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  • Vitality Blast Finals Day - media advisory

    Details below of media opportunities at each of the four semi-finalists before Vitality Blast Finals Day at Edgbaston on Saturday September 15.
    In addition, three of the four teams will be practising at Edgbaston on Friday September 14, when each of their captains will be available for photographs with the new Vitality Blast trophy, and for brief interviews. (Worcestershire will be practising a

  • Vitality Blast semi final draw

    The draw for Vitality Blast Finals Day was made at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton this afternoon, after the quarter final between Somerset and Notts Outlaws had been put back to its reserve day tomorrow (Monday).
    Vitality Blast Semi Finals - both matches to be played at Finals Day at Edgbaston on Saturday September 15 (followed by the final)
    Sussex Sharks v Somerset or Notts

  • Vitality Blast Quarter-Final Draw

    The line-up for the Vitality Blast quarter-finals has been confirmed with all four matches to be shown live on Sky Sports:
    Kent Spitfires v Lancashire Lightning - Thursday 23 August (7pm)
    Durham Jets v Sussex Sharks - Friday 24 August (6.30pm)
    Worcestershire Rapids v Gloucestershire - Saturday 25 August (3pm)
    Somerset v Nottinghamshire Outlaws - Sunday 26 August (3pm)

  • Moeen Ali and Jamie Porter free to play in Vitality Blast

    England Test squad players, Moeen Ali and Jamie Porter have been released to play in the Vitality Blast this week.
    Moeen will play for the Worcestershire Rapids in two matches against Durham Jets on Friday, August 3 and away to Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge on Saturday, August 4.
    Porter, the Essex seamer, will leave Edgbaston at close today and feature for the Eagles against Kent Spitfires a

  • Six players penalised under ECB Discipline Code

    Below is a round-up of Fixed Penalty Directive breaches from June 25 - July 16.
    Stuart Whittingham was reported by umpires Martin Saggers and Billy Taylor during Sussex’s Specsavers County Championship match against Nottinghamshire on 25 - 28 June 2018. The Cricket Liaison Officer, Tim Boon, determined that Whittingham had committed a Level 1 breach of the Directives (bowling a dangerous or unf

  • Vitality Blast, 2018

    Ticket sales are at record-breaking levels ahead of the first matches of the Vitality Blast on Wednesday night

  • Attendances up for Royal London One-Day Cup

    Today's Royal London One-Day Cup final has attracted a crowd of more than 20,000, only the third domestic Lord's final to do so in the last 10 years, and completing a successful year for the competition

  • Ryan ten Doeschate suspended and Imran Qayyum and Matt Henry penalised under ECB Discipline Code

    The England and Wales Cricket Board’s Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) today confirmed that three cricketers have received penalties under the ECB’s Fixed Penalty Directives.
    Ryan ten Doeschate was reported by umpires Jeremy Lloyds and Steve O’Shaughnessy during Essex’s Specsavers County Championship match against Lancashire on 9 – 12 June 2018. The Cricket Liaison Officer, Tony Pigott, det

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