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Tonight’s results and the updated tables.
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In tonight’s sole T20 Blast contest, Birmingham Bears (213/4) have defeated Northants (211/6) by six wickets in a high scoring game.
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Harry Brook and Craig Overton have been released from the England Men’s Test squad to play in the Vitality Blast.
Brook will play for Yorkshire tonight at Worcestershire and on Friday at Northamptonshire.
Overton will play for Somerset on Friday against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens.
Brook will play for Yorkshire tonight at Worcestershire and on Friday at Northamptonshire.
Overton will play for Somerset on Friday against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens.
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Birmingham Bears made certain of a place in the T20 Blast quarter-finals with a 31-run victory over Yorkshire.
Paul Stirling made 81 off 41 balls in their 238-5 at Headingley and the Vikings were all out for 207 in reply.
Somerset, Essex Eagles and Hampshire won their games to join Surrey in progressing from South Group.
And Leicestershire's thrilling one-run win over Northants ensured Lancashire and Derbyshire will also be in the quarter-finals from North Group.
Jos Buttler made 42 on his return for Lancashire, but they lost to Worcestershire by 29 runs, while Leicestershire now face a winner-takes-all clash with Yorkshire Vikings on Sunday.
North Group
After hitting 119 on the opening night of the tournament, Paul Stirling's form has been poor but, after a spell away with Ireland, he was back to his best at Headingley as Birmingham Bears passed 200 for the seventh time in 2022.
Dan Mousley also struck 63 from 25 balls and, despite Adam Lyth replying with 69 from 38, Yorkshire finished well short of their target.
The Bears are now almost certainly guaranteed a home quarter-final as they look to repeat their T20 triumph in 2014.
Colin Ackermann made 85 from 44 balls to help keep Leicestershire Foxes as they narrowly came out on top at Grace Road.
Ackermann helped the home side post 214-6 at Grace Road but, after a poor start to the chase, Chris Lynn's 68 from 37 gave the Steelbacks hope.
Jimmy Neesham made a late dart with 51 from 23 to leave four needed from the final ball but Graeme White could not find the boundary as Northants' hopes of qualification were ended.
Elsewhere, Jos Buttler suffered a disappointing return to domestic cricket as Lancashire Lightning slipped to a surprise defeat at bottom-of-the-table Worcestershire at New Road.
England's new white-ball captain struck three sixes in his 42 from 29 balls and Phil Salt 44 in 27 but Lancashire were well short of the home side's 178-6, being bowled out for 149 after being 85-0 at one stage.
Lancashire are through to the last eight but missed the chance to seal a home quarter-final - they have another chance on Sunday at home to the Bears.
Dan Christian signed off from Trent Bridge by leading Notts Outlaws to victory over Durham by four wickets but they cannot qualify for the quarter-finals.
This will be Christian's final season with Notts and he sent down four overs for 37 as Durham made 183-8 with Michael Jones making 41 from 36 balls.
Christian denied himself a swansong with the bat but the chase was a breeze thanks to Ben Duckett's unbeaten 53 from 34 balls as Notts got home with three full overs to spare.
South Group
Hampshire's eighth win in nine games secured their quarter-final spot, but victory at the Ageas Bowl was far from straightforward.
Batting first, they struggled on a pitch not conducive to fast scoring, but some strong, late hitting from James Fuller, who scored 45 from 24 balls, dragged the hosts to 140-7 in their allotted overs.
In reply, Gloucestershire stumbled to 77-6, but James Bracey's presence kept them in the contest. When he fell for 38 with 22 runs still required, Hampshire cleaned up the remaining wickets to win by 15 runs.
Somerset knew that one win from their last two games would also see them through to the last eight, and they scraped over the line against Middlesex at Lord's.
Middlesex were indebted to Luke Hollman and Chris Green, who scored 41 and 44 not out respectively, in their total of 160-6, after the top-order collapsed to 85-5.
Somerset's batters also failed to fire, leaving the tail needing 38 runs from the final three overs. Craig Overton's 12 from three balls propelled them towards the target, before Roelof van der Merwe and Josh Davey saw the visitors home with two balls to spare.
Essex Eagles made more serene progress to the quarter-finals as they beat Sussex by 28 runs at Hove.
A superb knock of 95 from 50 balls by opener Adam Rossington provided the platform for Essex captain Tom Westley to tee off and although he fell in the final over for 54, they posted 197-8.
In reply, Sussex started superbly as Ali Orr struck 41 from 21 balls, and Harrison Ward made 31 from 22, but when Ward fell in the 12th over, leaving the Sharks on 114-3, it prompted a flurry of wickets from which they never recovered, with Simon Harmer taking 3-18 from his four overs.
The game at the Oval had nothing riding on it, but group leaders Surrey, already through to the quarters, showed their class to chase down Kent's total of 191-5 with nine balls to spare.
Jordan Cox and Alex Blake both posted half-centuries for the Spitfires, last year's winners, before Jason Roy's 58 from 27 balls and Sam Curran's 50 off 30 laid the platform for Surrey to reach 195-6 with nine balls to spare.
Weekend fixtures
Saturday
Chelmsford: Essex Eagles v Glamorgan (18:30 start)
Sunday
Derby: Derbyshire Falcons v Durham (14:30)
Leicester: Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Vikings (14:30)
Worcester: Worcestershire Rapids v Notts Outlaws (14:30)
Bristol: Gloucestershire v Middlesex (14:30)
Old Trafford: Lancashire Lightning v Birmingham Bears (18:30)
Canterbury: Kent Spitfires v Glamorgan (18:30)
Taunton: Somerset v Surrey (18:30)
Hove: Sussex Sharks v Hampshire Hawks (18:30)
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Paul Stirling made 81 off 41 balls in their 238-5 at Headingley and the Vikings were all out for 207 in reply.
Somerset, Essex Eagles and Hampshire won their games to join Surrey in progressing from South Group.
And Leicestershire's thrilling one-run win over Northants ensured Lancashire and Derbyshire will also be in the quarter-finals from North Group.
Jos Buttler made 42 on his return for Lancashire, but they lost to Worcestershire by 29 runs, while Leicestershire now face a winner-takes-all clash with Yorkshire Vikings on Sunday.
North Group
After hitting 119 on the opening night of the tournament, Paul Stirling's form has been poor but, after a spell away with Ireland, he was back to his best at Headingley as Birmingham Bears passed 200 for the seventh time in 2022.
Dan Mousley also struck 63 from 25 balls and, despite Adam Lyth replying with 69 from 38, Yorkshire finished well short of their target.
The Bears are now almost certainly guaranteed a home quarter-final as they look to repeat their T20 triumph in 2014.
Colin Ackermann made 85 from 44 balls to help keep Leicestershire Foxes as they narrowly came out on top at Grace Road.
Ackermann helped the home side post 214-6 at Grace Road but, after a poor start to the chase, Chris Lynn's 68 from 37 gave the Steelbacks hope.
Jimmy Neesham made a late dart with 51 from 23 to leave four needed from the final ball but Graeme White could not find the boundary as Northants' hopes of qualification were ended.
Elsewhere, Jos Buttler suffered a disappointing return to domestic cricket as Lancashire Lightning slipped to a surprise defeat at bottom-of-the-table Worcestershire at New Road.
England's new white-ball captain struck three sixes in his 42 from 29 balls and Phil Salt 44 in 27 but Lancashire were well short of the home side's 178-6, being bowled out for 149 after being 85-0 at one stage.
Lancashire are through to the last eight but missed the chance to seal a home quarter-final - they have another chance on Sunday at home to the Bears.
Dan Christian signed off from Trent Bridge by leading Notts Outlaws to victory over Durham by four wickets but they cannot qualify for the quarter-finals.
This will be Christian's final season with Notts and he sent down four overs for 37 as Durham made 183-8 with Michael Jones making 41 from 36 balls.
Christian denied himself a swansong with the bat but the chase was a breeze thanks to Ben Duckett's unbeaten 53 from 34 balls as Notts got home with three full overs to spare.
South Group
Hampshire's eighth win in nine games secured their quarter-final spot, but victory at the Ageas Bowl was far from straightforward.
Batting first, they struggled on a pitch not conducive to fast scoring, but some strong, late hitting from James Fuller, who scored 45 from 24 balls, dragged the hosts to 140-7 in their allotted overs.
In reply, Gloucestershire stumbled to 77-6, but James Bracey's presence kept them in the contest. When he fell for 38 with 22 runs still required, Hampshire cleaned up the remaining wickets to win by 15 runs.
Somerset knew that one win from their last two games would also see them through to the last eight, and they scraped over the line against Middlesex at Lord's.
