Summary

  • Opening night of 2022 T20 Blast competition

  • Yorkshire Vikings beat Worcestershire Rapids by seven wickets

  • Harry Brook's 60 not out takes Yorkshire to target of 173

  • Somerset ease to eight-wicket win at 2021 champions Kent Spitfires

  • Kent make 162-6, Rilee Rossouw's 81 not out sees Somerset home

Live Reporting

Josef Rindl and Gary Smee

  1. 6 runs

    Kent 162-6 v Somerset 69-2 (10.3 overs)

    That will help things.

    Rilee Rossouw smashes Qais Ahmad for a maximum on the off-side.

  2. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 63-2 (10.1 overs)

    The rate has snuck above 10 per over.

  3. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 62-2 (10 overs)

    Excellent over from Jack Leaning, just four from it.

    Somerset need another 101 runs to win at the halfway stage.

  4. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 58-2 (9 overs)

    Back to Canterbury, spin continues with Jack Leaning.

    He starred with the bat. Can he do the same with the ball?

  5. YORKSHIRE BEAT WORCESTERSHIRE
    Breaking

    Yorkshire Vikings (175-3) beat Worcestershire Rapids (172-9) by seven wickets

    Harry Brook finishes the game with a flick for four to end on 60 off just 27 balls.

    Joe Root anchored things with an unbeaten 35.

    A dominant start to their 2022 T20 Blast campaign from the Vikings.

    Harry Brook Joe RootGetty Images

  6. Yorkshire need two off 12 balls

    Yorks 171-3 (18 overs, target 173) v Worcs

    A wayward over from an out-of-sorts Pat Brown costs 12, including a reverse sweep to the rope from Joe Root.

    This will be done very shortly...

  7. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 58-2 (9 overs)

    Just three runs off Qais Ahmad's opening over.

  8. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 56-2 (8.3 overs)

    One run from Qais' first three balls.

  9. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 55-2 (8 overs)

    Qais Ahmad has been introduced. We're gonna have some wrist spin.

  10. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 55-2 (8 overs)

    12 overs to go. 108 needed.

  11. Yorkshire need 14 off 18 balls

    Yorks 159-3 (17 overs, target 173) v Worcs

    Charlie Morris concedes just four singles off his over, but it's too little too late for the Rapids.

  12. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 54-2 (7.4 overs)

    The 50 comes up with a single before new batter Tom Abell pulls Stewart for four.

  13. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 49-2 (7.1 overs)

    Rilee Rossouw keeps the pressure ticking with a four off Grant Stewart's first of the over.

  14. 50 runs

    for Brook

    Yorks 156-3 (16.2 overs) v Worcs 172-9

    A 23-ball fifty for Harry Brook with four fours and three sixes.

    Should this Yorkshire batter be in England's starting XI against New Zealand next week for the first Test?

    Harry BrookGetty Images
  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Smeed c Cox b Klaassan 21 (Kent 162-6 v Somerset 45-2)

    Will Smeed doesn't get enough on a biggy and launches Fred Klaassan straight to deep-midwicket.

    The game's in the balance again.

  16. Vikings need 18 off 24 balls

    Yorks 155-3 (16 overs) v Worcs 172-9

    Ridiculous batting from Harry Brook.

    First he flicks Ed Barnard away for four through the tiniest of gaps in the field and then slaps him for a flat six into the off-side.

    Brook up to 49 off 21 balls, Yorkshire are cruising home.

  17. Kent 162-6 v Somerset 41-1 (6.3 overs)

    Fred Klaassen returns to the attack. Three runs off his first three deliveries.

  18. Kent (162-6) v Somerset 38-1 (6 overs)

    End of the Powerplay.

    I'd say it's advantage Somerset. They're only the one wicket down.

  19. Vikings need 32 off 30 balls

    Yorkshire 141-3 (15 overs) v Worcs 172-9

    Joe Root strokes Dillon Pennington for back-to-back fours in an over that eventually costs 11 runs.

    Root and Harry Brook have taken this game away from the Rapids in just a few overs.

  20. Kent (162-6) v Somerset 37-1 (5.4 overs)

    And just like that Rilee Rossouw smashes the ball for four.

    Quick hands.