Metro Bank One Day Cup 2024 – Live Cricket Streaming, Live Scores, Match Reports and Reactions – All Matches – July 26th

Here are the Metro Bank One Day Cup 2024 – Live Cricket Streaming, Live Scores, Match Reports and Reactions for every match on July 26th.

Metro Bank One Day Cup  Friday 26th July

Somerset v Kent Spitfires, Group A, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Andy Umeed continued his love affair with the Metro Bank One-Day Cup as Somerset launched their Group A campaign with a three-wicket victory over Kent Spitfires at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton.

The opener, who averaged 87.57 in last season’s competition, hit an unbeaten 114 off 121 balls to help his side chase down a target of 268 with 3.3 overs to spare. James Rew contributed 71 off 69 balls

The Spitfires had posted 267 all out off 49 overs after winning the toss, Joey Evison and Grant Stewart making half-centuries, while Hamidullah Qadri contributed a rapid 43. Left-armer spinner Lewis Goldsworthy, back from a loan spell with Leicestershire, claimed career-best List A figures of four for 44 and seamer Alfie Ogborne three for 58.

Kent were given a solid start by Evison and Beyers Swanepoel, who skied a return catch to Ogborne off a leading edge with the total on 31 in the eighth over.

Eighteen-year-old Ekansh Singh marked his debut with a six over mid-wicket off Kasey Aldridge before falling for 16, bowled aiming to launch another maximum off Jack Leach. Skipper Jack Leaning then helped Evison add 37, but was undone by a reverse sweep, bottom-edging a ball from Goldsworthy onto his stumps.

Goldsworthy followed up with the wickets of Evison, whose 55 occupied 69 balls, Harry Finch and Jaydn Denly as Kent became bogged down against a spin attack also featuring Leach, Josh Thomas and another 18-year-old debutant in Archie Vaughan, son of former England captain Michael Vaughan, who bowled six tidy overs of off-spin for just 16 runs.

With ten overs for their innings remaining, the Spitfires were struggling on 177 for six. But after Charlie Stobo had fallen to Ogborne, Stewart and Qadri delivered some overdue momentum, sharing 5 sixes and 7 fours in a stand of 58 off 5.1 overs as Stewart went to fifty off 32 deliveries.

Somerset’s response had reached 32 in the fifth over when George Thomas miscued a pull shot off Swanepoel to be caught at mid-wicket.

Goldsworthy made only seven before edging a catch behind off Stobo. But Umeed and Rew then assumed control, batting with increasing confidence.

Rew was first to his half-century, off 47 balls, with 7 fours and a big six off leg-spinner Matt Parkinson, drilled over long-off. Umeed soon followed, off 62 deliveries, having struck 3 boundaries.

Rew had greeted Leaning’s introduction to the attack with a six over mid-wicket. When Somerset’s young wicketkeeper deposited a short ball from Evison through mid-on for four the partnership overtook Somerset’s List A record for the third wicket against Kent, previously 108, put together by Peter Trego and Dean Elgar at Taunton in 2017.

Soon afterwards, Rew was bowled by Nathan Gilchrist, swinging to leg. Vaughan was run out backing up without facing a ball as Stobo fingertipped a Umeed drive onto the stumps and suddenly Somerset were 165 for four.

Umeed responded with a straight six off Stobo and was joined by skipper Sean Dickson, who cleared the ropes off Stewart as the pair added 40 before he carelessly pulled a catch to mid-wicket off the same bowler and fell for 23.

Josh Thomas was bowled off an inside edge by Parkinson and Aldridge also fell cheaply. But Leach thumped a six off Parkinson and Umeed repeated the dose before going to a 119-ball hundred with another maximum off Stobo as Somerset finishedwith a flourish on 270 for seven.

Leicestershire Foxes v Warwickshire, Group B, Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester

Leicestershire 88 all out Warwickshire 89-2. Warwickshire won by eight wickets.

Warwickshire made it two wins out of two in the Metrobank One Day Cup with an emphatic eight wicket victory over Leicestershire at the UptonSteel County Ground, Grace Road.

Bears' skipper Ed Barnard, who made a big century and took two wickets in his side's first game against Essex at Chelmsford, continued his outstanding form in the competition by taking four quick wickets, including that of India Test star Adjinkya Rahane, after putting the Foxes in to bat, reducing the home side to 40-4.

