Wouldn't want to face Mark Wood on this pitch.

His namesake Luke is right on the spot with his first four deliveries but the over ends well for Surrey as Will Jacks crashes the ball over cover for four runs.

These are two teams with considerable T20 pedigree - Lancashire have reached Finals Day on nine occasions in the past and Surrey have done so seven times.

Will Jacks and Laurie Evans will open for Surrey, having scored a combined total of more than 1,000 runs in the competition so far.

Lancashire's leading wicket-taker Luke Wood (17) has the ball. Bit of early life for the left-armer as his opening delivery fizzes past the edge of Jacks' bat.

There is no need for you to miss a single moment of action this evening as our BBC local radio teams will be providing commentary from all three matches.

Choose an audio stream from the links at the top of the page and we'll keep you up to date with events at the other grounds with regular text updates.

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It may have disappointed the Finals Day organisers, but there will be no home advantage for anyone at Edgbaston on 15 July.

Birmingham Bears saw their hopes of a first last-four appearance since 2017 disappear as they lost by two wickets to Essex in the opening quarter-final on Thursday.

Sam Hain hit 52 off 36 balls as they posted a score of 167-7 on their home ground, but Dan Lawrence's 62 off 49 kept Essex up with the required rate in reply.

He was out at the start of the 19th over, but Shane Snater struck a match-winning six off the penultimate ball of the game as the 2019 winners got home on 171-8.

We're not expecting any problems with rain this evening, which is great news for all concerned.

'Fine and dry' is a brief summary of the BBC Weather outlook for Manchester,Taunton and Southampton.

The visitors will get first use at steamy Taunton.

It tends to need 190 minimum to be competitive by the River Tone.

Somerset: Banton, Smeed, Kohler-Cadmore, Abell, Dickson, Gregory, Green, Overton, Henry, Sohdi, Brooks

Notts: Hales, Clark, Munro, Montgomery, Patel, Moores (wk), Mullaney (c), Wasim, Harrison, Fletcher, Ball

Somerset blazed a trail in the group stage with one of the best record in the history of the tournament.

Barely anyone could touch them as they won 12 of 14 qualifying matches.

They arrive tonight on the back of six straight victories and will be mighty confident of a return to Finals Day.

So what a task for Notts, who squeezed through into the last eight with a final day victory over Leicestershire.

They have it all to do to upset the odds tonight.

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Lancashire Lightning take a formidable home T20 record into their game against Surrey - they have not been beaten at Old Trafford since September 2020, though two matches ended in ties.

This is the first T20 meeting between the two sides since a 2005 semi-final when Lancashire won by 22 runs at The Oval, with a team including James Anderson, Andrew Flintoff and Dominic Cork.

Surrey skipper Chris Jordan calls correctly and decides it will be the home side that have to do the chasing this evening - though Liam Livingstone is happy as he says he would have chosen to bowl first.

The visitors bring in spinner Dan Moriarty for Tom Curran, who has a hamstring problem, while Lancashire retain the XI that beat Northants Steelbacks in their final group match.

Lancashire: Salt, Buttler, Croft, Livingstone (capt), Mitchell, Vilas, Wells, Jones, Hartley, Wood, Bailey.

Surrey: Jacks, Roy, Evans, S Curran, Smith, Overton, Narine, Abbott, Jordan (capt), Moriarty, Atkinson.

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One thing is certain, there will be no first-time winner lifting the T20 Blast trophy in eight days' time.

The six sides involved in this evening's quarter-finals have gone home with the domestic short-format silverware on a combined total of 10 occasions.

Holders Hampshire head the list, becoming T20 champions for a third time a year ago, while Notts Outlaws did so in 2017 and 2020.

Just one win so far for Lancashire Lightning, Surrey, Somerset and Worcestershire Rapids, but all four have loads of experience in the knockout stages of the competition.

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So, Essex have their golden ticket to T20 Blast Finals Day - but who will be joining them at the Edgbaston fun factory in eight day's time?

We will find out this evening as the three remaining quarter-finals take centre stage and like Willy Wonka's boat trip, it could be a wild ride.

Welcome to our coverage. Lancashire v Surrey starts at 18:30, followed five minutes later by Somerset v Notts and then it's Hampshire v Worcestershire from 19:00.