NATWEST T20 BLAST: WEEK THREE

DOLLY DEALING IN SIXES

It's bumper week with 16 T20 fixtures - and with time between Chester-le-Street and Lord's a raft of England stars available for their counties.

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow are both available to face off with Lancashire at Old Trafford on Friday night.

James Vince - who top scored in last year's competition is back on white-ball duty for Hampshire while Jake Ball and Chris Woakes are also all set to feature for their respective counties.

The international stars are starting to roll in as well with the likes of Mahela Jayawardene, Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy set for action this week.

Full fixtures, tables and stats below...

North

Fixtures

Wednesday result:

Durham Jets 178-7 (20) beat Notts Outlaws 122 all out (19.2) by 66 runs, Chester-le-Street

Thursday result:

Worcestershire Rapids 174-3 (19.1) beat Yorkshire Vikings 173-6 by 7 wickets (20), New Road

Friday:

Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire Vikings, Old Trafford (18.30)

Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Worcestershire Rapids, The County Ground (18.30)

Derbyshire Falcons v Leicestershire Foxes, The County Ground, Derby (19.00)

Warwickshire Bears v Durham Jets, Edgbaston (19.00)

Saturday:

Notts Outlaws v Lancashire Lightning, Trent Bridge (14.30)

Leicestershire Foxes v Durham Jets, Grace Road (17.30)

Table

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	Points
Worcestershire Rapids	3	3	0	0	0	6
Durham Jets	3	2	1	0	0	4
Northamptonshire Steelbacks	2	2	0	0	0	4
Leicestershire Foxes	2	1	1	0	0	2
Derbyshire Falcons	2	1	1	0	0	2
Birmingham Bears	2	1	1	0	0	2
Yorkshire Vikings	2	0	2	0	0	0
Notts Outlaws	2	0	2	0	0	0
Lancashire Lightning	2	0	2	0	0	0

 

 Highlights: "Third man's in Business!"

 

South

Fixtures

Wednesday results:

Glamorgan 140-6 (20) lost to Essex Eagles 143-3 (16.2) by 7 wickets, Cardiff 

Sussex Sharks 222-3 beat Somerset 174 all out (19.4) by 48 runs, Hove 

Thursday results:

Middlesex 159-9 (20) lost to Gloucestershire 163-6 (19.5) by 4 wickets, Merchant Taylors' School

Hampshire 158-8 (20) beat Kent Spitfires 149 all out (19.3) by 9 runs, Ageas Bowl 

Friday:

Kent Spitfires v Gloucestershire, The Kent County Cricket Ground (17.30)

Somserset v Essex, Taunton (17.30)

Glamorgan v Hampshire, Cardiff (18.30)

Sussex Sharks v Surrey, Hove (19.00)

Table 

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	Points
Sussex Sharks	2	2	0	0	0	4
Middlesex	2	1	1	0	0	2
Glamorgan	2	1	1	0	0	2
Essex Eagles	2	1	1	0	0	2
Kent Spirfitres	2	1	1	0	0	2
Gloucestershire	2	1	1	0	0	2
Surrey	2	1	1	0	0	2
Hampshire	2	1	1	0	0	2
Somerset	2	0	2	0	0	0

 

Highlights: Glamorgan thrash Surrey...

 

Stats after week two

Most Runs	Most Sixes
Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Worcestershire) 135 runs	Ross Taylor (Sussex) 8 sixes
Richard Levi (Northants) 119 runs	Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Worcestershire) 8 sixes
Sam Hain (Warwickshire) 116 runs	Richard Levi (Northants) 7 sixes
Phil Mustard (Durham) 110 runs	Joe Denly (Kent) 6 sixes
Brett D'Oliveira (Worcestershire) 101 runs	Brett D'Oliveira (Worcs) 5 sixes
Most Wickets	Most Dot Balls
Joe Leach (Worcestershire) 7 wickets	Kevin O'Brien (Leicestershire) 23 dot balls (54.7%)
Ben Raine (Leicestershire) 5 wickets	Ben Raine (Leicestershire) 22 dot balls (56.4%)
Timm van der Gugten (Glamorgan) 4 wickets	Jack Shantry (Worcestershire) 20 dot balls (41.6%)
Matthew Quinn (Essex) 4 wickets	Three players - 18 dot balls
Azhar Mahmood (Surrey) 4 wickets	Six players - 17 dot balls