Summary

  • Worcestershire beat Sussex by eight wickets in T20 Blast quarter-final

  • Moeen Ali hits 121 not out off just 60 balls as holders Worcestershire chase down 185

  • Phil Salt earlier made 72 from 40 balls in Sussex's 184-6

  • Relive best of action with in-play video clips available to UK users

  • Worcestershire join Essex and Notts Outlaws at Finals Day on 21 September

Live Reporting

Jamie Lillywhite

  1. Wor 187-2

    They have won it with 14 balls to spare, simply brilliant from Moeen.

  2. WORCESTER WIN BY 8 WICKETS

    Magical Moeen has won it with a six and finished with 121 from 60 balls. The defending champions are through to Finals Day on 21 September. Unbelievable scenes. Sussex in a stunned huddle on the outfield.

  3. Ben Brown
    Sussex club captain and wicketkeeper

    We've not had much to shout about in the second half of this game, but clever bowling by Ollie Robinson there.

    The crowd quite rightly very subdued.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Wessels c Evans b Robinson 47 (179-2)

    Caught on the boundary but the partnership of 177 in 17 overs has put Worcester on the brink.

  5. Wor 175-1

    Yorker length from Jordan and he looks to the skies in disbelief as Moeen somehow manages to caress it backward of point for four more.

  6. Wiese has not had a good game, out first ball earlier too...

  7. Wor 165-1

    Target 185

    So just to recap there, it looked as though Moeen was out on 103, it went for six, he should have gone again next ball on 109, it was dropped again. He remains on 110, with a strike-rate of 200.

  8. Ben Brown
    Sussex club captain and wicketkeeper

    Oh that just sums up our night there.

    I thought Reece had done enough there to cling on, but just couldn't keep inside the rope. He did everything that he could.

  9. dropped catch

    Dropped catch

    Moeen 109

    Unbelievably the ball goes to Topley again - a routine catch this time, plenty of time to get under it, but down it goes.

  10. 6 runs

    Not out

    Sadly for Sussex it's six more. Topley looked to have parried it on the mid-wicket rope and jumped back into play to catch the rebound. But replays showed his foot was on the rope when his hand was in contact with the ball.

  11. Umpire review

    This is quite brilliant from Topley, he may well have caught Moeen here. They are going to check it.

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  14. Ben Brown
    Sussex club captain and wicketkeeper

    An unbelievable knock.

    It's great to see that the whole ground is on its feet to applaud that as it's been a quite tremendous innings to see.

  15. 100 runs

    100 for Moeen

    Wor 155-1

    A quite brilliant century from Moeen, sealed with another six, the ninth of his innings, to go with seven fours. It has taken 50 balls exactly, the second fifty taking just 20 deliveries. Different gravy.

  16. 6 runs

    Wor 149-1

    A nonchalant flick off the pads, six more from Moeen over mid-wicket. I'm convinced this is not the same man that was struggling so badly for England.

  17. Wor 142-1

    Target 185

    Rawlins took 2-19 the other days against Gloucestershire and his slow left-arm is around 63mph, a bit like former Sussex stalwart Michael Yardy. Wessels playing a key supporting role here, using the pace to stroke another boundary through the covers.

  18. Wor 134-1

    Moeen 89, Wessels 31

    So 51 from 42 balls and Moeen is still there, having been dropped on five and 78. Slow left-armer Delray Rawlins will bowl next.

  19. Ben Brown
    Sussex club captain and wicketkeeper

    Another tough chance, but when it comes - you have to take it.

    I feel for Luke Wright and for Will Beer as they took a punt there with a plan, but it didn't quite pay off.

  20. dropped catch

    Dropped catch

    Moeen on 78

    Oh my word they should have got him too, the ball squirming through Wiese's hands on the mid-wicket rope and away for another six. Horror at Hove.