Middlesex were indebted to Luke Hollman and Chris Green, who scored 41 and 44 not out respectively, in their total of 160-6, after the top-order collapsed to 85-5.
Somerset's batters also failed to fire, leaving the tail needing 38 runs from the final three overs. Craig Overton's 12 from three balls propelled them towards the target, before Roelof van der Merwe and Josh Davey saw the visitors home with two balls to spare.
Essex Eagles made more serene progress to the quarter-finals as they beat Sussex by 28 runs at Hove.
A superb knock of 95 from 50 balls by opener Adam Rossington provided the platform for Essex captain Tom Westley to tee off and although he fell in the final over for 54, they posted 197-8.
In reply, Sussex started superbly as Ali Orr struck 41 from 21 balls, and Harrison Ward made 31 from 22, but when Ward fell in the 12th over, leaving the Sharks on 114-3, it prompted a flurry of wickets from which they never recovered, with Simon Harmer taking 3-18 from his four overs.
The game at the Oval had nothing riding on it, but group leaders Surrey, already through to the quarters, showed their class to chase down Kent's total of 191-5 with nine balls to spare.
Jordan Cox and Alex Blake both posted half-centuries for the Spitfires, last year's winners, before Jason Roy's 58 from 27 balls and Sam Curran's 50 off 30 laid the platform for Surrey to reach 195-6 with nine balls to spare.
Weekend fixtures
Saturday
Chelmsford: Essex Eagles v Glamorgan (18:30 start)
Sunday
Derby: Derbyshire Falcons v Durham (14:30)
Leicester: Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Vikings (14:30)
Worcester: Worcestershire Rapids v Notts Outlaws (14:30)
Bristol: Gloucestershire v Middlesex (14:30)
Old Trafford: Lancashire Lightning v Birmingham Bears (18:30)
Canterbury: Kent Spitfires v Glamorgan (18:30)
Taunton: Somerset v Surrey (18:30)
Hove: Sussex Sharks v Hampshire Hawks (18:30)
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Essex produced a remarkable display of hitting as they beat Glamorgan by 69 runs to maintain hopes of a T20 home quarter-final.
Dan Lawrence (71 off 37 balls) and Paul Walter (58 off 23) destroyed the the Welsh county's attack.
The hosts' total of 254-5 was a county record for Essex and the highest against Glamorgan.
Glamorgan managed 185-7 in response thanks largely to Sam Northeast's unbeaten 97.
The visitors had dropped out of quarter-final contention the previous evening and rested captain David Lloyd, with a calf injury, as well as Michael Neser, giving Tom Bevan a first-team debut and Jamie McIlroy a competition debut.
The Eagles put the Glamorgan attack to the sword from ball one with Adam Rossington's 45 off 23 getting them going on a very small playing area.
A score of 98-3 at halfway looked promising but Essex stepped up several gears as Walter smashed four successive sixes off Prem Sisodiya, who conceded 31 in the over.
Walter reached his half-century off only 29 balls and hit six maximums in all.
Lawrence joined in the boundary blitz with eight fours and three sixes as Essex scored 192 runs from boundaries.
A remarkable 156 came from the second half of the innings as Essex delighted their partisan faithful by topping their previous best of 244 against Sussex two weeks before.
McIlroy's two for 32 saw him suffer least among the visiting attack.
Glamorgan needed to come out swinging and failed badly as they slipped to 9-3 against the accuracy of Aaron Beard (2-16) and Daniel Sams (3-20).
Northeast, captaining the side for the first time in the absence of Lloyd and Kiran Carlson, did his best to hold things together.
Dan Douthwaite also chipped in with 34 off 17 balls - including three sixes - while Andrew Salter slammed a quickfire 24 in the damage limitation exercise as Glamorgan found some belated momentum to avoid their worst ever defeat.
Northeast kept going with 10 fours and four sixes in his impressive knock, which came off just 56 balls, but could not hit the boundary needed off the final delivery of the innings to reach a first hundred for Glamorgan.
Essex now need to hope Somerset lose to Surrey in their final match to earn a home quarter-final, while Glamorgan aim to restore some shattered pride away to fellow strugglers Kent on Sunday, 3 July.
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Dan Lawrence (71 off 37 balls) and Paul Walter (58 off 23) destroyed the the Welsh county's attack.
The hosts' total of 254-5 was a county record for Essex and the highest against Glamorgan.
Glamorgan managed 185-7 in response thanks largely to Sam Northeast's unbeaten 97.
The visitors had dropped out of quarter-final contention the previous evening and rested captain David Lloyd, with a calf injury, as well as Michael Neser, giving Tom Bevan a first-team debut and Jamie McIlroy a competition debut.
The Eagles put the Glamorgan attack to the sword from ball one with Adam Rossington's 45 off 23 getting them going on a very small playing area.
A score of 98-3 at halfway looked promising but Essex stepped up several gears as Walter smashed four successive sixes off Prem Sisodiya, who conceded 31 in the over.
Walter reached his half-century off only 29 balls and hit six maximums in all.
Lawrence joined in the boundary blitz with eight fours and three sixes as Essex scored 192 runs from boundaries.
A remarkable 156 came from the second half of the innings as Essex delighted their partisan faithful by topping their previous best of 244 against Sussex two weeks before.
McIlroy's two for 32 saw him suffer least among the visiting attack.
Glamorgan needed to come out swinging and failed badly as they slipped to 9-3 against the accuracy of Aaron Beard (2-16) and Daniel Sams (3-20).
Northeast, captaining the side for the first time in the absence of Lloyd and Kiran Carlson, did his best to hold things together.
Dan Douthwaite also chipped in with 34 off 17 balls - including three sixes - while Andrew Salter slammed a quickfire 24 in the damage limitation exercise as Glamorgan found some belated momentum to avoid their worst ever defeat.
Northeast kept going with 10 fours and four sixes in his impressive knock, which came off just 56 balls, but could not hit the boundary needed off the final delivery of the innings to reach a first hundred for Glamorgan.
Essex now need to hope Somerset lose to Surrey in their final match to earn a home quarter-final, while Glamorgan aim to restore some shattered pride away to fellow strugglers Kent on Sunday, 3 July.
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Vitality Blast quarter-final dates confirmed
Inaugural champions Surrey will open the 20th anniversary Vitality Blast quarter-finals when they host Yorkshire Vikings, at the Kia Oval on Wednesday.
Surrey won the first-ever men’s Twenty20 competition in 2003 – which remains their one success - and earned a home tie after topping the South Group with the competition’s best record.
North Group winners Birmingham Bears will host two-time champions Hampshire Hawks at Edgbaston on Thursday. Hampshire have reached the quarter-finals in nine of the past 13 seasons.
Lancashire Lightning and Somerset also secured home quarter-finals after both claimed wins on the final day of the group stage this evening.
Lancashire will host Essex Eagles on Friday evening at Emirates Old Trafford while Somerset will welcome Derbyshire Falcons at the Cooper Associates County Ground on Saturday.
Derbyshire and Yorkshire are the only quarter-finalists who are yet to win the Vitality Blast in 20 seasons of the competition.
2022 Vitality Blast – Quarter-Finals
Wednesday, July 6: Surrey v Yorkshire Vikings – Kia Oval (6.30pm)
Thursday, July 7: Birmingham Bears v Hampshire Hawks – Edgbaston (6.30pm)
Friday, July 8: Lancashire Lightning v Essex Eagles – Emirates Old Trafford (6.30pm)
Saturday, July 9: Somerset v Derbyshire Falcons – Cooper Associates County Ground (7pm)
Vitality Blast quarter-final dates confirmed
Inaugural champions Surrey will open the 20th anniversary Vitality Blast quarter-finals when they host Yorkshire Vikings, at the Kia Oval on Wednesday.
Surrey won the first-ever men’s Twenty20 competition in 2003 – which remains their one success - and earned a home tie after topping the South Group with the competition’s best record.
North Group winners Birmingham Bears will host two-time champions Hampshire Hawks at Edgbaston on Thursday. Hampshire have reached the quarter-finals in nine of the past 13 seasons.
Lancashire Lightning and Somerset also secured home quarter-finals after both claimed wins on the final day of the group stage this evening.
Lancashire will host Essex Eagles on Friday evening at Emirates Old Trafford while Somerset will welcome Derbyshire Falcons at the Cooper Associates County Ground on Saturday.
Derbyshire and Yorkshire are the only quarter-finalists who are yet to win the Vitality Blast in 20 seasons of the competition.
