T20 Blast 2015

Somerset's West Indies star Chris Gayle is to miss the T20 Blast match against Glamorgan on Saturday and return home early because of an "immense workload".

 

13 June - South Group
Glamorgan 43 for 1 beat Somerset 159 for 5 (Cooper 84*) by two runs - D/L method

 

14 June - South Group
Gloucestershire 214 for 4 (Cockbain 75, Howell 57) beat Middlesex 171 (Simpson 74, Payne 5-24) by 43 runs
Sussex v Surrey - no result as match abandonded due to player injury

 

14 June - North Group
Northamptonshire 85 for 2 (Levi 35) beat Yorkshire 82 for 7 (Afridi 3-15) by eight wickets

 

Worcestershire expect to have New Zealand all-rounder Colin Munro available for this week's two T20 Blast games, having been told he will not be needed for international duty.

 

Somerset have signed up New Zealand wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi to replace injured compatriot Corey Anderson for the five remaining games in the group stage of the NatWest t20 Blast.

 

18 June - South Group
Kent 174 for 4 (Northeast 90, Bell-Drummond 61) beat Essex 173 for 6 (Pettini 56) by six wickets
Hampshire 199 for 5 (Carberry 72, Shah 64) beat Middlesex 178 for 9 (Stirling 54, Smith 2-19) by 21 runs

 

18 June - North Group
Derbyshire 189 for 7 (Durston 88) beat Leicestershire 172 for 7 (Wells 64*) by 17 runs
Worcestershire 164 for 8 (Mitchell 53) beat Lancashire 163 for 5 (Brown 42) by two wickets

 

Nottinghamshire have signed Australian all-rounder Dan Christian to replace Darren Sammy for the rest of their T20 Blast campaign.
Christian, 32, has made 34 one-day international appearances and has played in the Indian Premier League. He replaces West Indies all-rounder Sammy, who is off to the Caribbean Premier League after a four-game stint.

 

19 June - South Group
Kent 231 for 7 (Stevens 90, Linley 4-45) beat Surrey 177 (Wilson 55, Stevens 4-39) by 54 runs
Somerset 166 for 5 (Myburgh 63, Smith 2-23) beat Gloucestershire 165 for 8 (Klinger 44) by five wickets
Essex 187 for 7 (Bopara 52, Hogan 3-33) beat Glamorgan 171 (Ingram 70, Bopara 3-25, Tait 3-33) by 16 runs
Sussex 158 for 3 (Cachopa 89*, Machan 52*) beat Hampshire 157 for 6 (Vince 41) by seven wickets

 

19 June - North Group
Yorkshire 209 for 4 (Maxwell 92*, Hodd 70) beat Nottinghamshire 169 for 6 (Patel 90*) by 40 runs
Worcestershire 139 for 2 (Moeen 65) beat Derbyshire 136 for 7 (Moeen 3-28) by eight wickets
Leicestershire 164 for 3 (Akmal 52*) beat Birmingham 160 for 5 (Ambrose 66) by seven wickets
Northamptonshire 169 for 5 (Cobb 47, Parry 2-25) beat Lancashire 169 for 5 (Faulkner 73, Azharullah 3-28) by four runs

 

North Group
Teams - Match - Pts
Worcestershire - 7 - 10
Leicestershire - 8 - 9
Durham - 8 - 8
Warwickshire - 6 - 8
Northamptonshire - 7 - 7
Yorkshire - 6 - 6
Lancashire - 7 - 6
Nottinghamshire - 7 - 6
Derbyshire - 8 - 4

South Group
Teams - Match - Pts
Kent - 9 - 12
Hampshire - 8 - 10
Essex - 10 - 10
Gloucestershire - 8 - 8
Glamorgan - 7 - 8
Somerset - 7 - 7
Sussex - 7 - 7
Middlesex - 7 - 4
Surrey - 7 - 4

Teams will play 16 matches

 

Is it me or is this Tournament taking far too long?

 

21 June - South Group
Sussex 116 for 0 (Wright 57*, Nash 53*) beat Glamorgan 115 for 9 (Cooke 45, Robinson 3-16) by 10 wickets

 

21 June - North Group
Birmingham 136 for 4 (Ambrose 46, Porterfield 42) beat Yorkshire 132 for 7 (Leaning 45, Gordon 3-30) by six wickets
Birmingham moved back to the top of the North Group of the NatWest Blast - level on points with Worcestershire - after a six wicket victory over Yorkshire with eight balls to spare.

 

25 June - North Group
Lancashire 143 for 4 (Prince 63*) beat Durham 141 (Stoneman 51, Jarvis 3-24, Faulkner 3-27)

 

26 June - South Group
Sussex 188 for 7 (Wright 111*) beat Gloucestershire 185 for 4 (Klinger 61, Marshall 37) by 3 wickets
Somerset 177 for 1 (Allenby 89*, Myburgh 53) beat Middlesex 171 for 7 (Simpson 84, Groenewald 3-27) by nine wickets
Surrey 146 for 8 (Roy 61, Cosker 4-25) beat Glamorgan 127 (Mahmood 3-14) by 19 runs
Essex 212 for 5 (Ryder 107*) beat Hampshire 134 (Topley 3-25, Bopara 3-23) by 78 runs

 

26 June - North Group
Leicestershire 142 for 7 (Agathangelou 40) tied with Yorkshire 142 for 8 (Leaning 48*, Raine 3-23)
Birmingham 137 for 8 (Chopra 40) beat Lancashire 136 for 8 (Faulkner 34, Gordon 4-20) by one run
Northamptonshire 193 for 8 (Crook 56*, Kleinveldt 42) beat Worcestershire 191 for 6 (Whiteley 41*) by 2 runs
Derbyshire 201 for 7 (Hughes 52, Hilfenhaus 3-29) beat Nottinghamshire 167 (Wessels 66, Rimmington 3-24) by 34 runs

 

Leicestershire seamer Ben Raine took a wicket with the final ball of the game to secure a tie in a game when it looked as though a superbly paced innings in difficult conditions by Jack Leaning had seen Yorkshire to victory.

 

Luke Wright smashed an amazing century to guide Sussex to an astonishing three-wicket NatWest T20 Blast win over Gloucestershire at Bristol as he once again underlined his status as one of domestic cricket's finest T20 stars.
With just two overs remaining, the visitors still required 43 to overtake Gloucestershire's 185 for 4. But the 19th over, bowled - initially at least - by James Fuller saw the game turned on its head as 34 runs were added.
Wright hit four sixes off it, the last after Fuller had been ordered out of the attack for two no-balled full tosses and Craig Miles was forced to bowl the final delivery.
That left only nine needed from the final over, sent down by off-spinner Jack Taylor, and two more Wright boundaries sealed a sensational victory with a ball to spare.