Jeremy Casey

Sports editor of the Northampton Chronicle & Echo. Father of three, balding, struggling in waist department, likes a pint. Oh, and is now getting on a bit...

[Peter Short @NorthantsLegend]

NORTHANTS WIN! That's 3 from 3 in the @VitalityBlast. A superb fifer from James Sales, the Steelbacks backed it up with the bat - a bludgeoned 91 partnership from the Aussie pair of Lynn and McSweeney sent a lot of people home happy!

@TheRealCase @JakeSharpeBBC @thecricketdraft

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

@mmac74 Yeah. Has more gears to move into as well I reckon

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

50-up for Nathan McSweeney from just 32 balls

Absolute quality

#ncc

[Northampton Sport @chronsport]

Lynn and McSweeney 'never gave us a sniff' admits Gloucestershire all-rounder Price #nccc @VitalityBlast

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[Northampton Sport @chronsport]

Lehmann hails 'fantastic' Steelbacks as Gloucestershire are swept aside in Blast #nccc @VitalityBlast

Pictures by @NorthantsLegend

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[Jon Mundy @Flapper66]

@TheRealCase And @Gloscricket providing some retro fielding - a throwback to the 70s #Horrendous

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

Northants win by seven wickets...

Statement performance against a team that had won their opening two matches

Sales brilliant, Lynn powerful, McSweeney quality

#nccc

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

WICKET... Chris Lynn goes for 69 from 36 balls, hitting six fours and five sixes...

Steelbacks 130-2 off 12.4

#nccc

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

12 overs: Steelbacks 125-1 - 40 needed off eight

Lynn 65 from 33
McSweeney 40 from 27

#nccc

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

10 overs: Steelbacks 103-1 - 62 needed off 10 to win

Lynn 50no from 27
McSweeney 35no from 21

Glos were 74-2

#nccc

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

Steelbacks 59-1 at the end of the six-over powerplay, Vasconcelos the man out

Lynn dropped by Short on 23

Gloucestershire were 42-2 at the same stage

#nccc

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

Steelbacks reply underway... 165 needed off 20 overs #nccc

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

20 overs: Gloucestershire 164-9... excellent final over for the visitors with 14 coming off it, bowled by George Scrimshaw

Could be a testing total for the Steelbacks

#nccc

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

@wadeycobbler Yep. Pretty impressive again tonight

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

Sales finishes with five for 21... brilliant performance

Gloucestershire 125-6 with four overs remaining

#nccc

[Lee Wade @wadeycobbler]

@TheRealCase Gonna be an interesting chase. They look good for 160 plus.

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

Five wickets for James Sales!!

Traps Ben Charlesworth in front for 49 with the first ball of the 16th over and his figures read 5-11 from 3.1 overs!

Gloucestershire are 115-6

#nccc

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

Two wickets in the 12th over for 'golden arm' Sales! Price and Taylor out

Gloucestershire 90-4

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[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

10 overs: Gloucestershire are 74-2 at the halfway point... Charlesworth 21 from 15 and Price 17 from 21 #nccc

[Jeremy Casey @TheRealCase]

Six overs: Gloucestershire 42-2 at the end of the powerplay... two wickets for James Sales who is bowling fast and straight!

Dangermen Miles Hammond and D'Arcy Short the men out, both clean bowled #nccc