2022 Vitality Blast – Quarter-Finals
Wednesday, July 6: Surrey v Yorkshire Vikings – Kia Oval (6.30pm)
Thursday, July 7: Birmingham Bears v Hampshire Hawks – Edgbaston (6.30pm)
Friday, July 8: Lancashire Lightning v Essex Eagles – Emirates Old Trafford (6.30pm)
Saturday, July 9: Somerset v Derbyshire Falcons – Cooper Associates County Ground (7pm)
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Is it just me, or did the Lancashire vs Birmingham final ball make no sense? Lancashire needed 6 to win. A no ball was bowled and they scored a 4. This equals 5 runs. Lancashire were however awarded 6 runs and declared the winners.
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It's due to Scoring mistake. they probably forgot to add 1 run from some previous over of the match.
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Teams:
Yorkshire (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Adam Lyth, Tom Kohler-Cadmore(w), David Willey(c), Will Fraine, Shadab Khan, Jordan Thompson, Jonathan Tattersall, George Hill, Matthew Revis, Dominic Bess
Surrey (Playing XI): Will Jacks(c), Rory Burns, Ollie Pope(w), Laurie Evans, Sunil Narine, Jamie Overton, Aaron Hardie, Tom Curran, Gus Atkinson, Daniel Worrall, Daniel Moriarty
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Yorkshire (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Adam Lyth, Tom Kohler-Cadmore(w), David Willey(c), Will Fraine, Shadab Khan, Jordan Thompson, Jonathan Tattersall, George Hill, Matthew Revis, Dominic Bess
Surrey (Playing XI): Will Jacks(c), Rory Burns, Ollie Pope(w), Laurie Evans, Sunil Narine, Jamie Overton, Aaron Hardie, Tom Curran, Gus Atkinson, Daniel Worrall, Daniel Moriarty
Surrey have won the toss and have opted to field
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11 overs
Yorkshire 66-2
Sunil Narine finally enters the fray and will surely bowl four of the remaining overs.
He almost strikes first ball as Dave Willey tries to go down the ground but squirts a wild edge just short of deep cover.
Tom Kohler-Cadmore then gets a thin edge to the third man fence.
Yorkshire 66-2
Sunil Narine finally enters the fray and will surely bowl four of the remaining overs.
He almost strikes first ball as Dave Willey tries to go down the ground but squirts a wild edge just short of deep cover.
Tom Kohler-Cadmore then gets a thin edge to the third man fence.
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Yorks speed up after their slow start to reach 160/5 after 20 overs. Doesn’t look enough.
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Jordan Thompson bowled a superb final over as Yorkshire beat Surrey by one run to reach Finals Day in a thrilling quarter-final at The Oval.
Jamie Overton's 40 in 21 balls left only 13 needed from 12 balls but first Matt Revis and then Thompson held their nerve to send Yorkshire to Edgbaston.
Surrey were struggling in pursuit of 160-5 but Overton and Laurie Evans (35 not out) shared a stand of 67.
Overton was run out with five needed from the last and they ended on 159-7.
Quarter-final fixtures
Thursday
Edgbaston: Birmingham Bears v Hampshire Hawks (18:30 start)
Friday
Old Trafford: Lancashire Lightning v Essex Eagles (18:30)
Saturday
Taunton: Somerset v Derbyshire Falcons (19:00)
Jamie Overton's 40 in 21 balls left only 13 needed from 12 balls but first Matt Revis and then Thompson held their nerve to send Yorkshire to Edgbaston.
Surrey were struggling in pursuit of 160-5 but Overton and Laurie Evans (35 not out) shared a stand of 67.
Overton was run out with five needed from the last and they ended on 159-7.
Quarter-final fixtures
Thursday
Edgbaston: Birmingham Bears v Hampshire Hawks (18:30 start)
Friday
Old Trafford: Lancashire Lightning v Essex Eagles (18:30)
Saturday
Taunton: Somerset v Derbyshire Falcons (19:00)
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What an immense game that was! Victory by 1 run. Yorkshire were completely out of that QF for almost the whole match. Brilliant comeback!
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Hampshire Hawks win by 104 runs and go into Finals Day alongside Yorkshire.
Birmingham Bears out
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<b>T20 Blast: Hampshire Hawks hammer Birmingham Bears to reach Finals Day</b>
Birmingham Bears suffered their second worst defeat in Twenty20 cricket as Hampshire won by 104 runs at Edgbaston to reach T20 Blast Finals Day for a record ninth time.
Australian Ben McDermott hammered 61 off 36 balls to help Hampshire reach 186-6, but the Bears buckled in reply.
James Fuller (4-17), Nathan Ellis (3-4) and Brad Wheal (2-9) did the damage as the hosts were skittled for just 82.
That was their third lowest score in the 20 years of T20 cricket in England.
This season's leading Bears run-scorer Adam Hose top-scored with 16 and England's Olly Stone hit a breezy late 15 not out, but it was otherwise an embarrassing effort.
Hampshire's innings was chiefly fuelled by a 93-run opening stand between Australian wicketkeeper McDermott and skipper James Vince.
Home captain Carlos Brathwaite came on to remove the pair of them in the space of four balls in the 10th over.
But, although they lost momentum when Tom Prest followed cheaply, a further key stand of 69 in seven overs between Joe Weatherley and Ross Whiteley got them back on course.
Brathwaite took a further couple of wickets to earn the West Indian his best T20 bowling figures for the Bears. But it was still a fairly imposing total, even against a free-scoring Bears side who had amassed 200-plus scores in seven of their 14 group games.
The hosts got off to a bad start in reply when Paul Stirling, Alex Davies and Sam Hain all departed cheaply inside the first five overs - and there was no way back from that as wickets fell regularly until the end came with six-and-a-half overs unused.
Hampshire join Wednesday night's winners Yorkshire back at Edgbaston on 16 July.
The other two quarter-finals are Lancashire v Essex, a repeat of the 2019 quarter-final, this time actually in Manchester, followed by Somerset against Derbyshire on Saturday night.
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Birmingham Bears suffered their second worst defeat in Twenty20 cricket as Hampshire won by 104 runs at Edgbaston to reach T20 Blast Finals Day for a record ninth time.
Australian Ben McDermott hammered 61 off 36 balls to help Hampshire reach 186-6, but the Bears buckled in reply.
James Fuller (4-17), Nathan Ellis (3-4) and Brad Wheal (2-9) did the damage as the hosts were skittled for just 82.
That was their third lowest score in the 20 years of T20 cricket in England.
This season's leading Bears run-scorer Adam Hose top-scored with 16 and England's Olly Stone hit a breezy late 15 not out, but it was otherwise an embarrassing effort.
Hampshire's innings was chiefly fuelled by a 93-run opening stand between Australian wicketkeeper McDermott and skipper James Vince.
Home captain Carlos Brathwaite came on to remove the pair of them in the space of four balls in the 10th over.
But, although they lost momentum when Tom Prest followed cheaply, a further key stand of 69 in seven overs between Joe Weatherley and Ross Whiteley got them back on course.
Brathwaite took a further couple of wickets to earn the West Indian his best T20 bowling figures for the Bears. But it was still a fairly imposing total, even against a free-scoring Bears side who had amassed 200-plus scores in seven of their 14 group games.
The hosts got off to a bad start in reply when Paul Stirling, Alex Davies and Sam Hain all departed cheaply inside the first five overs - and there was no way back from that as wickets fell regularly until the end came with six-and-a-half overs unused.
Hampshire join Wednesday night's winners Yorkshire back at Edgbaston on 16 July.
The other two quarter-finals are Lancashire v Essex, a repeat of the 2019 quarter-final, this time actually in Manchester, followed by Somerset against Derbyshire on Saturday night.
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3rd QF ongoing.
Essex batting first against Lancashire.
Essex batting first against Lancashire.
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Lancs dropping too many catches here.
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The QF wickets have been quite slow and low, good for spinners. Not high scorers.
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Essex 161/5
Lancashire 162 to win.
Lancashire 162 to win.
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Essex Eagles 161-5 (20.0)
Lancashire Lightning 162-3 (15.4)
Lancashire Lightning win by 7 wickets
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Lancashire beat Essex by seven wickets
What a cakewalk that was.
Consensus was that Essex were in the game with 161 on the board.
But after the second over, Lancashire totally dominated.
Steven Croft was outstanding with an unbeaten 76 in 48 balls.
Dane Vilas was a great accomplice with 51 in just 23.
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Essex captain Simon Harmer told Sky Sports:
"We thought 160 was par but it was two superb knocks to beat us.
They were a lot smarter with the ball, especially their slower balls, and we let them access the shorter boundaries.
We also lost wickets at the wrong time but overall we were beaten by the better team."
Lancashire captain Dane Vilas told Sky Sports:
"Crofty played an unbelievable knock there to put them under pressure and he made it very easy for us.
He works hard and is very calm in those pressure situations.
He's played so many years and knows what to do in those pressure situations."
