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T20 Blast: Derbyshire beat Foxes in exciting chase
Vitality T20 Blast North Group, Edgbaston, BirminghamLeicestershire 196-5 (20 overs)Derbyshire 197-3 (18.2 overs)Derbyshire beat Leicestershire by seven wicketsMatch scorecard Derbyshire Falcons took East Midlands bragging rights after successfully chasing down Leicestershire Foxes' target of 197 in the Vitality T20 Blast at win lifted Falcons off the bottom of North Group although they still need a continuation of their recent improvement to reach the knockout stages after losing five of their seven games thus the first of two Midlands derbies at Warwickshire's home ground on Saturday, Foxes opener Sol Budinger's bludgeoned 49 off just 24 deliveries to help set an imposing target for the bottom Budinger was eventually dismissed by veteran spin bowler Samit Patel (2-33), the Foxes had rapidly moved to 64-2 at the beginning of the eighth Ahmed and Shan Masood were dismissed in quick succession by Falcons seamer Pat Brown, who finished with 3-51, but Logan van Beek (26 not out) and Ben Cox (28 not out) put on 55 off the final five overs to hand Derbyshire a tough reply, Derbyshire opener Aneurin Donald continued where he left off following Friday's knock of 73 not out against Nottinghamshire with a terrific 60 to help them race to 80-0 after six included the fastest half-century in the club's history from just 18 balls - beating his own previous record set in last year's were given a glimmer of hope when seamer Tom Scriven removed both openers in his first when Wayne Madsen found Matt Salisbury at deep fine leg for Scriven's third wicket, Derbyshire were still 43 runs shy of their target with 32 balls a terrific 52 not out off just 32 balls from 40-year-old Patel, accompanied ably by Ross Whiteley (13 not out), helped the Falcons home comfortably with 10 balls to spare to seal back-to-back victories in consecutive days.
BBC News
12-02-2025
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Derbyshire extend Donald contract
Derbyshire have triggered a one-year contract extension to keep wicketkeeper-batter Aneurin Donald at the County Ground until the end of the 2026 28-year-old moved to the East Midlands club in 2024, having previously played for Derbyshire on loan in the T20 scored 315 runs for the Falcons in the shortest format of the game last season, which included setting a club record for the fastest 50, off just 19 also made 13 County Championship appearances last term, scoring three half-centuries - including a best score of 97 against Yorkshire at head of cricket Mickey Arthur praised the big-hitter for producing "some unbelievable innings" and now hopes to see him "build on the foundation"."Aneurin showed in his first season with us that he can be a real game-changer, especially in T20 cricket, and we are pleased to have extended his deal by a further year," Arthur told the club website., external
