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Vitality Blast T20 Birmingham Bears, Kent record fourth win

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Birmingham Bears and Kent recorded their fourth wins of the ongoing Vitality Blast T20 tournament to take the top spot in their respective groups.


Birmingham Bears helped by a top knock of 79 from Will Rhodes defeated Leicestershire by 35 runs at Leicester while in the low scoring game Kent got the better of Glamorgan by 40 runs at Cardiff.


Meanwhile Jinny Bairstow slammed 112 to steer Yorkshire record a convincing 93 runs win over Worcester  at Worcester.

Results:

At Leicester – Birmingham Bears won by 35 runs
Birmingham Bears: 190 for 7 in 20 overs (Will Rhodes 79, Sam Han 45, Pieter Malan 22: Ben Mike 4 for 22, Naveen-ul-Haq 2 for 20)
Leicestershire: 155 in 20 overs (Scott Steel 46, Rishi Patel 30,Lewis Hill 26 n.o.: Tim Bresnan 3 for 29, Danny Briggs 3 for 35, Carlos Brathwaite 2 for 26)
At Cardiff – Kent won by 40 runs
Kent: 144 for 7 in 20 overs (Sam Billings 30, Jordan Cox 32 n.o.: Dan Douthwaite 2 for 17, Marnus Labuschagne 2 for 22, Prem Sisodiya 2 for 28)
Glamorgan: 104 in 17.3 overs (James Weighell 24, Marnus Labuschagne 22: Matt Milnes 5 for 22, Grant Stewart 2 for 19)
At Worcester – Yorkshire won by 94 runs
Yorkshire: 216 for 6 in 20 overs (Jonny Bairstow 112, Tom Kohler-Cadmore 53, Harry Brook 22: Ben Dwarshuis 4 for 31)
Worcestershire: 122 in 16.3 overs (Moeen Ali 39, Riki Wessels 32, Ross Whiteley 30: Adil Rashid 3 for 32, Matthew Fisher 2 for 15, David Willey 2 for 17, Dom Bess 2 for 30)-MSA