Australian cricketers proceed to impress within the Vitality Blast, with Glenn Maxwell and Chris Lynn main their respective groups to victory.
Maxwell’s Birmingham Bears clinched a quarter-final spot with a convincing 53-run win over rivals Worcestershire on Friday.
Dan Mousley starred with each bat and ball, hitting 51 in his aspect’s imposing 4-228 after which taking 4-41 because the Rapids have been restricted to 9-175 by the North Group leaders.
Rob Yates additionally scored 59 for the Bears and Australian Glenn Maxwell added 44 from simply 20 deliveries, with Mitchell Santner top-scoring for the guests with 56.
Australian Lynn (62) and Saif Zaib (55) hit half-centuries as Northamptonshire powered to an emphatic 92-run win over the North Group’s backside aspect Leicestershire.
The pair placed on 114 for the third wicket to assist the Steelbacks to 7-210.
The Foxes then crumbled to 118 all out regardless of 49 from England squad member Rehan Ahmed. Ben Sanderson was the decide of the bowling with 3-20 because the Steelbacks stored themselves within the quarter-final image.
South Group leaders Somerset secured a house quarter-final with a decent four-wicket win over Gloucestershire at Taunton.
The hosts made a nice begin as they decreased Gloucestershire to 3-9 however Grant Roelofsen’s 52 and an unbeaten 42 from Jack Taylor helped the guests publish a aggressive 8-186.
Will Smeed cracked 78 from 42 balls in reply nevertheless it took additional contributions from Ben Green (37), Kasey Aldridge (32no) and Craig Overton (17no) to make sure the job was accomplished with three balls to spare.
Elsewhere, Daniel Bell-Drummond smashed a century and Grant Stewart took a hat-trick as Kent claimed a crushing 55-run win over Middlesex.
Bell-Drummond hit 12 fours and 4 sixes in a 58-ball 111 and shared in a 127-run opening stand with Tawanda Muyeye (50) as Kent ran up 3-228.
Middlesex have been bowled out for 173 in 19 overs in reply as George Linde, Joey Evison and Stewart every took three wickets.
England white-ball captain Jos Buttler hit a 39-ball 83 with six sixes and eight fours as Lancashire beat Derbyshire by 27 runs in a rain-affected match at Old Trafford.
Liam Livingstone added an unbeaten 47 because the Lightning made 4-177 from their decreased allocation of 15 overs.
Derbyshire might muster simply 7-150 in response.
Shadab Khan struck 87 from 53 balls as Sussex beat Glamorgan by 20 runs. The Pakistan all-rounder hit 5 fours and 5 sixes in his aspect’s 6-182 at Cardiff.
Cam Fletcher top-scored with 57 in reply and Sam Northeast weighed in with 44 however Glamorgan fell quick after Brad Currie and Tymal Mills took two wickets apiece.
Hampshire beat Essex by 4 wickets after 76 from captain James Vince in an in depth end in Southampton.
James Fuller additionally scored 56 however Benny Howell’s 36no and a late flurry from Liam Dawson have been additionally wanted for the hosts to achieve their goal of 210 within the final over.
Dan Lawrence (70) and Feroze Khushi (61) have been the mainstays of Essex’s 7-209 after placing on 127 for the primary wicket.
The encounter between Durham and Yorkshire on the Riverside was declared a no consequence after rain intervened. Yorkshire have been 1-49 after 8.1 overs when play was deserted.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
