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9 hours ago
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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.
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a day ago
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T20 Blast: Anderson helps Lancs close on Northants
Runaway T20 Blast North Group leaders Northamptonshire suffered their first defeat of the season as Lancashire narrowed the gap at the top on Friday table-topping Steelbacks were edged out by 15 runs at home to Durham with Kiwi all-rounder Jimmy Neesham hitting an unbeaten half-century for the visitors before picking up 3-29 with the Jimmy Anderson claimed three wickets as second-placed Lancashire thumped Worcestershire by seven wickets at New Bears overcame Yorkshire by 32 runs at Headingley for their fourth successive win and seventh straight against the White Patel returned to haunt Notts, taking 3-14 as Derbyshire picked up their first win of the campaign with a 46-run thumping at Trent Group leaders Somerset made it five wins from five with a six-wicket derby victory at Gloucestershire to avenge last season's defeat in the final with Lewis Goldsworthy claiming a career-best 4-13 as the defending champions remain Middlesex snatched a last-ball tie against Hampshire in a rain-shortened six-over slog at Southampton while Essex were denied the chance of a first Blast win of the summer as their clash at Sussex was night's scorecards North Group leaders Northants saw their perfect start ended by Durham as Neesham made an unbeaten 50 from 34 balls batting at seven against his former club, though his new side were restricted to a modest Steelbacks were 96-3 in reply after 13 overs, with Matthew Breetzke making 41 but they added 46 runs for the loss of five wickets from the final seven as third-placed Durham closed the gap on the leaders to 12 points with two games in are eight points behind Northants in second after a convincing win at Worcestershire, having bowled the hosts out for Gareth Roderick (35 from 28 balls) resisted for long as the innings failed to recover from early damage inflicted by Anderson (3-32) and Luke Wood (3-34) with the Rapids slumping to 46-5 as early as the seventh Lightning reeled in the target with 15 balls to spare, with Keaton Jennings making 42 while Liam Livingstone finished off the chase with 41 not out from 22 balls including four monster Headingley, all-rounder Ed Barnard's 67 from 40 balls was the cornerstone of Bears' 205-8 before some late fireworks from George Garton, Hasan Ali and Danny Briggs saw 76 added in the final five dropped Yorkshire skipper Dawid Malan in the deep off Briggs on 29 but the spinner eventually got his man for 65 - and Malan's fourth straight half-century was in vain as the White Rose lost for the fourth time in six games, closing on spinner Patel inspired Derbyshire Falcons to their first Blast victory at Trent Bridge since 2013 and consigned Notts to a third straight home defeat as they finished on 153-9 chasing a target of Aneurin Donald's 73 off 34 balls, including five sixes, gave the Falcons a platform before Brooke Guest (37no) and Ross Whiteley (35no) added an unbroken sixth-wicket partnership of 65 off 33 balls to finish on 199-5. In South Group, Gloucestershire posted a disappointing 135-7 at Bristol, skipper Jack Taylor top-scoring with 43 not out from 29 balls and Goldsworthy taking three wickets in an Smeed scored 51 not out as Somerset triumphed on 137-4 with 14 balls to spare to move six points ahead of nearest rivals Hampshire and Lhuan-dre Pretorius made 44 from 22 balls as Hampshire's innings was restricted to six overs by the weather, closing at a DLS target of 76 to win from six overs, Chris Wood sent down a maiden to start the Middlesex reply but Max Holden clobbered 38 from 18 balls before Ben Geddes hit 10 from the final five deliveries, scampering a single to ensure a hopes of claiming their first win were thwarted by the rain when they were well on top against Sussex at a game reduced to 17 overs per side, Jordan Cox hit four successive sixes off spinner Jack Carson in a 47-ball 82 in an imposing total of Snater then took three wickets before conceding a run as Sussex slumped to 23-3 after 3.1 overs when the rain returned. Saturday's fixtures North GroupDerbyshire v Leicestershire (15:00 BST)Bears v Nottinghamshire (19:00 BST)South GroupGlamorgan v Sussex (18:30 BST)
