MEN'S T20 BLAST ROUNDUP: Will Smale leads Glamorgan to victory at Chelmsford, while Sean Dickson marked his return with a match-winning 76
Chelmsford: Glamorgan 220-6, Essex 180 - Glamorgan won by 40 runs
Will Smale's personal best 65 handed Glamorgan their third Men's T20 Blast win of the summer, and kept Essex on zero points at the foot of the table.
Batter Smale had watched sister Sophia score a season best 24 in a losing cause for Essex against Hampshire Hawks earlier in the day, and as the older of the two, decided to win the sibling rivalry.
He put on 84 with Colin Ingram as Glamorgan piled on 220 against the low in confidence Eagles.
Luc Benkenstein launched 62 off 32, but he couldn't prevent Essex from five defeats from five, with Mason Crane grabbing 3 for 24.
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Taunton: Middlesex 229-5, Somerset 235-5 - Somerset won by five wickets
Sean Dickson marked his return to Somerset's team with a top score of 76 as they made it four wins from as many Men's T20 Blast group games with a five-wicket victory over Middlesex in a Taunton run-feast.
Middlesex ran up 229 for 5 – the highest ever Blast total by a visiting side at the Cooper Associates Ground – after losing the toss, Max Holden striking 87 not out off 47 balls and Ben Geddes a career-best 69 from 32 deliveries, including seven sixes.
In reply, Somerset reached 235 for 5 with four balls to spare, Dickson, back after a broken finger, hitting five sixes and six fours in his 38-ball knock, and Lewis Gregory making a rapid 58 not out.
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