In a T20 Blast match played on Thursday, 24-year-old wicket-keeper batsman Jordan Cox stunned everyone with his explosive batting. Cox completed his century with just fours and sixes in this innings, which is considered very rare and special in the T20 format.
Sports News: In the T20 Blast 2025 match played on Thursday, Essex wicket-keeper batsman Jordan Cox performed a feat that surprised the whole world. Scoring 110 runs off 22 balls seems like a dream, but Cox turned this dream into reality. Thanks to his explosive innings, Essex defeated Hampshire by 4 wickets with 4 balls remaining.
Hampshire Had Posted a Huge Score of 220
Batting first, Hampshire posted a massive score of 220 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. For the team, Toby Albert scored 84 runs, and Hilton Cartwright smashed 56 runs off just 23 balls. Cartwright's innings included 5 sixes and 3 fours. It seemed that Hampshire would win this match easily, but Essex's Jordan Cox changed everything.
Jordan Cox Played a Historic Innings
For Essex, the innings was started by Michael Pepper (23 runs) and Paul Walter (13 runs), but both could not score big. After this, Jordan Cox came to the field and blew away the Hampshire bowlers. Cox played an unbeaten innings of 139 runs in just 60 balls. His strike rate was 231.67. In this innings, he hit 11 fours and 11 sixes. That is, he scored 110 runs off just 22 balls.
- 11 Fours = 44 Runs (in 11 balls)
- 11 Sixes = 66 Runs (in 11 balls)
In this way, he scored 110 runs in just 22 balls. He scored the remaining runs in 38 balls. Thanks to his innings, Essex won the match with 4 balls remaining.
Here's How the Exciting Match Result Was
In reply to Hampshire's 220 runs, Essex scored 222 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Apart from Cox's innings, no other batsman could play a big innings, but Essex turned the match around on his own. Despite this brilliant victory, Essex remains at the bottom of the South Group points table.
Essex has played 13 matches so far. It has won only 3 and lost 9. Essex, led by captain Simon Harmer, now has 14 points. On the other hand, this was Hampshire's sixth defeat of the season. The team has 7 wins and 7 losses in 14 matches. Hampshire, captained by Chris Wood, is in third place in the points table with 30 points.
