Leicestershire 169 for 3 (Kimber 55*, Ackermann 33*) beat Durham 168 for six (Robinson 69*, Turner 46, Hull 3-35) by seven wickets

Leicestershire Foxes ended a five-game dropping run within the Vitality Blast to safe their first win of the marketing campaign, beating Durham by seven wickets at Seat Unique Riverside.

The Foxes made a strong begin with the ball and restricted the Durham openers to solely 19 from the opening three overs. Hull then arrived into the assault and made instant inroads, bursting by Alex Lees' defences earlier than Graham Clark knicked off handy the left-armer his first two T20 wickets.

Robinson countered towards Hull's second over, scoring three fours in a row, to permit the hosts to maneuver to 40 for two on the finish of the powerplay. Michael Jones struggled for timing and in his bid to chop unfastened he introduced Naveen-ul-Haq along with his first wicket, selecting out Rehan Ahmed at level.

Turner supplied the foil that Robinson wanted so as to add impetus to the Durham innings, elevating the run fee, with a powerful array of photographs across the floor. Turner discovered his vary to attain the primary six of the match, sweeping Ahmed over mid-wicket.

The England man went wicketless because the Durham batters focused the leg-spinner to maneuver the hosts into a robust place heading into the closing overs. Robinson highlighted his glorious Blast kind, scoring his third fifty in 4 innings. Turner and Robinson shared a partnership value 80 earlier than Hull returned to prise out the Australian lbw for a 25-ball knock of 46.

Naveen and Shah mixed to halt the Durham cost past 170, regardless of a career-best from Robinson, as the ultimate two overs price simply 14 runs.

The Foxes made a fast begin to the run chase as Hill and Nick Welch capitalised on unfastened bowling within the powerplay, racing to their fifty stand within the fifth over. Welch blasted 30 off 15 balls, however Wayne Parnell discovered his inside edge to cease the Leicestershire assault.

Debutant Luke Robinson loved a direct influence, hanging along with his third ball to bowl Hill for 25, providing the house facet a method again into the competition. The 19-year-old notched his second wicket as Rishi Patel picked out Lees to place the stress again on the Foxes. But, the guests responded as skipper Ackermann used his expertise to seek out gaps within the area to maneuver his group again in keeping with the required fee.

Kimber joined his skipper and struck the ball cleanly to permit the Foxes to surge in direction of the victory whole, reaching their fifty partnership in simply 28 balls. Kimber took on the mantle to energy his group over the road along with his second T20 blast fifty, smashing three sixes, together with an enormous strike off Parnell into the pavilion, getting Leicestershire off the mark within the competitors.