Highlights Northamptonshire vs Leicestershire T20 T20 Vitality Blast 01.06.2025

Pitched up, outside off stump once again. McManus moves onto the front foot and defends for a run through the off side field.

Walker pitches one up, outside off. McManus pushes forward and drives

Pitched up, pitching on a good line. Bopara pushes forward and drives

Length ball, outside off once again. McManus goes back and edges back through point for 1 run.

OUT! van Beek gets the wicket! Back of a length, outside off stump. Bartlett pushes forward and pulls poorly, and is caught by Scriven back behind square.

Back of a length from van Beek, on line. Bopara gets on the back foot and pulls for 1 run.

Good length from van Beek, pitching on leg and angled across Bartlett. He moves onto the back foot and finesses a glance back behind square for 1 run.

Short of a length, outside off. Bopara goes back and pulls for one run.

FOUR MORE! Good line and length. Bartlett gets forward and reverse sweeps for four runs behind point.

FOUR! Full, pitching outside off once again. Bartlett moves onto the front foot and lofts a drive on the off side for 4 runs.

Length ball, pitching outside off. Bopara rocks back and cuts for one run behind point.

Length ball, outside off once more. Bartlett rocks back and outside edges through the off side field for a single run.

Good length from Scriven, pitching outside off again. Bartlett gets forward, and is hit on the pad while attempting to play a sweep

MAXIMUM! Full ball, outside off stump once again. Bartlett advances down the pitch and skies a drive on the leg side for six runs.

On a good length, outside off stump. Bopara moves onto the back foot and punches a drive

Full ball, pitching near leg stump and angled across. Bartlett pushes forward and flicks for one run.

Wide. Trevaskis pitches one up, pitching far outside leg. Bartlett gets on the front foot but misses while attempting a sweep

Full, pitching near leg stump and angled across the batter. Bopara gets on the front foot and flicks for a run.

FOUR! Full ball, on a good line. Bopara steps back and lofts a drive for 4 runs on the off side.

Full ball, outside off stump again. Bartlett advances and inside edges for a run back behind square.

Full ball, outside off stump. Bartlett gets forward and punches a drive

Pitching on a good line and length once again. Bopara gets on the front foot and finesses a glance for two runs behind square on the on side.

FOUR! Full, on a good line. Bopara moves onto the front foot and drives down the ground for 4 runs.

Full, pitching outside off stump once more. Bartlett gets forward and edges for 1 run on the on side.

Scriven pitches one up, pitching outside off stump again. Bopara gets on the front foot and punches a drive on the off side for a single run.

Back of a length from Scriven, pitching outside off stump. Bopara goes back but makes no contact while trying a pull

Length ball, pitching outside leg and angled across the batter. Bartlett goes back, and is hit on the pads while trying to play a glance back behind square, resulting in 1 leg bye.

Full, pitching outside off once again. Bartlett moves onto the front foot and eases a drive for one run through the off side field.

On a good length, pitching outside off stump once again. Bopara rocks back and glances for 1 run.

Back of a length from Trevaskis, pitching outside off. Bartlett moves onto the back foot and cuts for one run.

Full, on a good line once again. Bartlett gets forward and drives

FOUR! Pitched up, on line once again. Bartlett gets on the front foot and plays a reverse sweep for 4 runs back behind point.

Pitched up, on a good line. Bopara moves onto the front foot and eases a drive for 1 run on the off side.

Back of a length, pitching outside off once more. Bopara rocks back and plays a cut for one run back through point.

Short of a length, pitching outside off stump. Bartlett goes back and cuts for a run.

OUT! Caught. Pitched up, on line once more. Zaib advances down the pitch and eases a wild drive, and is impressively caught by Trevaskis down the ground.

OUT! Caught. Full, on a good line. Breetzke pushes forward and punches a sloppy drive, and is caught by Trevaskis down the ground.

Back of a length, pitching outside off. Bopara rocks back and cuts for a single run.

Back of a length, outside off stump. Bopara goes back and cuts for 2 runs back behind point.

Full ball, on line again. Bopara gets forward and glances on the leg side for a single run.

Good line and length from Trevaskis. Breetzke moves onto the back foot and punches a drive for one run.

On a good length, pitching outside off stump once more. Breetzke goes back and punches a drive

Length ball, outside off stump. Breetzke gets on the back foot and drives

Trevaskis pitches one up, on line. Bopara advances and drives down the ground for one run.

Good length from Trevaskis, outside off stump once more. Breetzke gets on the back foot and plays a cut for a run.

