Summary

  • Jos Buttler makes 42 but Lancashire lose to Worcestershire by 29 runs

  • Leicestershire Foxes beat Northamptonshire Steelbacks by one run

  • Jason Roy hits 58 as South Group leaders Surrey beat Kent Spitfires by four wickets

  • Somerset reach quarter-finals with victory over Middlesex

  • Notts Outlaws defeat Durham by four wickets, Ben Duckett 53 not out

  • Birmingham Bears into last eight following 31-run win over Yorkshire Vikings

  • Hampshire Hawks and Essex Eagles qualify from South Group following wins

  1. Postpublished at 20:52 British Summer Time 1 July 2022

    Sussex 54-0 v Essex 197-8

    Runs aplenty at Hove this evening!

    Sussex are 54-0 after just three overs. The second over of the chase, bowled by Daniel Sams, was smashed for 25 by Ali Orr, who is currently 36 not out from 12 balls.

  2. Postpublished at 3 overs

    Yorks 39-0 v Bears 238-5

    Oh hello, game on at Headingley?

    Yorkshire have come steaming out of the stalls.

    Olly Stone's two overs have disappeared for 25 against Adam Lyth and Finn Allen.

  3. Postpublished at 4 overs

    Hampshire v Gloucestershire 40-2 (Target 141)

    Glenn Phillips is the new batter and he muscles one through a big legside gap to the boundary.

    Another ten from the over is well ahead of the rate, but two wickets down - this could yet be a tight game.

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    WICKET Dent c Whiteley b Prest 17published at 3.2 overs

    Hampshire v Gloucestershire 34-2 (Target 141)

    Hampshire revert to the slow right arm of Tom Prest.

    Chris Dent greets him with a back-footer through cover for four. But when he goes aerial again off the next one, his luck runs out.

    Not enough on this and Ross Whiteley has a safe pair of hands in the deep.

  5. Postpublished at 3 overs

    Hampshire v Gloucestershire 30-1 (Target 141)

    Four more from Miles Hammond.

    Nice intent here from the Gloucestershire batters. Chris Dent goes aerial with successive shots, but the ball lands safely each time.

    The three overs so far - 9, 11, 10.

  6. North Group updatepublished at 20:46 British Summer Time 1 July 2022

    Joe ClarkeImage source, Rex Features

    Durham made 183-8 from their 20 overs against Notts Outlaws, for whom Jake Ball and Steven Mullaney took three wickets each.

    Notts are 91-1 after nine in reply with Joe Clarke 43 not out and Ben Duckett on 24. Alex Hales was the man to go, for 26.

    Notts must win this game to have any chance of reaching the quarter-finals - although a Northants victory over Leicestershire would put the last eight out of reach.

  7. Postpublished at 20:44 British Summer Time 1 July 2022

    Middlesex 160-6 v Somerset 109-4

    Lewis Gregory slashes the final ball of the 14th over for four through backward-point - lovely shot.

    Somerset need 52 from 36 balls to secure a quarter-final spot.

  8. Postpublished at 10 overs

    Leics 214-6 v 90-1

    Chris Lynn has got going and reaches 50 in 28 balls.

    They do have a platform here Northants but that slow start has left them playing catch-up and it remains a very steep task.

    They must win to stay alive in the competition.

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    Postpublished at 2 overs

    Hampshire v Gloucestershire 20-1

    Second six in two overs!

    Miles Hammond doesn't waste any time as he sends one over deep midwicket for a maximum.

    11 off the over, despite the wicket.

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    WICKET Cockbain run out (Prest) 4published at 1.2 overs

    Hampshire v Gloucestershire 13-1 (Target 141)

    Terrific hook shot from Ian Cockbain to send Brad Wheal's first ball to the fence but he is gone off the next one.

    Cockbain is struck on the pads and loses his footing and his bearings. Tom Prest swoops in the covers and runs him out with a lovely underarm direct hit.

