MEN'S T20 BLAST ROUNDUP: Sol Budinger was stretchered off the field after colliding with teammate Liam Trevaskis before their team survived a spirited comeback from the home side to beat Lancashire at Old Trafford
Derby: Derbyshire Falcons 234-4, Notts Outlaws 211-6 - Derbyshire Falcons won by 23 runs
Anuerin Donald inspired a destructive batting display which took Derbyshire Falcons to a 23-run victory over local rivals Notts Outlaws in the T20 Blast North Group match at the Central Co-op County Ground.
Donald hit eight sixes in his 84 from 31 balls, and Martin Andersson followed up his half century and six wickets at Leicester on Wednesday with five sixes in an unbeaten 69 off 43.
The Falcons raced to 234 for 4, their highest T20 score, with 16 sixes in the innings, another Derbyshire record.
On a night of batting pyrotechnics, Tom Moores gave the Outlaws hope with seven sixes in an unbeaten 75 from 34 balls, and Jack Haynes scored 45 off 26, but they came up short on 211 for 6.
Chester-le-Street: Yorkshire 151-9, Durham 93 - Yorkshire won by 58 runs
A battling performance with the bat and a polished display with the ball and in the field helped Yorkshire seal a third straight T20 Blast win as they defended a 152-run target against fellow high-flyers Durham at Banks Homes Riverside.
Spin prospered, especially in the chase, as only one batter from either side - Yorkshire's James Wharton with a superb 64 off 41 balls - posted a half-century.
The White Rose totalled 151 for 9, which proved insurmountable as they consigned Durham to a first defeat in three, this by 58 runs, and replaced them at the top of the North Group.
Durham, for whom David Bedingham made a pleasing 41 after Matthew Potts and Kasey Aldridge had struck three times each, subsided to 93 all out inside 17 overs as Hassan Ali and spinners Moeen Ali and Dom Bess all struck twice.
Ben McDermott departs after being dismissed against Leicestershire (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
Old Trafford: Lancashire Lightning 145-9, Leicestershire Foxes 146-8 - Leicestershire Foxes won by two wickets
Leicestershire Foxes recorded their first win in this year's T20 Blast when they survived an extraordinary fightback to defeat Lancashire by two wickets at Emirates Old Trafford. But the conclusion of the game belies the bland result.
Requiring 146 to win, the Foxes were 131 for 3 with 19 balls left in the contest. But Chris Green bowled Nick Kelly for 29 to start a dramatic collapse that saw Saqib Mahmood take two wickets in two balls and George Balderson two in an over to leave the ninth-wicket pair, Ian Holland and Josh Davey, needing ten off the last over.
The situation was complicated by the fact that Sol Budinger could not bat after his collision with Liam Trevaskis earlier in the game, but a boundary apiece from Holland and Davey and two scrambled singles saw them home with one ball to spare.
Sol Budinger was stretchered off the field (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
All thoughts of cricket and the Blast were forgotten for 10 sombre minutes at Old Trafford on Friday evening when Leicestershire's Budinger and Trevaskis collided on the boundary when trying to prevent a six.
Trevaskis appeared to recover relatively quickly and was able to continue, but medical staff from both counties treated Budinger, who was eventually placed on a stretcher and stretchered off the field in a buggy to a round of sympathetic applause from the Manchester crowd.
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Worcester: Warwickshire Bears 141, Worcestershire Rapids 142-4 - Worcestershire Rapids won by six wickets
Worcestershire Rapids handed arch-rivals Warwickshire Bears a third successive T20 Blast defeat with an emphatic six-wicket victory in the big derby at New Road.
The Bears were restricted to a modest 141 all out from 19.5 overs as only Rob Yates (45) and Jordan Thompson (37) reached 20 against an attack of collective accuracy, led by Usama Mir (3 for 27) and Tom Taylor (2 for 17).
Rapids then eased to 142 for 4 with seven balls to spare as the top four all passed 20 and Kashif Ali went on to deliver the required match-clinching contribution with 36.
The win leaves Rapids with a promising start of two wins out of three, but the Bears' quest for a sixth successive qualification for the quarter-finals has endured a nightmare start. Their home game against Northamptonshire Steelbacks on Sunday is already pretty much a must-win.
Cardiff: Somerset 171-9, Glamorgan 175-3 - Glamorgan won by seven wickets
Kiran Carlson's magnificent 42-ball century gave Glamorgan their first win of this season's T20 Blast against Somerset at Sophia Gardens.
The Glamorgan captain gave bowlers déjà vu of his only other T20 century from when he struck 135 in a record-breaking win against the West Country side in Cardiff two years ago. On this occasion, Carlson finished on 109 to steer Glamorgan home by seven wickets.
Carlson rode his luck early on but took advantage of a new-look Glamorgan side as Jimmy Neesham was also given a debut for a seventh individual county against an injury-hampered, previously unbeaten Somerset side.
Debutant Nathan McAndrew and legspinner Mason Crane also supported the win for his new county, taking 4 for 15 and 3 for 42 respectively, to counter a destructive innings from Tom Banton (59 off 25).
Northampton: Gloucestershire 164-9, Northamptonshire Steelbacks 166-3 - Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by seven wickets
Northamptonshire Steelbacks allrounder James Sales produced career-best T20 bowling figures of 5 for 21 to set up a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Gloucestershire at the cinch County Ground, Northampton.
Sales struck twice in the powerplay and then made two crucial breakthroughs in his third over mid-innings after Ben Charlesworth smashed an aggressive 49.
James Sales managed his career-best T20 figures (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
Gloucestershire's lower order rallied, pushing them up to 164 for 9, but the Steelbacks' Australian pair, Chris Lynn and Nathan McSweeney, combined in a blistering partnership of 91 in 8.4 overs.
Lynn smashed 65 off just 36 balls, while McSweeney made 53, falling just before the Steelbacks reached their victory target with 22 balls to spare. Ollie Price finished with 2 for 28.
Canterbury: Kent Spitfires 129-9 Essex 130-1 - Essex won by nine wickets
Essex won their first T20 Blast game of the season as they routed Kent Spitfires by nine wickets at Canterbury on Friday.
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The visitors held Kent to just 129 for 9 from their 20 overs, with Charlie Bennett and Wiaan Mulder claiming 3 for 25 and 3 for 26, respectively, as they wiped out the Spitfires' top order.
Dian Forrester was Kent's top scorer with 34.
Michael Pepper then hit 64, including three sixes and six fours, and Paul Walter an unbeaten 42 as Essex chased down the target with 6.2 overs to spare.
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