T20 Champions, Leicestershire finally arrived at the races today at Old Trafford only to find Lancashire Lightning also in improved form.
Foxes 179/4
Matt Boyce 63 not out
Abdul Razzaq 61
Leicester having the X Factor again with Extras 21
Glenn Chapple 2/10
Lightning 180/2 (19 ov)
Stephen Moore 54
Tom Smith 42
Steven Croft 41 not out
Lancs won by 8 wickets
In another North group game;
DYNAMOS DOWN FALCONS
In a floodlit game at Derby Durham breezed passed the Derby-set target.
Sheep 141/6
Usman Khawaji 36
Wayne Madsen 26
Ross Whiteley 19
Durham 142/5 (18.5 ov)
Johann Myburgh 46
Hershelle Gibbs 38
Gordon Muchall 21 not out
Durham won by 5 wickets
Some late big hitting from James Foster (51) in the Eagle first innings at Chelmsford, an innings which included 4 sixes (one of which was a net-8) proved crucial, as Essex narrowly defeated Spitfires by 3 runs.
Greg Smith 5/17 in the desperation as Kent were all out 155.
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Wednesday 20 June 2012
Tuesday 19 June 2012
ODI II - The Oval
West Indies with a strengthened line-up batted first.
WI 238/9
Dwayne Bravo 77
Chris Gayle 53
Kieron Pollard 41
England 239/2 (45 ov)
Alastair Cook 112
Ian Bell 53
Jonathan Trott 43 not out
England won by 8 wickets
Geoff Miller has rested Broad, Bresnan and Swann for the remaining ODI against WI, drafting in England Lions Meaker, Tredwell and Woakes.
Easy Bears
With other T20 fixtures being re-scheduled due to the District Line actions yesterday morning, the game at Edgbaston was the sole match this evening; the weather was the best in the Midlands that we've had for quite some time too.
Cameron White clubbed a 60 not out for the visiting Sticklebacks helping them to 149/4 but that score prove short of the mark as Laurie Evans smashed 68 not out to see the hosts home with an over to spare.
WI 238/9
Dwayne Bravo 77
Chris Gayle 53
Kieron Pollard 41
England 239/2 (45 ov)
Alastair Cook 112
Ian Bell 53
Jonathan Trott 43 not out
England won by 8 wickets
Geoff Miller has rested Broad, Bresnan and Swann for the remaining ODI against WI, drafting in England Lions Meaker, Tredwell and Woakes.
Easy Bears
With other T20 fixtures being re-scheduled due to the District Line actions yesterday morning, the game at Edgbaston was the sole match this evening; the weather was the best in the Midlands that we've had for quite some time too.
1/26 and 23* next stop England |
Monday 18 June 2012
Sheep penned-in and wiped out
Derbyshire's T20 campaign suffered a set-back tonight at the former Racecourse ground at Derby.
Yorkshire set 150/5 when they elected to bat on a rain-free June evening; former Sheep Gary Ballance top scorer. In pursuit, Sheep were pegged back by the off breaks of Azeem Rafiq plus the medium pacers of Moin Ashraf and Rich Pyrah. Tykes winning by 41 runs.
Carnegie 150/5
Gary Ballance 47 not out
Andrew Gale 39
Joe Root 36
David Wainwright 2/14
Falcons 109
Wes Durston 21
Moin Ashraf 4/18
Rich Pyrah 3/21
In the only other game, Middlesex beat Hampshire.
Chris Woakes has been drafted into the England squad after Jade Dernbach was given leave of absence following the tragic events at Wimbledon Park Underground station in the early hours of this morning.
Darren Bravo has gone home with his thigh strain.
Yorkshire set 150/5 when they elected to bat on a rain-free June evening; former Sheep Gary Ballance top scorer. In pursuit, Sheep were pegged back by the off breaks of Azeem Rafiq plus the medium pacers of Moin Ashraf and Rich Pyrah. Tykes winning by 41 runs.
