T20 Blast

Tomorrow sees the last quarter final match between the Bears & Gloucestershire. So far it's been a clean sweep for the Southern Group teams, with Surrey, Sussex & Somerset taking their places in Finals Day.

Semi finals:

Surrey v Somerset

Sussex v Gloucestershire

Semi Final 1
Surrey 153-9 (20 overs)
Somerset 159-4 (18.4 overs)
Somerset won by 6 wickets

Semi Final 2
Sussex 106 (18.1 overs)
Gloucestershire 109-2 (13.4 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets

Final
Somerset 124 (19.4)
Gloucestershire 129-2 (15 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets

The Gloucestershire bowling and fielding was some of the best I have seen in many a finals day. They were inspired.

The old boy can still do it.
Jimmy Anderson took 3/17 in 4 overs in a T20 Blast match at Durham today.

Lancs won their top-of-the-table clash today

^^ The 2nd Roses match of the season tonight at Headingley. Lanc will be looking for revenge after the Tykes finally got one over the old enemy at Old Trafford, which hasn't happened since 2014,although the Manchester weather has forced a number of abandonments in that time.
The season is a tale of 2 fortunes, Lancs flying high with 8 wins & 4 losses after struggling in the Div 2 Championship with changes in coaches & captains. Yorkshire have found wins hard to come by in Div 1 of the Championship & carried that form into the Blast with just 4 wins & 8 losses. Lookong great at times, terrible at others, plagued by injuries to their overseas signings, who have struggled to make much of an impact when fit. Despite all this, expect a boisterous crowd tonight.

Toss - Lancashire elected to bat - Start 18.30

The Blast resumes tonight (if the weather plays ball) after a 6 week break that to the stupid scheduling.
Quarter Finals tonight, Friday & 2 on Saturday. Starting with Surrey v Northamptonshire at The Oval. Is it just me or does anyone else find Mark Butcher annoying, he's been making a lot of gaffs during The Hundred comp. Tonight he made himself look stupid making a big point about teams having being more able to recover & re-assess after poor starts in The Blast compared to The Hundred being 20 balls less, talk about stating the obvious. As he waffled on in the background the covers were on & it was clear that it would more than likely be a reduced match anyway, thus making his point, pointless.