Middlesex hit 17 runs off the final over to secure a dramatic tie against Somerset in the Friends Life t20 game at Southgate.
The result was enough to ensure Somerset reach the quarter-finals, but they will wonder how they failed to send Middlesex to their 12th defeat in 14 games in the competition this season.
Ryan McLaren, who had earlier taken three for 37, scored two off the first ball of Kieron Pollard’s final over before hitting consecutive sixes.
He was caught on the midwicket boundary next ball, but Tom Smith scrambled a two and a single off the final deliveries to bring the scores level.
Pollard had earlier hit 33 off 18 balls to give impetus to a previously sluggish Somerset innings.
An unbroken 97-run partnership between Steven Croft and Tom Smith helped Lancashire crush Nottinghamshire by nine wickets at Old Trafford.
In a match reduced to 15 overs per side because of rain, Lancashire opted to field first and restricted the visitors to 105 for five. They passed the total with nine balls to spare, Croft ending on 53 and Smith on 45.
Richard Pyrah claimed the best figures recorded by a Yorkshire bowler in the competition’s history as his side beat Durham by three wickets at Scarborough to keep alive the home side’s slender hopes of reaching the quarter-finals.
The medium-pacer took five for 16 off his four overs to help restrict Durham to 144 for eight.
In reply Gary Ballance made 48 before Pyrah topped off a great day’s work by thrashing a six to win the match with three balls remaining.
Robert Croft produced the most economical figures by a Glamorgan bowler in Twenty20 cricket as his side thumped Gloucestershire by 10 wickets at Bristol.
The veteran off-spinner conceded only 10 runs from his four-over spell to restrict the home side to a paltry 81 all out after they had won the toss.
In reply, Glamorgan cruised to their target with six overs to spare, openers Alviro Petersen and Mark Cosgrove finishing unbeaten on 42 and 37 respectively.
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