Lancashire Lightning 162-3 (15.4)
Lancashire Lightning win by 7 wickets
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Lancashire beat Essex by seven wickets
What a cakewalk that was.
Consensus was that Essex were in the game with 161 on the board.
But after the second over, Lancashire totally dominated.
Steven Croft was outstanding with an unbeaten 76 in 48 balls.
Dane Vilas was a great accomplice with 51 in just 23.
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Essex captain Simon Harmer told Sky Sports:
"We thought 160 was par but it was two superb knocks to beat us.
They were a lot smarter with the ball, especially their slower balls, and we let them access the shorter boundaries.
We also lost wickets at the wrong time but overall we were beaten by the better team."
Lancashire captain Dane Vilas told Sky Sports:
"Crofty played an unbelievable knock there to put them under pressure and he made it very easy for us.
He works hard and is very calm in those pressure situations.
He's played so many years and knows what to do in those pressure situations."
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Lancashire, winners in 2015, reach Finals Day for record ninth time
They will play Yorkshire in semi-finals at Edgbaston on 16 July
Somerset v Derbyshire in fourth-quarter-final on Saturday (19:00)
They will play Yorkshire in semi-finals at Edgbaston on 16 July
Somerset v Derbyshire in fourth-quarter-final on Saturday (19:00)
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Derbyshire 74 all out (11.2 overs), Somerset 265-5
Derbyshire have lost to Somerset by 191 runs - it's by some margin a record defeat in English T20 cricket.
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3 wickets for Siddle. 1 for Craig Overton.
Somerset into Finals Day.
Somerset into Finals Day.
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<b>Finals Day — 16/07/22</b>
Semi finals:
Yorkshire v Lancashire
Hampshire v Somerset
Final:
TBC v TBC
Semi finals:
Yorkshire v Lancashire
Hampshire v Somerset
Final:
TBC v TBC
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Somerset blitzed a Vitality Blast-record score of 265-5 before demolishing Derbyshire Falcons for just 74 to secure a thumping 191-run win and the last spot at next weekend's Finals Day at Edgbaston.
Rilee Rossouw (93 off 36 balls) hit 34 runs in spinner Mattie McKiernan's 15th over, which featured five sixes, one four and two off a no-ball, on a night where the Falcons attack - except for George Scrimshaw (2-16) - were pummelled.
McKiernan went for 82 from his four overs, the most expensive figures in men's T20 cricket history, while Somerset cracked 40 boundaries all told on the evening at Taunton (18 sixes and 22 fours).
Rossouw, whose innings contained seven sixes and eight fours, blasted 102 with Tom Banton (73 off 41) for Somerset's second wicket in a little over eight overs during which Banton was dropped on 29 by Ben Aitchison.
Tom Lammonby then plundered 31 from just nine deliveries, while Ben Green's second six off Alex Hughes in the final over took Somerset past the previous record Blast score of 261-2, which had been set by Birmingham Bears against Nottinghamshire Outlaws in June.
A shell-shocked Derbyshire were rolled in just 11.2 overs in reply - Green and Peter Siddle taking three wickets each and Craig Overton two - as they suffered the heaviest defeat in Blast history and saw their hopes of a second Finals Day appearance spectacularly crushed.
Somerset have secured a semi-final with Hampshire Hawks at Edgbaston next Saturday, live on Sky Sports Cricket, with Roses rivals Yorkshire Vikings and Lancashire Lightning to meet in the other last-four clash.
Somerset finished runners-up to Kent Spitfires in 2021 and will take some stopping this year if their batting fires as it did against Derbyshire.
Rossouw and Banton took 19 runs off the 10th over, bowled by Luis Reece, and 21 off the 12th, sent down by McKiernan, before McKiernan's 15th went for an eye-watering 36.
Scrimshaw struck twice in the 17th over, with Rossouw caught at deep midwicket, but there was further punishment to come for Derbyshire with Lammonby going 4,4,6,4,6 in the 18th over, bowled by Aitchison.
Mark Watt's penultimate over was then taken for 16 and Green ensured the last, delivered by Hughes, went for 14.
Derbyshire's run chase was a nightmare and came to an end when the unfortunate McKeirnan skied a catch off Green, having been involved in a calamitous run out an over earlier that had led to Aitchison's dismissal.
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Rilee Rossouw (93 off 36 balls) hit 34 runs in spinner Mattie McKiernan's 15th over, which featured five sixes, one four and two off a no-ball, on a night where the Falcons attack - except for George Scrimshaw (2-16) - were pummelled.
McKiernan went for 82 from his four overs, the most expensive figures in men's T20 cricket history, while Somerset cracked 40 boundaries all told on the evening at Taunton (18 sixes and 22 fours).
Rossouw, whose innings contained seven sixes and eight fours, blasted 102 with Tom Banton (73 off 41) for Somerset's second wicket in a little over eight overs during which Banton was dropped on 29 by Ben Aitchison.
Tom Lammonby then plundered 31 from just nine deliveries, while Ben Green's second six off Alex Hughes in the final over took Somerset past the previous record Blast score of 261-2, which had been set by Birmingham Bears against Nottinghamshire Outlaws in June.
A shell-shocked Derbyshire were rolled in just 11.2 overs in reply - Green and Peter Siddle taking three wickets each and Craig Overton two - as they suffered the heaviest defeat in Blast history and saw their hopes of a second Finals Day appearance spectacularly crushed.
Somerset have secured a semi-final with Hampshire Hawks at Edgbaston next Saturday, live on Sky Sports Cricket, with Roses rivals Yorkshire Vikings and Lancashire Lightning to meet in the other last-four clash.
Somerset finished runners-up to Kent Spitfires in 2021 and will take some stopping this year if their batting fires as it did against Derbyshire.
Rossouw and Banton took 19 runs off the 10th over, bowled by Luis Reece, and 21 off the 12th, sent down by McKiernan, before McKiernan's 15th went for an eye-watering 36.
Scrimshaw struck twice in the 17th over, with Rossouw caught at deep midwicket, but there was further punishment to come for Derbyshire with Lammonby going 4,4,6,4,6 in the 18th over, bowled by Aitchison.
Mark Watt's penultimate over was then taken for 16 and Green ensured the last, delivered by Hughes, went for 14.
Derbyshire's run chase was a nightmare and came to an end when the unfortunate McKeirnan skied a catch off Green, having been involved in a calamitous run out an over earlier that had led to Aitchison's dismissal.
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Harry Brook (Yorkshire Vikings), Matt Parkinson (Lancashire Lightning) and Phil Salt (Lancashire Lightning) have been released from the England squad to be available for Vitality Blast Finals Day on Saturday.
The trio will travel to Edgbaston today to join their respective counties before returning to the England squad ahead of the third Royal London International at Emirates Old Trafford on Sunday.
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Four teams will battle it out to be crowned T20 Blast champions at Edgbaston on Saturday, in what promises to be the most exciting Finals Day in its history.
Yorkshire Vikings and Lancashire Lightning get things under way in a mouth-watering Roses game, before Hampshire Hawks and Somerset lock horns in a repeat of last year's semi-final.
With the showpiece event returning to the height of summer, BBC Sport takes a closer look at what to expect.
Semi-final one - Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning (11:00 BST)
Both matches in the group stage went down to the wire, with the first game tied at Old Trafford before Lancashire won by four runs in the reverse fixture.
Lancashire batter Tim David said he was relishing the prospect of the two sides squaring off for a place in the final.
"My first two experiences of Roses games have both been close matches and I think that's awesome," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"There seems to be a feeling about those games. They're the sort of games you want in finals.
"Looking back on the tournament, that first game against Yorkshire in front of a packed house at Old Trafford was probably one of the highlights.
"It was an exciting start and it's been a good tournament. There's been different challenges along the way, but it's been good fun and I've enjoyed being part of it.
"We played some really good cricket at the start and we've had a good chance to reset and get a really good win in the quarter-final [against Essex]. It was a magnificent batting performance."
Yorkshire are one of the competition's perennial underachievers, making just their third appearance in the last four and they are yet to lift the trophy.
But head coach Ottis Gibson told BBC Radio Leeds they were not there to "make up the numbers and have a party".
"At the end of the group games against Lancashire we sat down, looked over them and saw where could we have saved a run here or there and where we got it wrong against certain batters," he said.
"Tim David punished us at Headingley because we got it wrong against him, but both games were very tight affairs. We're expecting another tight game but hopefully this time the result is in our favour.
"Playing in the final would be a fantastic achievement for the team because of the way we have had to chop and change the side. There was a period where I don't think we played the same team twice."
Both sides have England players back in their ranks for Finals Day, with batter Harry Brook released from the one-day international squad to play for Yorkshire, while Lancashire have opener Phil Salt and leg-spinner Matt Parkinson available.
