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One-Day Cup - Surrey suffer record loss to Essex
Surrey suffered a record One-Day Cup defeat as Essex thumped them by 244 runs at asked the hosts to bat first and watched Essex rack up 417-6 with Ireland all-rounder Curtis Campher hitting a career-best 123 off only 68 balls on debut. Then young 19-year-old Charlie Bennett took 5-36 as Surrey were bowled out for 171 with 12.2 overs to Rapids went top of Group A with a four-wicket win away to Derbyshire Falcons, while Hampshire moved into the top three with a commanding seven-wicket success over Leicestershire Group B, Middlesex made it three wins in a row with a 28-run win over Warwickshire in a maiden List A century from Northamptonshire Steelbacks' James Sales was the foundation of their 150-run victory at Durham. Group A - Campher makes instant impact Previously winless Essex were asked to bat at a sun-baked Chelmsford, and promptly smashed an inexperienced Surrey attack to all parts for their record One-Day Critchley made 58 at the top of the order and Luc Benkenstein hit 83, but it was the partnership between Campher and Simon Harmer that provided the added 175 in under 16 overs as Campher, in the first of just three games for Essex in this competition, walloped 12 fours and six sixes in his highest-ever List A score off only 68 balls, with Harmer equalling his best in this format with were never in a position to threaten Essex's mammoth total with Cameron Steel's 49 the only modicum of took 5-36 in only his fourth game at this level as Essex put a seal on their remarkable 244-run result was record defeat for Surrey in the competition, and they sit second bottom of Group A with one win from four are now top of the group with three wins and a tie, but they were under pressure when Derbyshire's Caleb Jewell and Matthew Montgomery were the grounds of Repton School, their 150-run partnership took them to 196-1 in the 32nd Australian Jewell went for 113 and Montgomery eight short of his century as Derbyshire slipped to 315 all out, crucially with 17 balls not used up as Ben Allison and Khurram Shahzad claimed three wickets Rapids were soon 11-2, but Brett D'Oliveira and Jake Libby (69) turned things around with a stand of 183.D'Oliveira was eventually out for a personal-best score of 138 off 118 balls to leave Worcestershire 272-5, but 19-year-old Daniel Lategan on debut steered his side home on 42 not out by four wickets with 11 balls to made it three wins out of four with a strong display to see off Leicestershire Foxes at the Rose visitors batted first, but were kept in check by some fine bowling from South Africa seamer Kyle Abbott up top as he eventually finished with Budinger (65), Shan Masood (57) and Ben Cox (55) all passed 50, but the Foxes were eventually bowled out for 252 in the penultimate reply, a magnificent opening stand of 202 between Ali Orr and captain Nick Gubbins set up the went for 81, and although Orr perished for a terrific 131 in sight of the winning line, Hampshire completed their seven-wicket success with 6.3 overs to spare. Group B - Hollman spins Middlesex to win Middlesex's momentum in this competition continues to grow with a third win in six days as they moved level on points with Yorkshire and Somerset at the top of Group was not going to plan at halfway after batting first against Warwickshire as they were bowled out for 217, with Jake Lintott taking 5-37 with his left-arm spin. But it was a sign of things to come as Luke Hollman's best figures of 4-27 led the way, as the hosts lost seven wickets to spin to be all out for 189Middlesex captain Ben Geddes was the top scorer in that match with 48, only two days after his side had enjoyed a record run-chase in the One-Day Cup of 390-5. After being on the end of that chase, Durham suffered another damaging home decided to bat first at Banks Homes Riverside and finished on a more than respectable Sales made 117 - his first century in this format and smashing his previous top score of 35 not out - as he shared century stands of 119 with New Zealand batter Tim Robinson (63) and 102 with Justin Broad (59).That total proved more than enough for the Steelbacks as two wickets each for Luke Procter and Luke Guthrie reduced Durham to there, the innings subsided with Durham eventually out for 171 in only the 32nd was a first win in the competition for Northants but a bad result for the hosts, who missed the chance to go level on points with the teams at the top of the group.
