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It's the second edition of what's been labelled #elclasicoast from Hove this evening and both sides will have more than local bragging rights at stake.

Sussex won the last encounter between these two at the Ageas Bowl last month by seven wickets thanks to an unbeaten fourth-wicket partnership of 144 between Craig Cachopa and Matt Machan.

But, Hampshire know they've won seven out of the last eight completed matches between the two sides at Hove.

The Sharks sit second in the south group with one hand on a quarter-final spot while Hampshire, led by captain James Vince find themselves one of four sides locked on 12 points.

Glamorgan are ticking along nicely at eight runs an over as they approach the half-way stage.

But James Tredwell has snared a wicket with Ben Wright sending a full-toss straight down Matt Hunn's throat.

The dangerous Craig Meschede has also fallen, well held by Mitchell Claydon to leave Glamorgan struggling slightly after that strong start.

Birmingham Bears have won the toss at Edgbaston and will bowl first.

Lancashire need a win to keep up their hopes of holding on to fourth place in the North Group while the Bears have no such worries, having already booked their place in the quarter-finals.

Big-hitting Brendon McCullum once again features for the hosts while Lancashire will look to a big performance from their overseas man James Faulkner.

Birmingham: Chopra (capt), McCullum, Lewis, Clarke, Evans, Javid, Ambrose, Patel, Gordon, Poysden, Hannon-Dalby.

Lancashire: Prince, Livingstone, Brown, Croft (capt), Faulkner, Davies, Clark, Procter, Lilley, Parry, Jarvis.

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Sam Northeast has turned to debutant Matt Hunn, bowling from the Railway End, to break this Glamorgan partnership.

Hunn, who dismissed five of the Australian line-up in their recent warm-up match, adds to his impressive tally as he bowls Jacques Rudolph for 37.

The Glamorgan captain attempted to work away full toss but mis-cued and could only drag it onto his stumps. He's replaced by Chris Cooke.

BBC Radio Kent's Ben Watts: An important wicket for Kent as Jacques Rudolph was looking well in touch, it wasn't the best ball he'd bowled searching for that yorker length but the South African goes.

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Just one run separated these two sides when they last met at Old Trafford in June.

The Bears held their nerve to grab the win that night despite the efforts of James Faulkner, but this evening Lancashire Lightning know any slip up could let their north group rivals into the coveted fourth place they currently occupy.

Challengers Nottinghamshire got the better of Ashley Giles' side on Wednesday and the Outlaws are level on points but with an inferior net run rate.

Calum Haggett strays a little too straight and he's dispatched over mid-wicket by Jacques Rudolph for the first six of the night.

Rudolph then reverse-sweeps the bowler to the leg side boundary to keep things ticking over.

The Glamorgan captain has raced to 32 not out.

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Darren Stevens' third over is less on the mark and Jacques Rudolph clips the ball away for back-to-back boundaries and then adds a third in a row to take 12 from the over.

Matt Hunn, making his T20 debut, replaces Mitch Claydon for the fourth over.

An excellent diving stop from Fabian Cowdrey saves a certain boundary but he can't keep Ben Wright and Rudolph from scoring 10 from the over.

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Colin Ingram, Glamorgan's South African overseas player, clips Mitchell Claydon to the leg-side boundary to get off the mark.

However the next ball is fuller and Ingram edges it to Kent skipper Sam Northeast, who takes a fine diving catch. That's another wicket for Claydon, who is his side's leading wicket taker in T20s this season.

There are 5,000 people packed into The Nevill Ground tonight, watching under glorious sunshine as Darren Stevens opens to Jacques Rudolph.

It's a decent first over from the veteran bowler but the final ball is short, wide and pulled with ease for four.

We may only have one match at 17:30 BST to bring you but it's sure to be a cracker between two in form teams.

Kent's Darren Stevens, who took his 300th first-class wicket earlier in the week, to open the bowling at Tunbridge Wells.

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Nottinghamshire went into this season's competition as one of the favourites to lift the trophy but things haven't quite gone to plan so far.

With a batting line up containing Alex Hales, Riki Wessels, Michael Lumb, James Taylor, Samit Patel and Dan Christian it's easy to see why they were among the front-runners.

Notts can still qualify, but they may have to win their remaining two games, starting at Durham tonight.

Read more about what director of cricket Mick Newell had to say here.

Glamorgan have won the toss down at Tunbridge Wells and opted to bat first. Presumably they'll make a better hash of it than England have managed so far...

The visitors will need to win their next two games if they have any hope of making the quarter-finals.

Captain Jacques Rudolph has had a quiet T20 season by his standards, but he'll be hoping to change that tonight.

Kent, who have already qualified for the quarter-finals, have omitted Matt Coles but are otherwise unchanged from the side that beat Gloucestershire last week.

Kent: Bell-Drummond, Denly, Northeast (capt), Billings, Cowdrey, Stevens, Blake, Haggett, Tredwell, Claydon, Hunn.

Glamorgan: Rudolph (capt), Ingram, Wright, Cooke, Wallace, Meschede, Wagg, Lloyd, Salter, Cosker, Hogan.

There's plenty at stake tonight with several sides in with a chance of qualifying or putting one foot in the quarter-finals.

We know Kent and Birmingham Bears are already there.

But who else do you think will make the last eight?

Let us know by getting in touch using #bbccricket on Twitter.

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I think it's probably better if you stay with us for the next few hours because it's not particularly pretty viewing at Lord's if you're an England fan.

Australia finally declared on 566-8 after Steve Smith had made 215 - the first double hundred of his career.

Things weren't quite so easy when England came out to bat, especially for Adam Lyth who was out for a second ball duck.

They've now slipped to 40-4.

Follow live text and radio commentary (if you can face it!) here.

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Worcestershire Rapids director of cricket Steve Rhodes says his side will learn from last season and not allow their motivation to slip as they close in on a T20 Blast quarter-final place.

Worcestershire also had to win their last match - also against Derbyshire - in 2014 to make it through to the knock-out stage which they did, but were then beaten comfortably by Surrey at The Oval in the quarter-finals.

Read more about what Rhodes had to say here.

As always, we've got every match covered in full by BBC local radio this evening.

Click on the Live Coverage tab to select your commentary of choice - our first batch of games gets under way at 17:30 BST. Team news on the way shortly...

Kent v Glamorgan - Tunbridge Wells - 17:30 BST

Northants v Yorkshire - Northampton - 18:30 BST

Surrey v Somerset - The Oval - 18:30 BST

Birmingham Bears v Lancashire - Edgbaston - 18:30 BST

Derbyshire v Worcestershire - Derby - 19:00 BST

Durham v Nottinghamshire - Chester-le-Street - 19:00 BST

Essex v Middlesex - Chelmsford - 19:00 BST

Sussex v Hampshire - Hove - 19:00 BST