North Group
T20 BLAST 2023
Vince shines again as Hampshire book quarterfinal spot
Vince stepped up once again and hit an unbeaten 55 to help his side chase down 106 with 33 balls to spare. © Getty
An excellent half-century from opener Phil Salt after Luke Wood's three-fer helped Lancashire make it to the last eight. Wood removed the Northamptonshire openers with the new ball to put the opposition under trouble very early. While Chris Lynn broke the shackles with a 25-ball 35, Northamptonshire were kept in check throughout the innings before Justin Broad managed to drag his side to 138. Northamptonshire were still in the hunt despite the below par score after they removed the likes of Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone and Daryl Mitchell cheaply. However, Salt kept going strong at the other end and pressed on the accelerator in the end to help his side win with 20 balls to spare.
Brief scores: Northamptonshire138/7 in 20 overs (Chris Lynn 35, Justin Broad 34*; Luke Wood 3/17) lost to Lancashire 139/4 in 16.4 overs (Phil Salt 74*; Tom Taylor 2/32) by six wickets
Despite putting up a below-par performance with the bat, Warwickshire were aided by their bowlers as they picked up their seventh successive win. Robert Yales hit a fifty but the rest of the batters in the top 7 including Glenn Maxwell failed to make an impact. Henry Brookes chipped in with a crucial unbeaten 28 that guided Warwickshire to 141 and that cameo proved to be the difference-maker in the end. Brookes stepped up with the ball as well to wreck the Durham middle order. Wickets fell in heaps as Durham were reduced to 84/9 in stunning fashion before Jonathan Bushnell and Nathan Sowter added 49 for the last wicket. Their efforts weren't enough as Durham fell short by eight runs eventually.
Brief scores: Warwickshire141 in 19.5 overs (Robert Yales 53, Henry Brookes 28*; Ashton Turner 3/20) beat Durham 133/9 in 20 overs (Jonathan Bushnell 40*; Henry Brookes 3/15) by 8 runs
A terrific innings from Wiaan Mulder went in vain as Leicestershire fell short in agonizing fashion by just 4 runs against Nottinghamshire. Chasing 169, Peter Handscomb fell first ball to Shaheen Afridi but Rishi Patel and Mulder went on a rampage knocking off 70 runs inside the powerplay. From thereon, victory should have been straightforward for the batting side. However, Matthew Carter, Calvin Harrison and Imad Wasim struck twice each in the middle overs to pull things back. Mulder staged a lone battle at one end but couldn't get the job done. Prior to that, an excellent half-century from Tom Moores helped Nottinghamshire post a fighting total on the board. Alex Hales gave his side a blistering start but the rest failed to provide support as Nottinghamshire were reduced to 58/4 at one stage. Moores then led the recovery in the second half of the innings and his efforts proved to be just enough.
Brief scores: Nottinghamshire168/8 in 20 overs (Tom Moores 68; Michael Finan 3/39) beat Leicestershire 164/8 in 20 overs (Wiaan Mulder 83*; Imad Wasim 2/24, Shaheen Afridi 2/26) by 4 runs
A fiery show with the bat was enough for Worcestershire to make it to the last eight as they beat Derbyshire by 28 runs. The away side showed intent right from the word go as Brett D'Oliveira hammered 23 off just 11. Jack Haynes contributed 44 before getting bowled by Zaman Khan but it was Mitchell Santner and Adam Hose who hurt the bowling side big time with a combined eight sixes. Worcestershire, as a result, posted an imposing 222 on the board and despite the 72-run partnership between Wayne Madsen and Harry Came, Derbyshire couldn't keep up with the required rate in the second half of the chase. From 98/2 at the halfway stage, Derbyshire were reduced to 155/6. From thereon, only one result was possible.
Brief scores: Worcestershire222/5 in 20 overs (Mitchell Santner 64, Jack Haynes 44, Adam Hose 42*; Zaman Khan 2/29) beat Derbyshire 194 in 19.4 overs (Wayne Madsen, Harry Came 43; Patrick Brown 3/35) by 28 runs
South Group
James Vince registered his seventh fifty of the competition as Hampshire coasted into the quarterfinals with a convincing win over Gloucestershire. Hampshire were ruthless with the ball to begin proceedings as eight batters from the opposition were dismissed for single-digit scores in stunning fashion. Opener Grant Roelofsen top scored with 26 and lower-order batter Zaman Akhter was the only other player to touch double digits. In the run chase, Ben McDermott and Tom Prest fell early but the in-form Vince stepped up once again and hit an unbeaten 55 to help his side chase down 106 with 33 balls to spare.