Craig Miles picked up three wickets, and Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Will Rhodes and Jake Lintott one apiece as Leicestershire subsided to 88 all out in just 25.4 overs.

Although former Warwickshire player Chris Wright then took two quick wickets when the visitors began their reply, Rhodes and teenager Hamza Shaikh put together an unbeaten partnership of 85 to steer their side home with 32.4 overs in hand.

Both sides came into the match having won their opening fixture, Leicestershire against Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire against Essex. While Leicestershire were unchanged, however, Warwickshire gave  starts to Kai Smith, the teenage wicketkeeper fit again after six weeks out with a broken hand, and another 18-year-old in spinner Taz Ali. On a fine day Leicestershire's supporters turned out in good number in anticipation of the second appearance of Rahane, whose 71 off 60 balls against Notts had left many searching for superlatives.  

Warwickshire supporters made the journey from the West Midlands in the hope of seeing for a third consecutive century from Barnard, who had followed his 143 in the warm-up match against Staffordshire with an unbeaten 173 against Essex. In that respect they were to be disappointed, but it was the only disappointment they were to suffer on what became a near perfect afternoon for their side.

Barnard chose to bowl first after winning the toss, but can hardly have anticipated what would follow, on the same pitch on which Leicestershire had scored 369-6 against Notts. The first five overs were relatively uneventful, albeit Foxes opener Harry Swindells played and missed at several outswingers, but fellow opener Sol Budinger appeared untroubled, hitting three crisp boundaries. There was movement off the seam though, particularly for Barnard, and soon after bringing one back to bowl the struggling Swindells, found the edge of Budinger's bat with a fine delivery which left the left-hander.

Opposite number Hill was his third victim, edging a lifting delivery to the wicket-keeper, but his fourth wicket, the key one of Rahane, had an element of fortune about it, coming off a low leg side full toss which the batsman tried to help down to long leg only to turn the bat too soon. The ball struck the back of the bat and looped gently back to the grateful if slightly startled bowler.

Leicestershire's second overseas batsman, Peter Hanscomb, also went caught and bowled, in his case chipping a full straight delivery straight back to Rhodes for a duck. The procession continued, Liam Trevaskis edging a delivery pushed across him from Hannon-Dalby low to Rhodes at slip, before a stand of 34 between Ben Cox and Ben Mike gave Leicestershire's disbelieving supporters faint hope of posting some sort of score. The hopes were quickly and decisively extinguished as Cox chipped a simple catch to midwicket, Mike top edged an ambitious pull for Ali, running back from mid-on, to take a good catch, a catch made to look ordinary when Rhodes took a really fine diving catch at slip off Jake Lintott to see the back of Scriven.

Wright was last to go, bowled off the inside edge, but the seamer at  least enjoyed some measure of revenge, trimming Barnard's bails with a beauty and then winning a leg before decision against Theo Wylie to reduce the Bears to 7-2. Thereafter however Rhodes and Shaikh played with increasing comfort to see their side over the line in double quick time.

Warwickshire batsman Hamza Shaikh said:

"It was a lovely game for us. To get a performance like that from the bowlers, well, you can't really ask for much more. When it came to batting we lost a couple of quick wickets, but it was a decent pitch and a very fast outfield,  and it was a case of batting time, because though the pitch had a bit in it, once you got in the ball flew around. It certainly wasn't a terror track, maybe a bit two paced, but it was all about good bowling and catching.

"It's been an exciting summer for me one way or another, captaining England Under 19 and now playing with Warwickshire and getting some time out in the middle for my county. This is a big competition for us and for me, I feel the role batting at four suits me, and anything I can do to help the side win, I'll try and do. If I can do well in the One Day Cup maybe I'll get more chances in the championship."

Leicestershire captain Lewis Hill said:

"It really was one of those days - they bowled well at the top, hit a good length, we nicked off, they took their chances really well. They're a good side, they got us on the back foot and everything went their way, but credit to them for that and we have to put it behind us. Days like this can happen but I have a lot of confidence we'll put it behind us and bounce back quickly.

"Chris Wright's bowling was one of the few positives for us, it's good to have him back and already bowling well. We have a couple of days to get this match out of our systems, as we did when we lost to Nottinghamshire in the group stages last season."

