COUNTIES CRICKET Regional T20 Trophy round-up
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- Last Updated on Monday, 26 May 2025 10:25
- Published on Monday, 26 May 2025 08:56
Wiltshire eased to an eight wickets win in the opener but Herefordshire gained swift revenge in the second match by 50 runs with Rudge becoming the first bowler from the county to take five wickets in a T20 innings.
His figures bettered the four for 13 that Adam Hines took against Wales NC last season and they were the third best by any bowler in the history of the competition. Rudge conceded just six singles with the other runs being four wides.
In the first match half centuries from Jack Mynott (77 not out) and Jake Goodwin (53) and a third wicket partnership of 76 got Wiltshire home with five balls to spare after Ollie Walker had continued his excellent start to the season with 62 for Herefordshire.
Honours were also shared in the double-headers at Exning, Louth, Challow & Childrey and Allendale while Bedfordshire, Cheshire and Cornwall made perfect starts to the competition with doubles on the day.
Former Kent all-rounder Alex Blake enjoyed himself on his return to National Counties cricket with important runs in Cornwall’s double over Devon at Blundell’s School, Tiverton.
Blake made 51 from 22 balls and shared an opening partnership of 71 with Alex Bone which helped to secure a five wickets win with more than five overs to spare in the opener.
Blake then made 31 out of opening partnership for 33 with Bone in the second match before Bone (60 not out) and Will MacVicar (57 not out) added 119 in a Cornwall record third wicket partnership to wrap up an eight wickets win with an over to spare.
Sam Elstone (42) and Ben Privett (45) were Devon’s highest scorers.
Bedfordshire beat Wales NC by 33 runs in the Group Three opener at Southill Park and five wickets in the second.
Wales included Derbyshire batter Aneurin Donald for the first time in 11 years as the former Glamorgan batter sought game time having suffered a shoulder injury fielding as a substitute against Gloucestershire last month.
Donald was caught behind for four in the first match but found his touch with 51 from 20 balls, with four sixes, in the second although he was unable to save Wales from defeat. Amrit Basra followed up his competition-best four for 15 with 43 from 29 balls for Bedfordshire.
In the first match of the day Scotland Under-19 international Jamie Dunk made 43 in his first innings of the competition before Oscar Phillips and Joe Lowe combined to dismiss Wales for 96, with Rhodri Lewis supplying 37 of those runs.
Sussex batter Harrison Ward slammed 70 from 29 balls to help Oxfordshire to a four wickets victory over Berkshire in the first match at Challow & Childrey
Ward, Oxfordshire’s white ball captain, struck four sixes and nine fours as his side chased down a target of 149 with three balls to spare.
Earlier Ward’s Sussex team-mate Archie Lenham had taken three for 15 on his Oxfordshire debut to restrict Berkshire to 148 for nine.
Having suffered their first defeat of the season, Berkshire were quickly back to winning ways as they won the second match by 39 runs.
Charlie Dunnett and Ben Slater, with 44 apiece, took Berkshire to 180 for five and slow left-armer Eddie Campion then stifled Oxfordshire’s reply with three wickets. Lenham enjoyed himself at the end of the match with 45 from 26 balls.
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