COUNTIES CRICKET Double T20 opening wins for Dorset

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Created on Monday, 25 May 2026 05:48

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Herefordshire made the lowest National Counties T20 total of the day - 96 - and suffered a double Group Four defeat against Dorset at Eastnor.

Slow left-armer Mo Abbas took four for 19 in the opener before Dorset captain Will Tripcony saw his side home by nine wickets with more than 10 overs to spare with 60 not out.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Trophy holders Dorset knocked out

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Created on Sunday, 10 May 2026 19:08

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Dorset’s hopes of retaining the National Counties Trophy ended in a 76 runs defeat by Buckinghamshire.

Dorset needed to beat Buckinghamshire in their final Group Four match at Tring Park to have any hope of making the knockout stages and they were in with a shout when Dylan Church (78) and Joe Eckland (41) added 95 for the second wicket in pursuit of a target of 265.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Wiltshire host Oxon in quarter-finals

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Created on Sunday, 17 May 2026 20:48

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Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire and Wiltshire have secured their places in the National Counties Trophy quarter-finals.

Wiltshire will host Oxfordshire on Sunday June 7 following yesterday's final round of group matches.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Cornwall, Wiltshire win in Trophy

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Created on Monday, 04 May 2026 19:01

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National Counties Trophy holders Dorset slipped to a second defeat in 24 hours with Oxfordshire scrambling a one wicket win at St Edward’s School in Oxford.

Overnight rain meant the match was reduced to 40 overs-a-side and batters found runs hard to come by.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Somerset edge to Showcase win

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Created on Monday, 11 May 2026 21:08

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Devon fell agonisingly short of beating a Somerset XI as they lost by two runs in a T20 contest at Exmouth in the first of this season’s Showcase fixtures between National Counties and the first-class counties.

Matt Whalley had taken Devon to the brink of victory by taking 14 from the first three balls of James Langridge’s penultimate over of the match which left them needing 10 off the last over to chase down a target of 175.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Wales beat Trophy holders Dorset

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Created on Sunday, 03 May 2026 19:00

Last Updated on Monday, 04 May 2026 08:33

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National Counties Trophy holders Dorset suffered a setback in their title defence as they lost by 20 runs to Wales NC at Wimborne.

Former Nottinghamshire batter Sam King impressed on his Wales debut with a run-a-ball 91 in which he shared partnerships of 76 for the third wicket with Mathew Ryan and 118 for the fourth with his captain Brad Wadlan (71 not out).

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