BBC News
15-07-2025
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Shame Rapids form did not come sooner
Worcestershire Rapids all-rounder Ethan Brookes says it is a shame the side's current good form in the T20 Blast did not come earlier in the race to qualify for the six-wicket victory over Leicestershire Foxes at New Road was the Rapids' third win in their past four games but still sees them needing to win their last match in the North Group to stand any chance of making the knock-out who struck an unbeaten 56 off just 28 balls to steer Worcestershire home, said there was a tinge of frustration about the past few results."On the one side the lads are going to take a lot of pleasure and pride from it but if we'd have done that a lot earlier in the tournament it would've been a lot nicer," he told BBC Hereford and Worcester."We can still qualify if we can put in a good performance in on Thursday so we'll see where we're at." Brookes' match-winning half-century on Sunday was supported by a career-best unbeaten 18 off 12 balls from Henry 22-year-old was playing only his fourth T20 game, 48 hours after signing a new two-year contract with the club."I'm really pleased he's staying," Brookes, who last month also penned a new deal, said."I think he'll be a great talent. It's still early in his T20 career but he's got all the shots, he's a real talent."I just think he needs the confidence in himself that he's good enough to play and this standard because he is." 'We want to put ourselves in the hat' That final fixture takes place at New Road on Thursday against Nottinghamshire Outlaws [17:30 BST] with the Rapids, four points points off the top four, needing to win and hope results involving the Bears and Durham - who have two games remaining - go their losing to Worcestershire, Leicestershire are still a threat as they are level on points with the Rapids but have two games to play. The Foxes take on Durham at Chester-le-Street on Wednesday [18:30 BST].Although the 2018 Blast champions' chances of a seventh quarter-final appearances are slim, Brookes says the way they've played in seeing off Northants, Derbyshire and the Foxes - with a 23-run defeat by the Bears the only loss in the four games - gives them hope."It can go your way one day and not go your way the other, so that's T20 cricket," Brookes said."But if we can string performances together like we have in the last games - I know we lost the other night [to the Bears] but we were pretty close - you know, the confidence is high."We want to put ourselves in the hat for the top four. "A win might get us there along with other results and if we can win it will help us take confidence into the next block of games."
Yahoo
18-06-2025
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Durham head for Worcestershire Rapids looking for five-year first
DURHAM are searching for a fourth straight win when they take on Worcestershire Rapids at New Road tonight. Ryan Campbell has named a squad of 13- with the addition of Emilio Gay to replace Bas de Leede. Advertisement Durham travel to the Midlands after back-to-back wins on the road against Northamptonshire Steelbacks and Yorkshire. Durham sit second with 16 points from six games in a tight North Group table and have two fixtures remaining in the opening Vitality Blast fixture block. Campbell's side are looking for four consecutive victories in the Vitality Blast for the first time since 2020, after three wins on the spin over the past week. The Rapids face Durham after a six-wicket defeat to Leicestershire Foxes on Sunday, lying seventh in the North Group with two wins from their opening six. Matthew Potts starred in the Yorkshire victory with a maiden T20 five-for, and said: "That was pretty special. Coming back into the Durham team, trying to get a few wins for the boys, it's nice to do well and contribute to that. Advertisement "I love coming back and playing for Durham. It's lovely being back with the boys. "We've still got room for improvement. It's exciting that we haven't yet shown our best with either bat or ball or in our fielding. "We'll be looking to go out and win two more games and put us in good stead going into the four-day games and then hopefully pick up where we left off." Durham squad v Worcestershire Rapids: Colin Ackermann, Kasey Aldridge, Graham Clark, Zak Foulkes, Emilio Gay, Alex Lees*, Jimmy Neesham, Callum Parkinson, Matthew Potts, Ben Raine, Will Rhodes, Ollie Robinson+, Nathan Sowter
BBC News
07-06-2025
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Hose hits superb 95 as Rapids beat Outlaws
Vitality Blast, Trent BridgeWorcestershire Rapids 206-5 (20 overs): Hose 95, Ali 51; Pennington 2-48Nottinghamshire Outlaws 181-7 (20 overs): Patterson-White 39*, Moores 39; Taylor 2-36, Duffy 2-42Worcestershire Rapids win by 25 runsScorecard Adam Hose hit a devastating 95 from 51 balls to help Worcestershire Rapids secure a 25-run victory over Nottinghamshire Outlaws in the T20 Blast at Trent hosts won the toss and put Worcestershire in to bat - a decision that looked to be paying dividends when the hosts picked up two quick early wickets to put the Rapids under pressure at skipper Brett D'Oliveira was run out for a golden duck in bizarre fashion just three balls into the innings when he lost his balance as he tried to take a quick single and bowler Daniel Sams reacted quickly to dismiss him with a direct Pollock then hammered former Worcestershire bowler Dillon Pennington's first ball straight down Matthew Montgomery's throat at deep square leg to leave the Rapids in a spot of Kashif Ali instantly went on the attack for Worcestershire, hitting three sixes in the space of three overs to end the powerplay at moved onto 51 but soon after he was caught in the deep by Lyndon James