Thursday's T20 Blast

Middlesex v Surrey


Middlesex Panthers have defeated Surrey by 43 runs at Lord's to claim just their fourth victory of the T20 campaign.


Steven Finn starred for the hosts by taking three wickets, as they restricted their opponents to 142-9 in their run chase.


Things got off to a shaky start for Middlesex, as Nick Gubbins fell in the first over on the evening for just six runs at the Home of Cricket.

John Simpson top-scored for his side by reaching 53 before being caught by Zafar Ansari, while Dawid Malan was sent packing in superb style by Jade Dernbach for 23.


James Franklin (41) was the last man to fall, leaving Surrey with a target of 185 to close down.


The visiting side's reply was rather tame at times, with Finn claiming the wickets of Jason Roy (5), Ben Foakes (6) and Ansari (17)


Kumar Sangakkara piled on 32 runs for Surrey, but defeat was inevitable after the middle order struggled to make an impact, ensuring that their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals came to an end.




Hampshire v Somerset


Yasir Arafat took four wickets as Hampshire beat Somerset by six runs to book their place in the quarter-finals of the T20 Blast at The Ageas Bowl tonight.


The hosts set a target of 143 as opener Michael Carberry proved the stand-out performer at the crease with a knock of 57.


James Vince (24) and an unbeaten 21 from Gareth Berg helped contribute to Hampshire's innings, which saw them lose seven wickets, with Max Waller taking three of them.

Arafat came to the fore early on in the visitors' innings, limiting them to 35 runs in the opening half-hour by dismissing Adam Hose (20) and Jim Allenby (35).


Will Smith helped restrict Somerset's fluency by removing Peter Trego (10) and Tom Cooper (27).


Arafat then sent Lewis Gregory and Craig Overton packing with a combined 29 between them as Somerset finished on 137-8.