Bears, Durham, Kent & Hants Claim T20 Quarter-final Spots

New Zealand Test skipper Tom Latham hammered his first T20 Blast period arsenic nan Bears qualified for nan quarter-finals alongside Durham, Hampshire and Kent connected a tense last nighttime of group games.

Latham shared an opening guidelines of 187 pinch Alex Davies arsenic nan Bears thrashed Derbyshire by 127 runs astatine Derby successful nan North Group.

With Lancashire Lightning and Northamptonshire Steelbacks having already qualified, Durham knew a triumph complete nan second would book them a past 8 berth which they duly managed pinch a crushing nine-wicket triumph and a maiden Blast period for Alex Lees.

Nottinghamshire youngster Farhan Ahmed took nan 3rd hat-trick of this year's title arsenic nan Outlaws gained a consolation triumph complete Lancashire astatine Trent Bridge

In nan South Group, Hampshire's conclusion by Essex connected Thursday near them watching nervously from nan sidelines but their superior run-rate was capable to spell done alongside Surrey, Somerset and Kent.

At Derby, Samit Patel was hoping to sign-off pinch a triumph successful his last crippled for nan Falcons but he endured a miserable evening arsenic the Bears sealed their qualification pinch a commanding victory.

Latham (104 disconnected 51 balls, pinch 8 sixes) and Davies (89) shared an opening business of 187 - nan joint-fourth highest successful nan Blast - arsenic nan visitors piled-up 233-5 pinch Patel finishing pinch 0-38 from his 3 overs.

Derbyshire were quickly reduced to 62-5 successful reply arsenic Patel fell for six and they subsided limply to 106 each retired to decorativeness bottommost of North Group.

Northamptonshire skipper David Willey collapsed six sixes successful his 32-ball 63 and Matthew Breetzke made a accelerated 52 arsenic nan Steelbacks threatened to derail Durham's qualification hopes astatine Chester-le-Street.

But nan location broadside made ray activity of their triumph target of 204 to jump up to 2nd spot and gain a location tie.

Alex Lees (101* disconnected 49 balls, pinch 8 sixes) and Graham Clark (79 disconnected 41) shared an opening guidelines of 181 arsenic Durham coasted to triumph pinch three-and-a-half overs to spare.

Young off-spinner Ahmed stole nan show for Nottinghamshire arsenic nan Outlaws picked up a consolation five-wicket triumph complete Lancashire astatine Trent Bridge.

The 17-year-old younger relative of England's Rehan Ahmed claimed nan 3rd hat-trick of this year's Blast by removing Luke Wood, Tom Aspinwall and Mitchell Stanley arsenic he returned figures of 5-25.

Leicestershire also held an extracurricular chance of sneaking into nan past 8 but needed to hit Yorkshire and dream for immoderate thief from elsewhere - neither of which happened pinch Matt Milnes hammering nan past balls for six to seal a melodramatic triumph for nan visitors astatine Grace Road

Abdullah Shafique again impressed pinch nan bat for nan White Rose arsenic his 64 anchored them to victory, helped by 52 from Matthew Revis earlier Milnes' precocious fireworks ensured Yorkshire avoided finishing bottommost of nan table.

Two-times T20 champions Kent made ray activity of rock-bottom Essex astatine Canterbury to unafraid their quarter-final spot from nan South Group.

Paul Walter (52) and Charlie Allison (48) helped nan visitors scope 172-6 aft being asked to bat but erstwhile Kent batsman Jordan Cox grounded to follow-up his heroics against Hampshire connected Thursday as he fell for conscionable six.

Tawanda Muyeye's 49-ball 80 sewage nan location broadside disconnected to a bully commencement successful their tally pursuit earlier Harry Finch blasted six fours and 3 sixes successful his 64 arsenic Kent strolled to triumph pinch 16 balls to spare.

It could person been different for Kent arsenic they completed their triumph and past had to watch arsenic Sussex came agonisingly adjacent to beating group winners Surrey and pipping them for nan 4th qualification place.

After Will Jacks (100 disconnected 59 balls, pinch 3 sixes and 12 fours) had scored his 5th Blast period to group nan location broadside a triumph target of 205 astatine Hove, Sussex needed 13 runs from nan last complete only for their erstwhile all-rounder Chris Jordan to disregard John Simpson and time off them 8 short of nan win.

Glamorgan went into nan evening needing to hit Middlesex and hold for results from elsewhere but their 52-run triumph successful Cardiff proved to beryllium simply a consolation pinch Kent getting nan occupation done against Essex.

Last year's runners-up, Somerset, gained immoderate revenge for their conclusion by Gloucestershire in nan 2024 last pinch a 16-run triumph astatine Taunton to decorativeness 2nd down Surrey connected nett tally rate.

T20 Blast quarter-finals will beryllium played connected 3, 5, and 6 September

Lancashire v Kent Spitfires, Durham v Hampshire Hawks, Surrey v Northants Steelbacks, Durham v Bears - dates tbc

Finals Day will return spot astatine Edgbaston connected Saturday 13 September