after coming down the track to Calvin Harrison in the 10th over and sending one straight to long that moment onwards, Hose stepped on the gas and produced a blistering batting display, smashing six sixes - two of which sailed over the stand - and seven first maximum from Hose was the biggest of the lot, sending an enormous slog sweep into the street outside the ground off Liam repeated the trick again shortly after, this time off Harrison, and then went to his 21st T20 career half-century - and second of the season - in some style as he pulled Conor McKerr for Brookes ably supported Hose, making a valuable 32 from 19 balls before he tried to go big through the leg side against Patterson-White but was caught by Sams in the deep to bring to an end a 79-run partnership with Hose to leave the Rapids on it did not slow Worcestershire's progress as Ben Dwarshuis joined Hose in the middle and they took 16 runs from Pennington in the 17th over and then 19 from Sams in the penultimate over of the was still time for one more six in the final over off Pennington - and 11th of the evening for the Rapids - as Dwarshuis smashed one on the up over mid-wicket on his way to 18 not out off nine Hose chasing what would have been the first T20 Blast century of the season, he tried to scoop Pennington down to fine leg but was trapped in front, falling just five runs short of a ton as Worcestershire finished on 95 is the joint-highest score of the T20 Blast season, with Lancashire's Keaton Jennings also reaching the same figure against Notts in May. Nottinghamshire made a relatively bright start in reply despite losing Lyndon James for just one when he sent a length delivery from Tom Taylor tamely into the hands of Hose at who is the Outlaws' leading T20 run-scorer so far this season, pushed his side onto 38 inside the first five after he toed one in the air straight to Taylor at mid-off from Jacob Duffy for 19, the hosts struggled to build any significant Henriques was stumped by Gareth Roderick off Fateh Singh and skipper Joe Clarke, who hit two sixes on the way to 31, was caught by D'Oliveira off Taylor to leave the Outlaws 72-4 at the halfway point of the hit two sixes and made a quick 20 from 12 balls, while Tom Moores joint top-scored with 39, but both fell in relatively quick succession as Nottinghamshire saw any realistic hopes of victory drift away at 129-6 with five overs (15) and Patterson-White (39*) slapped a few impressive boundaries towards the end of the innings to restore some pride, with the latter launching a particularly huge six through mid-on from a valiant late effort for the Outlaws proved to be in vain as they ended up on 181-7 and Worcestershire sealed a deserved win to move level on points with Nottinghamshire and above them on net run-rate into fourth.
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28-05-2025
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Rapids 'capable' of deep run in Blast
Worcestershire head coach Alan Richardson says his squad head into this season's T20 Blast with "a lot of belief" they can go deep in the competition. The Pears, who play as the Worcestershire Rapids in white-ball cricket, start their campaign against Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford on Thursday (18:30 BST) on the opening night of the revamped competition. The club won the Blast in 2018, beating Sussex in the final, and were runners-up the following year to Essex, narrowly failing to become the first team to successfully defend the trophy. The most recent of their six quarter-final appearances came in 2023 and Richardson is optimistic his squad can be in the mix for the knockout stage again. "I'd like to think so," he told BBC Hereford and Worcester. "Worcestershire, over recent years, have shown that we can. "We've got to a few quarter-finals and obviously we had 2018 and 2019 when we got to Finals Day and the final. "So we should go into the competition with a lot of belief." Revamped T20 Blast ready to ignite Pears sign New Zealand bowler Duffy for part of 2025 Worcestershire re-sign Dwarshuis for T20 Blast The Rapids have re-signed Australian left-arm fast bowler Ben Dwarshuis for this year's competition after he took 15 wickets in his first spell at New Road in 2021. He joins New Zealand quick Jacob Duffy who has been part of the County Championship side so far and will be available for the first eight Blast games. "T20 cricket is the most volatile [format of the game] and you have to roll with the punches," Richardson said. "This rollercoaster tends to be a lot quicker, and scarier at times, but the boys love it and enjoy it for what it is. "It's a long competition, so there will be plenty of opportunity for us to get some momentum together and play an as exciting brand of cricket as we can." This season's Blast is split across two blocks, with eight games being played before the red-ball Championship returns for two rounds in late June. The remaining six group games then take place in July. While Richardson accepts that changing formats is tough, he is embracing the challenge. "I think [the fact that] these competitions keep coming in and out really energises the players and being in their own mini blocks is really good," he said. "We'll have two Championship games in the middle, which brings its own challenges, but the idea that we have 14 T20 games in just under two months is something we really enjoy. "We're practising new skill sets and thinking about the change in mindset and the language about how we go about our cricket. "It's the same game but it feels like a completely different one at times and as a coach you have to see it positively as a challenge. "We've got a squad that's capable of being competitive and get towards those knock-out stages."
