Essex have picked up a flurry of wickets - Joe Weatherley (29) the most significant of them at this stage.

One over to come and the visitors are yet to crack 200.

Australian Chris Lynn has yet to register his first 50 of this year's T20 Blast but maybe he's in the mood tonight as he pounds Callum Parkinson through the covers for two fours in the third over.

The opening over from Wes Agar goes for 20 - all of them to Eddie Byrom, who has 29 from 15.

Blistering first three overs for the hosts.

The Bears might feel a lot of their good work was undone in those last two overs, with Derbyshire taking 39 off them to reach a competitive-looking 174-5.

Tom Wood struck sixes off both Henry Brookes and Craig Miles in his 39 from 19 balls, with Wayne Madsen continuing his purple patch for an unbeaten 71 from 52.

Will it be enough for the Falcons to upset the North Group leaders?

Notts warm to their task as Alex Hales makes room and slams Adam Finch through backward point for four before lofting the next over mid-on for another.

Partner Joe Clarke joins in with a straight six before Hales ends the third over with a maximum of his own over extra cover - 22 from it.

Four dot balls in the opening over from Luke Wood. Sadly for Lancashire the other two went for six and four to Graham Clark.

The second over goes exactly the same way, Tom Bailey the victim this time. Clark has 20 from 10. Alex Lees has three.

130 more needed for victory from 18 overs for the hosts.

Somerset's pursuit of 137 is under way at Taunton and Will Smeed looks eager for an early finish.

Smeed steps back and lifts Toby Roland-Jones over the top for six before adding another boundary. The opener's already on 15 from seven balls.

That'll do for starters for the Steelbacks as Emilio Gay whips the final ball of Josh Hull's opening over away for four. Poor line to bowl. Got what it deserved.

Three overs to go. Joe Weatherley has 28 off 14 but even so, any hopes of a score of 225+ appear to have gone along with James Vince.

Just four singles for Notts in the opening over of their chase.

They need to hit the ground running and that's not a great start.

Mitche Santner will bowl the next and Alex Hales lofts his second ball over cover for four.

Just a leg bye from the final three balls of the Surrey innings as Matt Taylor finishes with figures of 3-26.

Jamie Smith's 29 was the highest score for the visitors, but it took him 33 balls, and they never really recovered from losing three wickets to successive balls, both Curran brothers for ducks at the end of the third over and Laurie Evans at the start of the next.

Gloucestershire have lost three of their four previous matches, but it'll need something special from Surrey's bowlers to deny them a second win this evening.

Eddie Byrom and Sam Northeast begin the Glamorgan reply with occasional spinner Joe Denly - Northeast's long-time teammate at Kent, of course - taking the new ball.

Byrom helps himself to eight from it.

Michael Hogan, Glamorgan legend now at Kent, takes the second over. Potential narratives eveywhere you look.

Still only three wickets down with 18 of 20 overs bowled - but the Bears will be more than content with their economy rate at Derby.

Glenn Maxwell, with 2-19 from four overs, has been the pick of the bowlers, but nobody has taken too much punishment yet.

Wayne Madsen's 57 not out, with Tom Wood at the other end on 18.

Just one more over to come for Surrey, who have now lost Jamie Overton, who sliced a catch to Tom Smith at cover off David Payne.

Chris Jordan will be on strike and will face Matt Taylor.

Before the Notts run-chase begins, it's worth pointing out that Worcestershire's score was the club's highest in an away T20 match and their second best overall - just one run short of their 227-6 against Northants at Kidderminster in 2007.

Wayne Parnell gets the wickets of Luke Wood and Tom Bailey in the final over and the Lightning, losers of two straight, remember, have stuttered to 152-9. They were 113-3 with 7.2 overs left. Hmm.

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Derbys 115-3 v Birmingham

Wayne Madsen won't want this Blast tournament to ever end!

The Derbyshire batter has just passed 50 for the fifth time in five innings. He turned one of those into a hundred last night.

This one came from 40 balls and he got there by clubbing Dan Mousley straight down the ground for four.

Some relief for Surrey as Chris Jordan slams Danny Lamb over mid-on baseball-style for a very welcome six.

Jordan is 23 not out but there are only two more overs to come. Jamie Overton is his partner at the other end.