T20 Blast Round-up: Bears Stun Leaders Lancashire

Ed Barnard helped Bears comfortably hit T20 Blast North group leaders Lancashire by 36 runs astatine Edgbaston to support nan qualification title wide open.

Barnard's 54 successful 34 balls, his 4th half-century of nan tournament, helped nan hosts rack up 203-9 having been sent in, aft Dan Mousley smashed 32 successful conscionable 12 balls.

Phil Salt whacked 21 from 9 deliveries successful reply but Jos Buttler was retired for a duck arsenic Lancashire's pursuit ne'er sewage going and they were bowled retired for 167.

In nan South group, Surrey hit Gloucestershire by 28 runs, Kent staged a precocious betterment to hit Sussex and Hampshire chased down 188 astatine Middlesex.

Lancashire's dense conclusion saw them gaffe disconnected nan apical of nan array and beneath Durham connected net-run rate, while Bears climbed to 3rd pinch their sixth victory.

The harm could person been greater for Lancashire but Tom Hartley, from number nine, hoisted 4 sixes successful making 35 from 16 balls while George Garton took 4-28 for nan location side.

Surrey were sent successful astatine Bristol and sewage disconnected to a flier arsenic Will Jacks deed 5 sixes successful making 57 disconnected 35 balls and skipper Sam Curran struck 46 from 33 earlier they regressed to 118-5 aft 14 overs.

Tom Curran past picked up nan innings and his 32 from conscionable 15 balls helped nan visitors group 193-7.

It was comfortably defended arsenic only D'Arcy Short, pinch 70 from 53 deliveries, gave pursuit and Gloucestershire could only make 165-9, ending a tally of 4 consecutive victories.

Second-placed Surrey move 4 points clear of 3rd successful South Group while Gloucestershire, successful seventh, are six points adrift of nan apical 4 qualification spots.

At Marchant Taylor's School, Leus du Plooy took complaint of Middlesex aft Stephen Eskinazi stood down for individual reasons, and looked for illustration delivering contiguous success.

Eskinazi responded to nan alteration by making his joint-second highest T20 score, 94 successful only 48 balls, but from 151-1 aft 15 overs, Middlesex collapsed to 187-8, pinch Scott Currie taking 4 wickets successful 2 overs.

Joe Weatherley made 41 from 22 balls successful reply arsenic Hampshire were near needing 53 from nan last 4 overs.

Enter James Fuller (43no), who slugged 2 sixes to bring nan target down to 10 disconnected six balls earlier consecutive fours disconnected Ryan Higgins won nan crippled pinch 2 balls to spare.

Hampshire climbed to 4th connected net-run rate, level connected points pinch Kent aft a singular precocious betterment by Joey Evison helped nan second pursuit 149 astatine Sussex.

The location broadside began nan nighttime 4th successful nan South group but were bowled retired for conscionable 148 having won nan toss.

Tom Clark's 29 disconnected 20 balls was Sussex's champion arsenic Nathan Gilchrist picked up 4-42, by acold nan astir costly bowler but yet nan astir successful.

But nan target looked for illustration being plentifulness capable arsenic Kent slumped to 110-8 successful nan 16th over, only for Evison to statesman an bonzer assault.

He clubbed 4 sixes and 3 fours arsenic his 48 not retired from 24 balls saw Kent location pinch 3 balls to spare.

North Group

Leicester: Leicestershire Foxes v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (18:30 BST)

Derby: Derbyshire Falcons v Worcestershire Rapids (19:00 BST)

South Group

Southampton: Hampshire Hawks v Glamorgan (19:00 BST)