One-Day Cup: Emilio Gay hits ton for Durham as Leicestershire & Middlesex go top

One-Day Cup: Emilio Gay hits ton for Durham as Leicestershire & Middlesex go top

After deciding to bowl first in Leicester, Somerset shortly had their hosts in hassle at 18-3. But from there, Leicestershire went on to dominate proceedings.

Wicketkeeper Ben Cox top scored with 89, whereas 60 from Nick Kelly and 77 from Ian Holland helped them to 289-8.

It was a chase that very quickly proved out of attain for Somerset as they slumped to 48-5 and just some late hitting from quantity 10 JT Langridge with 32, received the overall past three figures.

Alex Green claimed the ultimate wicket of Jake Ball to finish with 3-28 as they have been all out for 125 in 30 overs as Leicestershire posted an enormous 164-run win, which might be sufficient to take them top of Group A.

After successful three successive video games to top the desk, Lancashire bowled first however Northants raced to 347-6 of their 50 overs.

Opener Gus Miller struck 115, his first century on this format, whereas quantity three Aadi Sharma hit 61 they usually placed on 153 collectively earlier than captain Nathan McSweeney scored 78 off 59 as they piled up the runs in Northampton.

Lancashire couldn’t discover that huge partnership and when Marcus Harris fell for 57, the primary of 4 wickets for India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, they have been 180-5.

Teenager Joe Moores stored up the struggle with 85 off 59 in opposition to a rising run-rate, however when he was run out after a mix-up with captain George Balderson, the sport was up.

They have been bowled out quickly after for 280 within the forty sixth over as Northants claimed an finally convincing 67-run triumph.

Notts opted to bat at Beckenham and a maiden List-A century from opener Ben Martindale (101) set the platform for a powerful innings.

When he was out, South Africa wicket-keeper Kyle Verreynne picked up the tempo with 71 and a few highly effective hitting from Lyndon James (43) pushed the rating to 293-9 of their allotted overs, whereas medium pacer Ekansh Singh produced finest figures of 4-40.

In reply, Kent captain Daniel Bell-Drummond (44) offered early impetus however a third-wicket partnership of 115 between Sam Northeast, who hit 78 and Harry Finch put the house facet in a powerful place.

Finch went for 88 within the forty fifth over with 38 nonetheless required, however Chris Benjamin performed the successful hand as he ended on 55 off solely 34.

With 21 wanted off two overs, he and Grant Stewart plundered 19 off James’ penultimate over and a five-wicket triumph was sealed with 4 balls to spare as Kent moved stage on factors with their opponents, Lancashire and Surrey within the chase for a top-three spot and a spot within the knockout video games.

Warwickshire and Gloucestershire had solely gained one sport every on the midway stage forward of their assembly at Rugby School nevertheless it was the Bears who got here out on top by six wickets.

Ollie Price hit a career-best 122 for the Glosters, as he shared robust stands of 90 with captain Cameron Bancroft (46) and 98 with Joseph Eckland (43).

But from 203-2, aided by two wickets in two balls from Jordan Thompson, they have been hauled again in to 271-9.

Bears captain Rob Yates led from the entrance with the bat as he struck a List-A finest 132 off 123 balls, together with six sixes, to interrupt the again of the goal.

After a partnership of 147 with Vansh Jani for the third wicket, Yates fell, however Jani was there on the finish on 66 with eight overs to spare.

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