However, Yorkshire trio Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and David Willey, and Lancashire's Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone have not been released, with England set to play India in the one-day series decider at Emirates Old Trafford on Sunday.
Semi-final two - Hampshire Hawks v Somerset (14:30)
Somerset head into Finals Day on the back of their T20 Blast record score of 265-5 in the quarter-final win over Derbyshire.
In the 2021 semi-final, Somerset crept over the line to beat Hampshire by two wickets before losing to Kent Spitfires in the final.
Head coach Jason Kerr said they were "really looking forward" to a rematch.
"Last year we had a miraculous semi-final, Ben Green and Josh Davey got us over the line when the reality is we didn't deserve to win that game," he told BBC Radio Somerset.
"So it shows what we're capable of as a team. The quarter-final was a near-perfect performance, and if we can get anywhere near that we'll certainly be competitive."
Two-time winners Hampshire are making their ninth appearance at Finals Day but are looking to end a streak of five semi-final defeats in a row.
Hawks and England all-rounder Liam Dawson said he was "buzzing" for the big day and felt their semi-final woes were "irrelevant".
"It's always a fantastic occasion, a sold out crowd with four very good teams - it's going to be an exciting day," he told BBC Radio Solent.
"It's something we have to deal with [semi-final defeats], us players who've been there before, we know that.
"But it's irrelevant as well - if you play good cricket on the day hopefully you come out on top.
"If you keep putting yourselves in positions getting to semi-finals and finals, that's all you can do. Whoever plays the best cricket will come out on top."
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Yorkshire Vikings and Lancashire Lightning get things under way in a mouth-watering Roses game, before Hampshire Hawks and Somerset lock horns in a repeat of last year's semi-final.
With the showpiece event returning to the height of summer, BBC Sport takes a closer look at what to expect.
Semi-final one - Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning (11:00 BST)
Both matches in the group stage went down to the wire, with the first game tied at Old Trafford before Lancashire won by four runs in the reverse fixture.
Lancashire batter Tim David said he was relishing the prospect of the two sides squaring off for a place in the final.
"My first two experiences of Roses games have both been close matches and I think that's awesome," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"There seems to be a feeling about those games. They're the sort of games you want in finals.
"Looking back on the tournament, that first game against Yorkshire in front of a packed house at Old Trafford was probably one of the highlights.
"It was an exciting start and it's been a good tournament. There's been different challenges along the way, but it's been good fun and I've enjoyed being part of it.
"We played some really good cricket at the start and we've had a good chance to reset and get a really good win in the quarter-final [against Essex]. It was a magnificent batting performance."
Yorkshire are one of the competition's perennial underachievers, making just their third appearance in the last four and they are yet to lift the trophy.
But head coach Ottis Gibson told BBC Radio Leeds they were not there to "make up the numbers and have a party".
"At the end of the group games against Lancashire we sat down, looked over them and saw where could we have saved a run here or there and where we got it wrong against certain batters," he said.
"Tim David punished us at Headingley because we got it wrong against him, but both games were very tight affairs. We're expecting another tight game but hopefully this time the result is in our favour.
"Playing in the final would be a fantastic achievement for the team because of the way we have had to chop and change the side. There was a period where I don't think we played the same team twice."
Both sides have England players back in their ranks for Finals Day, with batter Harry Brook released from the one-day international squad to play for Yorkshire, while Lancashire have opener Phil Salt and leg-spinner Matt Parkinson available.
However, Yorkshire trio Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and David Willey, and Lancashire's Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone have not been released, with England set to play India in the one-day series decider at Emirates Old Trafford on Sunday.
Semi-final two - Hampshire Hawks v Somerset (14:30)
Somerset head into Finals Day on the back of their T20 Blast record score of 265-5 in the quarter-final win over Derbyshire.
In the 2021 semi-final, Somerset crept over the line to beat Hampshire by two wickets before losing to Kent Spitfires in the final.
Head coach Jason Kerr said they were "really looking forward" to a rematch.
"Last year we had a miraculous semi-final, Ben Green and Josh Davey got us over the line when the reality is we didn't deserve to win that game," he told BBC Radio Somerset.
"So it shows what we're capable of as a team. The quarter-final was a near-perfect performance, and if we can get anywhere near that we'll certainly be competitive."
Two-time winners Hampshire are making their ninth appearance at Finals Day but are looking to end a streak of five semi-final defeats in a row.
Hawks and England all-rounder Liam Dawson said he was "buzzing" for the big day and felt their semi-final woes were "irrelevant".
"It's always a fantastic occasion, a sold out crowd with four very good teams - it's going to be an exciting day," he told BBC Radio Solent.
"It's something we have to deal with [semi-final defeats], us players who've been there before, we know that.
"But it's irrelevant as well - if you play good cricket on the day hopefully you come out on top.
"If you keep putting yourselves in positions getting to semi-finals and finals, that's all you can do. Whoever plays the best cricket will come out on top."
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Lancashire beat Yorkshire by six wickets
What a chase from Lancashire.
They have gunned down 205 to win with eight balls to spare.
It was never in doubt.
Dane Vilas brings his side home with 63 in 36 balls.
Keaton Jennings played a great hand with 74 in 51 balls.
And it was all started off by Phil Salt who whacked 36 in 15.
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Lancashire beat Yorkshire by six wickets
What of Yorkshire?
They were pretty miserable in that second innings.
The bowlers never built any pressure, extras, misfields, it was all a bit ugly.
Strangely, there didn't seem to be much fight and they were almost resigned to their fate from a long way out.
But what a start to Finals Day.
Lancashire through to meet Hampshire or Somerset.
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That is the first time both sides have reached 200 on Finals Day,
It also equals the biggest run aggregate in any game on Finals Day, the 412 shared by Lancashire (217-4) and Surrey (195-8) in the 2005 semi at The Oval.
What a chase from Lancashire.
They have gunned down 205 to win with eight balls to spare.
It was never in doubt.
Dane Vilas brings his side home with 63 in 36 balls.
Keaton Jennings played a great hand with 74 in 51 balls.
And it was all started off by Phil Salt who whacked 36 in 15.
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Lancashire beat Yorkshire by six wickets
What of Yorkshire?
They were pretty miserable in that second innings.
The bowlers never built any pressure, extras, misfields, it was all a bit ugly.
Strangely, there didn't seem to be much fight and they were almost resigned to their fate from a long way out.
But what a start to Finals Day.
Lancashire through to meet Hampshire or Somerset.
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That is the first time both sides have reached 200 on Finals Day,
It also equals the biggest run aggregate in any game on Finals Day, the 412 shared by Lancashire (217-4) and Surrey (195-8) in the 2005 semi at The Oval.
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Hampshire have won the toss and have opted to bat
Somerset (Playing XI): Will Smeed, Tom Banton(w), Rilee Rossouw, Tom Abell(c), Lewis Gregory, Tom Lammonby, Ben Green, Lewis Goldsworthy, Roelof van der Merwe, Peter Siddle, Jack Brooks
Hampshire (Playing XI): Ben McDermott(w), James Vince(c), Tom Prest, Joe Weatherley, Ross Whiteley, James Fuller, Liam Dawson, Nathan Ellis, Chris Wood, Mason Crane, Brad Wheal
Somerset (Playing XI): Will Smeed, Tom Banton(w), Rilee Rossouw, Tom Abell(c), Lewis Gregory, Tom Lammonby, Ben Green, Lewis Goldsworthy, Roelof van der Merwe, Peter Siddle, Jack Brooks
Hampshire (Playing XI): Ben McDermott(w), James Vince(c), Tom Prest, Joe Weatherley, Ross Whiteley, James Fuller, Liam Dawson, Nathan Ellis, Chris Wood, Mason Crane, Brad Wheal
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<b>T20 Blast Finals Day: Lancashire beat Yorkshire by six wickets in first semi-final</b>
Lancashire became the first side to chase down a 200-plus score on Finals Day as they beat Yorkshire by six wickets in the first T20 Blast semi.
In the first Finals Day clash between the two old rivals, Lancashire made 208-4 to surpass Yorkshire's 204-7 and reach the final for a fourth time.
Keaton Jennings (75) and skipper Dane Vilas (63 not out) were the chief architects at a sunny Edgbaston.
But Yorkshire's Jordan Thompson starred earlier with a 50 off just 18 balls.
Lancashire, winners here in Birmingham in 2015, now face the winners of this afternoon's second semi-final between twice-winners Hampshire and 2005 winners Somerset.
After losing their top T20 run scorer Adam Lyth just a ball after hitting Luke Wood for six, Yorkshire got stuck in with a stand of 61 in six overs between Dawid Malan and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (66).
