Live coverage of eight NatWest T20 Blast matches, where North Group leaders Lancashire Lightning could secure their passage to the quarter-finals and Surrey and Glamorgan face a potentially pivotal clash in the south.
By Dominic Farrell
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6.30pm - Cobb takes a return catch to get rid of Paul Horton for 19 and Lancashire are wobbling. It’s 109 for five, with Jordan Clarke in alongside Croft. Andrew Flintoff is the next man in.
6.27pm - Reverse scoop for four and a mighty crack down the ground for the same result… but just as Jos Buttler starts to look in ominous nick, Naik makes him his third victim! Josh Cobb holds onto a miscued reverse sweep at cover. In comes Steven Croft and the Lightning are 105 for four with six over to go.
At Taunton, Colin Ingram’s bright and breezy 24 is ended by Will Gidman, David Payne the catcher at deep square-leg. And another! Graeme McCarter strikes next over to end Kieswetter’s watchful 39 as Cockbain takes his third catch of the innings.
BOOM!!! Big Cols 2nd 6. 117/2 now off 13.1
— Somerset Cricket (@SomersetCCC) July 11, 2014
6.17pm - Tim Bresnan hooks to long leg and Hastings has another. Yorkshire in all sorts of strife on 84 for five.
Warmups underway and a pretty short boundary one side for our @NatWestT20Blast@hantscricket#middlesex150pic.twitter.com/4TyQWurIFF
— Middlesex Cricket (@Middlesex_CCC) July 11, 2014
6.13pm - Prince holes out to long-on and Naik has another. Lancashire 78 for three in the 11th. In comes Jos Buttler.
Meanwhile, at Taunton, Peter Trego becomes Howell's and Gloucestershire's second wicket.
WICKET: Breese bowls Lyth pushing forward after Bairstow hits 4 and 6 off successive balls. Yorks 69-4 at halfway stage
— Yorkshire CCC (@Yorkshireccc) July 11, 2014
6.09pm - In the 6.30pm starts, Northants, Birmingham and Surrey have all won the toss and decided to field.
6.04pm - Wickets in each of the three early matches! Compton departs four short of a half-century at Iain Cockbain pouches him on the run in the deep off Benny Howell.
Ned Eckersley is another man to excel in the field, running backwards at midwicket to remove Lancashire’s Karl Brown. Off-spinner Jigar Naik is the bowler celebrating after drawing a top-edged sweep.
Collingwood sends down a superb first over, costing a solitary run and dismissing Alex Lees for 29.
5.56pm - Of the batting sides, Somerset have enjoyed comfortably the best powerplay. They’re flying on 60 without loss after six overs. Compton is making the most of that life and has 41 from 22 balls.
Yorks struggling for runs here, 34-2 after 6 overs of fielding restrictions with Lees 18 and Bairstow 2
— Yorkshire CCC (@Yorkshireccc) July 11, 2014
Boundaries coming thick and fast now. Lancs 36-1 in the sixth. Brown 9, Prince 17.
— Lancashire CCC (@LancsCCC) July 11, 2014
5.42pm - Hastings removes Kane Williamson - like Finch trying to play to leg and getting caught on the on-side - and It’s a wretched start from Yorkshire.
Tom Smith hits the first boundary of the Lancashire innings but skews his next ball to cover. The Lightning are 19 for one in the fourth.
There’s a life for Nick Compton, as Alex Gidman shells a skier running backwards. Craig Kieswetter adds insult to injury by smoking a six. Somerset are 23 without loss.
5.32pm - John Hastings strikes in his first over for Durham and it’s the big one - Paul Collingwood shows typical excellence in the field to dismiss Yorkshire dangerman Aaron Finch, snaffling a leading edge at point.
Lancashire blasted their way well beyond 200 last time out at Worcestershire but Charlie Shreck is certainly not keen on a repeat. The rangy seamer’s first set of six cost just a couple of singles.
Freddie ready for action at Grace Road pic.twitter.com/atob5xOBxl
— Mike Siddall (@MikeSiddallLCCC) July 11, 2014
5.20pm - Third plays fourth in the South Group at the Kia Oval, where Surrey welcome Glamorgan. The visitors will do well to shackle Jason Roy, and Alec Stewart believes the penny is starting to drop for the big-hitting opener amid a superb individual campaign.
A quick look at the wicket for you before our @NatWestT20Blast match against @Gloscricketpic.twitter.com/h7v2zhzwq1
— Somerset Cricket (@SomersetCCC) July 11, 2014
5.15pm - A win for Lancashire tonight will see the North Group leaders safely into the quarter-finals. Here’s what veteran batsman Ashwell Prince had to say about the influence of a certain Mr Flintoff on the in-form team. The former England all-rounder features again at Grace Road this evening.
5.10pm - Further to that toss news from the Emirates Durham ICG, Gloucestershire have done likewise and asked Somerset to post a total. Lancashire skipper Paul Horton called correctly and the Red Rose will bat first at Leicestershire.
Durham Jets win the toss and will bowl first https://t.co/TJcJCwGZER
— Durham Cricket Club (@DurhamCricket) July 11, 2014
5pm - Hello and welcome to another Friday night of thrills and spills in the NatWest T20 Blast. There are four games apiece in the North and South Groups on the agenda. Here are the runners and riders.
North Group
Durham Jets v Yorkshire Vikings (5.30pm)
Leicestershire Foxes v Lancashire Lightning (5.30pm)
Northants Steelbacks v Derbyshire Falcons (6.30pm)
Birmingham Bears v Worcestershire Royals (6.30pm)
South Group
Somerset v Gloucestershire Gladiators (5.30pm)
Surrey v Glamorgan (6.30pm)
Hampshire v Middlesex Panthers (7pm)
Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires (7pm)