Sunday: Sussex beat Gloucestershire by 6 runs
The Sussex Sharks recorded a narrow six-run victory over Gloucestershire in their T20 Blast match at Hove.
The visitors won the toss and put Luke Wright's men into the bat. The decision looked to be a good one as the Sharks skipper was dismissed for just three.
However, Carl Nash and Mahela Jayawardene got the Sussex innings moving along with an array of excellent shots around the wicket.
The duo edged the home side past the 50-run mark to bring up the 50 partnership, and were looking good at the crease before the Sri Lankan was bowled by Tom Smith for 43.
Nash guided his team over 100 but he fell to the same bowler for 43 to leave Sussex 104-3 in the 13th over.
Matt Machan and Will Beer both notched quick-fire scores of 24 and 22 respectively to post a competitive total of 167-5 in their 20 overs.
Gloucestershire's reply got off to the worst possible start as Chris Dent was out first ball lbw to Steve Magoffin.
Skipper Ian Cockbain and James Fuller both departed cheaply as well to leave the visitors in trouble at 39-3.
Hamish Marshall kept the innings together with a solid innings to guide his team over the 50-run mark, but was then stumped off the bowling of Beer for 43 and Peter Handscomb soon followed his back to the pavilion.
Former England wicket-keeper Geraint Jones offered some resistance with a knock of 25, but was bowled by Tymal Mills as the home side began to turn the screw.
However, Jack Taylor gave Gloucestshire hope with as he blasted three fours and two sixes to keep his team in touch with the rate, but Mills returned to clean bowl him for 35 to secure the victory for Sussex.
Saturday: Surrey beat Essex by 44 runs
Surrey have recorded a 44-run triumph over Essex Eagles in their second fixture of the T20 Blast.
Both sides went into the contest having suffered defeat in their opening game on Friday evening, but in the early stages, it was Surrey who seemed more intent on getting points on the board as Steven Davies and Kumar Sangakkara ran riot.
Sangakkara hit three sixes as he recorded 38 off 21 balls before being dismissed by Reece Topley, while Davies struck 53 off 25 deliveries to help Surrey to 128-3 off 12 overs.
Gary Wilson and Zafar Ansari continued the onslaught with knocks of 41 and 31 respectively as the visitors ended on 205-5 off their 20 overs.
Essex's reply began with opening batsmen Nick Browne and Daniel Lawrence being removed by Matt Dunn, but Greg Smith and Kishen Valeni put on 71 to keep the home side in the game.
However, they fell in quick succession to leave their team requiring 118 runs from eight overs, and although Ryan ten Doeschate struck 40 off 19 balls, they never looked like reaching Surrey's total.
Tom Curran and James Burke chipped in with three wickets each to leave Essex battling to see out their overs before Burke registered his fourth dismissal to wrap up the innings with the final ball.
Friday Round-up: Alex Hales made a temporary goodbye to the T20 Blast by inspiring Nottinghamshire Outlaws to a thumping victory over Birmingham Bears in tonight's curtain-raiser.
The England batsman, who now jets off to play for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, smashed 86 off 43 balls to see Notts home with eight wickets and more than five overs to spare at Trent Bridge.
Captain Varun Chopra had earlier made a more watchful 80 as the defending champions posted 141-7, but Hales hit six maximums in a row and seven in eight balls to make light work of that target.
Yorkshire Vikings and Durham Jets were also convincing winners in the North division as the former chased down Derbyshire Falcons' 128 all out with ease.
Seventeen-year-old seamer Matthew Fisher took 5-22 for Yorkshire and Andrew Gale (41) and Jonny Bairstow (40 not out) got the job done with the bat.
Phil Mustard and Calum MacLeod scored half-centuries as Durham posted 174-8 and then reduced Northants Steelbacks to 47-5 before the rain came down.
The players never got back out at Chester-le-Street as Durham began their campaign with a 41-run victory on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
The weather also affected Lancashire Lightning's game against Leicestershire Foxes, who had Ireland international Kevin O'Brien top score with 47 as they managed 131-7 in their reduced 15 overs.
Lancashire were in trouble at 36-3, but skipper Steven Croft got them out of a hole by hitting 70 off 39 balls to secure them a five-wicket win in the final over.
Glamorgan and Gloucestershire were the big winners in the South division, with the Welsh outfit posting this evening's high score of 240-3 against Surrey thanks to a 47-ball 91 from South African Colin Ingram and contributions from Jacques Rudolph (62) and Christopher Cooke (46).
Surrey lost last season's top scorer Jason Roy cheaply and four wickets for Dean Cosker saw the hosts reduced to 129-6 at The Oval. Zafar Ansari made 67 at better than two runs a ball, but Surrey fell 25 shy of their daunting target.
Ian Cockbain matched Ingram's 91 as Gloucestershire chased down Middlesex Panthers' 175-3 in 19 overs.
Former England opener Nick Compton had scored 78 at Bristol to put the capital outfit in a good position, but Hamish Marshall contributed 56 in support of Cockbain as Gloucs prevailed in a hard-fought game.
Luke Wright's stint as Sussex Sharks skipper began with defeat as Kent Spitfires scraped to a seven-run victory at Canterbury.
England prospect Sam Billings (46) led a team effort from Kent and Sussex came up just short despite 61 from Chris Nash and thirties from Wright and Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene.
Elsewhere, Hampshire made a successful start as they recorded a 17-run win over Essex Eagles. Jimmy Adams led the way for Hants with an unbeaten 55, and Ryan ten Doeschate's 68 was largely a solo effort in reply.
Full results:
Durham Jets (174-8) beat Northants Steelbacks (47-5) by 41 runs on the D/L method
Gloucestershire (179-3) beat Middlesex Panthers (175-3) by seven wickets
Lancashire Lightning (142-5) beat Leicestershire Foxes (131-7) by five wickets
Nottinghamshire Outlaws (142-2) beat Birmingham Bears (141-7) by eight wickets
Glamorgan (240-3) beat Surrey (215 a/o) by 25 runs
Hampshire (173-4) beat Essex Eagles (156 a/o) by 17 runs
Kent Spitfires (185-9) beat Sussex Sharks (178-6) by seven runs
Yorkshire Vikings (131-3) beat Derbyshire Falcons (128 a/o) by seven wickets
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