Vitality T20 Blast 2024: June 14 Match Review - Players' Stats, Scorecards, Performances, and More

Cricket fans were treated to non-stop cricket action on Friday (June 14) as a total of seven matches were played in the T20 Vitality Blast 2024. There were four matches each in the North Group and the South Group, some resulting in close victories and some in one-sided contests. 

Notably, the South Group match between Hampshire and Middlesex ended without a result as it was abandoned midway through the first innings due to rain. The first clash of the day saw Worcestershire taking on Nottinghamshire at New Road, Worcester. In a rain-curtailed encounter, Nottinghamshire emerged victorious by one run via DLS method.

In the subsequent match between Warwickshire vs Yorkshire, the former registered a comfortable four-wicket victory, chasing down a target of 146 runs in 18.1 overs. In another North Group match, Lancashire won by 25 runs after they successfully defended a target of 163 against Leicestershire.

South Group’s first game of the day ended without a result as both Surrey and Gloucestershire scored equal runs (170/6 and 170/9, respectively) in 20 overs. The following match between Somerset and Kent was interrupted by rain and resulted in the number of overs being reduced to five per side. Somerset won by 14 runs via DLS method as Kent failed to chase down 56 in 30 balls.

In the other North Group fixture between Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, the former won by 24 runs via the DLS method after rain spoiled the fun midway through the second innings. The final match on Friday was between South Group members Essex and Sussex. Batting first, Essex posted 178/9 in 20 overs. In reply, Sussex hunt down the target in just 15.4 overs for the loss of two wickets.

Brief Scores

North Group

Worcestershire vs Nottinghamshire

Worcestershire: 141/6 in 20 overs [Adam Hose 43(35), Nathan Smith 27(23); Calvin Harrison 2/22(4), Ben Lister 2/23(4)]

Nottinghamshire: 100/43 in 15 overs [Alex Hales 50*(37), Joe Clarke 26(19); Hayden Walsh 2/16(2), Tom Taylor 1/18(2)]

Warwickshire vs Yorkshire

Yorkshire: 145/10 in 19.5 overs [Joe Root 43(35), Dawid Malan 33(20); Danny Briggs 3/27(4), Jake Lintott 3/15(2)]

Warwickshire: 151/6 in 18.1 overs [Sam Hain 53*(40), Dan Mousley 41(29); Jordan Thompson 4/31(4), Dominic Bess 1/26(4)]

Leicestershire vs Lancashire

Lancashire: 162/10 in 18.5 overs [Luke Wells 35(18), Matthew Hurst 32(24); Scott Currie 4/25(3.5), Lewis Goldsworthy 2/25(4)]

Leicestershire: 137/9 in 20 overs [Rishi Patel 43(31), Peter Handscomb 33(26); Luke Wells 2/24(4), George Balderson 2/15(2)]

South Group

Surrey vs Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire: 170/6 in 20 overs [Beau Webster 40(31), Miles Hammond 33(25); Tom Curran 1/29(4), Gus Atkinson 1/30(4)]

Surrey: 170/9 in 20 overs [Jason Roy 55(40), Ollie Pope 48(39); MD Taylor 3/27(4), David Payne 3/37(4)]

Somerset vs Kent

Somerset: 55/6 in 5 overs [Kohler-Cadmore 24(9), Lewis Gregory 8(4); Nathan Gilchrist 2/12(1), Charles Stobo 1/12(1)]

Kent: 46/5 in 5 overs [Sam Billings 16(10), Joe Denly 15*(7); Riley Meredith 1/15(2), Jake Ball 1/19(2)]

Derbyshire vs Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire: 193/8 in 20 overs [Matthew Breetzke 94(54), Sikandar Raza 34(16); Daryn Dupavillon 3/43(4), Zak Chappell 2/34(4)]

Derbyshire: 123/3 in 11 overs [Aneurin Donald 68(26), David Lloyd 33*(29); Freddie Heldreich 2/34(3), Ravi Bopara 1/10(2)]

Essex vs Sussex

Essex: 178/9 in 20 overs [Dean Elgar 54(39), Michael Pepper 51(26); Nathan McAndrew 3/33(4), James Coles 2/36(4)]

Sussex: 181/2 in 15.4 overs [Harrison Ward 68(36), Daniel Hughes 47(18); Ben Allison 1/31(4), Matthew Critchley 1/29(2)]