But, although Malan and England's Harry Brook both fell to spin, Kohler-Cadmore upped his game, finally perishing to become a second victim for Luke Wells.
At 124-4, with just 35 balls of the innings left, 200 still looked a long way off, but Thompson came in to join Shadab Khan and launched into one of the most brutal assaults seen on this ground.
Together they put on 74 in fewer than five overs, of which Thompson's share - including six sixes - made it the fastest of the 80 fifties now seen on Finals Day. But his departure, the first of three wickets in successive balls, slowed Yorkshire up right at the end.
Phil Salt, who like Matt Parkinson and Yorkshire skipper Brook had been released by England's T20 squad to play, got the Lancashire innings off to a flier with 36 off 15 balls.
Jennings then took over, hitting a six and nine fours to make his eighth half-century in T20 cricket, before needlessly holing out to mid-off - and Tim David also departed after twice finding an unguarded cover boundary.
But by then Vilas was long since settled and, with skipper David Willey so badly missed by Yorkshire, the Lancashire skipper saw his side home to maintain their comparative stranglehold over the Tykes in T20 cricket.
This equalled the biggest run aggregate on Finals Day, matching the 412 shared by Lancashire (217-4) and Surrey (195-7) shared in the 2005 semi-final at The Oval - and it was the first time both sides have posted 200.
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Lancashire became the first side to chase down a 200-plus score on Finals Day as they beat Yorkshire by six wickets in the first T20 Blast semi.
In the first Finals Day clash between the two old rivals, Lancashire made 208-4 to surpass Yorkshire's 204-7 and reach the final for a fourth time.
Keaton Jennings (75) and skipper Dane Vilas (63 not out) were the chief architects at a sunny Edgbaston.
But Yorkshire's Jordan Thompson starred earlier with a 50 off just 18 balls.
Lancashire, winners here in Birmingham in 2015, now face the winners of this afternoon's second semi-final between twice-winners Hampshire and 2005 winners Somerset.
After losing their top T20 run scorer Adam Lyth just a ball after hitting Luke Wood for six, Yorkshire got stuck in with a stand of 61 in six overs between Dawid Malan and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (66).
But, although Malan and England's Harry Brook both fell to spin, Kohler-Cadmore upped his game, finally perishing to become a second victim for Luke Wells.
At 124-4, with just 35 balls of the innings left, 200 still looked a long way off, but Thompson came in to join Shadab Khan and launched into one of the most brutal assaults seen on this ground.
Together they put on 74 in fewer than five overs, of which Thompson's share - including six sixes - made it the fastest of the 80 fifties now seen on Finals Day. But his departure, the first of three wickets in successive balls, slowed Yorkshire up right at the end.
Phil Salt, who like Matt Parkinson and Yorkshire skipper Brook had been released by England's T20 squad to play, got the Lancashire innings off to a flier with 36 off 15 balls.
Jennings then took over, hitting a six and nine fours to make his eighth half-century in T20 cricket, before needlessly holing out to mid-off - and Tim David also departed after twice finding an unguarded cover boundary.
But by then Vilas was long since settled and, with skipper David Willey so badly missed by Yorkshire, the Lancashire skipper saw his side home to maintain their comparative stranglehold over the Tykes in T20 cricket.
This equalled the biggest run aggregate on Finals Day, matching the 412 shared by Lancashire (217-4) and Surrey (195-7) shared in the 2005 semi-final at The Oval - and it was the first time both sides have posted 200.
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<b>Hampshire vs Somerset, Semi Final 2</b>
Somerset need 94 runs in 45 balls
HAM - 190/6 (20)
SOM - 97/4 (12.3)
CRR: 7.76
RR : 12.53
Somerset need 94 runs in 45 balls
HAM - 190/6 (20)
SOM - 97/4 (12.3)
CRR: 7.76
RR : 12.53
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Somerset way off the rate.
Hampshire are going to win and sail through to the final later against Lancashire.
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Hampshire are going to win and sail through to the final later against Lancashire.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Two slower balls to seal your place in the final <br><br>Well bowled, Nathan Ellis 
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<b>Blast semi final 2
Hampshire beat Somerset by 37 runs
Hampshire 190-6 v Somerset 153</b>
Another beautifully disguised slower ball by Nathan Ellis dismisses fellow Aussie Peter Siddle for a golden duck - and completes a magnificent performance in the field by Hampshire Hawks.
Ellis has 3-30 from 3.3 overs and his ability at the death could be a big problem for Lancashire Lightning in the final.
Having been set 191 to win, Somerset's hopes effectively died when Rilee Rossouw holed out for 23.
They won't be adding to their 2005 title - but can Hampshire, champions in 2020 and 2012, join Leicestershire as the only three-time winners?
Hampshire beat Somerset by 37 runs
Hampshire 190-6 v Somerset 153</b>
Another beautifully disguised slower ball by Nathan Ellis dismisses fellow Aussie Peter Siddle for a golden duck - and completes a magnificent performance in the field by Hampshire Hawks.
Ellis has 3-30 from 3.3 overs and his ability at the death could be a big problem for Lancashire Lightning in the final.
Having been set 191 to win, Somerset's hopes effectively died when Rilee Rossouw holed out for 23.
They won't be adding to their 2005 title - but can Hampshire, champions in 2020 and 2012, join Leicestershire as the only three-time winners?
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<b>Final, Birmingham, July 16 2022, Vitality Blast: 18:45PM</b>
James Vince wins the toss. Hampshire will bat, and they are unchanged — as are Lancashire.
<b>Hampshire</b>
1 Ben McDermott (WK), 2 James Vince (Capt), 3 Tom Prest, 4 Joe Weatherley, 5 Ross Whiteley, 6 James Fuller, 7 Liam Dawson, 8 Nathan Ellis, 9 Christopher Wood, 10 Mason Crane, 11 Brad Wheal
<b>Lancashire</b>
1 Philip Salt (wk), 2 Keaton Jennings, 3 Steven Croft, 4 Dane Vilas (capt), 5 Tim David, 6 Luke Wells, 7 Danny Lamb, 8 Luke Wood, 9 Tom Hartley, 10 Richard Gleeson, 11 Matt Parkinson
James Vince wins the toss. Hampshire will bat, and they are unchanged — as are Lancashire.
<b>Hampshire</b>
1 Ben McDermott (WK), 2 James Vince (Capt), 3 Tom Prest, 4 Joe Weatherley, 5 Ross Whiteley, 6 James Fuller, 7 Liam Dawson, 8 Nathan Ellis, 9 Christopher Wood, 10 Mason Crane, 11 Brad Wheal
<b>Lancashire</b>
1 Philip Salt (wk), 2 Keaton Jennings, 3 Steven Croft, 4 Dane Vilas (capt), 5 Tim David, 6 Luke Wells, 7 Danny Lamb, 8 Luke Wood, 9 Tom Hartley, 10 Richard Gleeson, 11 Matt Parkinson
Brilliant game of cricket which sees Hampshire beat Lancashire by 1 run in the final.
Hampshire are now three-time winners of the domestic T20 competition - only Leicestershire have also won on three occasions.
It's their first trophy since beating Kent in the 2018 One-Day Cup final.
Hampshire are now three-time winners of the domestic T20 competition - only Leicestershire have also won on three occasions.
It's their first trophy since beating Kent in the 2018 One-Day Cup final.
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Hampshire won the T20 for a record-equalling third time as they kept their heads to beat Lancashire in a remarkable final in Birmingham.
With Lancashire needing four off the last ball, chasing 152-8, Hampshire celebrated when Nathan Ellis bowled Richard Gleeson, only to be no-balled.
But, now needing only two to win, Lancashire finished on 151-8 to lose for the third time in a T20 final.
Ben McDermott starred with 62 for Hampshire in an Edgbaston thriller.
Hampshire's third win, after victories in 2010 and 2012, and their first at Edgbaston, matched Leicestershire's haul of three T20 trophies.
New England white-ball paceman Richard Gleeson made a great early breakthrough for Lancashire when he bowled Hampshire skipper James Vince with the ninth ball of the innings - and then semi-final hero Tom Prest quickly followed.
Joe Weatherley and Liam Dawson then both holed out cheaply off Parkinson, who then get the big wicket when he bowled McDermott in his third over - before taking his fourth in his final over to bag Ellis too.
Left-armer Luke Wood, a T20 Blast final winner with Worcestershire in 2018, also bowled very tidily to take 2-26.
Only two sides had successfully defended a total lower than 152 in a T20 final, Hampshire themselves against Yorkshire in Cardiff in 2012, when they had only made 150-6, and Leicestershire a year earlier, winning by 18 runs after only posting 145-6 against Somerset.