Notts Outlaws v Sussex Sharks, Group B, The John Fretwell Sporting Complex, Nettleworth

Notts Outlaws 217-2 beat Sussex Sharks 216 by eight wickets with 50 balls to spare.

Ben Slater and Haseeb Hameed made unbeaten centuries as Nottinghamshire Outlaws bounced back from defeat at Leicester in their opening match with a eight-wicket victory over Sussex Sharks in their Metro Bank One-Day Cup match at the picturesque home of Welbeck Cricket Club in the north of the county.

Opener Slater, who averages more than 53 in the List A format, again demonstrated his penchant for 50-over cricket by scoring 107 with Outlaws skipper Hameed making 101 not out as they shared a county List A third-wicket record partnership of 209 to inflict a heavy opening-match defeat on their Group B opponents, who managed only one win in the competition last season.

Sussex were bowled out in the 48th over for 216 despite Fynn Hudson-Prentice’s 90 from 109 balls. The all-rounder hit nine fours and a six but found himself ploughing almost a lone furrow in an under-par performance by his side, who have up to now enjoyed a successful season, booking a home quarter-final in the Vitality Blast and building a healthy lead in Division Two of the Vitality County Championship.

Luke Fletcher (three for 35) and Toby Pettman (three for 44) were the most successful Outlaws seamers, although Brett Hutton, who took one for 41 bowling his 10 overs in a single spell, made a strong comeback after three months out with an Achilles injury. Left-arm spinner Liam Patterson-White (two for 35) also impressed.

The Outlaws stuttered at the start of their chase, finding themselves eight for two after losing Freddie McCann for two and Jack Haynes without scoring, but Sussex were unable to make any further inroads as their opponents cruised home with 50 balls to spare.

The 19-year-old McCann, in his second List A appearance following his debut at Leicester on Wednesday, spooned a catch to mid-on off Ari Karvelas, while Haynes registered his second consecutive duck with a loose shot that had him caught behind, after which Slater was fortunate with a top-edge off Karvelas that flashed just out of the wicketkeeper’s reach.

But with a required rate of only 4.34 runs per over and a quick outfield, Slater and Hameed did not need to take risks and were able to comfortably pace their innings once the newness of the balls had worn off, moving the total to 48 for two from 10 overs, 93 for two from 20, and 140 for two from 30.

Slater found the gaps regularly enough to pass fifty for the 18th time in this format from 54 balls with eight boundaries, Hameed reaching his from 69 balls with his third four, a return to form he will have enjoyed after enduring a lean time in 2023, if not the shot that took him there, a streaky edge off the leg-spin of Archie Lenham.

The left-handed Slater was seldom troubled, reaching his seventh List A hundred when he pulled Karvelas for his 13th boundary as the Outlaws closed in on their target, Hameed hitting the same bowler for six, four, four and one to complete his.
 
Sussex found the going tough from the outset after opting to bat first. The pitch seemed to lack pace and, in the face of excellent, tight bowling at both ends from Hutton and Fletcher, they lost both openers for 33 by the second ball of the 11th over.

Tom Clark nibbled at one outside off stump off Hutton before Tom Haines edged his drive against Fletcher, Tom Moores doing the rest behind the stumps.

Joined by Hudson-Prentice, Oli Carter sought to rebuild but the arrival of Pettman in the attack made scoring no easier.

The 26-year-old seamer, who has had limited opportunities in his four years with Nottinghamshire, was making his first senior appearance since last August but made it count with two wickets in two balls as a frustrated Carter found the fielder at mid-on and Sussex captain John Simpson was leg before.

Simpson’s dismissal exposed Sussex’s inexperienced middle-order and Hudson-Prentice soon lost two more partners as 19-year-old Daniel Ibraham was caught at slip and 18-year-old Henry Rogers, on debut, skied to long-on as Patterson-White found immediate turn.

Hudson-Prentice and 20-year old off-spinner Bertie Foreman added 64 before some smart relay fielding involving extra cover Ben Slater, bowler Lyndon James and ‘keeper Tom Moores ran out the younger player.

Fletcher returned to dismiss Lenham caught behind and Karvelas via a miscued pull, in between which Hudson-Prentice cracked consecutive boundaries off Pettman before he was caught at mid-off, as Sussex were all out with almost three overs wasted.

Hampshire v Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Group A, Utilita Bowl, Southampton

Ben Brown celebrated his century of List A appearances with an exception hundred as Hampshire got their Metro Bank One Day Cup campaign off to a winning start against Northamptonshire Steelbacks.

