Northamptonshire Steelbacks’ players deserve more credit for their T20 Blast performances, according to captain David Willey. A 10-run win over Birmingham Bears on Wednesday made it six wins from their opening six games of the competition. They are top of the North Group in which seven victories last season was enough to qualify for the...
Willey bowled Northants to their first T20 title in 2013 with a hat-trick in the final and the Steelbacks lifted the trophy again in 2016. And he believes the arrival of Australian Darren Lehmann as head coach will help them challenge again after reaching the quarter-finals last year. Willey previously played under Lehmann in The...