Luke Wells stars with bat and ball as Lancashire Lightning inflicted a first T20 Blast loss on Birmingham Bears to stay top of the North Group.
Luke Wells starred with bat and ball as Lancashire Lightning inflicted a first defeat of the campaign on Birmingham Bears to triumph by eight runs at Old Trafford and stay top of the North Group.
Sussex Sharks handed Surrey their first defeat in the South Group with an impressive 36-run success at the Kia Oval, despite an unbeaten 99 by Ollie Pope. Ross Whiteley hammered 46 from just 16 balls before he fell to Olly Stone with the final delivery of the innings – and then took a career-best 3-23 with his medium-pacers as the Outlaws crumbled to 102 all out in 16.4 overs.sealed their third victory in four games, with Wells anchoring their total of 176-8 before returning 2-25 and adding two catches asSam Hain’s valiant 59 off 44 balls was not enough for the Bears, who replied with 168-6 as Lightning’s left-arm seamer Luke Wood took 2-34.
The Spitfires’ skipper fell in the 19th, but Joey Evison hit the winning runs to complete a brilliant comeback by the hosts.
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