Nathan McAndrew bowls Sussex to win, Notts win thriller over Birmingham Bears

MEN'S T20 BLAST ROUNDUP: The Australian seamer made it 11 wickets against Glamorgan in the T20 Blast this season with 6 for 21, while Derbyshire beat Leicestershire, and Notts Outlaws chased down 207 to beat Birmingham Bears

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South Group

Cardiff: Sussex 199-7, Glamorgan 172 - Sussex Sharks win by 27 runs

Sussex Sharks completed a double over Glamorgan thanks to 6 for 21 from Australian seamer Nathan McAndrew to give the visitors a 27-run win at Sophia Gardens.

A strong all-round performance kept Sussex occupying an all-important top spot in the South Group of the T20 Blast at the halfway stage.

Harrison Ward set the tone for the innings for Sussex with 55 from 24 balls inside the powerplay despite appearing to pull a muscle in the innings, which prevented him from fielding. All of Sussex's top order contributed to send them to 199 for 7.

McAndrew backed up Sussex's first innings for an all-round winning display, returning 6 for 21 despite Dan Douthwaite's quickfire 40 from three wickets inside six balls, and Colin Ingram's 21-ball 37 kept Glamorgan in the chase before they fell to 172 all out.

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Opener Harrison Ward got his team off to a flyer with a half-century (Huw Evans Picture Agency)

North Group

Edgbaston: Leicestershire 196-5, Derbyshire 197-3 - Derbyshire Falcons win by seven wickets

Derbyshire Falcons completed back-to-back T20 Blast derby wins in 24 hours with a seven-wicket victory over Leicestershire Foxes at Edgbaston.

The Foxes were lifted to a hefty 196 for 5 by an impressive collective effort headed by Sol Budinger (49 off 24 balls) and Shan Masood (43 off 26), while Pat Brown took 3 for 51.

But the Falcons chased it down with ten balls to spare, reaching 197 for 3 as Aneurin Donald launched the chase with an explosive 60 from 25 balls and Samit Patel crowned it with an unbeaten 52 from 32.

Having belatedly opened their Blast account at the sixth attempt against Notts Outlaws on Friday night, suddenly the Falcons are flying and right back in contention for qualification.

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Aneurin Donald top-scored for Derbyshire in the chase with 60 off just 25 balls (Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Edgbaston: Birmingham Bears 206-7, Nottinghamshire 212-4 - Notts Outlaws won by six wickets

Notts Outlaws ended a run of three successive T20 Blast defeats with a scintillating six-wicket victory at Edgbaston.

The Bears piled up 206 for 7, with Tom Latham striking 69 and Dan Mousley 53 before a spectacular late barrage from Moeen Ali and Ed Barnard brought 57 in 20 balls. With the ball, Nottingham's Liam Patterson-White took 3 for 37.

But the Outlaws, who chased down 226 to beat the Bears at Trent Bridge a month ago, powered to 212 for 7, clinching victory when Tom Moores hit the last ball of the match for six.

Moores finished on 74 not out after Lyndon James struck a vital 50 off 40 balls and Daniel Sams made 16 not out from six balls, including two sixes in a final over from which they needed 16.

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