Phil Salt got their run-chase off to a flier when he went 4-6 off his first two deliveries, but he then gave a catch off the third.
That brought in Steven Croft, Lancashire's all-time leading T20 run scorer, who played superbly for his 36 until being given out when an edge off Mason Crane was fumbled by McDermott but ended up in the wicketkeeper's pad.
From being well set on 72-1 in the eighth over, Croft's departure caused Lancashire to hit the panic button, Keaton Jennings and Dane Vilas got themselves out with loose shots, big-hitting Tim David flopped again when he missed a straight one from James Fuller.
And, although Luke Wells thought he had turned it with a six and four in successive balls off Wood, Hampshire, superbly skippered by three-times winner and last season's winning men's Hundred skipper Vince, won it as Ellis held his nerve.
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With Lancashire needing four off the last ball, chasing 152-8, Hampshire celebrated when Nathan Ellis bowled Richard Gleeson, only to be no-balled.
But, now needing only two to win, Lancashire finished on 151-8 to lose for the third time in a T20 final.
Ben McDermott starred with 62 for Hampshire in an Edgbaston thriller.
Hampshire's third win, after victories in 2010 and 2012, and their first at Edgbaston, matched Leicestershire's haul of three T20 trophies.
New England white-ball paceman Richard Gleeson made a great early breakthrough for Lancashire when he bowled Hampshire skipper James Vince with the ninth ball of the innings - and then semi-final hero Tom Prest quickly followed.
Joe Weatherley and Liam Dawson then both holed out cheaply off Parkinson, who then get the big wicket when he bowled McDermott in his third over - before taking his fourth in his final over to bag Ellis too.
Left-armer Luke Wood, a T20 Blast final winner with Worcestershire in 2018, also bowled very tidily to take 2-26.
Only two sides had successfully defended a total lower than 152 in a T20 final, Hampshire themselves against Yorkshire in Cardiff in 2012, when they had only made 150-6, and Leicestershire a year earlier, winning by 18 runs after only posting 145-6 against Somerset.
Phil Salt got their run-chase off to a flier when he went 4-6 off his first two deliveries, but he then gave a catch off the third.
That brought in Steven Croft, Lancashire's all-time leading T20 run scorer, who played superbly for his 36 until being given out when an edge off Mason Crane was fumbled by McDermott but ended up in the wicketkeeper's pad.
From being well set on 72-1 in the eighth over, Croft's departure caused Lancashire to hit the panic button, Keaton Jennings and Dane Vilas got themselves out with loose shots, big-hitting Tim David flopped again when he missed a straight one from James Fuller.
And, although Luke Wells thought he had turned it with a six and four in successive balls off Wood, Hampshire, superbly skippered by three-times winner and last season's winning men's Hundred skipper Vince, won it as Ellis held his nerve.
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James Vince has won the 2022 Vitality Blast Player of the Year courtesy of finishing the competition as the number one player, statistically.
The Hampshire Hawks captain led his team to the Vitality Blast title and ended the tournament as the leading run scorer, emphasising his immense ability in the shortest format. Vince was presented with the trophy following the Vitality Blast final at Edgbaston.
Hampshire beat Lancashire by one-run in an epic final game of the tournament. Hampshire set 152-8 in their twenty overs and Lancashire failed to chase it down. Vince took a catch a got a run in the final to further secure his spot of the top of the rankings.
The Player of the Year is selected by the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings, with the 31-year-old being high up in the table for much of the tournament. The formula enables players to score or lose MVP points on every ball based on their expected performance for that ball in comparison to CricViz’s extensive historical database of 20-over fixtures, with the venue being played at also taken into account.
Topping the run scoring with an incredible 678 runs with an average of 48 at a strike-rate of 146, Vince is certainly a worthy winner securing 241 points on the Vitality Blast MVP table, a truly phenomenal season from Vince.
The Hampshire opener scored two hundreds and three fifties in the competition earning him three Match MVP awards in the process. The first of his hundreds coming against Kent which earnt him 38 MVP points and the second century of his campaign was the highest score in the Vitality Blast this season with 129 not out against Somerset at Taunton which won him 40 MVP points.
Vince who has now won the title three times said: “The final was a great game of cricket, a few things were getting in the way but eventually we got there, after the first four games we’ve been immense, I owe a lot to the guys for their efforts.
“Our bowling attack has been top draw during the competition and we took wickets at the right times.
“We have a never say die attitude and we never feel like we’re beaten.
“It’s not just about me because everyone has made contributions this year.”
Somerset’s Rilee Rossouw came extremely close to winning the award 11 points behind on 230. The Somerset batter scored 623 runs in the Vitality Blast at an incredible strike-rate of 192.
Rossouw won an impressive four Match MVP awards, the most impressive coming against Derbyshire in the quarter-final where he scored 93 off 36 balls with seven sixes at a strike-rate of 258. However he couldn’t quite get his team to the final as they were beaten by Hampshire in the second semi.
Another Blast winner finished third on the Vitality Blast MVP standings with Hampshire’s James Fuller scoring 229 points. The all-rounder scored 290 runs in the competition with a strike-rate of 149. With 23 wickets to his name and best figures of 4-17 it’s easy to see why he finished in the top three.
Fuller also won three Match MVP awards, one of which came against Gloucestershire where he picked up 2-23 and scored 22 off 14 balls.
Yorkshire’s Adam Lyth finished fourth in the Vitality Blast MVP table gaining 197 points. Lyth scored 525 runs at an average of 35 with a strike-rate of 177.
He also three Match MVP awards, the best of which coming against Durham scoring 81 off 46 balls.
The Hampshire Hawks captain led his team to the Vitality Blast title and ended the tournament as the leading run scorer, emphasising his immense ability in the shortest format. Vince was presented with the trophy following the Vitality Blast final at Edgbaston.
Hampshire beat Lancashire by one-run in an epic final game of the tournament. Hampshire set 152-8 in their twenty overs and Lancashire failed to chase it down. Vince took a catch a got a run in the final to further secure his spot of the top of the rankings.
The Player of the Year is selected by the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings, with the 31-year-old being high up in the table for much of the tournament. The formula enables players to score or lose MVP points on every ball based on their expected performance for that ball in comparison to CricViz’s extensive historical database of 20-over fixtures, with the venue being played at also taken into account.
Topping the run scoring with an incredible 678 runs with an average of 48 at a strike-rate of 146, Vince is certainly a worthy winner securing 241 points on the Vitality Blast MVP table, a truly phenomenal season from Vince.
The Hampshire opener scored two hundreds and three fifties in the competition earning him three Match MVP awards in the process. The first of his hundreds coming against Kent which earnt him 38 MVP points and the second century of his campaign was the highest score in the Vitality Blast this season with 129 not out against Somerset at Taunton which won him 40 MVP points.
Vince who has now won the title three times said: “The final was a great game of cricket, a few things were getting in the way but eventually we got there, after the first four games we’ve been immense, I owe a lot to the guys for their efforts.
“Our bowling attack has been top draw during the competition and we took wickets at the right times.
“We have a never say die attitude and we never feel like we’re beaten.
“It’s not just about me because everyone has made contributions this year.”
Somerset’s Rilee Rossouw came extremely close to winning the award 11 points behind on 230. The Somerset batter scored 623 runs in the Vitality Blast at an incredible strike-rate of 192.
Rossouw won an impressive four Match MVP awards, the most impressive coming against Derbyshire in the quarter-final where he scored 93 off 36 balls with seven sixes at a strike-rate of 258. However he couldn’t quite get his team to the final as they were beaten by Hampshire in the second semi.
Another Blast winner finished third on the Vitality Blast MVP standings with Hampshire’s James Fuller scoring 229 points. The all-rounder scored 290 runs in the competition with a strike-rate of 149. With 23 wickets to his name and best figures of 4-17 it’s easy to see why he finished in the top three.
Fuller also won three Match MVP awards, one of which came against Gloucestershire where he picked up 2-23 and scored 22 off 14 balls.
Yorkshire’s Adam Lyth finished fourth in the Vitality Blast MVP table gaining 197 points. Lyth scored 525 runs at an average of 35 with a strike-rate of 177.
He also three Match MVP awards, the best of which coming against Durham scoring 81 off 46 balls.
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What a finish!
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Brilliant final. Hampshire did well to get 150 in 1st place after being in huge trouble. what an exciting last over.
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Lancashire’s Dane Vilas questions umpires’ hastiness to announce dead ball
Hampshire’s win against Lancashire by just a solitary run saw them collect a third crown
Dane Vilas questioned why Lancashire were denied the chance to run another bye from the last legitimate delivery of the Vitality Blast final which would have seen them beat Hampshire.
