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We'll be back with more T20 Blast action for you next Friday. Until then, have a very good evening.

Alex Blake's magnificent 71 not out off 30 balls guided Kent to a dramatic five-wicket victory over Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl.

Blake, who came in with his side struggling at 70-5, smashed six maximums in his knock as he shared an unbroken stand of 108 with Spitfires captain Sam Northeast (60 not out) in just 9.2 overs.

Hampshire made 172-6 thanks largely to skipper James Vince's 66 and Adam Wheater's 36 off 18 balls at the end of the innings.

However, Blake's heroics saw his side home with four balls to spare.

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Ravi Bopara shone with bat and ball as Essex won their first T20 Blast game of the season.

The all-rounder took 2-25 and overseas bowler Shaun Tait 3-28 as Glamorgan managed only 144-8 from their allotted overs, as Chris Cooke top scored with 31.

Michael Hogan (2-19) impressed for the Welsh county, bowling Mark Pettini in the first over, but Bopara never looked in trouble of losing his wicket as he dictated his side's innings.

Even a floodlight failure couldn't prevent the England player from reaching his half-century and he finished the match off in style launching Ruaidhri Smith for two big sixes, albeit one of them coming of the top-edge of his bat, in the 18th over to take Essex to 145-5 - claiming victory with 14 balls to spare.

Glamorgan will hope the loss was simply a blip, following their sublime victory over Surrey last week, while Essex will look to kick-on and climb up the table in the South Group.

Recordo Gordon took three wickets to help holders Birmingham Bears defend 144-5 to beat Worcestershire in the Midlands derby.

Worcestershire's reply began badly when Richard Oliver was bowled for a duck and only Daryl Mitchell and Ross Whiteley made significant contributions.

Gordon and Rikki Clarke dismissed Worcestershire's lower-order to leave the Pears all out for 126.

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Captain Andrew Gale led from the front as Yorkshire chased down Nottinghamshire's 143-7 with seven balls remaining.

Samit Patel top-scored for Notts with 41 but the rest struggled to get Yorkshire's bowlers away.

Gale's unbeaten 68 was well supported by Glenn Maxwell and Andrew Hodd as Yorkshire won their first T20 game at Trent Bridge in three years.

Lancashire lost five wickets in eight balls to hand Durham a surprise victory at Old Trafford.

Chasing Durham's 155, Ashwell Prince was the only player to find any fluency and once he fell for 78, Lancashire looked lost.

Two wickets in two balls from John Hastings, as well as some desperate shots from the Red Rose batsmen, helped Durham make it two wins from two as Lancashire fell short on 139-9.

Somerset suffered a dramatic batting collapse as they fell five runs short of victory against Sussex at Taunton.

After the Sharks made 175-6 thanks to Luke Wright's 49 and a quickfire 37 from the returning England paceman Chris Jordan, Somerset seemed well placed at 78-1.

However, the hosts then lost five wickets for 18 runs in less than five overs, with Will Beer picking up three of them as they slumped to 98-6.

Jim Allenby took the game to the final over needing 24 to win, but he was run out for 79 with three balls to go and Sussex saw out the game.

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Leicestershire wicket-keeper Niall O'Brien smashed an unbeaten 47 off 27 balls as the Foxes cruised to a seven-wicket win over Derbyshire at Grace Road - their first victory of the summer.

Chasing a target of 164, the hosts lost captain Mark Cosgrove early on, but scores of 30 plus from Ned Eckersley and Kevin O'Brien, and Niall O'Brien's big hitting at the end of the innings saw them to victory.

Earlier, Derbyshire had stumbled to 78-5 and had Chesney Hughes (59) and Billy Godleman (38) to thank for helping them up to a competitive 163-6.

Foxes spinner Jigar Naik starred with the ball claiming 3-23.

Before we leave you this evening, let's just take a look back at our seven matches in tonight's T20 Blast programme.

Somerset all-rounder Jim Allenby:

"It was actually a heavier defeat than the score suggested as we lost too many wickets in the middle of our innings and Sussex jumped all over us.

