Surrey 157 for 4 (Jacks 83*) beat Hampshire 156 for 4 (Vince 88*) by six wickets

James Vince became the Vitality Blast's all-time leading run-scorer but Will Jacks spoiled his night with 83 not out as Surrey beat Hampshire by six wickets.

Vince overtook former Sussex star Luke Wright to reach 5054 runs in 169 matches with a superlative-ridden 88 not out as Hampshire totted up 156.

But Jacks smashed eight maximums in an incredible riposte in a match dominated by one batter on either side as Surrey extended their unbeaten run, going back to 2015, over Hampshire to 11 matches.

For Surrey it got them back to winning ways after defeat to Sussex Sharks, while defending champions Hampshire have lost two of their first three matches.

Having been stuck in, Vince was forced to wait 17 balls before he finally faced a ball, and he only saw eight balls in the Powerplay - which saw Ben McDermott smash 18 before skying to square leg.

Even when he got a go, things were less than fluent between him and Tom Prest, with a pacy hybrid pitch helping the ball skid past the edges and made timing tricky.

There were hallmark Vince moments in there though, a powerful cover drive some swiveled pulls and he earned a life on 13 when Chris Jordan's full stretch over his shoulder only pushed to the boundary.

His fifty, his 57th in T20s, came in 37 balls, with the 83 stand with scratchy Prest forming the basis of the Hampshire total. Prest would get stumped for a run-a-ball 33 and Joe Weatherley and Ross Whiteley came and went but the moment was Vince's.

He overtook Wright in the most Vince way possible, a cover drive. When the stadium announcer Kris Temple informed the crowd of the record he reticently waved before dispatching the largest of his three evening sixes as a more apt celebration.

He is now the 18th-highest run scorer in T20 history, and a rare name on the top run scorer list never to have played in the IPL. He boasts the two best Blast seasons. And depending on the future of the Blast, his record may not be bettered.

Vince ended up with exactly the same unbeaten 88 as against Middlesex on Friday night, and had almost single-handily guided Hampshire to a slightly under-par score - despite facing less than half the balls.

Laurie Evans and Sam Curran also struggled to time the ball consistently and came and went, but Jacks found ways to power over the boundary. He flicked James Fuller over square leg before giving himself space to pump Nathan Ellis over extra cover.

Mason Crane was next for the Jacks six-hitting showcase with a pair of heaves leg side as he arrived at his half-century in 36 balls, but soon saw Sam Curran stumped.

Sunil Narine hit a six then holed out but Jacks continued his onslaught of Crane with a trio of sixes to swing the game toward the visitors. Jamie Smith assisted the cause with a 64-run stand with Jacks. It was fitting that Jacks scored the winning run with seven balls to spare.

Birmingham Bears 202 for 6 (Yates 71, Hain 48*, Davies 46) beat Northamptonshire XXX (Vasconcelos 65, Miles 4-29) by 21 runs

Rob Yates hit his highest T20 score as Birmingham Bears posted an imposing 202 for six against Northamptonshire Steelbacks to set up their fourth straight win in this year's Vitality Blast by 21 runs.

Yates scored 71 off 53 balls (eight fours, one six) and shared a 100-run opening partnership with Alex Davis (46 off 29 balls) a record for the Bears against the Steelbacks.

Freddie Heldreich stemmed the flow of runs by removing Davies and Australian dangerman Glenn Maxwell for 0 in the space of two balls, but while AJ Tye picked up two wickets in the closing overs, Sam Hain blasted 48 off just 27 balls to push the Bears past 200.

Northamptonshire's chase got off to a flying start with Ricardo Vasconcelos hitting 65 off 39 balls (13 fours) but despite enterprising innings from captain David Willey (33) and Lewis McManus (29), wickets fell at regular intervals with Craig Miles returning career best T20 bowling figures of four for 29.

Willey conceded just a single off a tight opening over before Yates and Davies went on the offensive. Davies (five fours, one six) rode his luck amid a flurry of aggressive shots as the Bears reached 55 at the end of the Powerplay.

Davies offered a difficult chance on 23 which Tye couldn't hold onto running back. He then miscued Tom Taylor over the keeper's head before Taylor himself put down a straightforward chance off Heldreich.

In between those moments of fortune he mixed some classic drives and late cuts with huge shots over the infield, swinging James Sales high over deep square leg for the first six of the innings.

Yates who had capitalised early on with consecutive boundaries off stray legside balls from Taylor, duly reached his half-century off 38 balls. He brought up the Bears' 100 at the halfway mark by striking Tye for four and then swinging him high over fine leg for an big six.

