Cricket

McDermott's unbeaten 63 brings Lancs' first Blast win

By AAP Newswire

May 26, 2026

Hobart Hurricane's Ben McDermott has smashed an unbeaten 63 from 27 balls to help Lancashire to their first English Blast victory of the season, a 39-run win over Nottinghamshire.

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The Aussie batter let loose after his side chose to bat first, and he was well supported by half-centuries from captain Keaton Jennings (51) and Matty Hurst (57) as Lancashire finished on 4-208.

McDermott, who made just 12 on his Lancashire debut in a weekend defeat by Surrey, found his feet in spectacular fashion, locating the Old Trafford boundary 10 times.

Tom Hartley then took four wickets as Lancashire put Nottinghamshire to the sword.

Nottinghamshire captain Joe Clarke scored 21 before being bowled by Hartley and George Munsey added 37, with the home bowlers then taking control.

The batting efforts of another Aussie, Daniel Hughes, were not enough to save Sussex from a seven-wicket defeat by Kent.

The Bathurst-born 37-year-old hit 26 to help Sussex finish on 6-197 but the batting star of the day was Kent's Zak Crawley.

Dropped from the England Test squad earlier in May, the 28-year-old cracked an unbeaten 75 from 41 balls to see Kent pass the target with 10 balls to spare.