Essex beat Lancashire by six wickets in first T20 Blast quarter-final
Ravi Bopara's 39 off 18 balls features four sixes as Essex won with four balls to spare
Alex Davies had made unbeaten 80 off 55 balls as Lancashire scored 159-5
Essex through to Finals Day at Edgbaston on 21 September
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Thomas Knights: The way the T20 competition is scheduled is utterly pathetic, day night matches in September, meaning there will be a lot more dew for the fielding team in the second innings every time. Ludicrous.
Need 46 more to win off 24 balls
James Faulkner back on to bowl now after his fielding excellence.
Ravi Bopara gets fortunate with an inside edge for a single after a swing and a miss and then Ryan ten Doeschate slides in just in time to complete two.
More ones and twos for Essex as Lancashire tighten the squeeze. Just five runs off it.
Steven Mullaney
Nottinghamshire all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
I can't call this, I think it is genuinely 50-50.
Need 51 more to win off 30 balls
Down to the last five overs, who do you think's on top?
Steven Mullaney
Nottinghamshire all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
This is the partnership now, if these two are in and they need between 30-37 from the last three I would back Essex.
Lawrence c Faulkner b Livingstone 15 (Essex 105-4)
What a catch! This could be a match-winning moment....
James Faulkner takes a stunning full-length diving catch at long-off to dismiss Dan Lawrence.
Momentum shift once again.
Ravi Bopara out to join Ryan ten Doeschate for Essex now.
Steven Mullaney
Nottinghamshire all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
I wouldn't be surprised if Parkinson is in England's white ball plans as well.
Need 55 more to win off 36 balls
Matt Parkinson with another over of leg spin for Lancashire.
Still Dan Lawrence and Ryan ten Doeschate work the ones and twos to keep the scoreboard ticking.
Five off that over.
Adam Wheater and Essex fans may not want to see this again if we end up with a tight finish....
Need 60 more to win off 42 balls
Dan Lawrence shows some deft touches as he works Glenn Maxwell into gaps for the odd two here and there.
Good running from this pair as the 100 comes up.
Steven Mullaney
Nottinghamshire all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Ten Doeschate has played in massive games for Essex over the years and been a proven winner for them.
Need 67 more to win off 48 balls
Liam Livingstone on now as another slower option for Lancashire.
Neat stuff until Ryan ten Doeschate finds the rope off the last ball with four to deep extra cover.
Crucial.
Steven Mullaney
Nottinghamshire all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
They look like they have made their minds up that if they hit it they are going to run.
Here's a moment that potentially changed the momentum a little bit earlier when big-hitting Cameron Delport fell for Essex....
Need 77 more to win off 54 balls
No time to stand still here as spin from both ends see us rattle through the overs.
Seven from it for Essex from Glenn Maxwell's latest.
Steven Mullaney
Nottinghamshire all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
I think Essex will have to approach this is as if it is still going to be a 20-over game.
Need 84 more runs to win off 60 balls
Poor cricket from Lancashire as Keaton Jennings concedes an overthrow.
Frantic stuff all the over place as we reach the halfway stage of Essex's innings.
Two runs ahead of the DLS par score at this point.
The DLS par score by the way after nine overs with more rain around in the air was 67.
Ebbs and flows....
Kate Cross
England seam bowler on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra
I have never seen anything like this other than on a Saturday afternoon - it's frightening what's going on.
Target 160
What an over and what a turnaround.
Ryan ten Doeschate is the other new batsman by the way, which I didn't get chance to tell you before Wheater ran himself out.
That over was so eventful that Martin Saggers counted it wrong and we had to come back to bowl the sixth delivery.
All a bit village....