T20 Blast: Joe Root makes 65 in Yorkshire defeat after England squad omission
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Joe Root averages 35.72 in 30 T20 innings for England
Joe Root made 65 after being left out of England's Twenty20 squad on Monday but could not stop Yorkshire losing to Nottinghamshire in the T20 Blast.
England Test captain Root went one better than his 64 on Sunday but Notts reached 194-4 with four balls left.
Luke Fletcher took 5-43 for the hosts and Ben Duckett hit 86 not out as the Outlaws recorded a six-wicket victory.
There were also wins for Leicestershire and Gloucestershire, while Lancashire edged past Derbyshire by four runs.
Root makes his point
While Root, 29, has been selected in England's 50-over squad for a three-match series against Australia, his omission from the T20 side means he will not have featured in any of England's last four series in the shortest format.
He has opted to play in the T20 Blast for Yorkshire rather than rest after the Pakistan Test series, with National Selector Ed Smith saying "no doors are closed" for Root.
Batting at three at Trent Bridge, Root was inches from being run out on 19, but shared half-century stands with Adam Lyth (53) and Harry Brook (39) - reaching his own half-century from 35 deliveries.
But Yorkshire lost seven wickets in their last 17 ball and Root was caught excellently by Alex Hales at long-on off Fletcher, as they were bowled out for 190 from the final ball.
In reply, Notts lost Hales (4) and Joe Clarke (6) in the opening two overs but Chris Nash (51) smashed a 30-ball half-century - the opener's second in a row - and Duckett's 53-ball knock saw the hosts home to move them top of North Group.
Davies the difference for Lancashire
Davies hits superb 82 as Lancashire beat Derbyshire
Lancashire wicketkeeper Alex Davies made 82 with the bat and ran out Derbyshire's Matt Critchley in a tense final over as the Red Rose did just enough to win at Headingley.
Davies enjoyed an opening stand of 63 with Keaton Jennings (29) before adding 74 with Steven Croft, hitting four sixes before being caught on the leg-side boundary as Lancashire made 178-5.
Croft then removed both Derbyshire openers in the first four overs of their reply, although contributions from Luis Reece (39), Wayne Madsen (44) and Leus du Plooy (29) gave them a fighting chance.
Needing 19 off the last over for an unlikely triumph, Critchley started with a six before a boundary misfield by Dane Vilas left Derbyshire needing only seven from the final three balls. But a run-out with the penultimate delivery meant Derbyshire needed a maximum to win from the final ball and Harvey Hosein could only find a single, to finish on 174-7.
More gloom for Durham and Worcestershire
Lilley hits career-best 69 for Leicestershire
Durham are bottom of North Group with three defeats from three as half-centuries for Gareth Delany and Arron Lilley - and three wickets by Callum Parkinson - helped Leicestershire ease to a 30-run win in the first game of the double-header at Headingley.
Ireland all-rounder Delany (68), who survived a stumping fumble and dropped catch on the way, and Lilley put on 88 for the Foxes' second wicket.
Lilley himself was dropped on 17 but went on to make a career-best 69 as Leicestershire finished on 177-6.
But it was another disappointing T20 showing from Durham, who slumped to 147-8 as Parkinson finished with excellent figures of 3-21 from his four overs.
Meanwhile at New Road, Worcestershire had seamer Pat Brown to call upon against Gloucestershire after his release by England but the hosts fell 22 runs short in their run-chase.
Chris Dent hit 60 off just 33 balls for Gloucestershire, who finished on 197-3 despite losing both Ian Cockbain and Miles Hammond in the space of three deliveries in the 15th over.
Worcestershire were ahead at the midway point but lost wickets at a more regular pace, Openers Hamish Rutherford and Riki Wessels top-scored with 30 apiece but nobody was able to push on.
That in part was down to David Payne, who passed 100 T20 wickets for Gloucestershire, taking 3-32 to restrict the hosts to 175-8.
Tuesday's fixtures (all times BST)
14:00: Essex Eagles v Hampshire - Chelmsford
14:00: Kent Spitfires v Surrey - Canterbury
18:15: Middlesex v Sussex Sharks - Lord's
18:30: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Birmingham Bears - Northampton
18:30: Somerset v Glamorgan - Taunton