COUNTIES CRICKET National regional T20 round-up

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Created on Sunday, 08 June 2025 19:12

Last Updated on Monday, 09 June 2025 05:10

Published on Sunday, 08 June 2025 19:12

Written by PAUL BOLTON Cricket Correspondent

Both of the double-headers in Group Three and Group Four were shared with Buckinghamshire avenging a five wickets defeat against Bedfordshire in the opener at Chesham with a 33 runs win in the second match.

Wales NC enjoyed the day’s most emphatic win as they beat Oxfordshire by ten wickets in the opener at Panteg but they were unable to back it up and went down by five wickets in the second match.

Sussex all-rounder Dan Ibrahim top-scored with 39 in Oxfordshire’s inadequate 119 for seven in the first match with Wales responding with an unbroken opening partnership of 120 between Glamorgan staff man Callum Nicholls (61 not out) and Harry Friend (56 not out) – both competition-bests – which saw them home with three overs to spare.

But Wales struggled for runs against the spin of Ahmed Khan (three for 15) in the second match with Rhodri Lewis’s 30 helping them to 112 for seven. Hayden Rossouw’s 62 from 52 balls nursed Oxfordshire to victory with just one ball to spare.

There was a last ball thriller in the opener at Wimborne where Dorset beat Herefordshire by two wickets in Group Four.

Seamer James Rudge, who took five wickets against Wiltshire two weeks ago, followed up with three for 25 but was unable to prevent Dorset’s Matt Burton scampering two byes from his final ball of the match.

Dylan Church’s 57 from 29 balls was the centrepiece of Dorset’s innings with Herefordshire captain Matt Pardoe making 60 from 37 balls in his side’s 135 for seven.

Dorset also made 135 – but were all out – in the second match with Will Tripcony the major contributor with 66 from 33 balls.

Seth Essenhigh, the Worcestershire Academy and England Under-19s batter, impressed in his second innings for Herefordshire with 42 but it was Ollie Walker, with 59 from 46 balls, who accelerated them towards victory by five wickets with three balls to spare.

Devon bounced back from losing twice against Cornwall two weeks ago to beat Wiltshire by six wickets in the first match of the day at the South Wilts club in Salisbury.

Jake Goodwin’s competition-best 80 and Jack Mynott’s 40 took Wiltshire to 169 for five but Callum Harvey countered with 78 not out from 53 balls – also a career-best – which steered Devon home with two balls to spare.

There was another competition-best – Tom Cheater’s 50 – in the second match which saw Wiltshire to 132 all out and an innings that gained importance as Devon struggled to 121 for nine with no batter reaching 20.

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