MAXIMUM! Back of a length, pitching outside off. Bopara advances down the pitch and pulls for six runs.

Pitched up, pitching on a good line once more. Breetzke gets on the front foot and plays a flick for a single run.

Pitching on a good line and length. Bopara rocks back and flicks a glance behind square for 1 run.

Length ball, pitching outside off again. Breetzke rocks back and punches a drive on the off side for a run.

Good length from Scriven, outside off. Breetzke gets on the front foot but makes no contact while attempting a drive

On a good length, pitching outside leg stump and angled across the batter. Bopara goes back, and is hit on the pad while attempting to play a glance, resulting in one leg bye behind square. The ball is misfielded by Ben Cox costing Leicestershire Foxes 1 run.

Good line and length. Breetzke moves onto the front foot and defends

Good length, pitching on leg and angled across the batter. Breetzke goes back and slices a late cut

Pitched up, on leg stump and angling across. Bopara gets forward and flicks for a single run.

On a good line and length once more. Bopara rocks back but misses while attempting a glance

Pitched up, pitching on a good line once more. Bopara gets on the front foot and glances

Pitching on a good line and length. Breetzke moves onto the back foot and drives for one run.

Good length, pitching outside off once again. Bopara gets on the back foot and plays a defensive stroke

On a good length, pitching outside off again. Bopara gets on the front foot and glances back behind square for a pair of runs.

Good length, pitching outside off stump. Breetzke goes back, and is hit on the pad while attempting a glance, resulting in one leg bye.

Full ball, on a good line. Bopara gets on the front foot and drives for a single run.

Short of a length, pitching outside off. Bopara rocks back and slices a cut

Scriven pitches one up, pitching near leg stump and angling across the batter. Bopara gets forward and glances

FOUR! Pitched up, on line. Breetzke gets forward and plays a flick for 4 runs.

On a good length, outside off. Breetzke moves onto the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

Good line and length again. Bopara pushes forward and tucks a glance for 1 run behind square.

Full, on a good line. Bopara gets on the front foot and drives

FOUR! Full ball, outside off once more. Bopara gets on the front foot and drives through the off side field for four runs.

On a good length, outside off once again. Breetzke moves down the pitch and drives for 1 run.

Good length from Salisbury, pitching outside off again. Bopara pushes forward and defends

Full ball, outside off. Bopara gets on the front foot and drives through the off side field for 2 runs.

Back of a length, on a good line. Breetzke moves onto the back foot and plays a pull behind square for one run.

Good length from Salisbury, outside off stump again. Bopara rocks back and slices a cut for 1 run back behind point.

Pitched up, outside off. Breetzke pushes forward and drives for a run.

Salisbury pitches one up, pitching on a good line. Bopara gets on the front foot, and is hit on the pad while trying to play a flick, resulting in one leg bye behind square.

Good length from Walker, outside off stump. Bopara moves onto the front foot and edges behind point for 1 run.

Good length, outside off stump. Breetzke goes back and punches a drive for one run.

Good line and length once more. Breetzke moves onto the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

Full ball, on a good line. Breetzke pushes forward and plays a shaky flick

Walker pitches one up, on leg stump and angling across. Bopara pushes forward and edges for 1 run.

Length ball, pitching outside off once more. Breetzke gets on the front foot and eases a drive on the off side for 1 run.

Length ball, outside off stump again. Bopara rocks back and outside edges back behind point for 2 runs.

On a good length, outside off stump. Breetzke moves onto the front foot and punches a drive for 1 run behind point.

On a good length, pitching on leg and angling across. Bopara moves onto the front foot, and is hit on the pads while attempting to play a defensive shot behind square, resulting in one leg bye.

Good length, pitching outside off. Breetzke gets forward and drives for one run.

Salisbury pitches one up, on line. Breetzke pushes forward, and is hit on the pads while trying a drive back behind point, resulting in two leg byes.

Good length from Salisbury, pitching outside off. Breetzke gets on the front foot but plays and misses while attempting to play a defensive shot

OUT! van Beek breaks through! Full ball, pitching outside off again. Willey advances and outside edges, and is impressively caught by Ben Cox

On a good length, pitching outside leg stump and angling across. Willey goes back and glances

FOUR! Short of a length, on a good line. Willey goes back and pulls for 4 runs.

Wide. Pitching well down the leg side. Willey rocks back but makes no contact while attempting to play a glance

Pitching on a good line and length. Willey rocks back and plays a bad defensive stroke

Pitched up, pitching outside off. Willey gets on the front foot and drives

Good length from van Beek, pitching near leg stump and angled across Breetzke. He gets on the back foot and guides a glance behind square for a single run.

