Worcestershire Rapids make it four wins out of four as Pat Brown has Matt Carter caught behind with 10 balls unused in the game.

Fifties by Michael Bracewell and Adam Hose helped Worcestershire to their second-highest T20 score and although Alex Hales led the run-chase with 71 off 35 balls, he did not receive adequate support from the other end.

Brett D'Oliveira took 4-11 to go with his earlier 44 off 21 balls and the wicket of Carter gave Brown figures of 4-25.

Notts have now won two and lost three.

Two wickets in the over for Liam Dawson who bowls Feroze Khushi (8) and then has Paul Walter stumped for 13. That's 2-11 off two for Dawson.

The Hawks are on top in every conceivable way.

141 needed for Essex from 10 overs. That's just over 14 an over, maths fans!

A much-needed boundary by Dan Mousley, cracking Mattie McKiernan through the off side, but it's taken him 21 balls to find the rope.

McKiernan's over goes for 10, but that's not quite enough for Birmingham - they need 89 from the last eight.

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Chris Lynn ends the game with two square cuts for four off Rehan Ahmed and finishes with 110 not out from 68 balls.

He hit five sixes and 13 fours in total, having previously hit two T20 centuries for the Steelbacks last summer.

The victory is the second of the season for the 2013 and 2016 winners, while Leicestershire have now lost all five matches.

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Glamorgan 191-3 v Kent Spitfires 189-6

Wow. An unbroken century stand between Colin Ingram (63 from 32) and Chris Cooke (46 from 28) has ensured a thumping win for the hosts with three overs to spare.

Tawanda Muyeye hit 62 from 38 but Kent stumbled to 189-6 when they had looked destined to cruise past 200.

Eddie Byrom's blistering 43 gave the hosts the perfect start in their first home game and they have opened up a gap between the top-four and the rest in the South Group.

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That's the way to do it.

Chris Lynn reaches a 66-ball century with a slog sweep for six over mid-wicket. It's the fifth maximum of his innings.

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Durham 153-4 v Lancashire 152-9

Durham bounce back from their first loss of the group stage but it's three in a row now for the Lightning.

Some suffocating bowling reduced Lancashire from 113-3, with more than seven overs remaining, to a total of 152-9 and Michael Jones cracked 43 and Ollie Robinson 39 to steer the hosts to victory with 10 balls to spare.

Chris Lynn sweeps Callum Parkinson for six and then thumps him down the ground for four to reach 92 not out.

There are three overs to come and Northants need only 18 more to win.

Glenn Maxwell and Dan Mousley are doing their best to rebuild, but Derbyshire's spinners Mark Watt and Mattie McKiernan are keeping it tight.

The Bears need 111 from 11 overs - so the required rate is now into double figures.

Alex Hales may be gone but the big-hitting entertainment is continuing at Trent Bridge.

Sheehan Shah Afridi hits three sixes in Michael Bracewell's latest over and has 29 not out from only eight balls faced.

Four overs to come - Notts need another 68.

A boundary each for Ollie Price and James Bracey in the latest over at Bristol and Gloucestershire need 49 from 48 balls to win.

It should be a comfortable task, but another couple of wickets and suddenly it's back in the balance.

Northants appear to be timing this just about right and Saif Zaib whips Rehan Ahmed down to long leg for four as they reach the end of the 15th over with 35 needed from the final 30 balls. Chris Lynn is 81 not out and if he stays in, the Steelbacks will surely win.

A dozen singles in the last three overs from Durham. Just one dot. Game management is on point.

19 required from the last four overs.

Gloucestershire are making heavy weather of this and lose their fourth wicket at the start of the 11th over as Zafar Gohar is bowled for 11 by Sunil Narine. James Bracey is the new batter.