Vitality Blast Results and Reactions Thursday August 16th

There were wins tonight for Yorkshire Vikings, Essex Eagles , Sussex Sharks and Kent Spitfires.

 

Yorkshire Vikings beat  Northamptonshire Steelbacks  by 7 wickets

WHAT A WIN!

A win at Emerald Headingley tomorrow will secure the Yorkshire Vikings a quarter-final spot!

Show your support ?? ??? https://t.co/mxMISTKqHk pic.twitter.com/nMP71IMAyJ

— Yorkshire CCC (@YorkshireCCC) August 16, 2018

Northamptonshire Steelbacks  162 – 8 (Josh Cobb 68*; David Willey 3-30)

Yorkshire Vikings 165 -3 wickets (15.3 overs) – (Adam Lyth 66, David Willey 79; Brett Hutton 1-29)

Result Yorkshire won by 7 wickets

 

Northamptonshire Steelbacks - Ben Duckett(wk), Josh Cobb, Alex Wakely(c), Charlie Thurston, Steven Crook, Seekkuge Prasanna, Luke Procter, Graeme White, Brett Hutton, Ben Sanderson, Richard Gleeson

Yorkshire Vikings - Adam Lyth, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, David Willey(c), Gary Balance, Kane Williamson, Tim Bresnan, Liam Plunkett, Matt Fisher, Jonathan Tattersall(wk), Jack Brooks, Jordan Thompson

 

Essex Eagles beat Middlesex by  6 wickets

?? Congratulations to @EssexCricket who have won by six wickets this evening.

A superb score of 86 by Dan Lawrence helped chase down a target of 211 with four balls to spare.#LoveLords pic.twitter.com/t4jhnOagtx

— Lord's Cricket Ground (@HomeOfCricket) August 16, 2018

Middlesex  210 - 3 (Paul Stirling 78, Eoin Morgan 77*; Peter Siddle 1-33)

Essex Eagles 211-4 (19.2 overs) - (Varun Chopra 54, Dan Lawrence 86; Steve Finn 2-36)

Result – Essex Eagles won by  6 wickets

 

Middlesex - Paul Stirling, Dawid Malan(c), John Simpson(wk), Eoin Morgan, Stevie Eskinazi, James Franklin, George Scott, James Fuller, James Harris, Nathan Sowter, Steven Finn

Essex Eagles - , Adam Wheater(wk), Varun Chopra, Paul Walter, Ryan ten Doeschate(c), Dan Lawrence, Ravi Bopara, Ashar Zaidi, Simon Harmer, Matt Coles, Peter Siddle, Sam Cook

 

Sussex Sharks beat Gloucestershire by 4 wickets

?? Get in there!

Another win on the road for the Sharks! ?? #SharkAttack pic.twitter.com/FN8GSmpLMJ

— Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) August 16, 2018

 

Gloucestershire 159 – 9 (Michael Klinger 59; Rashid Khan 3- 24)

Sussex Sharks – 160-6 (Phil Salt 60; Benny Howell 3-37)

Result - Sussex Sharks won by 4 wickets

 

Gloucestershire - Michael Klinger(c), Miles Hammond, Ian Cockbain, Ryan Higgins, Benny Howell, Jack Taylor, Kieran Noema-Barnett, Gareth Roderick(wk), Andrew Tye, David Payne, Jacob Lintott

Sussex Sharks - Philip Salt, Harry Finch, Laurie Evans, Delray Rawlins, David Wiese, Michael Burgess(wk), Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, Rashid Khan, Danny Briggs(c), Tymal Mills

Kent Spitfires beat Somerset by 5 runs

Kent Spitfires 231 - 5 (Sam Billings 57*; Max Waller 2-29)

Somerset 226-5 (Steve Davies 45, James Hildreth 45, Lewis Gregory 44*; Joe Denly 1-31)

Result – Kent Spitfires won by 5 runs

YEEEESSSSSS: We beat Somerset by five runs and qualify for @VitalityBlast quarterfinals ???????????? pic.twitter.com/8irfriUXsz

— Kent Cricket ?? (@kentcricket) August 16, 2018

Kent Spitfires - Joe Denly, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Heino Kuhn, Sam Billings(c)(wk), Alex Blake, Sean Dickson, Grant Stewart, Calum Haggett, Adam Milne, Mitchell Claydon, Imran Qayyum

Somerset - , Johann Myburgh, Steve Davies(wk), Peter Trego, James Hildreth, Tom Abell, Corey Anderson, Lewis Gregory(c), Roelof van der Merwe, Jamie Overton, Max Waller, Jerome Taylor

 

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