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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
James Anderson makes T20 return after 3935 days, returns with career-best figures
It might be nearly 11 years since he last appeared in a competitive T20 cricket match, but when you're James Anderson, everything you touch tends to turn to gold. Representing Lancashire in the T20 Vitality Blast, Anderson marked his return to the shortest format of the game with a performance that rolled back the clock, taking his best-ever figures of 3-17 in his team's victory against Durham. Anderson hadn't played T20 cricket since August 2014, a span of nearly 4000 days, and will celebrate a full year since his international retirement next month. However, even at the age of 42, Anderson looked like his old self, as he bowled three overs up front in the powerplay against Durham. In those three overs at Riverside Ground at Chester-le-Street, Anderson accounted for the wickets of both Durham openers, Alex Lees and Graham Clark. Extracting plenty of movement and bite, Anderson took 2-15 in the powerplay, and returned in the 11th over to add a third wicket, dismissing Colin Ackermann to finish with figures of 3-17. This was Anderson's best figures in T20 cricket, improving on his figures of 3-23, which came in a T20I game for England against the Netherlands, all the way back in 2009. That was the last year in which Anderson represented England in T20 cricket. Anderson took his first wicket in his second over, bouncing back having conceded a six and a four in the first three deliveries to dismiss Clark. Anderson dismissed the entirety of Durham's top three, a bowling effort that ensured the hosts were only able to score 150 on the day. Anderson's contribution was important, too, as a spirited Durham bowling effort meant that it took Lancashire the entirety of their 20 overs to chase down the target of 151. It was a marked improvement on the last time Anderson played in a T20 game, which saw him concede 52 runs for no wickets against Warwickshire during the 2024 Blast final. Anderson's return saw Lancashire rise to a third win in a row to start off their Vitality Blast campaign, a perfect record thus far after already having beaten Worcestershire and dismantled Nottinghamshire in their first two matches of the season.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sharks get the job done in a hurry as they make it two from two in Blast
Sussex claimed a swift and comfortable T20 Vitality Blast home victory over last year's champions Gloucestershire, winning by 80 runs as Tom Alsop and James Coles set up a commanding total, with skipper Tymal Mills claiming three wickets. After being put in to bat, Sussex started brightly, with opener Daniel Hughes twice finding the boundary in the first over. Advertisement Fellow opener Harrison Ward fell for one in the second over, clean bowled by the off-spin of Ollie Price after going back and trying to cut a straight delivery which wasn't that short. Hughes kept his foot on the gas, hitting powerfully down the ground and square of the wicket, before tamely chipping a short delivery from Price into the hands of James Taylor at mid-off for 35 from 19. Hammond took a wonderful diving catch in the sixth over to dismiss John Simpson for eight off the bowling of Taylor, and the Sharks finished the powerplay on 53-3. James Coles started slowly, but Alsop hit both of his first two balls for four and didn't look back, thumping Tom Smith back over his head for the first six of the innings in the 11th over, and managing to hit the clock face above the scoreboard with another huge blow shortly after. Advertisement Coles got in on the act too, twice hitting Taylor over the square leg boundary in the 13th, almost striking the clock himself. Alsop reached his 50 from 30 in the 14th over, and the pair brought up their 100 partnership in the 15th. Sussex were well on top by this point, but David Payne seemed to have swung momentum back in Gloucestershire's favour when he dismissed Alsop (58 off 35) and then Coles (43 off 27) in the 16th over - Alsop stretching for a wide slower ball and looping it to short third man, Coles pulling a shortish delivery straight to mid wicket, leaving the Sharks 149-5. No subsequent batter could add more than ten runs to the total in the remaining four overs. Advertisement Smith took an amazing caught and bowled after Tom Clark smashed one back towards his face for two, and Jack Carson holed out at long on off Aman Rao's bowling, just after hitting an impressive pull shot over square leg for six. Nathan McAndrew was also caught on the boundary, becoming Payne's third wicket in an outstanding spell of 4-24 in his four overs. Tom Alsop adds to his tally (Image: Simon Dack) Ollie Robinson tried a few scoops, but eventually lobbed one straight to the keeper for six, and skipper Tymal Mills was out off the final ball of the innings, caught for one off the bowling of Taylor, with Sussex setting Gloucestershire a target of 174 to win. That seemed at the halfway point just above a par score, on a good wicket with a lightning outfield. Advertisement However, it became apparent quite quickly that Sussex's total would be far out of Gloucestershire's reach. Robinson showed his class with a high quality opening spell, clean bowling Australian opener Bancroft for seven in the third over with a world class delivery that kissed the top of off stump. He was very unfortunate not to have Price in the third over with lbw and, by the time Robinson had completed his third over, Gloucestershire were 29-2, with Currie having removed D'arcy Short for a duck. Hammond looked good for 24, but when he fell to Mills in the final over of the powerplay, Gloucestershire looked in trouble at 34-3. Advertisement Bracey looked in decent nick but also couldn't get past 24, joint top-scoring with Hammond. Mills bamboozled the lower order with his slower deliveries, finishing with 3-13, but everyone chipped in with Coles and Carson picking up two wickets each, and McAndrew claiming another. Gloucestershire were dismissed for 93 in the 14th over, with Sussex winning by a huge 80 runs.