Back of a length from Salisbury, outside leg. Willey goes back, and is hit on the pads while attempting to play a glance

Good line and length from Salisbury. Willey moves onto the front foot but makes no contact while trying to defend

Length ball, outside leg and angling across the batter. Willey goes back and plays a defensive stroke

Good length from Salisbury, outside off once more. Breetzke moves onto the back foot and punches a drive for 1 run through the off side.

Good length from Salisbury, pitching outside leg and angling across the batter. Willey rocks back and flicks a glance through the leg side field for 1 run.

Good line and length from Salisbury. Breetzke gets forward and glances behind square on the on side for 1 run.

Back of a length from van Beek, pitching outside off stump. Willey rocks back and drives shakily

Length ball, outside off once more. Willey pushes forward and defends

On a good length, pitching outside leg stump and angled across the batter. Willey rocks back and flicks a glance

On a good line and length from van Beek. Willey goes back and defends

Good length from van Beek, outside off stump. Willey rocks back but makes no contact while trying to play a late cut

Van Beek pitches one up, pitching outside off again. Willey gets on the front foot and eases a drive

On a good length, outside off. Breetzke moves onto the front foot and edges into their pads while attempting to defend

On a good line and length from Salisbury. Breetzke pushes forward and edges

FOUR! Good line and length. Breetzke gets on the back foot and glances for 4 runs back behind square.

Full, outside off. Willey pushes forward and outside edges behind point for a single run.

Good length from Salisbury, on leg stump and angling across Willey. He gets on the front foot but misses while attempting to defend

OUT! Salisbury gets the wicket! Full, pitching outside off again. Vasconcelos gets on the front foot and edges, and is caught by Rishi Patel

Good length, pitching outside off stump once again. Breetzke gets forward but plays and misses while trying to defend

Good length from van Beek, outside off. Breetzke gets on the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

Back of a length, outside off. Vasconcelos moves onto the back foot and cuts for a run.

FOUR! Full ball, outside off stump. Vasconcelos pushes forward and eases a drive through the off side field for four runs.

SIX! Van Beek pitches one up, outside leg and angling across the batter. Vasconcelos moves onto the front foot and lofts a drive for six runs on the leg side.

On a good length, pitching outside off stump. Vasconcelos rocks back and eases a bad drive

Good length from Scrimshaw, on leg stump and angled across Walker. He creates space and plays a pull for two runs.

FOUR! Good length, pitching outside off stump. Walker backs away and skies a drive for four runs.

Back of a length, pitching outside off stump. Salisbury moves onto the back foot and drives for 1 run.

OUT! Scrimshaw breaks through! Back of a length from Scrimshaw, on a good line. Van Beek goes back and plays a pull, but is caught back behind square.

Full, on line. Walker moves onto the front foot and plays a flick for a bye.

DROPPED! Full ball, outside leg and angled across. Walker gets forward and flicks for one run. A chance for a catch, but it's dropped by Procter.

Good length, pitching outside leg stump and angled across the batter. Walker pushes forward, and is hit on the pad while trying a drive

Good length from Willey, pitching outside leg and angling across the batter. Walker advances but swings and misses while attempting to play a drive

Back of a length, pitching outside leg stump. Van Beek moves onto the back foot and plays a pull for 1 run back behind square.

Length ball, outside off. Walker gets on the front foot and punches a drive on the off side for 1 run.

On a good length, pitching outside leg and angling across. Van Beek pushes forward and drives down the ground for one run.

Length ball, outside off stump. Walker advances and defends through the off side field.

MAXIMUM! Back of a length from Scrimshaw, on a good line again. Walker moves onto the back foot and skies a pull for a half dozen runs.

On a good line and length. Van Beek goes back and glances on the on side for one run.

Pitching on a good line and length. Walker moves onto the front foot and tucks a glance for a single run behind square.

Length ball, outside off stump. Van Beek rocks back and eases a drive for 1 run through the off side field.

On a good line and length. Walker pushes forward and tucks a glance for one run behind square.

Good length, pitching outside off again. Van Beek moves onto the front foot and defends

On a good length, outside off stump. Van Beek moves onto the front foot and punches a drive

Full, on leg stump and angling across the batter. Van Beek gets forward and flicks for a pair of runs back behind square.

Pitched up, pitching outside off stump once again. Walker gets on the front foot and drives for a single run on the off side.

Length ball, pitching outside off stump again. Van Beek moves onto the back foot and eases a drive for a run.

