Sharks all-round excellence overcomes leaders Surrey

By Bruce Talbot June 7, The Oval, London Sussex Sharks 213-7 Surrey 177-7 Sussex Sharks won by 36 runs Toss: Surrey,...

Cool head Benkenstein guides Eagles to victory

By Alex Smith June 7, County Ground, Chelmsford Glamorgan 166-8 Essex Eagles 168-8 Essex Eagles won by 2 wickets Toss: Essex...

Brilliant Billings blitzes Somerset in thriller

By Fred Atkins June 7, Canterbury Somerset 197-6 Kent Spitfires 198-6 Kent Spitfires won by 4 wickets Toss: Kent Spitfires, who...

All-action Wells keeps Lightning top

By Graham Hardcastle June 7, Old Trafford, Manchester Lancashire Lightning 176-8 Birmingham Bears 168-6 Lancashire Lightning won by 8 runs Toss:...

Lees leads from front to down the Foxes

By Jon Culley June 7, County Ground, Leicester Leicestershire Foxes 176-7 Durham 178-3 Durham won by 7 wickets Toss: Durham, who...

Whiteley wows crowd and crushes Outlaws

By Nigel Gardner June 7, County Ground, Derby Derbyshire Falcons 198-6 Notts Outlaws 102 Derbyshire Falcons won by 96 runs Toss:...

Roderick’s heroics in vain as Zaib aces it

By Jeremy Blackmore June 7, County Ground, Northampton Northants Steelbacks 169-4 Worcestershire Rapids 163-9 Northants Steelbacks won by 6 runs Toss:...

Surrey make it three on the spin

The six matches on Sunday 2 June included a third straight victory for Surrey, a brutal century from Essex’s Michael Pepper...

Sams right at home with the Eagles

By Tawhid Qureshi Australian All-Rounder Daniel Sams is so fond of the UK that he describes his T20 Blast stint with...

Essex charged over alleged ‘systemic’ racism between 2001 and 2010

Essex have been charged by the Cricket Regulator with failing to address alleged “systemic” racist language and conduct at the club...

Patel rolls back the years to get Falcons firing

By Brian Halford June 1, Edgbaston, Birmingham Leicestershire Foxes 176-6 (Handscomb 75*, Ahmed 36*, Chappell 2-48, Brown 2-41, Patel 2-21) Derbyshire...

Blast off!

An ageless Ravi Bopara drives Steelbacks to tense win, Mark Alleyne’s Gloucestershire upset all-star Essex, Surrey get revenge on Hants, while...

David Payne and Matt Taylor guide Gloucestershire to victory over Essex

David Payne and Matt Taylor claimed four wickets apiece as Gloucestershire opened their Vitality Blast account with an impressive five-wicket victory...

T20 Blast: County-by-county preview – South Group

ESSEXCaptain: Simon HarmerOverseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa), Daniel Sams (Australia).Finals Day appearances: Six (2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2019, 2023)Titles: One...

USA no pushovers as teams warm up for World T20

USA have showed in a three-match warm-up series against Bangladesh that they are not a team to be taken lightly in...

Slaughtered seamers need not despair

DARREN STEVENS The T20 World Cup begins next Saturday hard on the heels of the Indian Premier League in which arguably...

Cidermen finally bask in T20 glory

By Sam Dalling Tom Banton said it first. Sat in a makeshift Edgbaston dressing room, a dropped pin would have raised...

Durham clinch a double swoop

DURHAM have bolstered their fast-bowling options by signing former South Africa all-rounde Wayne Parnell for their T20 Blast campaign. The experienced...

Here come the Currans

Reports from the ECB reporters Network  Midweek round-up... South Group THE Curran brothers Sam and Tom put Middlesex’s bowlers to the...

The T20 World Cup Preview

The T20 World Cup is due to take place in the United Arab Emirates and Oman this time round after its...

Burger relishes busy summer as Scots bounce back

By Gary Heatly SCOTLAND men’s head coach Shane Burger was delighted his side learnt from the mistakes they made in the...

Stevens: I’m as eager as ever for a T20 deal

By Richard Edwards  I’m your man! Darren Stevens is looking for a T20 chance at the age of 45 DARREN Stevens Stevens...

Surrey have the Will to end hoodoo

By Brad West Surrey v Glouc’shire Semi-final preview Sunday, Edgbaston, 10.30am WILL Jacks may be a hot batting prospect but he’s...

Spin kings get set to hit big stage

By Paul Martin Nott’hamshire v Lancashire Semi-final preview Sunday, Edgbaston, 2.30am Aim: Matthew Carter MATTHEW Carter hopes Finals Day could be...

ECB hand Test contracts to three first-timers

Ollie Pope, Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley all land ECB central contracts