Carnegie 150/5
Gary Ballance 47 not out
Andrew Gale 39
Joe Root 36
David Wainwright 2/14
Falcons 109
Wes Durston 21
Moin Ashraf 4/18
Rich Pyrah 3/21
In the only other game, Middlesex beat Hampshire.
Chris Woakes has been drafted into the England squad after Jade Dernbach was given leave of absence following the tragic events at Wimbledon Park Underground station in the early hours of this morning.
Darren Bravo has gone home with his thigh strain.
v Durham Dynamos T20 at Chester le Street
Dynamos fail to generate as Outlaws charge!
Sunday 17 June 2012
Outlaws dominate Dynamos
Notts reaped a comfortable revenge on Durham for their CB40 reversal earlier this season at CLS.
As at Grace Road, it was the bowlers that set-up the win keeping a strong Durham side down to a well below par score after their 20 overs. Lead again by Michael Lumb, Notts Outlaws notched-up another comfortable chase, having 22 balls to spare.
Durham Dynamos 114/5
Johann Myburgh 45
Gordon Muchall 23 not out
Scott Borthwick 17 not out
Harry Gurney 2/28
Outlaws 117/3 (16.2 ov)
Michael Lumb 46
Alex Hales 30
Adam Voges 21 not out
Notts won by 7 wickets.
In the other Northern Group, Foxes crashed again this time to Yorkshire at Headingley; Leicestershire all out 148, losing by 22 runs
Another below par score was recorded by Surrey at Beckenham, 116/7 Gary Wilson 53*, Kent won by 8 wickets with 22 balls to spare; Rob Key 51*
At New Road, Pears roller-coasted Gloucestershire Gladiators, blasting them off the park with a powerful batting display.
Worcestershire 213/2
Moeen Ali 82
Phil Hughes 78*
Gloucestershire 166
Hamish Marshall 43
Jack Shantry 4/33
Gareth Andrew 3/20
Pears won by 47.
As at Grace Road, it was the bowlers that set-up the win keeping a strong Durham side down to a well below par score after their 20 overs. Lead again by Michael Lumb, Notts Outlaws notched-up another comfortable chase, having 22 balls to spare.
Durham Dynamos 114/5
Johann Myburgh 45
Gordon Muchall 23 not out
Scott Borthwick 17 not out
Harry Gurney 2/28
Outlaws 117/3 (16.2 ov)
Michael Lumb 46
Alex Hales 30
Adam Voges 21 not out
Notts won by 7 wickets.
In the other Northern Group, Foxes crashed again this time to Yorkshire at Headingley; Leicestershire all out 148, losing by 22 runs
Another below par score was recorded by Surrey at Beckenham, 116/7 Gary Wilson 53*, Kent won by 8 wickets with 22 balls to spare; Rob Key 51*
At New Road, Pears roller-coasted Gloucestershire Gladiators, blasting them off the park with a powerful batting display.
Worcestershire 213/2
Moeen Ali 82
Phil Hughes 78*
Gloucestershire 166
Hamish Marshall 43
Jack Shantry 4/33
Gareth Andrew 3/20
Pears won by 47.
Saturday 16 June 2012
Durham Bound
3 ball duck |
In the ODI, England posted a score of 288/6, probably a below par score, Ian Bell 126, with his fractured jaw.
In reply, WI are comfortably on target to go one up in the series, even without Chris Gayle, 117/3 in 19 overs, although the dismissal of Dwayne Smith for 56 might prove to be game changing.. England will need to bowl the tourists out to win from this position in all probability.
Latest score...........................
Two wickets put England ahead on the DL par and when it started raining WI were 127/5 from 23 overs with the DL par at 171.
On resumption, with a DL twiddle, Windies were bowled out for 172, England winning by 114 runs, the remaining showing little of the expected fire-power.
The two ball system appears to play to England's strengths and it was one of these, Tim Bresnan, that did the damage, 4/34.
Friday 15 June 2012
Thursday 14 June 2012
Derby Day 1 Rain
Traditionally the biggest money-spinners for the domestic T20 competition are the London derby games. Tonight the first of these is at Lord's.