But Heldreich held his nerve to strike with the first two balls of the eleventh over. First Davies was sharply stumped by McManus before Maxwell was well caught by Tye on the boundary as he aimed a big six down the ground.

Yates was joined by Hain in a stand of 49, the former disdainfully smashing Taylor straight down the ground and smacking him through the covers for consecutive boundaries before meting out similar treatment to Heldreich. Yates' innings finally ended when he pulled Willey high to deep midwicket where Cobb took a stunning leaping catch.

The next two wickets both fell to boundary catches by Taylor off Tye removing Dan Mousley, and Chris Benjamin. Ed Barnard fell to a boundary catch off Willey in the penultimate over before Hain struck Tye for four and a six in the final over to take the Bears past 200.

Vasconcelos motored through his innings. He punched dismissively down the ground and cut powerfully as he reached his half-century off 30 balls. He was particularly severe on Mousley, hitting him for three consecutive boundaries in his first over and two in his second.

Such was Vasconcelos' dominance that Chris Lynn only made 7 out of their opening stand of 41 in 4.2 overs before the Australian was caught off Miles before Josh Cobb also fell cheaply to Mousley.

Vasconcelos looked well set before he sliced one from Miles straight to point with the hosts 81 for three in the tenth over. Saif Zaib played a cameo of 14 but was caught off Miles.

Willey and McManus put on 35 in 3.3 overs before the skipper was caught off Briggs at backward point. McManus picked up the mantle, carving Maxwell away for six and a four before he was caught on the boundary attempting another big shot. When Graeme White became Miles' fourth victim, the game was almost over.

Rashid Khan has been ruled out of the first two ODIs against Sri Lanka with a lower-back injury. The Afghanistan Cricket Board stated that "he will remain under full medical observation, and is expected to return for the final ODI on June 7".

The three-match series begins on June 2, with the second game to be played two days later at the same ground. Just seven days after the ODI series, Afghanistan are scheduled to play a one-off Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram.

Noor also had a successful IPL stint for Titans, grabbing 16 wickets from 13 games at an economy of 7.82. However, he has played only one ODI and one T20I for Afghanistan.

Last month, Afghanistan announced a strong 15-member squad, led by Hashmatullah Shahidi, for the Sri Lanka ODIs.

Having sealed direct qualification for the upcoming ODI World Cup, Afghanistan will be looking at this series to get their preparations going for the marquee event. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, will treat it as a build-up for the Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe, starting on June 18.

During Adams' time as director of cricket, the West Indies men's team endured a difficult time on the field. They haven't reached the knockout stages of an ICC tournament since winning the T20 World Cup in 2016, and have finished second from bottom in both the 2019-21 and 2021-23 World Test Championships. Based on the recommendations of an independent review panel instituted after the team's first-round exit from the 2022 T20 World Cup, CWI appointed format-specific coaches for the senior men's team: Andre Coley for Test cricket and Daren Sammy for white-ball cricket.

Purdue star center Zach Edey, the consensus National Player of the Year, announced Wednesday that he is withdrawing his name from the NBA draft and returning to the Boilermakers for another season.

Edey initially entered his name into the draft in mid-April and had until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday to make a final decision. This marks the second season in a row that the men's college basketball player of the year has opted to return to college instead of turn pro, after Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe did so last year.

A 7-foot-4 center from Canada, Edey was the most dominant player in the sport last season. He averaged 22.9 points and 12.9 rebounds and shot 60.7% from the field -- ranking sixth in scoring, second in rebounds and 21st in field goal percentage. Edey also averaged more than two blocked shots per game. He scored at least 30 points on eight occasions, including 38 points and 13 rebounds in a late-January win over Michigan State. Edey scored in double figures in every game last season and had 28 double-doubles.

Edey, who will be a senior this fall, made tremendous strides in his three years in West Lafayette under Matt Painter, entering college as an unranked recruit coming out of high school. Despite his college production and accolades, Edey wasn't projected to be selected in the first round of next month's NBA draft. He's ranked No. 47 in ESPN's 2023 NBA draft rankings, slotting in as the No. 4 center.

With Edey leading the way, Purdue was ranked No. 1 in the polls for parts of last season, while winning both the Big Ten regular-season and conference tournament championships. The Boilermakers earned a 1-seed in the NCAA tournament before being shocked by 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round.

Painter's team should be back in the mix for a top-five preseason ranking, with all five starters coming back to West Lafayette.

