Lancashire beat Yorkshire by one run in incredible game
Lancs score 176-2 in 14 overs after rain delay
Yorkshire fall short on 175-4
Lancs captain Liam Livingstone scores 79 off 37 balls
Fifties for Yorkshire pair Adam Lyth and Joe Root
Wins for Durham, Somerset, Hants & Leics
Birmingham Bears and Northants tie
Matches abandoned at Cheltenham & Canterbury
Image source, Rex FeaturesRight folks, we've overstayed our welcome!
It's been a night of huge scores, thrilling finishes and rain. Yes, rain.
There's just the one T20 Blast game tomorrow - Essex against Hampshire at 17:00 BST.
Until then, sleep well.
Birmingham Bears 231-5 v Northants Steelbacks 231-5
It had to be a tie, didn't it!
An extraordinary evening of T20 Blast cricket finishes with Aaron Thomason taking a single off Nathan Buck's final delivery and the scores are level.
231-5 apiece.
Phew, I'm done.
De Grandhomme c Crook b Buck 14 (Bears 230-5)
This ridiculous night of T20 cricket continues.
Colin de Grandhomme is caught by Steven Crook running in at long on.
Bears need two off the final delivery.
Birmingham Bears 230-4 (19.4 overs) v Northants 231-5
Out of here!
Colin de Grandhomme smashes Nathan Buck for another maximum and the Bears need two off two.
Wow.
Bell c Procter b Buck 131 (Bears 222-4)
Gone!
Ian Bell is caught on the extra cover boundary for a brilliant 131.
10 needed off five balls.
Lancashire beat Yorkshire by 1 run
Quote MessageJos and I took it to them early on and after he got run out I had to take some responsibility. We knew it was a good wicket and our score was just above par. It wasn't un-chaseable and luckily we had just enough to play with. Toby is playing his fifth game and defended 5 off 2 so it is good he can perform under pressure. We don't feel like we have played a bad game of white-ball cricket yet. We are playing aggressive cricket which is great to be a part of.
Liam Livingstone, Lancashire captain
Birmingham Bears 222-3 (19 overs) v Northants 231-5
Bosh!
Colin de Grandhomme smashes a six off the final ball of Rory Kleinveldt's over and Birmingham Bears need 10 off the last six deliveries.
And it's raining at Edgbaston...
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Lancashire beat Yorkshire by 1 run
Quote MessageIt was interesting wasn't it. We knew with the likes of Kane and Rooty we had a chance but it just wasn't to be for us. We knew it would be a big ask and we got close. We knew at half-time that it was a good pitch and we could chase anything, but we probably let them get 20 or 30 too many. When they get momentum it is hard to claw it back. If we keep playing like that and keep it tighter in the field we will win more games.
Steven Patterson, Yorkshire captain on Sky Sports
Birmingham Bears 211-3 (18 overs) v Northants 231-5
Amazing! 17 come off Seekkuge Prasanna's over - Ian Bell is up to 127.
The Bears could just do this you know.
A couple of other results to tell you about in the south group...
Somerset have beaten Glamorgan by 30 runs and Hampshire have won by 21 runs against Middlesex.
Lancashire 176-2, Yorkshire 175-4; Lancs win by 1 run
Yorkshire gave that run chase a real go, with Adam Lyth hitting 60 and Joe Root adding an unbeaten 51 as they fell just short.
Matt Parkinson was the pick of the Lancs bowlers with 2-38, but Liam Livingstone did the damage with the bat in the Lightning innings, with 79 runs off 37 balls.
Lancashire remain top of the North Group, with Yorkshire slipping to sixth after suffering their second defeat.
Birmingham Bears 194-3 (17 overs) v Northants 231-5
There's also plenty of drama at Edgbaston.
Birmingham Bears need 38 to win off 3 overs - Ian Bell is unbeaten on 110. They're chasing 232!
What a night of T20 Blast cricket.
Yorks 175-4 (target 177)
Image source, Rex FeaturesWow, what a finish!
Kane Williamson turns the final ball to deep square leg, but the fielder is on it quckly.
The batsmen run two but can't come back for a third.
Lancashire beat their rivals by the narrowest of margins after 15 runs came from the final over.
Great entertainment at Old Trafford.
Root 51, Williamson 4
Root only gets a single this time towards long off!
Yorkshire need four to win from the final ball, and Kane Williamson will face it.
This will be the biggest delivery of Toby Lester's young career.
Yorks 172-5 (target 177)
Another boundary for Joe Root, down towards fine leg, and Yorkshire need five runs from the final two balls to win.
Root 46, Williamson 4
Then, Joe Root smacks the ball straight back down the ground for four.
Nine needed from the final three balls now.
Lancs wicketkeeper Jos Buttler comes down the ground for a word with Toby Lester.
Root 42, Williamson 4
Next up, a dot ball!
13 from 4 needed now.
Root 42, Williamson 4
Toby Lester is on for the final over.
Joe Root finds the gap in the field on the leg side and gets a four.
13 needed from 5 deliveries
Root 38, Williamson 4
The batsmen crossed, and Joe Root gets a four with the next delivery and then a single.
Kane Williamson goes big with his first shot and gets a boundary through the covers.
The Vikings need 17 off the final over.
