Yorkshire into T20 Blast quarter-finals as Hants seal home tie

Yorkshire kept alive their hopes of winning a first T20 Blast title by reaching the quarter-finals with a win over Nottinghamshire at Headingley.

Despite a failure by England batter Joe Root (2), Adam Lyth's 52 helped the home side pile up 193 before Root took two wickets as the visitors fell 18 runs short.

Lancashire claimed third spot behind Yorkshire in the North Group by beating Durham at Emirates Old Trafford but will have to wait for results elsewhere to see if they have made it into the quarter-finals.

Hampshire guaranteed themselves a home game in the last eight by beating Sussex in the South Group, while in the Central & West section Northamptonshire fell to a third defeat in their past four outings having already claimed top spot.

Seeking a first T20 Blast crown, Yorkshire raced out of the blocks against Nottinghamshire at a sweltering Headingley as Lyth and Will Luxton (38) shared an 89-run opening stand inside the opening eight overs.

Jonny Bairstow (32) and Logan van Beek (28) helped to set the already-qualified visitors a target of 194.

Root's two wickets, along with Andrew Tye (3-18) and Hassan Ali (2-30) helped reduce Notts to 107-7 but some late hitting from Dillon Pennington (37) threatened to derail the Yorkshire victory charge before he became Tye's second victim.

At Old Trafford, Lancashire made hard work of overhauling Durham's 141 all out after they had won the toss and elected to bat.

Only Colin Ackermann (66 not out) was able to get to grips with some tight Lancashire bowling as Shadab Khan and Saqib Mahmood claimed three wickets each.

The home side seemed to be cruising at 117-4 at the start of the 17th over but a three-wicket burst from Ben Raine (4-21) left the nerves jangling among home supporters, but Keaton Jennings (41 not out) steered them over the line with two balls remaining.

Lancashire now need Essex to lose at Surrey in one of Sunday's late games to reach the quarter-finals.

Derbyshire Falcons avoided the wooden spoon and consigned three-times Blast champions Leicestershire Foxes to bottom spot in the group with a crushing seven-wicket victory.

Falcons captain Aneurin Donald struck a career best 91 as the home side easily overhauled the Foxes 171-8 with Ashton Turner's 79 the mainstay for the visitors, while Akif Javed returned T20-best figures of 4-23.

Hilton Cartwright and Ben Mayes produced an excellent 112-run partnership in 10 overs to rescue already qualified Hampshire's run chase and beat Sussex by four wickets.

Chasing 187, Cartwright hit 70 from just 31 balls and Mayes ended unbeaten on 55 as the Hawks recovered from 61-5 to seal victory off the penultimate ball of the match.

Dan Hughes had scored 55 and Charlie Tear finished 40 not out for Sussex but it was not enough as the Hove side finish bottom of the group with only three wins from their 12 games.

Victory for Hampshire means they will either win the group or finish as the best second-placed team, and are therefore guaranteed a home quarter-final.

Middlesex ended another disappointing campaign with a consolation 14-run victory in their dead rubber against Kent Spitfires at Canterbury.

Zafar Gohar grabbed 3-38, including the wicket of Zak Crawley (10), as the Spitfires fell short of their victory target after Ben Geddes had top-scored with 32 in the Middlesex effort of 172-6.

Warwickshire ensured they avoided finishing bottom by beating group winners Northamptonshire by five wickets as the Steelbacks suffered a second straight T20 defeat - and third in four games.

Northants, who were already guaranteed top spot and a home quarter-final, were bowled out for 153, with only Saif Zaib (37) and Luke Procter (33 not out) scoring more than 30, while Bears captain Beau Webster took 3-30 from his four overs.

Kai Smith made an excellent unbeaten 65 from 40 balls in a 106-run partnership with Sam Hain (48 not out) to help Warwickshire over the line with 10 balls to spare, despite 3-36 for George Scrimshaw.

Glamorgan secured an impressive 50-run win at Gloucestershire, who had already progressed to the last eight.

Skipper Kiran Carlson led the way with the bat, scoring 73, and was ably supported by Will Smale (54) and Ben Kellaway (47) as the Welsh side racked up 235-7.

Former England international Dawid Malan (39) top scored for Gloucestershire in reply but they fell a long way short.

Gloucestershire will now have to wait for the result of Somerset's clash with Worcestershire to learn whether they will finish second or third.