"I really enjoy T20 cricket and it was nice to get off to a good start in it for my new team.

"Our net run-rate won't have suffered too much and, despite this defeat, we really fancy our chances of doing well in the competition."

Leicestershire captain Mark Cosgrove:

"It's always good to celebrate a win, and yes, hopefully it will lift everybody connected with the club.

"Jigar Naik changed the game with his spell in their innings, we took our catches - which we haven't always been doing this season - and then the batsmen did their job.

"The aim now is to take the lift and momentum into next week's T20s and then the Championship."

Durham seamer John Hastings:

"That was a really good win, an important one as well. We probably left a few (runs) out there batting first, 15 or 20 runs maybe. But the way the boys bowled was fantastic.

"We stuck to our plans and used the wicket, which was tiring a bit in the last few overs. We used our slower balls and did a really good job.

"I think it was a really hard wicket to hit boundaries on. Ashwell's and Mark's innings, for us, were pure cricket shots. As soon as you tried to hit sixes and fours, you'd get out. The run out of Ashwell was crucial in the end."

Lancashire cricket director and head coach Ashley Giles:

"There were areas throughout the game we could have improved on.

"We went for too many in the power play. Durham played well up front. Then we got the rate down to nines, which was manageable, but we lost our way a little bit through the middle of our innings.

"Ashwell Prince played magnificently, and it was a shame we couldn't get over the line for him."

Sussex manager Mark Robinson told BBC Sussex's Adrian Harms:

"It was a great win, it is not an easy place to come - it was their first game so there was a lot of excitement- but we kept our heads and came out on top.

"Chris Jordan was a big boost for us, we found out he was available for us on Thursday but it was whether he was ready mentally to play.

"He is obviously bitterly disappointed and being dropped was a bit of hit for me so he had to get his head around it but he played very well today.

"(Michael) Yardy popped his calf during the game and had to come off but we do not know what his situation is yet."

Birmingham Bears bowler Recardo Gordon:

"We just showed why you can never under-estimate us a team.

"At the halfway point I think everyone thought we were behind the eight-ball but we always believe in ourselves as a team and we are always wanting to take wickets and we did that well today.

"It was great for me to take two wickets in my first over. In Twenty20 cricket taking wickets is the way forward because it stems the flow of runs and it was good to get a couple, bang, bang, to put us in the driving seat."

Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes:

"It was not the result we wanted but there is no need to panic. We lost a couple of games early in the competition last year but then won six games on the trot and qualified.

"We bowled well and fielded very well but our batting did not quite match up to it. There were a couple of run outs but that sort of thing can happen in these situations."

BBC Sport's Nabil Hassan at the Ageas Bowl: "Hampshire appeared to be cruising at the midway stage, but a remarkable partnership from Northeast and Blake saw Kent home with balls to spare."

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Kent captain Sam Northeast told Sky Sports: "It was going to require a special innings at 70-5 and I think we saw one tonight with Alex Blake. It was a special knock.

"I don't even think we out there thought it was going to happen until that one big over [18 runs off the 15th] and then we were right back in the game.

"At the half time break I thought we were in the game but then we lost five wickets early and all the pressure was right back on us.

"That's why it was even more of a special knock because of the circumstances."

Hampshire captain James Vince told Sky Sports: "I think 170 was a decent score, we'd have liked five or 10 more.

"After the start we got off to with the ball having them 70-5 we'd have expected to defend that.

"I think we let ourselves down in the field, we're normally a good side in the field and leaked a few too many runs and missed a couple of half chances."

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Well, I don't think anyone was expecting that at the Ageas Bowl.

Kent looked down and out when Darren Stevens and Fabian Cowdrey were both dismissed by Will Smith in the same over to leave the visitors 70-5 at the halfway point.

But Alex Blake simply went on the rampage with some incredible striking over point and extra cover.

Michael Carberry will rue dropping him in the 18th over, but take nothing away from Blake's innings, it was hitting of the highest order.

Sam Northeast also made a less brutal but crucial 60 not out.