DENVER -- Victor Wembanyama's NBA summer debut might come in Sacramento.

The San Antonio Spurs, who hold the No. 1 pick in the June 22 draft and are widely expected to choose Wembanyama, are among six teams that will play in Sacramento at the California Classic, one of the smaller summer leagues that precede the one in which all NBA teams participate in Las Vegas.

Also in the California Classic: the Charlotte Hornets, who hold the No. 2 draft pick. The Spurs and Hornets will open their schedules in Sacramento against each other, meaning the No. 1 and No. 2 picks in the draft could face off in their summer league opener -- just not in Las Vegas.

"This event is the perfect kick-off to the NBA Summer League, giving fans the opportunity to watch the next generation of basketball talent and enjoy a world-class entertainment experience," Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé said.

The event in Sacramento starts July 3, or four days before the one in Las Vegas. San Antonio plays Charlotte in Sacramento on July 3, with the other matchups that day being Miami against the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State taking on the Kings.

On July 5, Golden State plays Charlotte, San Antonio plays the Lakers and Miami faces Sacramento.

The NBA summer league in Las Vegas starts July 7.

UConn junior guard Andre Jackson Jr. -- an immense part of the Huskies' run to the national championship -- plans to remain in the June NBA draft, he told ESPN on Wednesday.

Jackson is one of the early entry candidates who had until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday to make a decision on whether to remain in the draft or return to college basketball.

"My time at UCONN has been filled with ups and downs but through it all I built relationships with my teammates, coaches, friends and fans that will last forever," Jackson wrote on Twitter Wednesday night. "I've made so many memories playing in that jersey and I will miss it. But I'll always be a husky. Thank you."

He is on team draft boards beginning in the mid-20s and is expected to be selected anywhere from there through the early second round, team executives told ESPN. Jackson has been projected to be picked 32nd overall by the Indiana Pacers in the latest mock draft by ESPN NBA draft analyst Jonathan Givony.

Jackson participated in the NBA draft combine and had individual workouts with several teams, including Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Indiana and Portland.

As much as any player in the 2023 NCAA tournament, Jackson built momentum toward becoming a potential first-round pick with a stalwart junior season. At 6-foot-6, his creative and unselfish playmaking, multi-positional defense and leadership intangibles were prominent throughout the UConn's dominant march to the program's fifth NCAA title.

Jackson, who averaged 6.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 1.3 steals in the tournament, still hasn't shown himself to be a reliable perimeter shooter, but he did show improvement last season. His value to NBA teams could come in a multitude of other ways, especially his disruptive defense and playmaking abilities.

UConn coach Dan Hurley credited Jackson's leadership in getting the team through a tough midseason patch and back on track toward the national championship. He's called Jackson a great "connector of people."

DENVER -- The Miami Heat understand that if they want to win the 2023 NBA championship, they are going to have to slow down Nikola Jokic. They know the challenge of doing that has proved to be difficult for the rest of the league, but it's an assignment they believe they are ready for heading into Game 1 of the NBA Finals against Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night.

"He's very unique," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Wednesday. "He doesn't really have any noticeable weaknesses in terms of his size, his skill set. He's one of one in the myriad of ways that he can impact the game and impact winning."

In order to make the two-time MVP's life on the floor more difficult, Heat star Jimmy Butler and his teammates know they must keep an eye on the big man everywhere he goes.

"Guarding him as a team with all five guys," Butler said. "He does everything so well, and we're going to have to be in the gaps, we're going to have to gang rebound. We can't have defensive lapses. We're just going to have to get after it. I think at the end of the day, he's a major key, as DJ Khaled would say, and we're going to have to lock in."

Heat center Bam Adebayo figures to get the majority of the time guarding Jokic. Heat big men Kevin Love and Cody Zeller didn't play much at all at the end of the Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics, but Spoelstra said that matchups and minutes could unfold differently in this series. For his part, Adebayo reiterated that the key in guarding Jokic is making him take difficult shots.

"Force him into tough shots, and live with the result," Adebayo said. "That's the biggest thing for me. I feel like this is one of those series where he becomes very dangerous when you let his teammates get involved, and he can make those incredible passes and end up with 12 assists."

For his part, Jokic doesn't seem too concerned about how the Heat will defend him -- man-to-man or a zone defense, which they have employed at various points throughout the postseason.

"You're going to see tomorrow," Jokic said Wednesday, when asked how the zone affects his play.

