WICKET Benjamin b Afridi 0published at 20:06 British Summer Time 30 June 2023
Birmingham Bears 5-2 (0.2 overs) - target 169
Chris Benjamin tries a ramp off his first ball, goes off his feet and looks very silly as the ball dismantles the stumps!
Somerset & Birmingham Bears win to ensure they will end top of their respective groups
Bears beat Notts despite Shaheen Shah Afridi's four wickets in first over of Bears' run chase
Sussex's Ravi Bopara and Derbyshire's Tom Wood score centuries in victories for their sides
Lancashire v Yorkshire abandoned without a ball bowled
Worcestershire v Durham ends in tie on DLS after early end because of rain
Michael Beardmore, Alex Winter and Tim Oscroft
Birmingham Bears 5-2 (0.2 overs) - target 169
Chris Benjamin tries a ramp off his first ball, goes off his feet and looks very silly as the ball dismantles the stumps!
Birmingham Bears 5-1 (0.1 overs) - target 169
Wow and woe!
Shaheen Afridi's first delivery was a horrible wide, but his first legit delivery slams Alex Davies off his feet as it hurtles into the base of his pads.
Kent v Sussex 228-7
Ravi Bopara out for 108 in the final over. He's led Sussex to a giant score at Canterbury.
It's potentially a huge blow to Kent's hopes of a quarter-final.
Unless, of course, they can gun these down.
Sussex have got to win twice and turn around a big deficit on net run rate, so a great start.
Derbyshire 166-1 (15.3 overs) v Leicestershire
Just a sixth T20 century from a Derbyshire player ever - and Tom Wood reaches 100 in style by thrashing Ed Barnes to the boundary for four.
Wood has lost fellow opener Harry Came, caught for 56, after the pair put on 148 for the first wicket but the hosts are still motoring.
A big win here would boost Derbyshire's slim hopes of qualification for the quarter-finals - especially with the possibility of draws/ties at New Road and Old Trafford.
Notts Outlaws 168 v Birmingham Bears (20 overs)
Birmingham Bears did well to restrict the hosts just when it looked like they might go big at the end of the innings.
Somerset 208-5 v Surrey
In the circumstances, Surrey have done very well in these last three overs to limit the damage.
Chris Jordan goes for just three in the final over.
But it's still a massive chase ahead of them.
Tom Banton led the charge with 84 from 44 balls - his highest score of the tournament.
Notts Outlaws 168 v Birmingham Bears (20 overs)
Well, erm, that went well.
Tom Moores tries to go large off the last ball but Hasan Ali splatters his stumps, and gives him a bit of a send-off. What would the Aussie press make of that one if that was in the Ashes?
Kent v Sussex 215-5 (18.2 overs)
What an innings from the veteran!
Just 48 balls, 17 fours and a six.
Leading his side to a huge score at Canterbury.
Notts Outlaws 168-9 v Birmingham Bears (19 overs)
Olly Stone tries a risky run and Hassan Ali easily takes the stumps down, but Tom Moores will be on strike for the last ball.
Worcs 112-3 (11 overs) v Durham 216-4
The outfield is wet at New Road, you can see the little splishes as Adam Hose nails a four, helped by a mis-field, shortly after launching a huge six off Nathan Sowter.
But at the end of that over, the umpires halt play for bad light. It IS very dark at New Road.
On DLS, the scores are actually even. This will be a tie if we don't get further play.
Notts Outlaws 168 - 8 v Birmingham Bears (19.4 overs)
Hassan Ali goes full and straight and traps Matt Carter plumb in front. Olly Stone is the new batter and he needs to get off strike for Tom Moores to go nuclear.
Halfway at Chelmsford and Essex are having to work a little harder than they'd like against Middlesex. They're 96-4, so some thinking to do in the second half of their innings.
Hampshire have been going much better despite the loss of Tom Prest for nine.
Ben McDermott is now 54 from 27 and Hampshire 97-2 against Glamorgan - but rain has arrived at the Ageas Bowl.
Notts Outlaws 162 - 7 v Birmingham Bears (19 overs)
Tom Moores goes 046602 off Oliver Hannon-Dalby to give Notts a fighting chance of a tough target.
Somerset 190-5 (17 overs) v Surrey
Tom Banton won't reach his century. But it's been a wonderful knock in only 44 balls with seven fours and five sixes.
Three overs to go and Somerset might get 230.
The prospect of any play between Lancashire and Yorkshire is not looking great at this moment.
The BIG covers are on at Old Trafford as the rain continues to fall in Manchester.
This is Yorkshire's final group game and a no-result will take them up to 14 points, which more than likely will not be enough to see them through to the last eight.
Notts Outlaws 144-7 v Birmingham Bears (18 overs)
Tom Moores dances down the wicket to lift Jake Lintott high and straight for a six, and a delivery later he goes to his 50 off 33 balls.
Notts Outlaws 134-7 v Birmingham Bears (17 overs)
Notts' innings is collapsing badly here, as Shaheen Shah Afridi pulls Glenn Maxwell to long on where Dan Mousley races in to clutch a fine catch just above the turf.
Derbyshire 90-0 (9 overs) v Leicestershire
It has been a chastening T20 Blast for Leicestershire this summer, 10 defeats from their 12 games thus far.
That figure could be 11 losses the way Derbyshire are going. Tom Wood has hit eight boundaries to pass the 50 mark and fellow opener Harry Came (39no) is also going well.
Notts Outlaws 130-6 v Birmingham Bears (16.1 overs)
Glenn Maxwell, round the wicket, beats Imad Wasim's tentative prod and the umpire raises his finger to put Notts in even more trouble with overs running out.
Surrey's Tom Lawes has just been taken for three sixes in an over - two from Ben Green and one from Tom Banton, who is now 76 from 39.
Somerset now 168-4 in the 16th and on course for 220 maybe? Enough time for Banton to reach three figures?
Meanwhile, Sussex have lost a fifth wicket at Canterbury, but Ravi Bopara is still going well. He has an unbeaten 66 from 34, with his side 162-5 in the 15th.