Summary

  • Chris Gayle hits 92 as Somerset beat Essex off the final ball

  • Dawid Malan scores an unbeaten 115 as Middlesex defeat Sussex

  • Holders Birmingham Bears snatch last-ball win at Northants

  1. Post-match verdictpublished at 22:31 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    "It was a bit tight in the end but we always knew that if one of us batted through and Rikki Clarke and Ateeq Javid produced their cameos, we'd get there in the end.

    "We didn't expect it to go to the final ball, but it did and we got over the line."

  2. Post-match verdictpublished at 22:22 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    "It was a very solid performance, we won the game in the first half and then our overseas opening partnership killed the match.

    "It didn't really matter about the late wickets because we were trying to get the runs to enhance our net run-rate."

  3. Post-match verdictpublished at 22:19 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Chris Adams
    Former Sussex captain at Hove

    "Perhaps Sussex need to invest in the batters, you look at tonight you need experience in the top order."

  4. Post-match verdictpublished at 22:17 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    "It was a good performance. They got off to a bit of a flyer in their innings, but then we pegged them back, particularly in the middle overs.

    "I thought 150 made it par or just a shade under par.

    "I thought that, if we were to bat well, we would get somewhere near and obviously it proved a bit of a cruise with the way Ross Whiteley came in and struck it.

    "He made some of the batters look pretty silly, the way he kept clearing the ropes."

  5. DURHAM BEAT YORKSHIRE BY SIX RUNSpublished at 22:12 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    An excellent final over from John Hastings ensured Durham ended Yorkshire's unbeaten T20 streak.

    Andrew Gale top-scored with 41 but Yorkshire lost too many wickets in clusters and struggled as Durham took the pace off the ball.

    Part-time bowler Keaton Jennings finished with 4-37 as Yorkshire ended six runs short.

  6. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 22:12 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Derbyshire's Alex Hughes:, external "Get in lads! Great first win of comp. You beauty @wayneAwhite."

  7. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 22:08 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Kevin Hand
    BBC London 94.9 at Hove

    "Franchises, huh? 2 amazing matches the last 2 nights! Block it off later in the summer and the product is there to work with. #bbccricket"

  8. WICKET Plunkett (b Arshad 17)published at 22:06 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Liam Plunkett's valiant effort has ended as he take a huge heave at Usman Arshad and is clean bowled. Tim Bresnan has been joined by Adil Rashid, but with 29 runs required from 10 balls, it's looking like a Durham victory.

  9. Post-match verdictpublished at 22:06 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    "It's very disappointing to lose the match, but nice for me to make a good start personally and to show the team what I can do.

    "They got a few too many runs at the start of their innings, and we kept losing wickets throughout our reply which made it very difficult."

  10. Postpublished at 22:04 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Liam Plunkett is trying his best to keep Yorkshire in the game, but it looks like being all in vain.

    Keaton Jennings has finished his four-over spell with figures of 4-37 after he had Jack Leaning caught on the boundary for nine.

    Plunkett and Tim Bresnan are giving it their best shot though, with Bresnan dispatchings a full toss from John Hastings to the boundary and Plunkett picking Usman Arshad off for back-to-back boundaries.

  11. Postpublished at 22:00 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    BBC Test Match Special at Chelmsford

    "Fair play Somerset - they did the job. It's been an incredible match.

    "Chris Gayle came to the party today and set them up in a brilliant position.

    "I think Essex will be gutted today because they gave it away, in a few areas. They got done by being just under par."

  12. SOMERSET BEAT ESSEX BY THREE WICKETSpublished at 21:57 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Somerset win off the final ball! What a finish.

    After Sohail Tanvir was dismissed with the first ball of the over, Max Waller and Lewis Gregory simply could not get Ravi Bopara away.

    However with one run needed off one ball, the pair scampered a single and saw Somerset home.

    That was only half the story though. The game will be remembered for Chris Gayle's 92 off 59 balls on his Somerset debut.

  13. MIDDLESEX BEAT SUSSEX BY 42 RUNSpublished at 21:54 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Middlesex bowler Kyle AbbottImage source, Getty Images

    Inspired bowling by South African paceman Kyle Abbott secured Middlesex's second win in successive days as they outplayed Sussex Sharks at Hove.

    Abbott was twice on a hat-trick as he took 5-14 from his four overs - the second best T20 figures for Middlesex, behind Murali Kartik's 5-13 against Essex at Lord's in 2007.

    After Dawid Malan's unbeaten 115 earlier in the game, Sussex were still in the hunt while Luke Wright was at the crease, but he eventually fell to Abbott for 91.

  14. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 21:53 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

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  15. Postpublished at 21:52 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    BBC Test Match Special at Chelmsford

    "The game is still alive. You can just sense the atmosphere! The crowd are loving this."

  16. WICKET Tanvir (c Topley b Bopara 1)published at 21:51 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Sohail Tanvir hits Ravi Bopara miles into the air, but Reece Topley remains calm and takes the catch.

    Can Essex still win this?

    Somerset need five runs off five balls.

  17. Postpublished at 21:50 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Tom Cooper smacks his first ball for six, but is then run out by Ravi Bopara next ball.

    Somerset need five runs off the final over.

    Bopara will bowl it.

  18. Postpublished at 21:47 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    BBC Test Match Special at Chelmsford

    "Chris Gayle came here to entertain and he did exactly that. The sixes he has hit - he hit them into a different stratosphere!"

  19. WICKET Pyrah (c Pringle b Jennings 5)published at 21:46 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Rich Pyrah hits part-time bowler Keaton Jennings for four before he tries to repeat the shot and lofts a catch to Ryan Pringle on the boundary.

    It's been an excellent performance from Jennings, who has figures of 3-0-25-3. Jack Leaning is doing his best to ruin the fun though as he launches Jennings for six over the legside.

  20. WICKET Gayle (c Bopara b Topley 92)published at 21:45 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Chris Gayle is gone, but only after putting Somerset on the brink of victory with a sensational 92 off 59 balls.

    The West Indian tried to hit Reece Topley for six but smacks it straight to Ravi Bopara at deep mid-wicket.

    He will be disappointed to miss out on his 15th T20 century, but what an innings.