Vitality T20 Blast 2024 Most runs and Most Wickets after Kent vs Glamorgan (Updated) ft. Sam Billings and David Payne

The Vitality T20 Blast 2024 made its return after a two-day hiatus on July 16 with a South Group match between Kent and Glamorgan at Canterbury’s St Lawrence Ground.

In a rain-curtailed 13-over game, Glamorgan charted a staggering 145/6 courtesy of a 26-ball half-century from Marnus Labuschagne. Glamorgan’s cause was also assisted by 18 extras sent down by Kent bowlers, as well as a fiery 13-ball 26 cracked by middle-order batter Colin Ingram.

For Kent, Nathan Gilchrist snapped two wickets to finish with a tight three-over spell of 2/21. His teammates Marcus O'Riordan and Joey Evison also seized a wicket each, albeit at the cost of expensive short spells in the high-scoring Glamorgan innings.

In response, Kent batters fought valiantly despite losing both openers within the first five overs to Dan Douthwaite (1/22) and Mason Crane (1/35). Captain Sam Billings at number four smacked four boundaries and a six off the 17 deliveries he faced to score 33 before he became the first of Timm van der Gugten’s two Kent victims of the day.

Tom Rogers flogged 31* off 12 towards the end but Kent eventually fell 13 runs short of Glamorgan.

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Vitality Blast 2024 Most Runs List

Essex top-order star Michael Pepper remains the only batter to tally above 500 runs so far and top the overall run-scoring race. He is followed by Sam Hain (461 runs) and Daniel Hughes (451 runs) for the next two slots.

Yorkshire’s Dawid Malan takes the fourth spot with 420 runs, while Leicestershire’s Rishi Patel rounds up the top five with 406 runs from 12 innings. Rising English star and explosive Somerset batter Tom Banton finds himself just two runs below Patel’s 406-run tally to be ranked sixth on the list.

Kent skipper Sam Billings gained three runs to jump to number seven on the 2024 T20 Blast leading run-scorer’s list after cracking 33 against Glamorgan on July 16. Dan Mousley (364 runs), Matthew Breetzke (363 runs) and Miles Hammond (362 runs) slipped to number eight, nine and ten respectively owing to Billings’ fiery cameo.

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Vitality Blast 2024 Most Wickets List

David Payne with 24 wickets and Danny Briggs with 22 wickets remain two of the most successful bowlers of the ongoing 2024 Vitality T20 Blast season. The two cricketers are followed by Luke Hollman, Matt Taylor and Tymal Mills with 21 wickets each to their credit.

Glamorgan’s Mason Crane picked up a wicket against Kent to jump on par with sixth-placed Ben Raine and eighth-ranked Scott Currie. Durham’s Nathan Sowter and Derbyshire’s Pat Brown take the final two slots on the top 10 bowlers list with 17 scalps each.