Skipper James Vince and Liam Dawson starred as Hampshire trounced Essex by 118 runs within the Vitality Blast.
Vince wanted simply 48 balls to amass 103, hitting eight sixes and the identical variety of fours, in a complete of 214 for eight earlier than Dawson took 4 for 21 as the house facet collapsed to 96 all out in 14.1 overs at Chelmsford.
Tom Kohler-Cadmore plundered an unbeaten 64 to assist Somerset strengthen their place on the high of the South Group with a nine-wicket demolition of struggling Middlesex.
Kohler-Cadmore, who hit 4 sixes – the final of them to win the match – and 7 fours, and Tom Abell with 25 not out eased the house facet over the ending line with 39 balls to spare at Taunton after the guests had been bowled out for simply 136 in 18.4 overs.
Tom Smith dispatched the primary ball of the ultimate over for 4 as Gloucestershire edged to a two-wicket victory over high-flying Surrey in a low-scoring thriller at Bristol.
Only opener Grant Roelofsen, Oliver Price and James Bracey made it previous 20 on a troublesome pitch, however the hosts, who wanted two off the final over, managed to chase down the guests’ 124 for 9 regardless of England seamer Sam Curran’s three for 20.
David Payne and Matt Taylor had each earlier taken three wickets with Jamie Smith’s knock of 29 the most important batting contribution within the match.
Colin Ingram and Chris Cooke staged an unbeaten stand of 109 to ease Glamorgan to a seven-wicket win over Kent inside 17 overs.
The pair got here collectively within the ninth over with the rating on 82 for 3 in response to Kent’s 189 for six – due largely to Tawanda Muyeye’s 62 – and had been nonetheless there on the end, Ingram making a 32-ball 63, together with 10 fours and a six, and Cooke 46.
Michael Bracewell and Adam Hose each hit half-centuries as Worcestershire blew away Nottinghamshire by 56 runs to go high of the North Group.
Bracewell, who placed on 98 with skipper Brett D’Oliveira for the primary wicket, made 55 and Hose an unbeaten 51 in a powerful 226 for 5.
Alex Hales led a Notts cost with 71 from 35 balls, however largely with out help as D’Oliveira ripped the center out of their reply with 4 for 11 in his two overs and Pat Brown took 4 for 25 as they had been dismissed for 170.
Wayne Madsen’s unbeaten 71 laid the inspiration for Derbyshire to see off earlier leaders Birmingham Bears by 17 runs.
Madsen hit 12 fours with Tom Wood including a quick-fire 39 from 19 balls in a complete of 174 for 5, they usually had been backed up by bowlers Zaman Khan and Zak Chappell, who completed with three for 34 and three for 32 respectively because the guests reached 157 for 9.
Chris Lynn smashed an unbeaten century as Northamptonshire beat Leicestershire by eight wickets within the battle of the underside two.
Lynn thumped 5 sixes and 13 fours on his technique to 110 from 68 balls to see his facet to victory on 168 for 2 with seven deliveries to spare.
Leicestershire had posted 164 for eight with Ben Sanderson and Andrew Tye serving to themselves to a few wickets every.
A 3rd-wicket partnership of 54 between Michael Jones and Ollie Robinson supplied the spine for Durham as they accomplished a cushty six-wicket win over Lancashire at Chester-le-Street.
Jones’ 43 and 39 for Robinson arrange Ashton Turner and Wayne Parnell to see the house facet over the road with 10 balls remaining after Parnell, Bas de Leede, Ben Raine and Nathan Sowter had taken two wickets every to assist prohibit Lancashire to 152 for 9.
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