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BBC News
3 days ago
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Lancs thump Notts and Durham win Blast opener
Keaton Jennings made 95 from just 49 balls as Lancashire thumped Nottinghamshire by 47 runs to make it two wins from two in the T20 T20 captain led from the front as his side posted 216-3 having won the toss at Old Trafford, with Luke Wells striking a career-best 87 from 50 balls in a record opening stand of Henriques briefly threatened a chase, making 60 from 32, but it was a lone hand as Notts were bowled out for 169 in the final over. Elsewhere, Ollie Robinson led Durham to victory in their opening game of the competition as they beat Birmingham by three wickets with two overs to spare. Beleaguered Lancashire found succour in their first T20 game of the year with a home win against Worcestershire and they backed it up with a dominant display against struck eight fours and six sixes in running up his second-best T20 score and Wells posted a new highest score, featuring seven boundaries and six stand of 177 in 15.4 overs was the highest T20 partnership for any wicket for Lancashire and put them out of lost openers Lyndon James and Joe Clarke cheaply in the powerplay and tumbled away, with 20-year-old Charlie Barnard taking 3-23 on his debut and Tom Aspinwall 3-26. At Edgbaston, Durham won the toss and took three wickets in the opening 17 balls of the game to set up a comfortable Hain was the only batsman to show for the Bears, making 45 in 28 balls, but New Zealand's Jimmy Neesham took 3-34 as the hosts were bowled out for Clark provided the ideal start to the chase with 40 from 23 deliveries, including five fours and a six, before Robinson took up the mantle, eventually out for 45 from departure, and the wicket soon after of Kasey Aldridge, took some gloss off the victory margin, but it was still achieved with 17 balls in hand.
BBC News
20-02-2025
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Notts sign Australian all-rounder Henriques
Nottinghamshire have signed Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques for this summer's T20 Blast 38-year-old former Australia international has previously played for Glamorgan and Surrey. He has principally been with the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League for the past 14 years, captaining them to successive league titles in 2019-20 and was due to turn out for Essex in the 2020 T20 Blast but had his contract cancelled by mutual consent due to the Covid who played 44 times for his country in all three formats, joins fellow Australian Daniel Sams to become the county's second overseas signing for the tournament."Moises's experience and quality as a player will add a huge amount to our squad, while he'll also be another leader in the group," Notts head coach Peter Moores told the club website., external"His reputation as a captain precedes him. He'll provide great support for Joe (Clarke) as he continues to grow into that role."His ability to negotiate a run chase or set a score with the bat has been well proven over the years, providing experience and stability in a new-look batting line-up."Crucially he's used to playing in a winning set up, which is exactly the mentality we're looking to build as we move forward as a team."