On a good length, outside off once more. Walker gets on the front foot and defends for one run behind point on the off side. The ball is misfielded by Sanderson costing Northamptonshire Steelbacks a single run.

Good length, outside off stump. Van Beek gets forward and punches a drive

Pitched up, pitching outside off stump once again. Van Beek gets on the front foot and punches a drive

Good length from Pope, outside off. Van Beek rocks back and punches a drive

Full ball, on line. Walker moves onto the front foot and punches a drive for 1 run.

OUT! Pope gets the wicket! Pitching on a good line and length. Scriven advances and lofts a shaky drive, and is caught down the ground.

Length ball, pitching outside off stump. Van Beek gets forward and plays a sweep for a run.

Full, pitching on leg and angled across van Beek. He pushes forward and plays a flick back behind square for a run.

FOUR! Good length from Bopara, pitching outside off. Van Beek gets on the back foot and outside edges back behind point for 4 runs.

Yorker, on line. Van Beek moves onto the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

Good length, pitching outside off once again. Van Beek gets forward and eases a wild drive

Bopara pitches one up, outside off stump. Scriven moves onto the front foot and drives for a single run.

Good line and length from Bopara. Van Beek gets forward and glances behind square on the on side for one run.

On a good length, pitching outside off. Scriven goes back and guides a cut

MAXIMUM! Full ball, pitching outside off once more. Scriven advances and drives for 6 runs over the off side field.

Good length from Pope, pitching outside off. Van Beek gets on the back foot and guides a cut for one run.

Good length, pitching outside off stump once more. Van Beek moves onto the front foot but makes no contact while trying to play a defensive stroke

Wide. Pitching far outside off.

On a good length, pitching outside off. Scriven shuffles down the pitch and inside edges for a run through the on side field.

Pope pitches one up, outside off stump. Van Beek gets on the front foot and eases a drive through the off side for a run.

Full ball, on a good line. Van Beek pushes forward and tucks a glance for one run through the on side field.

Good length, outside off stump once again. Van Beek gets on the front foot and drives

Good length, pitching outside off once again. Scriven gets on the front foot and plays a defensive stroke for a single run.

Back of a length, outside off again. Scriven steps away but misses while attempting to play a cut

Length ball, outside off again. Scriven gets on the back foot but misses while trying to play a cut

On a good length, outside off stump. Scriven goes back and drives for a couple of runs.

Back of a length from Procter, pitching outside off stump once again. Scriven rocks back and pulls for a run.

Length ball, outside off again. Scriven pushes forward and plays a defensive stroke

FOUR! Full ball, outside off stump once again. Scriven advances down the pitch and drives on the off side for four runs.

Procter pitches one up, outside off once again. Scriven pushes forward and punches a wild drive

On a good length, outside off once more. Van Beek pushes forward and guides a glance for a run.

Good length from Procter, pitching outside off stump. Van Beek moves onto the front foot, and is hit on the pad while attempting to defend. Northamptonshire Steelbacks appeal, however the umpire gives van Beek not out.

Pitched up, pitching outside off once again. Scriven moves onto the front foot and eases a drive for a single run.

Length ball, outside off once more. Scriven pushes forward but makes no contact while trying to play a drive

Good length from Scrimshaw, outside off stump once again. Van Beek moves onto the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

Back of a length from Scrimshaw, outside off once more. Van Beek moves onto the back foot and cuts for a couple of runs behind point.

Back of a length from Scrimshaw, outside off stump. Van Beek rocks back and guides a shaky cut

MAXIMUM! Short of a length, outside off stump. Van Beek rocks back and cuts for six runs behind point.

Back of a length from Scrimshaw, pitching outside off stump once again. Van Beek gets on the back foot and cuts for a couple of runs back through point.

Back of a length, pitching outside off. Van Beek goes back and inside edges

On a good length, outside off stump. Scriven goes back but plays and misses while trying to defend

OUT! Caught. Good length, outside off stump once more. Trevaskis advances and outside edges, and is caught by McManus

On a good length, pitching outside leg stump and angling across. Trevaskis advances and guides a glance

Good length from Sanderson, outside off. Trevaskis moves onto the back foot and punches a drive

FOUR! Length ball, pitching outside leg stump and angling across the batter. Trevaskis advances down the pitch and flicks for 4 runs behind square.

Sanderson pitches one up, on line. Trevaskis gets on the front foot and eases a drive

On a good length, pitching outside off once again. Van Beek moves onto the back foot and drives

Back of a length, pitching outside leg and angling across. Trevaskis gets on the back foot and glances for 1 run behind square on the on side.

