Hasan Ali claimed a hat-trick – and 6 wickets in simply 3.1 overs – as Birmingham Bears wrapped up a 58-run success over backside facet Derbyshire within the North Group of the Vitality Blast.
Bears openers Tom Latham and Alex Davies posted 58 and 49 respectively in a complete of 199 for six at Edgbaston.
Pakistan bowler Ali then performed a starring function in limiting the winless away facet to 141 all out, together with eradicating Ross Whiteley for 50 and Alex Thomson and Ben Aitchison for golden geese on successive deliveries within the sixteenth over.
Lancashire vs Northants
James Anderson took three wickets however couldn’t stop Lancashire slipping to a 24-run defeat to table-topping Northamptonshire.
The 42-year-old former England seamer dismissed openers Ricardo Vasconcelos and Matthew Breetzke, plus Ravi Bopara, because the guests made 180 for six at Old Trafford en path to sustaining their 100 per cent document with a fifth consecutive victory.
Lancashire, who stay second, had been restricted to 156 for 9 in response, with George Scrimshaw taking 4 for 19 for the Steelbacks.
Yorkshire captain Dawid Malan turned the fifth English batter to succeed in 10,000 profession T20 runs throughout an outstanding 88 which helped his facet obtain a primary win of the marketing campaign on the expense of Leicestershire.
Aided by 62 from second-wicket accomplice Will Luxton, former England left-hander Malan contributed considerably to an imposing goal of 214, which was by no means threatened by the third-placed Foxes, who had been bowled out for 107 inside 17 overs, with leg-spinner Jafer Chohan claiming 4 for 27.
Kent vs Hampshire
Within the South Group, England batter Zak Crawley hit an unbeaten 75 off 43 balls as Kent inflicted a primary defeat of the season on leaders Hampshire.
Crawley, who shared a stand of 110 with Daniel Bell-Drummond (61) in Canterbury, helped the Spitfires to an eight-wicket win with six balls remaining after Joe Weatherley registered 63 not out within the Hawks’ complete of 177 for seven.
Sussex vs Glamorgan
Sussex eased to a 78-run conquer Glamorgan due to Nathan McAndrew’s five-for after James Coles made an unbeaten 78 and fellow batter Tom Alsop hit 50.
The guests had been set a goal of 196 at Hove however had been dismissed for 117 within the sixteenth over following McAndrew’s heroics with the ball.
Pointless Essex stay rooted to the underside after 72 from Stephen Eskinazi helped Middlesex to a six-wicket win and first success of the marketing campaign.
The hosts misplaced six wickets in 29 balls at Chelmsford earlier than Middlesex chased down a complete of 156 for 9 with 15 balls to spare.
Ladies’s Blast
Surrey proceed to set the tempo within the girls’s competitors after Danni Wyatt-Hodge’s blistering 26-ball half-century paved the best way for a nine-wicket win over Durham at the Oval.
The England opener struck two sixes and 11 fours in an unbeaten knock of 74 throughout a first-wicket stand of 94 with captain Bryony Smith (44) because the hosts chased down a goal of 142 with 43 balls to spare.
In Sunday’s different match, Tara Norris made an unbeaten 33 and took three for 25 to assist Lancashire defeat Birmingham Bears by 5 runs.
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