Summary

  • Notts Outlaws beat Leics Foxes despite scores finishing level

  • Both sides made 139-7 but better Outlaws Powerplay score takes them through

  • Surrey, Gloucestershire & Lancashire went through earlier

  • Semi-final draw: Surrey v Gloucestershire, Notts Outlaws v Lancashire Lightning

  • Finals Day on Saturday at Edgbaston

  1. Postpublished at 21:08 British Summer Time 1 October 2020

    And that brings a day of T20 Blast quarter-finals to a close.

    Surrey, Gloucestershire, Lancashire and Notts Outlaws all go through to Finals Day.

    Kent, Northants, Sussex and Leicestershire miss out.

    Thank you for joining myself and Adam and hope you'll be back for the conclusion (hopefully) of the English domestic season on Saturday.

    Until then, goodbye.

  2. Postpublished at 21:05 British Summer Time 1 October 2020

    We'll have Finals Day covered across the BBC Sport website and app on Saturday with live text commentary, ball-by-ball radio coverage and in-play clips from Edgbaston.

    The forecast in Birmingham is appalling, so it may well go into the reserve day on Sunday.

  3. Finals Day line-uppublished at 21:01 British Summer Time 1 October 2020

    So that completes the line-up for Finals Day at Edgbaston on Saturday...

    Semi-finals:

    • Surrey v Gloucestershire
    • Notts Outlaws v Lancashire Lightning
  4. NOTTS QUALIFY FOR FINALS DAYpublished at 21:00 British Summer Time 1 October 2020

    Notts tied with Leics

    SamitImage source, Rex Features

    Notts scored 42-1 in the Powerplay, Leicestershire were 22-2 after their first six overs.

    That's what it came down to.

  5. 'Such a fine margin'published at 20:58 British Summer Time 1 October 2020

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    What an incredible finish.

    Nobody means to misfield, but that's the fine margin that's cost Leicestershire.

    They fought so, so hard to get themselves in that position.

    Such a horrible way to lose a game.

  6. MATCH TIED - NOTTS OUTLAWS QUALIFYpublished at 20:56 British Summer Time 1 October 2020
    Breaking

    Notts Outlaws (139-7) tied with Leicestershire Foxes (139-7)

    Notts winImage source, Rex Features

    A misfield hands Notts two runs off the final ball, it's a tied game, but Notts go through! Madness.

    Imad Wasim hits it towards Dieter Klein in the leg side, it's only one if Klein picks it up cleanly, but the ball goes through him, Notts run two and the Foxes miss out.

    Match tied - wickets lost the same, so it goes down to the best score in the Powerplay. I'll just have to look those up...

  7. Notts 137-7published at 19.5 overs

    Three to win off one ball

    A single to Samit Patel. Notts need three off the last ball.

    If it's a tie, Notts will go through courtesy of a better score in the Powerplay. It would have gone to wickets lost first, but both have lost seven.

    No Super Over here...

  8. 6 runs

    Notts 136-7published at 20:53 British Summer Time 1 October 2020

    Four to win from two balls

    SHOT! Six over extra-cover from Samit Patel.

  9. Notts 130-7published at 19.3 overs

    10 to win off 3 balls

    Two down the ground for Samit Patel. 10 from three needed.

  10. Notts 128-7published at 19.2 overs

    12 to win off four balls

    A single and a dot ball to start from Will Davis. Great for Leicestershire.

  11. Notts 127-7published at 19 overs

    13 to win off six balls

    Oh no! Arron Lilley lets one through on the boundary and it's a four to Samit Patel.

    It means 13 are needed by Notts off the last over.

    Will Davis to bowl it...

  12. Postpublished at 20:51 British Summer Time 1 October 2020

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Gavin Griffifths has bowled so well, he deserved that wicket.

    He's got that skid off the pitch and apart from that one loose ball earlier in the over, he's been brilliant so far.

  13. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 18.5 overs

    Mullaney c Lilley b Griffiths 7 (Notts 123-7, target 140)

    Steven Mullaney holes out.

    The Notts skipper swats Gavin Griffiths straight into the hands of Arron Lilley deep in the leg side.

    17 needed from seven balls.

  14. Notts 122-6published at 18.2 overs

    18 to win off 10 balls

    Brilliant shot from Samit Patel. The all-rounder swats Gavin Griffiths powerfully through mid-wicket for four.

  15. 'A real key moment'published at 20:47 British Summer Time 1 October 2020

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Notts need that early boundary to release a bit of pressure.

    This a real key moment for the Foxes which is why one of their best bowlers on the night so far, Gavin Griffifths is coming back on to bowl the penultimate over.

  16. Notts 117-6published at 18 overs

    23 to win off 12 balls

    Finally a boundary for Notts, but it's so, so fortunate.

    Samit Patel swipes at the final ball of Will Davis' over, gets and inside edge and races to the rope.

    23 needed off the last two.

    Gavin Griffiths will take the penultimate over...

  17. 'They can both clear the boundary'published at 20:44 British Summer Time 1 October 2020

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    You can't imagine this pair being as quick between the wickets as the young guns at the top of the Notts order, but they're both more than capable of clearing the boundary.

  18. Notts 109-6published at 17 overs

    Mullaney 5, Patel 4

    Notts need 31 off the last three overs. A tough ask.

    Dieter Klein returns and Steven Mullaney and Samit Patel can only find a few singles.

    Where's your money?

  19. Notts 104-6published at 16 overs

    Mullaney 4, Patel 0

    A magnificent over from Colin Ackermann comes to an end, as does his four-over spell. The only blemish, a lovely four through the covers to get Steven Mullaney off the mark.

    Ackermann finishes with 3-27.

    Notts need 36 off the last four overs.

  20. 'Ackermann does it again'published at 20:35 British Summer Time 1 October 2020

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    There's two new batsman in for Notts who haven't face a delivery yet and such a pressure time for that to happen.

    Colin Ackermann has done this so many times before taking crucial wickets for Leicestershire and he's doing it again on a huge occasion.