Brief scores: Gloucestershire105 in 19.3 overs (Grant Roelofsen 26; John Turner 3/15, Chris Wood 3/18) lost to Hampshire 107/2 in 14.3 overs (James Vince 55*, Joe Weatherley 29*) by 8 wickets
Kiran Carlson's splendid innings threatened Middlesex's 200 before an extraordinary collapse saw Glamorgan fall well short by 49 runs. Chasing 201, Carlson got Glamorgan off to a crazy start as they ended up knocking off 95 runs in just the first 40 balls of the chase. Carlson himself made 77 off those in just 29 deliveries to stun the bowling side. However, his wicket at that point proved to be extremely decisive as Glamorgan went from 95/1 to 151 all out, losing nine wickets for 56 runs. Their innings still had 27 balls left when they collapsed. Earlier in the day, the Middlesex openers laid the ideal platform which was then capitalised by Ryan Higgins, who smashed 71 off just 36 balls to power his side to 200/9. Both teams were out of contention for a quarterfinal spot.
Brief scores: Middlesex 200/9 in 20 overs (Ryan Higgins 71*, Joe Cracknell 39; Prem Sisodiya 3/32) beat Glamorgan 151 in 15.3 overs (Kiran Carlson 77; Ryan Higgins 3/20, Luke Hollman 3/27) by 49 runs
A stunning blitz from Sunil Narine was usurped by Michael-Kyle Pepper as Essex beat Surrey in a high-scoring last-ball thriller. Narine walked out at a tricky situation when Sam Curran departed but managed to clear the ropes six times in his 37-ball unbeaten 78. His knock ensured Surrey had a strong 195 on the board. Even though Adam Rossington departed for a two-ball duck in the opening over of the chase, Kyle Pepper and Daniel Lawrence turned on the heat with a partnership of 140 that came in just 11 overs. That stand ensured Essex were the favourites for the contest as they needed only 56 more runs off 52 balls at that stage. Essex almost self-destructed at that stage losing wickets in regular intervals. The chase was almost bottled before Feroze Khushi smashed the final ball for a six to seal the win.
Brief scores: Surrey195/6 in 20 overs (Sunil Narine 78*, Jason Roy 28) lost to Essex 199/7 in 20 overs (Michael-Kyle Pepper 75, Daniel Lawrence 58) by 3 wickets
Table-toppers Somerset ended Kent's campaign with a narrow 15-run victory in a high-scoring contest in Taunton. Somerset were powered by Will Smeed's electrifying knock of 61 from just 28 balls that included five fours and four sixes. Tom Kohler-Cadmore too added to the run-scoring frenzy with an 18-ball 31 as they set Somerset up for a big score. Sean Dickson (41 off 24) and Lewis Gregory (37* off 19) didn't let the early momentum drift as they helped the team well past the 200-run mark.
Kent responded well but not well enough to scale the big total. Three of the top-four - Sam Billings, Alex Blake and Jordan Cox - made flying contributions to keep the chase on track. Jack Leaning (41 off 30) and Joey Evison (46 off 24) dragged it till the very end when Kent needed 53 off the last four overs. That was down to 39 off three when Leaning went after Josh Davey. Lewis Gregory then bowled a fine over for just four runs and picked the wicket of Kohler-Cadmore. Matt Henry then followed it up with an even better penultimate over as he sent the dangerous Evison packing and gave away only three runs. That left Kent to get 31 of the last over from Gregory which they failed to do.
Brief Scores: Somerset 221/7 in 20 overs (Will Smeed 61, Sean Dickson 41; Grant Stewart 4-48, George Linde 2-25) beat Kent 206/7 in 20 overs (Joey Evison 46, Jack Leaning 41, Sam Billings 36; Lewis Gregory 2-33, Matt Henry 2-40) by 15 runs
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