Wicketkeeper Brown had only scored one previous white-ball century – for Sussex in 2021 – in his first 99 games but picked up a career-best 139 not out.

Hampshire had been left on 25 for three after Jack White’s opening spell but Brown, with help from Felix Organ’s 59, got the hosts to 285.

Eddie Jack and Tom Prest both picked up their professional best figures of four for 29 and three for 41 as the Steelbacks only reached 214 to lose by 71 runs

Lewis McManus’ decision to bowl first immediately paid dividends with an unplayable new ball spell from Jack White. He nibbled the fresh white ball around to dumped the hosts to 25 for three.

He had already made Fletcha Middleton play and miss three times before thumping into the opener’s leg stump with his fifth ball.

Nick Gubbins returned a caught and bowled with a leading edge and Tom Prest was pouched at second slip, with White’s ending his six-over spell with three for six.

But in sliding to take the Gubbins catch, White damaged his knee which saw him no return.

Without him, Brown rebuilt the innings in style. First in a 51-run stand with Toby Albert, but after Albert had skied to mid on and Joe Eckland had been caught at extra cover, more substantially with Organ.

Brown already stashed fifty in 62 balls but Organ’s arrival heralded a freer flow that set the tone for the second half of the innings.

Brown doesn’t have the stellarest of white-ball records but showed off the very best of his jabby shot-making square of the wicket.

His third century of the season came in exactly 100 balls with a controlled hook shot to the boundary which typified his timing.

Organ sailed to a 51-ball 59 in a flash to join Brown for 188 runs before he picked out deep midwicket – giving Zaib the third of his three for 60 – with Jack and Kyle Abbott hit sixes and fell at the death.

Brown ended up with 139 not out and Hampshire 285 – which had seemed improbable after White’s early burst.

Prithvi Shaw and Emilio Gay got the Steelbacks off to a sensational start with 56 put on inside nine overs but their innings was full of good starts which weren’t capitalised on.

Jack’s introduction – with Mohammad Abbas forced off after just two overs – was the main catalyst. The teenager dragging Shaw into a drive straight to cover with his second ball, in an otherwise miserly spell.

Gay and Ricardo Vasconcelos put on 42 but a swipe off Brad Wheal saw the end the former and slid Northamptonshire towards a hole.

Vasconcelos swept into the deep, Rob Keogh was lbw on the reverse and George Bartlett was caught behind as three wickets fell for 15 runs.

Lewis McManus gave Jack his second when he spun to deep square leg before Prest added his third when Saif Zaib missed his sweep to fall leg before and Michael Finan holed out on the leg side.

Gus Miller scrapped hard for 47, but with the run-rate surging above 10s he skied Jack straight up, before the England under-19 quick completed Hampshire’s victory by clearing up White.

Hampshire wicketkeeper-batter Ben Brown:

“We were under a lot of pressure at various points today but this side over a couple of years has shown it is not short of fight. It was a really enjoyable victory.

“We knew it would be tough against the new ball and fair play to Jack White for making it difficult. But this team is up for a scrap and we know how to get back in there.

“It is funny how things like [scoring a century on 100th appearance] crop up. I really enjoyed it. It got easier towards the back end, we talk about having one of the top five batters there at the end.

“I thought Felix Organ played brilliantly, he came in with impetus at a difficult time to bat which was brave. It is good as the batter who was in to have that so I could just knock it around.

“Eddie Jack bowled well throughout and got that key wicket of Shaw. It was a great day with the ball. Jack has all the attributes to be a top fast bowler so the future is bright.”

Northamptonshire Steelbacks head coach John Sadler:

“I think 285 was over par from the position we had them in in the first half. Jack White getting injured and not being able to bowl any more was a big blow but they got more than they should have done.

“Fair play to Browny but at one point they didn’t look like getting 180 let alone 280. On a better day we would chase them down with the batting we’ve got.

“The way we batted was poor as a unit. There is a lot of experience in that room but I thought our thinking was well below what I would expect.

“Jack jarred his knee when he took that caught and bowled and then did it again while field. He kept going but when he stopped bowling it seized up a bit and struggled to get it going again.

“We’ve had two losses from two games now and in my opinion we should have two wins. I’m quite frustrated about that. We are better than that and we have to be better than that.”

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