"But we saw the zone. Definitely we didn't see this kind of zone, because they are switching zones and they're really, really messing up the game in their favor. We just need to be focused and solid in what we are doing because that's why they are great, that's why they are winning, that's why they're in the Finals. They're messing the game in their way, and they're doing that really good."

As the Heat prepare for Jokic, they do so with a businesslike approach that has defined their postseason run. They sounded both confident and focused during media day on Wednesday, and they have followed the tone that Butler has set for the group.

"I would like to say that I'm never rattled," Butler said. "I'm very calm. I'm very consistent in everything that I do, whether it's before the game, after the game, during the game, and I think when my guys look at me like that, they follow suit in every single way.

"I love that about them because they're never shook. No matter what. We could be down, people can think that we're out, and all of a sudden, we're right back in this thing -- and it's because we do the same thing every day. We love being around each other. We want to see each other succeed. We really do enjoy when each other play well, and we're going to continue to do that, never going to get rattled, and we're going to see where we end up."

Spoelstra echoed a similar tone while praising the culture that Nuggets coach Michael Malone and his staff have created around Jokic and their team.

"I don't know why maybe the mainstream media have kind of slept on Denver," Spoelstra said. "But when we saw them in the bubble, we thought, all right, this team is going to be doing basically what they're doing this year, then up until now. We thought this would be a run for a long time. If [Jamal] Murray didn't get hurt, they probably would have had a couple of Finals berths. That's how great of a duo they are and a system Mike and his staff have built that really fits.

"I think, we all think, they're legit, and in some ways, it's a mirror-image series, not in terms of style but teams that probably have been overlooked, underestimated, built a chip on their shoulder over that. It's lined up to be a great competition."

Coach Monty Williams has agreed to a six-year, $78.5 million contract with the Detroit Pistons, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. It is the largest coaching deal in NBA history.

Williams, 51, was fired by the Phoenix Suns earlier in May after four seasons as their coach. The move came after the Suns were eliminated by the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals.

Williams, who was named NBA Coach of the Year in May 2022, was 194-115 (.628) in the regular season and 27-19 in the playoffs for Phoenix. The Suns won a franchise-record 64 games in 2021-22 and reached the NBA Finals in 2021.

In Detroit, Williams will replace Dwane Casey, who stepped down as the Pistons' coach in April to move into a front-office role.

Casey had coached Detroit since 2018, but in five seasons the team went 121-263 (.315). Detroit made the playoffs once during his tenure, in 2018-19, but was swept in the first round.

The Pistons have gone seven straight campaigns without finishing over .500. Their last winning season was in 2015-16.

Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren, selected No. 5 and No. 13, respectively, in the 2022 NBA draft, did provide hope for the future with their play last season for Detroit. Cade Cunningham, the No. 1 pick overall in 2021, had his second season stunted by shin surgery after playing in only 12 games.

Bojan Bogdanovic, who averaged a career-high 21.6 points, Isaiah Stewart, James Wiseman and Marvin Bagley are expected to be back.

The Pistons hold the No. 5 overall pick in June's NBA draft.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

SEATTLE -- Yankees manager Aaron Boone said "it's definitely in play," that the trio of Josh Donaldson, Giancarlo Stanton and Tommy Kahnle could return to New York's active roster this weekend in Los Angeles.

Boone wasn't willing to definitively say Wednesday that the trio would rejoin the Yankees before their series against the Dodgers, but indications were the three will soon be back.

"It's definitely in play, but let's get through today," Boone said before the Yankees' 1-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners.

Stanton, Donaldson and Kahnle all played in a rehab game for Double-A Somerset on Tuesday. Donaldson went 1-for-4 in his fourth rehab game as he comes back from a strained right hamstring, and Stanton was hitless in three at-bats in his first appearance since injuring his left hamstring on April 15. Kahnle pitched one inning, giving up one run and one hit, and walking two.

Boone said he wasn't concerned about Stanton potentially returning after playing in just one rehab game. He did say that Stanton likely will be just a designated hitter for a couple of weeks after rejoining the Yankees.

"We'll kind of build him up outfield wise in his pregame and things like that, but initially just DH," Boone said.

Donaldson has been out since April 6, and Kahnle has yet to pitch in the regular season due to right biceps tendonitis.

Anthony Rizzo was out of the lineup Wednesday for a third straight game due to a stiff neck, but Boone said he expected Rizzo back in the lineup Friday. Rizzo was hurt in Sunday's win over the San Diego Padres during a collision with Fernando Tatis Jr.