MEN'S T20 BLAST ROUNDUP: Elsewhere, there were wins for Sussex at Canterbury and Bears at Grace Road as the race for the quarter-finals continues
Chester-le-Street: Durham 231-5, Notts Outlaws 182 - Durham won by 49 runs
Colin Ackermann made 83 off 33 balls and Durham made their record T20 score as they returned to T20 Blast action with a 49-run defeat of Nottinghamshire Outlaws at the Banks Homes Riverside.
On a run-stuffed evening in the North East, the home side made 231 for 5 and the visitors replied with 182 all out.
Kasey Aldridge, who had only taken two T20 wickets previously, finished with a career-best five for 29 from 2.4 overs.
The win is Durham’s fifth in this year’s Blast and clearly strengthens their bid to qualify for the knockout stages.
Leicester: Leicestershire 154, Bears 158-4 - Bears won by six wickets
Bears boosted their chances of qualifying for the T20 Blast quarter-finals for a fifth consecutive season as they eased past Leicestershire Foxes at the Grace Road, winning by six wickets with 10 balls to spare.
The Foxes were bowled out for 154 in 19.3 overs, Pakistan international pace bowler Hassan Ali finishing with four for 22 with all four wickets in the opening powerplay.
Sol Budinger made 51 off 24 balls, but all-rounder Logan Van Beek's 26 was the next-best score, Richard Gleeson and Danny Briggs picking up two wickets each for the Bears.
Half-centuries from Sam Hain (55 from 38 balls) and Dan Mousley (64 not out from 48) then got the job done as Bears moved level on 20 points with the Foxes in a tight North Group.
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Yorkshire's James Wharton and Will Luxton led the way with the bat tonight (Allan McKenzie/SWPIx.com)
Headingley: Yorkshire 233-6, Worcestershire 192 - Yorkshire won by 41 runs
Superb scores in the eighties for third-wicket pair Will Luxton and James Wharton helped Yorkshire maintain their slim quarter-final hopes in the T20 Blast with a dominant 41-run win over fellow strugglers Worcestershire Rapids at Headingley.
Wharton, a T20 centurion against the Rapids here in 2023, top-scored with 88 in Yorkshire's 233 for 6. He shared 134 inside 12 overs with Will Luxton, whose 81 represented a career-best score. Both faced 47 balls.
All seven bowlers used by Worcestershire captain Brett D'Oliveira went at nine or more runs an over before their night got worse.
New Zealand overseas fast bowler Will O’Rourke struck twice in two balls twice en route to his maiden five-wicket haul, five for 22, in a 192 all-out reply.
Canterbury: Sussex 195-9, Kent 161 - Sussex won by 34 runs
Sussex Sharks comprehensively beat Kent Spitfires by 34 runs in the T20 Blast at Canterbury.
Daniel Hughes top-scored with 48 as Sussex made 195 for 9, despite no one passing 50.
Kent's Nathan Gilchrist took 3 for 31 and Harry Finch then hit his highest Blast score against his former county, making 56 off 25 balls, but when he was out the chase fell apart.
Danny Lamb took key wickets at crucial moments, claiming 5 for 15 and Tymal Mills claimed three for 20. Lamb wrapped up the win with two balls to spare when he bowled Fred Klaassen.
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Dan Mousley got Bears over the line at Grace Road (George Wood/Getty Images)
Taunton: Glamorgan 176-7, Somerset 174-9 - Glamorgan won by two runs
Ned Leonard claimed five wickets against his former county as Glamorgan shocked South Group leaders Somerset with a nail-biting two-run T20 Blast win at Taunton.
The visitors posted 176 for six after losing the toss, Dan Douthwaite top-scoring with 56 off 32 balls, with three fours and four sixes, while Colin Ingram hit 55 from 33 deliveries. Matt Henry finished with 2 for 15 from four overs.
In reply, Somerset fell just short on 174 for 9, Will Smeed making 72 off 49 balls and Leonard claiming 5 for 25. It was only Glamorgan's fifth victory in 20 Blast visits to Taunton.
Chelmsford: Gloucestershire 184-7, Essex 171 - Gloucestershire won by 13 runs
Jack Taylor's second fifty in three matches made it three wins in a row for Gloucestershire to spark hopes of retaining the T20 Blast.
Gloucestershire had begun their defence with five straight defeats but victories over Kent Spitfires, Hampshire Hawks and now Essex have given hope they can sneak back to finals day via the back door.
Captain Taylor had dragged his side to a par score of 184 with 50, to go with Ben Charlesworth's 47 not out, before Josh Shaw's 3 for 29 made sure the Eagles fell 13 runs short.
The 2019 champions Essex remain winless, with their only points coming from a wash-out. They can now only get a maximum of 22 points with fourth-placed Glamorgan already on 20 points.
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