LONDON, Thursday - Durham won a fifth match in a row and went top of the T20 Blast North Group after a comprehensive victory against Northamptonshire on Thursday.
Durham won by 75 runs as veteran Paul Collingwood’s unbeaten 50 saw them post 170-4 before 4-16 from Imran Tahir dismissed Northants for just 95.
Elsewhere, Jofra Archer took a hat-trick as Sussex beat Middlesex by just 12 runs at Lord’s.
There were also wins for Notts, Warwickshire and Kent.
Kent’s 28-run victory against Essex at Canterbury moved them joint top of the South Group, having played a game more than Gloucestershire.
Sam Billings crashed an unbeaten 56 off 39 balls as he and Marcus Stoinis (47) shared the highest Kent partnership for any wicket in T20 cricket, adding 106 off 69 balls in an imposing 191-4.
Essex failed to form a similar partnership in reply as they slumped to 163 all out.
Ravi Bopara briefly threatened an unlikely Essex win with 42 off 23 balls, but Adam Milne (4-15) took two wickets in as many balls to snuff out the game.
English T20 scores on Thursday:
* At Durham: Durham 170-4 (P Collingwood 50 no) v Northamptonshire 95 (Imran Tahir 4-16)
Durham beat Northamptonshire by 75 runs
* At Grace Road: Leicestershire 143 (N Dexter 56) v Warwickshire 146-2 (A Hose 66 no)
Warwickshire beat Leicestershire by 8 wkts
* At Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 166-5 v Derbyshire 157-8 (Wahab Riaz 53, I Sodhi 4-17)
Nottinghamshire beat Derbyshire by 9 runs
* At Canterbury: Kent 191-4 (S Billings 56 no) v Essex 163 (A Milne 4-15)
Kent beat Essex by 28 runs
* At Lord’s: Sussex 168 (P Salt 50, T Barber 4-28) v Middlesex 156-7 (E Morgan 90)
Sussex beat Middlesex by 12 runs
– AFP
0 comments:
Post a Comment