MEN'S T20 BLAST ROUNDUP: As the competition returned, there were also wins for Notts Outlaws, Surrey and Warwickshire on a busy night of action
Cardiff: Middlesex 153-7, Glamorgan 159-4 - Glamorgan won by six wickets
Glamorgan's form across formats shows no sign of ending after an assertive six-wicket win over suffering Middlesex in the T20 Blast.
Sean Dickson (67 not out) and Asa Tribe (46) shared a 96-run stand to see Glamorgan home for a precarious position chasing Middlesex's 153 for 7.
Mason Crane earlier took 4 for 24 to seemingly control the innings, but Eathan Bosch and Seb Morgan's unbeaten eighth-wicket stand of 40 kept the visitors competitive.
It continues a strong run of form for Glamorgan after the County Championship win over Surrey last weekend and a heroic Blast win at Blackpool last time out.
Middlesex's struggles continue as they will remain bottom of the South Group, hampered by missing key players.
Wantage Road: Northamptonshire 238-6, Essex 108 - Northamptonshire won by 130 runs
Chris Lynn led the way with a blistering 75 as Northamptonshire Steelbacks posted 238 for 6 against Essex to set up a resounding 130-run victory in the T20 Blast at Wantage Road.
The monumental total was Northamptonshire's second-highest T20 total ever, and their highest at home and came after a brutal display of hitting between Lynn and fellow opener Ricardo Vasconcelos (44) in the powerplay. The pair crunched 85 off the first six overs, another record for the Steelbacks.
Skipper David Willey also hit a lightning 65 on the day he became Northamptonshire's most capped T20 player.
Amid the boundary onslaught, Essex conceded the most runs scored against them in T20 cricket, beating the 236 for three made by Kent in 2021. There were two wickets apiece for Zaman Akhter and Simon Harmer.
In the chase, leg-spinner Calvin Harrison took remarkable career-best figures of 5 for 9, while Ben Sanderson claimed 2 for 25 as Essex were eventually bowled out for 108. Released from the England squad, Jordan Cox hit 21 while Michael Pepper top-scored with 23 amid mounting scoreboard pressure.
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Chris Lynn helped Northants go seven from seven (Getty Images)
Utilita Bowl: Yorkshire 150, Hampshire 155-8 - Hampshire won by five wickets
Chris Wood struck a six off the penultimate ball to edge Hampshire Hawks to a thrilling victory over Yorkshire in the T20 Blast.
Wood, who had earlier taken three for 23 to restrict the visitors to 150, held his nerve to smash a four then a six with six needed from three balls.
It gave the Hawks, whose chase had been led by Joe Weatherley's 66, their sixth win in a row to stay top of the South Group. Meanwhile, Yorkshire only remain top of the North Group on net run rate.
Canterbury: Kent Spitfires 184-7, Notts Outlaws 187-6 - Notts Outlaws won by four wickets
Notts Outlaws have beaten the Kent Spitfires by four wickets in the first-ever T20 Blast crossover match at Canterbury, after an outstanding innings by George Munsey.
Sam Billings hit 64 as Kent posted 184 for six, before Munsey, who briefly played for Kent in 2021, hit 82 from 47 after being dropped on six.
Matt Milnes took three for 30 to keep the Spitfires in it, but Munsey sealed the win with a huge six, with eight balls remaining, Notts finishing on 187 for 6.
This was the first time these sides had met since a quarter-final at Trent Bridge in 2007, when Kent went on to win the competition, but this was a damaging result for the Spitfires, who have now lost their last three Blast games.
Grace Road: Leicestershire Foxes 156-7, Lancashire 160-5 - Lancashire won by five wickets
With the sun beating down on a parched Grace Road, Lancashire Lightning's power-packed, international-class line-up proved too much for Leicestershire Foxes, who raised a slightly below par 156 for 7 on a slow pitch.
Lightning's top three of Phil Salt, Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone, with 275 T20I and 1,194 total T20 games between them, coolly managed the reply, reaching 91 for 1 off the first 10 to leave the second half something of a stroll.
Livingstone reached a 28-ball half-century in an eventual 74, and even though Rehan Ahmed had Salt lbw, with Ben McDermott, debutant Shadab Khan and Livingstone following, Lightning were too strong and ran out winners by five wickets with seven balls to spare.
Edgbaston: Warwickshire 224, Worcestershire 165-7 - Warwickshire won by 59 runs
A scintillating knock of 99 by Zen Malik helped Warwickshire Bears to claim the local bragging rights in their T20 Blast meeting with Worcestershire Rapids at Edgbaston.
Malik (99 from 46 balls) was ably supported by Beau Webster (79 from 44 balls) as the Bears posted an intimidating 224, and the visitors, in reply, could only muster 165 for 7, aided by a late flurry from Adam Hose (49 from 35 balls).
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James Rew celebrates his maiden Blast hundred for Somerset against Gloucestershire (Getty Images)
Taunton: Somerset 197-4, Gloucestershire 176-7 - Somerset won by 18 runs
James Rew smashed an astonishing unbeaten career-best hundred to propel Somerset to an 18-run T20 Blast victory over arch rivals Gloucestershire at Taunton.
Available after making his England Test debut earlier this month, the 22-year-old scored 116 not out from just 56 deliveries and struck 14 fours and five sixes as Somerset posted 194 for 7.
Having earlier returned figures of 3 for 24, D'Arcy Short top-scored with a 34-ball 59 to give the chase lift-off, only for Gloucestershire to falter during the middle overs. Kamran Dharival hit a quickfire 38 from 20 deliveries, but Riley Meredith claimed 3 for 30 to restrict the visitors to 176 for 7.
Hove: Sussex Sharks 171, Surrey 175-3 - Surrey won by seven wickets
Surrey's inconsistent T20 Blast season received a major boost at Hove when they thumped Sussex by seven wickets with 4.3 overs to spare.
The visitors must have thought they would be facing a chase well in excess of 200 when Sussex surged to 92 without loss in seven overs.
But Sussex failed to double their score from that position, losing ten wickets for 77 runs as bowlers Dan Lawrence and Tom Lawes put a stranglehold on the home team.
That left Surrey needing just 172 for victory, and Will Jacks, with memories of his century here last season, and Australian Josh Philippe, making his first appearance for the club, led the way with a century stand for the second wicket, each scoring fifty from 25 deliveries.
Lead image: Dave Vokes/Hampshire
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