With Lancashire requiring four from the last ball, Nathan Ellis’ yorker cannoned into Richard Gleeson’s stumps but as fireworks filled the night sky, replays showed the Hampshire seamer had overstepped.
Gleeson missed the free hit that followed but he and Tom Hartley scampered through for a single and then appeared to complete a second run that would have been enough to level the scores and give victory to Lancashire as their powerplay score was superior, with the sides also tied in losing eight wickets.
But amid chaotic scenes Hampshire were hoovering up stumps and despite Vilas remonstrating with the umpires at the end, it was deemed a dead ball had been called before the second run was completed.
Law 20.2 states “whether the ball is finally settled or not is a matter for the umpire alone to decide”, and while Vilas ultimately accepted what happened, he felt the officials were a little hasty.
“We thought the ball was still live,” Vilas said. “There was a little bit of confusion out there but the umpires called the ball dead as soon as they took the stumps off at the striker’s end.
“Everything was going on out there at that stage and I can’t be 100 per cent sure of what was said, exactly, but we thought maybe we could have had a look and seen if there was a review or something.
“But obviously there wasn’t and it ended up going Hampshire’s way.”
Asked if the umpires could have conferred after a replay, Vilas added: “We look for everything else but ultimately it’s their decision and their decision is final, which we as players know and respect.”
Hampshire’s win by just a solitary run saw them collect a third crown as they equalled Leicestershire’s record for the most domestic T20 titles in England after successfully defending 152 for eight.
On the commotion at the end, Vince said: “They weren’t going to run two to the wicketkeeper so I’m not sure what (Vilas) is trying to say.”
Vince ultimately preferred to praise his side’s never-say-die spirit, having posted what seemed a below-par total, and even that owed to a counter-attacking 62 off 36 balls from Ben McDermott.
Matt Parkinson took four for 26 for Lancashire, who reached 72 for one in the eighth over before becoming constrained against spin twins Liam Dawson and Mason Crane as they lost wickets at regular intervals before Ellis ultimately got them over the line by the tightest of margins.
“The resilience and the belief within the group probably comes through winning,” added Vince, whose side claimed their first semi-final win in six attempts by beating Somerset earlier in the day.
“You’ve got to experience those situations a couple of times to build the belief and not just in T20 but in four-day cricket as well. We know we’re never out the game.
“It would have been easy, especially after the start they got off to, to sit back and let them cruise to victory but there’s no point in me saying it, the guys have got to act it and they did brilliantly.”
Hampshire’s bowlers dutifully stuck to their task as Lancashire’s challenge subsided but Vilas was satisfied with their efforts despite falling short.
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Hampshire’s win against Lancashire by just a solitary run saw them collect a third crown
Dane Vilas questioned why Lancashire were denied the chance to run another bye from the last legitimate delivery of the Vitality Blast final which would have seen them beat Hampshire.
With Lancashire requiring four from the last ball, Nathan Ellis’ yorker cannoned into Richard Gleeson’s stumps but as fireworks filled the night sky, replays showed the Hampshire seamer had overstepped.
Gleeson missed the free hit that followed but he and Tom Hartley scampered through for a single and then appeared to complete a second run that would have been enough to level the scores and give victory to Lancashire as their powerplay score was superior, with the sides also tied in losing eight wickets.
But amid chaotic scenes Hampshire were hoovering up stumps and despite Vilas remonstrating with the umpires at the end, it was deemed a dead ball had been called before the second run was completed.
Law 20.2 states “whether the ball is finally settled or not is a matter for the umpire alone to decide”, and while Vilas ultimately accepted what happened, he felt the officials were a little hasty.
“We thought the ball was still live,” Vilas said. “There was a little bit of confusion out there but the umpires called the ball dead as soon as they took the stumps off at the striker’s end.
“Everything was going on out there at that stage and I can’t be 100 per cent sure of what was said, exactly, but we thought maybe we could have had a look and seen if there was a review or something.
“But obviously there wasn’t and it ended up going Hampshire’s way.”
Asked if the umpires could have conferred after a replay, Vilas added: “We look for everything else but ultimately it’s their decision and their decision is final, which we as players know and respect.”
Hampshire’s win by just a solitary run saw them collect a third crown as they equalled Leicestershire’s record for the most domestic T20 titles in England after successfully defending 152 for eight.
On the commotion at the end, Vince said: “They weren’t going to run two to the wicketkeeper so I’m not sure what (Vilas) is trying to say.”
Vince ultimately preferred to praise his side’s never-say-die spirit, having posted what seemed a below-par total, and even that owed to a counter-attacking 62 off 36 balls from Ben McDermott.
Matt Parkinson took four for 26 for Lancashire, who reached 72 for one in the eighth over before becoming constrained against spin twins Liam Dawson and Mason Crane as they lost wickets at regular intervals before Ellis ultimately got them over the line by the tightest of margins.
“The resilience and the belief within the group probably comes through winning,” added Vince, whose side claimed their first semi-final win in six attempts by beating Somerset earlier in the day.
“You’ve got to experience those situations a couple of times to build the belief and not just in T20 but in four-day cricket as well. We know we’re never out the game.
“It would have been easy, especially after the start they got off to, to sit back and let them cruise to victory but there’s no point in me saying it, the guys have got to act it and they did brilliantly.”
Hampshire’s bowlers dutifully stuck to their task as Lancashire’s challenge subsided but Vilas was satisfied with their efforts despite falling short.
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The umpires already considered the ball dead after the first run so there was no need to check the 2nd 'run'.
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FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF QUERIES REGARDING THE FINAL DELIVERY DURING THE VITALITY BLAST FINAL ON SATURDAY 16 JULY, MCC HAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING CLARIFICATION:
The match was concluded when the ball was deemed to be dead by the umpire, after the batters had completed one bye from the final ball. The bowler's end umpire signalled the bye to the scorers. Under Law 2.13.3, the signal for bye shall be made to the scorers only when the ball is dead.
The ball was dead because, in the view of the umpire, it was finally settled in the hands of the wicket-keeper. Law 20.2 states:
20.2 Ball finally settled
Whether the ball is finally settled or not is a matter for the umpire alone to decide.
Analysis of the footage of the match showed that, when the umpire signalled the bye, the original non-striker was standing still, about four yards behind the striker’s wicket, while the striker was slowing down in his attempt to reach the other end, so it was reasonable to consider that the ball was dead.
It is not therefore relevant that the wicket was not lawfully put down at the bowler's end.
Once the umpire has made the decision that the ball is dead, that decision cannot be revoked.
It is also worth noting Law 16.10:
"Once the umpires have agreed with the scorers the correctness of the scores at the conclusion of the match – see Laws 2.15 (Correctness of scores) and 3.2 (Correctness of scores) – the result cannot thereafter be changed."
This is not the first example of premature celebrations by the fielding side creating uncertainty at the end of close matches.
Teams are encouraged to ensure that all play has definitively ceased before starting any victory celebrations.
In relation to the field change for the No ball free hit, that's not for MCC to clarify. Free hits are not in the Laws - they are an ECB playing regulation - so it's up to ECB to issue any guidance on this
https://www.lords.org/lords/news-stories/mcc-clarification-on-vitality-blast-finals-day-202
The match was concluded when the ball was deemed to be dead by the umpire, after the batters had completed one bye from the final ball. The bowler's end umpire signalled the bye to the scorers. Under Law 2.13.3, the signal for bye shall be made to the scorers only when the ball is dead.
The ball was dead because, in the view of the umpire, it was finally settled in the hands of the wicket-keeper. Law 20.2 states:
20.2 Ball finally settled
Whether the ball is finally settled or not is a matter for the umpire alone to decide.
Analysis of the footage of the match showed that, when the umpire signalled the bye, the original non-striker was standing still, about four yards behind the striker’s wicket, while the striker was slowing down in his attempt to reach the other end, so it was reasonable to consider that the ball was dead.
It is not therefore relevant that the wicket was not lawfully put down at the bowler's end.
Once the umpire has made the decision that the ball is dead, that decision cannot be revoked.
It is also worth noting Law 16.10:
"Once the umpires have agreed with the scorers the correctness of the scores at the conclusion of the match – see Laws 2.15 (Correctness of scores) and 3.2 (Correctness of scores) – the result cannot thereafter be changed."
This is not the first example of premature celebrations by the fielding side creating uncertainty at the end of close matches.
Teams are encouraged to ensure that all play has definitively ceased before starting any victory celebrations.
In relation to the field change for the No ball free hit, that's not for MCC to clarify. Free hits are not in the Laws - they are an ECB playing regulation - so it's up to ECB to issue any guidance on this
https://www.lords.org/lords/news-stories/mcc-clarification-on-vitality-blast-finals-day-202
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