Notts squeeze past Lancs to stay top - T20 Blast round-up

Notts squeeze home against Lancashire to stay top - T20 Blast round-upImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Olly Stone held his nerve for Notts in the final overByAlex WinterBBC Sport EnglandPublished9 minutes ago2 CommentsNotts Outlaws stayed top of the T20 Blast North Group as Olly Stone held his nerve with the ball in the final over to beat Lancashire.Stone had nine to defend after Notts posted 181-6 and did enough to earn a one-run win.The result keeps Yorkshire second in the group after they chased 206 to beat Durham with a ball to spare at Headingley.Elsewhere, Worcestershire bowled Kent out for just 59 to win by 83 runs, Essex hammered Sussex by 100 runs and Glamorgan beat Warwickshire by seven wickets.At Trent Bridge, Notts were sent in and Scotland's George Munsey gave them a fine start, making 51 in 39 balls before Tom Moores struck 40 from 26.Lancashire's chase was always healthy as Keaton Jennings led progress with 42 from 29 balls, and, with Liam Livingstone's 47 from 31, the visitors were left needing 31 from the final four overs.But Mohammed Ali's final over cost just two in a superb spell of 1-25 from his four overs and it helped give Stone the chance the close the game out.Needing four to win from the last ball, Jack Blatherwick and Matty Hurst could run only two.Lancashire's fifth defeat keeps them third, six points behind Yorkshire.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Jonny Bairstow led Yorkshire's chase against DurhamUntil Stone's final over, Yorkshire were heading top of the group after a superb run-chase at Headingley.Alex Lees blazed 73 from only 35 balls with six sixes to lead Durham to 205-9, with Ben McKinney also making 42 from 21 deliveries.Captain Jonny Bairstow got the chase off to the perfect start with 66 from 36 at the top of the order before Moeen Ali kept them alive by swinging seven sixes in his 60 from 32 balls.When Moeen fell, 38 were needed from 23 balls and it needed Matthew Revis to l...