thrown a Kookaburra. Hampshire would like to see the number of championship matches in future reduced not to 12 a season but to ten. Even more need, then, for the bat not to dominate the ball excessively. None of which concerned Libby, and all credit for him for unwavering concentration in making the highest score of his career, a chanceless unbeaten 228 off 438 balls with 18 fours and a six. He is a proper old-fashioned Boycottesque cricketer who, in the right conditions, will bat all day every day. Worcestershire are in possession of a large total and the knowledge that Hampshire are fatigued after 160 overs in the field. The first hour on the third morning will be significant.
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30-06-2025
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Surrey smash club-record 820 against Durham
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day two)Surrey: 820-9 dec: Sibley 305, Lawrence 178, Jacks 119, S Curran 108; Rhodes 3-131Durham 59-1: Lees 33*; Fisher 1-13Durham (1pt) trail Surrey (5 pts) by 761 runs with nine first-innings wickets remaining Match scorecard Dom Sibley's 10-hour 305, plus quickfire hundreds from both Dan Lawrence and Will Jacks, propelled Surrey to 820-9 declared at the Kia Oval, the biggest first-class total in the club's long on 407-3, they broke their 126-year-old county record of 811 after batting on until just after tea on day two and prolonging Durham's suffering in scorching sunshine and sweltering temperatures above 30 in 28 overs' bowling before the close, Surrey then held Durham to 59-1 in reply with some testing bowling. Matt Fisher struck at the start of his second over with the new ball to bowl Emilio Gay behind his legs for seven, and it could have been better for Surrey if they had clung on to catches offered by Alex Lees, on 11, and Will Rhodes on who reached stumps on 33, cut Tom Lawes' first ball to cover where Jordan Clark could not hold a low diving chance and Rhodes, unbeaten on 16 at the close, was put down by Sibley at second slip off Clark. Highest ever totals in county cricket 887 - Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston (1896)863 - Lancashire v Surrey, The Oval (1990)850-7 dec - Somerset v Middlesex, Taunton (2007)820-9 dec - Surrey v Durham, The Oval (2025)811 - Surrey v Somerset, The Oval (1899) Sibley, on 169 overnight, eventually added 334 in 53 overs with Lawrence, a fourth wicket record for Surrey against Durham. Lawrence cruised from 58 at the start of the day to 178 – his first-class career best – before slicing Daniel Hogg to struck four sixes and 19 fours in an eye-catching 149-ball effort, while Jacks was just as effortlessly brutal in his own 119 from 94 balls – also hitting four sixes. Sibley and Jacks put on a further 133 in 21 overs for the fifth declaration came when Jacks skied Hogg to deep mid-off looking to hit a third successive six, after Surrey had opted to bat on after tea for what proved to be another 12 balls and 17 the first post-tea Jacks blow off Hogg, swung high and far over a short mid-wicket boundary, took Surrey past their previous highest total in first-class matches – the 811 scored against Somerset at the Oval in May 475-ball epic, featuring two sixes and 29 fours but for the main part, a relentless display of risk-free accumulation, was the eighth first-class individual score of 300 or more by a Surrey batsman, and the seventh former England Test opener joins an illustrious list topped by Bobby Abel's 357 and also includes Kevin Pietersen, Walter Read, Sir Jack Hobbs, Tom Hayward, Andy Ducat and Mark Ramprakash. Drissell's unwanted figures Surrey's total, meanwhile, was also the highest first-class total made against Durham, beating the 810--4 declared reached by Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 1994. That was when Brian Lara hit his famous 501 not out, with Sibley joining Lara, Graeme Hick and Darren Lehmann as the fourth man to top 300 against Sibley fell, to leave Surrey 745-5 in the 152nd over, he was only 24 runs short of becoming the first batsman to complete 1,000 first-class runs this season and thoroughly deserved a standing ovation from a sizeable crowd boosted by the enthusiastic presence of more than 5,000 who contributed 24 in 16 balls, Josh Blake and Lawes all departed cheaply while Jacks continued to pile on the agony for a Durham attack missing Ben Raine, nursing an injury after bowling ten overs on day Drissell, the off-spinner, hit by Lawrence for 6, 6, 4 in successive balls at one stage, bore the brunt of Surrey's hunger for runs. His figures of 45-1-247-1 are the most runs conceded by a bowler in the County Championship. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