Full ball, on a good line. Van Beek gets on the front foot and drives down the ground for three runs.

Wide. Scrimshaw pitches one up, pitching well down the leg side. Van Beek moves onto the front foot but misses while trying to play a flick

Back of a length, outside leg. Trevaskis pushes forward and glances back behind square for one run.

Good length, outside off stump once again. Van Beek gets on the back foot and drives for a single run through the off side.

Short of a length, pitching outside leg and angled across Trevaskis. He moves onto the back foot and flicks a glance on the on side for a run.

Good length from Sanderson, outside off once again. Van Beek pushes forward but misses while attempting to play a defensive shot

OUT! Sanderson gets the wicket! On a good length, outside off stump once again. Ben Cox rocks back, and is hit on the pads while attempting a glance. The umpire raises the finger, there's no review, and Ben Cox is on his way

Good length from Sanderson, outside off again. Ben Cox pushes forward and plays a defensive stroke

Length ball, pitching outside off once again. Ben Cox gets forward and flicks a glance

On a good length, pitching outside off again. Ben Cox gets on the front foot and plays a defensive stroke

FOUR! Length ball, outside off stump. Ben Cox rocks back and plays a cut for four runs.

FOUR! Full, pitching outside off. Trevaskis gets on the front foot and punches a drive for four runs.

Length ball, outside off stump. Trevaskis gets forward but makes no contact while attempting to play a drive

Good length from Willey, pitching outside off stump. Trevaskis moves onto the front foot and punches a drive

Length ball, pitching outside off stump. Trevaskis gets on the front foot but swings and misses while attempting a drive

On a good length, pitching outside off stump. Trevaskis moves onto the front foot and finesses a glance

Full ball, on line. Trevaskis gets forward and drives

Length ball, outside off. Ben Cox gets forward and edges

Length ball, pitching outside off stump. Ben Cox gets on the back foot and drives

Pitched up, pitching outside leg stump and angled across Trevaskis. He pushes forward and glances on the leg side for a single run.

On a good length, pitching outside off stump once more. Trevaskis goes back but decides to just let it pass through to McManus unchallenged

OUT! Sanderson breaks through! Good length, outside off again. Hill gets on the back foot and cuts sloppily, and is caught by Bartlett

Good length, outside off stump. Hill gets on the front foot and outside edges for a pair of runs behind point on the off side.

OUT! Bowled. Full ball, pitching on leg and angling across. Budinger gets forward but misses while attempting to play a drive, the stumps are disturbed, and Budinger has to go

FOUR! On a good length, pitching outside off stump. Budinger gets forward and edges for 4 runs back behind point.

Good length, outside off. Budinger gets forward and plays a defensive stroke

FOUR! On a good length, outside off stump. Budinger gets on the front foot and drives for four runs on the off side.

On a good length, pitching outside off stump. Budinger gets forward but misses while trying to defend

Willey pitches one up, on leg stump and angling across. Hill gets on the front foot and edges back behind square for 1 run.

Good length, pitching outside off stump. Budinger pushes forward and defends

Pitched up, pitching on leg and angled across the batter. Hill pushes forward and flicks back behind square for a single run.

Wide. Full, pitching on leg once again. Hill moves onto the front foot but makes no contact while trying to play a flick

Sanderson pitches one up, pitching near leg stump. Hill gets on the front foot, and is hit on the pad while trying to play a flick

OUT! Sanderson breaks through! Good length, outside off once more. Shan Masood gets on the front foot and edges, and is brilliantly caught by Vasconcelos

Full ball, outside leg and angled across. Shan Masood gets forward and flicks for two runs back behind square.

On a good length, pitching outside off. Shan Masood moves onto the back foot but allows it to through to the wicketkeeper

Full ball, outside off. Shan Masood gets forward and eases a drive for 1 run.

Full, outside off. Shan Masood moves onto the front foot and eases a drive

OUT! Willey gets the wicket! Full, pitching on a good line again. Kimber pushes forward but makes no contact while trying a drive, the ball gets through, and Kimber is bowled

Full, pitching on a good line. Kimber gets on the front foot and drives

Pitched up, pitching outside leg stump and angling across. Kimber moves onto the front foot and plays a flick for a pair of runs.

OUT! What a start for Northamptonshire Steelbacks, as Willey breaks through! Good length from Willey, pitching outside leg and angling across. Rishi Patel pushes forward and finesses a glance, but is caught by Bopara