T20 Blast Holders Glos Out As Lancs & Northants Go Through

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Glenn Speller

BBC Sport England

Defending T20 Blast champions Gloucestershire exited this year's title pinch a last-ball conclusion by Sussex connected a nighttime erstwhile Lancashire and Northamptonshire reached nan quarter-finals.

Hampshire missed nan chance to unafraid their spot successful nan past 8 arsenic they were beaten by a Jordan Cox inspired Essex astatine Chelmsford.

Cox smashed 139 not retired disconnected 60 balls, though Hampshire's vastly superior nett run-rate intends they would request immoderate bonzer results connected Friday not to qualify.

In nan North Group, leaders Lancashire gained revenge complete Yorkshire pinch a 21-run Roses triumph to guarantee a location quarter-final.

Northamptonshire saw their qualification confirmed without playing acknowledgment to Worcestershire's 45-run triumph complete Nottinghamshire which besides keeps nan Rapids successful nan hunt.

Surrey and Somerset person already qualified for nan quarter-finals from nan South Group which intends location are 4 much places up for grabs successful Friday's last information of group fixtures.

Holders Gloucestershire clang out

Only a triumph complete Sussex would springiness Gloucestershire a chance of continuing nan defence of their title David Payne could not take sides 15 runs disconnected nan last complete arsenic Danny Lamb deed 3 fours to return nan Sharks to victory.

D'Arcy Short's 66 from 45 balls powered nan location sides innings, pinch Cameron Bancroft (45) and Ben Charlesworth (44) offering useful support arsenic they made 185-5 connected nan mini College Ground astatine Cheltenham.

Sussex's reply sewage disconnected to a accelerated commencement earlier nan nonaccomplishment of 3 wickets for 28 runs reduced them to 57-3 successful nan ninth over.

James Coles (62) and Tom Alsop (55) past looked to beryllium guiding nan Sharks to a comfortable triumph but erstwhile Coles perished to a drawback successful nan heavy to extremity a 106-run business and Alsop was retired soon after, nan scales seemed to plaything successful nan champions' favour.

John Simpson was tally retired from nan first shot of nan last complete but Payne past sent down a wide and a waist-high afloat flip which went for 4 earlier Short turned from leader to villain erstwhile dropping a elemental chance offered by Lamb astatine long-off.

Lamb promptly smacked nan last 2 balls for 4 to unafraid a four-wicket triumph and move Sussex up to fourth place to put them successful rod position to sneak into nan past eight.

"It conscionable came down to a mates of cardinal mistakes that astir apt made nan quality successful nan end," said Gloucestershire caput coach Mark Alleyne.

"First of all, nan umpire's mentation of a wide against David Payne successful that last complete is perfectly wrong.

"D'Arcy Short past missed that drawback and we conceded 2 runs. It should person been a dot shot and it should person been our game."

Hampshire must person fancied their chances of joining Surrey and Somerset successful qualifying from nan South Group arsenic they piled up 220-6 against Essex but Cox had different plans arsenic nan Eagles produced a agleam infinitesimal successful what has different been a miserable campaign.

Toby Albert's 84 from 55 balls was nan champion of nan visitors' mammoth full while Tom Prest (41) and Hilton Cartwright (56) besides recovered nan location bowling very overmuch to their liking.

Essex skipper Simon Harmer utilized 8 bowlers successful an effort to find a measurement of stemming nan Hampshire run-fest pinch Scottish world Mackenzie Jones picking up 2-46 connected his Blast debut.

With 9 defeats from their 12 games, chasing 221 for triumph seemed improbable for nan Eagles but Cox's maiden Blast period took nan crippled distant arsenic they sewage location pinch 4 balls to spare.

Cox hammered 11 fours and 11 sixes successful his unbeaten 139 which is nan highest people successful this year's competition.

Fourth-placed Sussex and fifth-placed Kent will conflict it retired for nan last qualification spot connected Friday, pinch third-placed Hampshire, who person played each their games, each but there.

Anderson and Buttler lead Lancashire to Roses win

James Anderson celebrating taking a wicket for Lancashire

Jos Buttler and James Anderson starred arsenic Lancashire gained revenge complete Yorkshire astatine Headingley and booked a location quarter-final successful nan process.

Having mislaid to nan White Rose by 19 runs astatine Old Trafford last Friday, Lancashire turned nan tables pinch Anderson and Buttler impressing.

Buttler's 93rd T20 half-century group up nan Lightning's 174 each retired arsenic he deed 77 from 46 balls but only recovered existent support from England team-mate Phil Salt (42) arsenic Jordan Thompson, Jafer Chohan and Matt Milnes took 2 wickets each.

Abdullah Shafique (54) threatened to lead Yorkshire to a consolation triumph successful what has been a disappointing run but erstwhile he became Anderson's 3rd unfortunate successful his 3-25 nan visitors eased themselves complete nan line.

"I thought we were 10 aliases 15 runs short but in installments to nan bowlers and we recovered a measurement astatine nan end," said Buttler.

"To get a location quarter-final is simply a large point for nan team."

Worcestershire went into their crippled pinch Nottinghamshire knowing only a triumph would beryllium capable to support live their slim hopes of claiming a quarter-final spot and nan consequence was ne'er successful uncertainty arsenic Ethan Brookes starred pinch some bat and ball.

Brett D'Oliveira (46), Kashif Ali (34) and Adam Hose (33) ne'er allowed nan Outlaws bowlers to settee but a devastating innings of 57 from only 20 balls by Brookes pinch 5 fours and 5 sixes took Worcestershire to 206-7.

Pakistan seamer Khurram Shahzad (2-18) removed Freddie McCann and Notts skipper Joe Clarke early successful nan reply while Tom Taylor accounted for Jack Haynes arsenic they were reduced to 36-3 and ne'er recovered.

Brookes followed up his heroics pinch nan willow pinch a three-wicket burst to decorativeness pinch 3-30 and Ben Allison picked up 3-37.

Matthew Montgomery (47) and Tom Moores (57) offered immoderate guidance but nan nonaccomplishment of those early wickets near Nottinghamshire nary room for manoeuvre and ends their qualification hopes.

Worcestershire are up to fifth spot successful nan group and will walk Friday watching connected hoping for immoderate thief from elsewhere to creep into nan quarter-finals.

They will request Bears to suffer and Leicestershire to either suffer aliases suffer a nary consequence to guidelines a chance of qualifying.