The Guardian
10-04-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Australia star Ellyse Perry ‘excited' to join Hampshire for Women's T20 Blast
Hampshire have signed the Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry, in a major coup for the restructure of the English women's domestic game. Perry, the all-time leading run-scorer and wicket-taker in the Women's Ashes, has been at the forefront of eight Australia World Cup wins – two in ODIs and six in Twenty20 – and was named the International Cricket Council's women's player of the decade in 2020. The 34-year-old will join the Hawks in July for their last six group matches in the T20 Vitality Blast and is available for Finals Day if they qualify. Perry is also set to feature in two Metro Bank One-Day Cup matches and is expected to make her debut in July against the Blaze, who represent Nottinghamshire, in Southampton. 'I'm really looking forward to joining the Hampshire team this summer,' Perry said. 'The club has been a leader within the women's game for the last 10 years and I'm excited to have the opportunity to join the team at such an exciting time for domestic cricket in England.' Perry will also use her stint on the south coast as preparation for The Hundred, where she will represent Birmingham Phoenix for a fourth straight season. The new women's Vitality Blast features six additional counties – Durham, Essex, Lancashire, Somerset, Surrey and Warwickshire. The Hampshire head coach, Paul Prichard said: 'Ellyse is one of the world's best cricketers and we are looking forward to welcoming her to the team this summer. Her record across all formats speaks for itself and she will add a tremendous amount of value on and off the pitch.' Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week's action after newsletter promotion Perry has also previously played in England for Loughborough Lightning, the team now known as The Blaze in the new competition. She is the captain of the Sydney Sixers in Women's Big Bash in Australia, and won the 2024 Women's Premier League with Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Surrey sign New Zealand ODI captain Santner
Surrey have signed New Zealand white-ball captain Mitchell Santner to play in this year's T20 Vitality Blast. The left-arm spinner, who turns 33 on Wednesday, will be available for Surrey's first eight games in the competition, as well as the knockout stages should they qualify from the group stage. Santner became New Zealand's one-day captain in 2024 after taking over from talismanic batsman Kane Williamson. Having also gained a reputation of being a handy lower-order batter with over 2,000 international runs, Santner starred in the Kiwis' historic 3-0 Test victory in India last year. He becomes the second New Zealand international Surrey have added to their ranks for the upcoming campaign following the signing of all-rounder Nathan Smith. "I'm really looking forward to connecting with the players and coaching staff at Surrey," he told the club's official website. "I've heard quality things about the environment and have thoroughly enjoyed playing at the Kia Oval previously." Santner has experience of playing domestic cricket in England having played three seasons for Worcestershire and for Hundred outfits Southern Brave and the Northern Superchargers. Surrey's high performance cricket advisor Alec Stewart said Santner was "a proven international cricketer who plays T20 cricket all over the world and has built an excellent skillset."
BBC News
05-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Surrey sign New Zealand ODI captain Santner
Surrey have signed New Zealand white-ball captain Mitchell Santner to play in this year's T20 Vitality left-arm spinner, who turns 33 on Wednesday, will be available for Surrey's first eight games in the competition, as well as the knockout stages should they qualify from the group stage. Santner became New Zealand's one-day captain in 2024 after taking over from talismanic batsman Kane also gained a reputation of being a handy lower-order batter with over 2,000 international runs, Santner starred in the Kiwis' historic 3-0 Test victory in India last becomes the second New Zealand international Surrey have added to their ranks for the upcoming campaign following the signing of all-rounder Nathan Smith."I'm really looking forward to connecting with the players and coaching staff at Surrey," he told the club's official website., external"I've heard quality things about the environment and have thoroughly enjoyed playing at the Kia Oval previously."Santner has experience of playing domestic cricket in England having played three seasons for Worcestershire and for Hundred outfits Southern Brave and the Northern high performance cricket advisor Alec Stewart said Santner was "a proven international cricketer who plays T20 cricket all over the world and has built an excellent skillset."
