Chris Lynn made a spectacular return to Vitality Blast type with a blistering century to energy a rejuvenated Northamptonshire Steelbacks to a complete eight-wicket win over Leicestershire Foxes.
The Australian, who smashed an unbeaten century towards the identical opposition final season, had managed simply 66 runs in 4 innings this yr however got here out in decided temper able to entertain a packed Wantage Road.
He plundered 5 sixes and 13 fours, and shared an 81-run stand in 8.5 overs with skipper David Willey (20) because the Steelbacks reached their goal of 165 with seven balls to spare.
Earlier the Foxes misplaced 4-48 of their final seven overs with Australian Andrew Tye taking 3-30.
Tye acquired the important thing wicket of Louis Kimber (41 off 27) earlier than knocking over Callum Parkinson and taking a superb return catch to dismiss Harry Swindells within the closing over.
When Northamptonshire batted, Lynn powered by means of the gears concentrating on Parkinson with a pair of fours off the third over.
He smashed Naveen-Ul-Haq by means of further cowl and lower him barely squarer for an additional boundary earlier than dispatching Colin Ackermann and Parkinson for sixes over cow nook to convey up his half-century off 42 deliveries.
The Queenslander was particularly extreme on Josh Hull, taking 20 from his second over, together with a giant six over the household stand at deep midwicket and crashing him by means of further cowl.
Lynn swept Parkinson for six and hit him for 4 down the bottom to enter the 90s earlier than reaching his century and mentioning the Steelbacks win by clubbing Rehan Ahmed for six and two fours off consecutive deliveries.
At Chelmsford, New South Welshman Nathan Ellis bagged 3-10 to assist defending champions Hampshire document their highest margin of victory – 118 runs – within the competitors after bowling hosts Essex out for 96.
It was the Eagles’s first T20 defeat of the yr, due largely to a James Vince ton which arrange a frightening 215-run goal.
Vince is now the competitors’s highest run scorer and by chalking up his fifth T20 century is now solely behind West Australian Michael Klinger in Blast tons of (eight).
Victorian Glenn Maxwell took 2-19 and struck 29 off 22 balls however couldn’t cease Birmingham from sustaining their successful streak within the North Group.
The Bears’ run got here to an finish after a 17-run loss to the Derbyshire Falcons with Wayne Madsen persevering with his superb type.
Madsen got here into the sport on the again of three half-centuries and 100 and delivered one other white-ball masterclass with an unbeaten 71 off 52 balls to steer the Falcons to 5-174.
The Bears’ hopes of equalling their finest begin within the competitors with a fifth victory shortly pale as they slipped to 4-45 within the powerplay, with England’s Moeen Ali falling for 16.
Maxwell briefly threatened with 29 off 22 balls however the Bears got here up brief on 9-157.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