  11. Postpublished at 1 over

    Hampshire v Gloucestershire 9-0 (Target 141)

    Hampshire really struggled in their powerplay, managing just 24 from it.

    Gloucestershire don't want to get bogged down and behind the run-rate on this tricky pitch.

    Chris Wood with the ball to Ian Cockbain. A single off the first three.

    Almost a sensational diving catch in the deep from Tom Prest, before Chris Dent sends the last ball over the ropes for six.

  12. Postpublished at 6 overs

    Leics 214-6 v Northants 44-1

    A poor powerplay for Northants and this chase remains miles away.

    But in Chris Lynn and Josh Cobb they do have some power at the crease - they will need all of it from here.

    Asking rate of 12.21.

  13. Postpublished at 20:34 British Summer Time 1 July 2022

    Surrey 72-1 v Kent 191-5

    Surrey have flown out of the blocks in their pursuit of 192, reaching 72 off seven overs.

    Jason Roy has just departed for a typically brutal 58 from 27 balls, which included five sixes.

    Sam Curran is the new man - he will be full of confidence after hitting his first first-class hundred this week.

  14. Bears post big totalpublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 1 July 2022

    Yorks v Bears 238-5

    Dan MousleyImage source, Rex Features

    But Jordan Thompson can't follow it up in the 19th.

    Dan Mousley strikes him for his second six.

    And then after Adam Hose falls, Carlos Braithwaite arrives to take another maximum - 18 from the over.

    Mousley then takes Dave Willey for 20 in the final over!

    What an innings - 63 from just 25 balls!

    Another huge total from the Bears.

    Great news for Leicestershire and Northants who need Yorkshire to lose.

  15. Sussex need 198 to winpublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 1 July 2022

    Sussex v Essex 197-8

    An Essex win will see them into the quarter-finals, and they have set an imposing target at Hove.

    Adam Rossington led the charge with a sublime 95, before Tom Westley took up the mantle - he finished with 54 from 30 balls.

  16. WORCS BEAT LANCASHIRE BY 29 RUNSpublished at 20:25 British Summer Time 1 July 2022
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    Worcestershire 178-6 v Lancashire 149

    Dwayne BravoImage source, Rex

    Dwayne Bravo yorks Richard Gleeson and Worcestershire Rapids have only their second victory of this season's T20 Blast campaign.

    A win for Lancashire would have guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals but now they must wait to see how things look after the later results ahead of their final group game, at home to Birmingham Bears on Sunday.

    They were 85-0 at one stage, but the dismissal of Jos Buttler for 42 by Brett D'Oliveira (4-20) sent their innings into a terminal downward spiral.

  17. Postpublished at 19 overs

    Worcs 178-6 v Lancs 148-9

    Two boundaries in the penultimate over, bowled by Pat Brown, but surely Lancashire have too much to do. Just five sixes and a single required to win this game from the final six deliveries.

  18. Postpublished at 18 overs

    Yorks v Bears 200-4

    Just five from the 17th over bowled by Jordan Thompson - comfortably the best over of the innings to give Yorkshire some respite.

    But Dan Mousley takes Shadab Khan for four then six and a single to raise 200.

    Two to go, how many can the Bears put up?

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    WICKET Fuller run out (Payne) 45published at 20 overs

    Hampshire 140-7 v Gloucestershire

    Final over of the innings.

    James Fuller is in the mood now. A third six off David Payne. But the new England man responds with some tight bowling.

    But make that another six for Fuller! The all-rounder is putting up a competitive score for his team.

    He has dragged his team up to 140 before he is run out off the final ball.

    Gloucestershire need 141 to keep themselves in this season's T20 Blast.

  20. Postpublished at 4 overs

    Leics 214-6 v Northants 23-1

    Northants have gone absolutely nowhere so far in this chase.

    Required rate is already two-a-ball.

    Is there any way back into the game from here?