Birmingham Bears have clinched a domestic zone-final inside the T20 Blast for the 1/3 consecutive year. North Group leaders are joined inside the final eight through Surrey and Sussex from the South Group.
A Decade of Success for Birmingham Bears
The Bears sealed another top-two finish in their chase for a decade after winning their most excellent T20 Blast Finals Day crown. They defeated Derbyshire by 44 runs, meaning their last three games will be played at Edgbaston.
North Group’s
Six other North Group sides, separated by just four points, will join the Bears in the quarter-finals. Second-placed Lancashire Lightning, third-placed Leicestershire Foxes, and recent victors over Durham Northants Steelbacks are all in contention.
Somerset and Essex Near Qualification
Surrey and Sussex will soon be joined by Somerset and Essex with one point each as members of the quarter-finals in the South group if Hampshire’s Hampshire’slify and Glamorgan’s Glamorgan’sester have a chance if they can win their last game against Middlesex and both Somerset & Essex lose their final matches.
North Group Highlights: Mousley inside the House
Derbyshire scored 154 as spinners Jake Lintott (2-24) and Danny Briggs (3-24) delivered most of Birmingham’sBirmingham’sd at them. Moeen Ali’s fifty-Ali, Sam Hain’s 52 noHain, and Dan Mousley’s 60Mousley’stook Birmingham to 198-2.
Leicestershire Foxes’ QuartFoxes’al Push
Jimmy Neesham made an unbeaten forty-four off twenty-two deliveries. At the same time, Lewis Goldsworthy led with his career-high sixty-seven as Leicestershire beat Notts Outlaws by five wickets with an over left.
Northants Steelbacks’ Steelbacks’rham had set a target of 90-5 against Northants Steelbacks, but Ashton Agar and Lewis McManus chased it down in an eight-over thriller, securing a six-wicket win.
Yorkshire Vikings
England hit 93 from fifty balls as Yorkshire defeated Worcestershire in a successful chase. The Vikings reached their target of 205-6, which kept them alive.
South Group Highlights: Jumpin
Surrey’s in Surrey’s, which is one hundred eighty-nine for nine, includes Sam Curran and Chris Jordan in the bowling unit. Will Jacks posted 86 off forty-six, and his stand was vital because Surrey won by thirteen runs against Essex.
Somerset’s Win Over Hampshire Hawks
The Hawks’ dream of reaching the area finals was shattered after Somerset finished with ninety-nine without any loss, which saw them win by nine wickets, courtesy of Tom Banton’s unbBanton’s ninety-nine.
Gloucester performance
Jack Taylor scored 80 not out, which helped Gloucestershire put up an enormous total of two hundred and six runs before they destroyed Glamorgan by one hundred twenty-one runs. Additionally, on their way to making only eighty-five runs, the Glamorgan collapsed.
UPCOMING GAMES
South Group:
- Tuesday, July 16: Canterbury: Kent Spitfires vs Glamorgan
- Thursday, July 18: Chelmsford: Middlesex vs Gloucestershire
- Thursday, July 18: Taunton: Somerset vs Sussex Sharks
- Thursday, July 18: The Oval: Surrey vs Hampshire Hawks
- Friday, July 19: Cardiff: Glamorgan vs Somerset
- Friday, July 19: Southampton: Hampshire Hawks vs Essex
- Friday, July 19: Canterbury: Kent Spitfires vs Surrey.
Middlesex North Group versus Sussex Sharks at Hove on Friday, July 19:
This month’s health between Lancashire Lightning and Notts Outlaws will take area in Manchester the afternoon after the seventeenth.
The following Thursday, the Birmingham Bears and the Northants Steelbacks could play differently.
This Thursday, the 18th of this month, is the rematch between Derbyshire and Worcestershire in Worcester. The same day, at Worcester, teams from Derbyshire and Worcestershire will play a shape.
The 19th of this month is Friday, when Derbyshire will play Durham at Derby.
The Northants Steelbacks and the Lancashire Lightning played in Manchester the previous day. Friday night is the last exercise of the week.
Lastly, Birmingham Bears will play in competition to Leicestershire Foxes at Edgbaston on
