Vitality T20 Blast 2024: June 21 Match Review – Players’ Stats, Scorecards, Performances, and More

Vitality Blast. (Source – Vitality Blast)

Eight matches took place in the ongoing Vitality Blast 2024 on the 21st of June 2024. While some of them turned out to be one-sided, most of them had thrilling results with nail-biting contests. There were some players who delivered good performances for their sides individually. In the first match of the night, Warwickshire beat Worcestershire by five wickets. Gloucestershire defeated Somerset by a margin of 5 wickets.

What followed was the match between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Nottinghamshire claimed a win in a thrilling match by just eight runs, where batters and bowlers from both sides were in the game. Kent overcame Essex by a fair margin of 5 wickets with 5 overs to spare to improve their net run rate. Surrey trashed Glamorgan by 9 wickets with 11 overs to spare and sent a message to other teams in the tournament.

Durham and Yorkshire played a thrilling match. The former beat the latter by just 3 runs in a match that saw both batters and bowlers of both teams shine. The match of the night was between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, which ended in a thrilling tie. The encounter between Sussex and Hampshire turned out to be a nail-biter too, as the former beat the Hamps by seven runs, despite not taking a lot of wickets.

Brief Scores

Worcestershire vs Warwickshire

Worcestershire: 155/7 in 20 overs [Rob Jones 26(21), Ed Pollock 21(13); Danny Briggs 2/22(4), Michael Booth 1/11(1)]

Warwickshire: 159/5 in 17.5 overs [Sam Hain 76(53), Jacob Bathell 71(45); Tom Taylor 3/36(3.5), Nathan Smith 2/24(3)]

Somerset vs Gloucestershire

Somerset: 188/4 in 20 overs [Tom Banton 79(53), Tom Abell 39(23); Josh Shaw 2/38(4), Beau Webster 1/26(3)]

Gloucestershire: 190/5 in 20 overs [James Bracey 44(31), Ollie Price 43(15); Jack Leach 2/36(4), Riley Meredith 1/37(4)]

Nottinghamshire vs Derbyshire

Nottinghamshire: 173/5 in 20 overs [Joe Clarke 47(28), Tom Moores 31(27); Samit Patel 2/24 (4), Pat Brown 2/39(4)]

Derbyshire: 165/8 in 20 overs [Aneurin Donald 52(26), Wayne Madsen 40(35); Lyndon James 2/18(2), Ben Lister 2/24(4)]

Kent vs Essex

Kent: 156/7 in 20 overs [Sam Billings 38(20), Harry Finch 24*(22); Matt Critchley 2/28(4), Simon Harmer 2/32(4)]

Essex: 157/5 in 15 overs [Michael Pepper 76 (42), Jordan Cox 26(8), Nathan Gilchrist 3/46(3), Matt Parkinson 1/21(3)]

Glamorgan vs Surrey

Glamorgan: 107/9 in 20 overs [Marnus Labuschagne 20(24), Chris Sole 15*(18); Gus Atkinson 3/19(4), Sean Abbott 3/25(4)]

Surrey: 108/1 in 9 overs [Dominik Sibley 43*(26), Laurie Evans 31*(13); Chris Sole 1/21(2)]

Durham vs Yorkshire

Durham: 170/6 in 20 overs [Graham Clark 49(35), Ollie Robinson 33(22); Daniel Moriarty 2/26(4), Jordan Thompson 2/36(4)]

Yorkshire: 167/7 in 20 overs [Adam Lyth 54(40), Will Luxton 33(18); Ben Raine 2/26(4), Nathan Sowter 2/31(4)]

Northamptonshire vs Leicestershire

Northamptonshire: 208/5 in 20 overs [David Willey 71(48), Matthew Breetzkee 47(26); Josh Hull 2/38(4), Scott Currie 1/27(4)]

Leicestershire: 208/7 in 20 overs [Rishi Patel 104(45), Peter Handscomb 43(41); Raphael Weatherall 4/50(4), Freddie Heldreich 1/24(2)]

Sussex vs Hampshire

Sussex: 184/8 in 20 overs [Tom Alsop 43(27), James Coles 39(23); Michael Neser 3/32(4), Liam Dawson 1/25(4)]

Hampshire: 177/3 in 20 overs [Joe Weatherley 68*(47), James Vince 53(37); Nathan McAndrew 1/21(4), James Coles 1/29(4)]

The detailed scorecards for all the matches can be checked here.