Surrey batting first were 36/4 at one of the multitude of rain interruptions; but this was their nadir as Matthew Spriegel and Gary Wilson both notched-up unbeaten fifties., 149/4. Middlesex were 99/8 when the rain descended for the last time, Gareth Batty 4/13, Surrey winning by 28 runs on DL.
The West Country derby was abandoned earlier due to heavy rain at Bristol.
There were additional rain offs at Hove and Northampton (9.3 overs were played before the rain started) but play was possible, almost in full, at the Sheep-dip. Lightning posted a venue par-score of 168/6 which perhaps should have been more but they were penned-in by Mark Turner and Chesney Hughes. The Sheep innings was suspended at 118/5 in the twelfth over, Derbyshire well ahead of the DL, as the rain arrived in Derby too.
Notts launched a new micro site for the T20 competition today - http://twenty20.trentbridge.co.uk/
Also today the club announced the team for tomorrow's "early" clash with the Sheep.
As before (the Foxes game) but Graeme White replacing the England ODI bound Samit Patel - the overseas player that bowls spin would have been handy tomorrow but we'll have to settle with weakening the batting.
Durham beat Yorkshire at Leeds by 2 runs.
Durham 142/6
Ben Stokes 36
Yorkshire 140/8
Rich Pryah 34
Surrey batting first were 36/4 at one of the multitude of rain interruptions; but this was their nadir as Matthew Spriegel and Gary Wilson both notched-up unbeaten fifties., 149/4. Middlesex were 99/8 when the rain descended for the last time, Gareth Batty 4/13, Surrey winning by 28 runs on DL.
The West Country derby was abandoned earlier due to heavy rain at Bristol.
There were additional rain offs at Hove and Northampton (9.3 overs were played before the rain started) but play was possible, almost in full, at the Sheep-dip. Lightning posted a venue par-score of 168/6 which perhaps should have been more but they were penned-in by Mark Turner and Chesney Hughes. The Sheep innings was suspended at 118/5 in the twelfth over, Derbyshire well ahead of the DL, as the rain arrived in Derby too.
Notts launched a new micro site for the T20 competition today - http://twenty20.trentbridge.co.uk/
Also today the club announced the team for tomorrow's "early" clash with the Sheep.
As before (the Foxes game) but Graeme White replacing the England ODI bound Samit Patel - the overseas player that bowls spin would have been handy tomorrow but we'll have to settle with weakening the batting.
Friday's games
At Birmingham there was another wash-out but at Leicester, Lightning beat Foxes by 11 runs
Lancashire 154/6
Stephen Moore 54
Leicestershire 143/8
Abdul Razzaq 36
Josh Cobb 32
Greg Smith making his T20 debut was out hit wicket for 21.
Durham beat Yorkshire at Leeds by 2 runs.
Durham 142/6
Ben Stokes 36
Yorkshire 140/8
Rich Pryah 34
Wednesday 13 June 2012
v Leicestershire Foxes T20 at Grace Rd 2012
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Tuesday 12 June 2012
FoXes put the X in eXtras
X-rated stuff from the Foxes for their supporters.
Cobb and Sarwan were first to "the plate" - Gurney pitched over 1 against his former employers.
After 12 overs Outlaws will be satisfied with the scoreboard.
Foxes 67/6 3 wickets for Dad05, Mullaney.
After 17.3 overs Outlaws will be very satisfied with the scoreboard.
Foxes all out 96 Mullaney 4/19, 2 wickets each for Pattinson, Patel and Voges.
Extras joint top score of 13; Pitiful is one of the eye-witness comments from Twitterland.
Foxes' lowest T20 score ever(?)
Notts made unnecessary hard work of the chase, probably looking for a good net-run rate as a result.
After 12 overs Outlaws were 82/4 but Michael Lumb was still there holding the innings together.
Outlaws 98/4 (13 overs)
Michael Lumb 25 not out
Adam Voges 21
Samit Patel 17
James Taylor 16 not out (6 balls)
Matthew Hoggard 2/25
Outlaws won by 6 wickets with 42 balls to spare
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