Australian vast-hitter Chris Lynn has persisted his purple patch with one more unbeaten century for his county side as Northamptonshire Steelbacks cruised past Worcestershire Rapids by 73 runs in the T20 Blast.
Opener Lynn struck 113 no longer out from 57 balls, despite batting with a runner for fragment of his innings on Thursday, to equal his top doubtless ranking in T20 cricket and region up Northamptonshire’s third straight victory.
It used to be a 2nd Blast hundred for Lynn, who averages nearly 95 in the match so far, and his 2nd-wicket stand of 115 with skipper Josh Cobb laid the foundations for their side’s winning total of three-220 at Wantage Street.
Worcestershire, who appreciate now misplaced six of their seven suits, never looked be pleased getting shut and subsided to 147 all out, with Cobb claiming occupation-easiest figures of 5-25.
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Besides two isolated sixes off Dillon Pennington, Lynn looked pretty sedate early on.
Nonetheless he began to uncover into his bound after the powerplay, dispatching two astronomical maximums over midwicket to bring up his half-century from 25 balls.
Despite being hampered by a niggle that intended he wanted a runner, Lynn persisted unabated, clattering Ed Barnard for 3 consecutive sixes and advancing to his hundred.