LONDON, Saturday: Leicestershire stepped up their bid for a place in the T20 Blast quarter-finals as they beat Yorkshire by four wickets at Grace Road in the North Group.
New Zealand international Luke Ronchi's spectacular 19-ball half-century helped the Foxes reach 183-6 as they won with two balls to spare. Ronchi made 57, backed up by Colin Ackermann's unbeaten 58, off 47 balls. In the South Group, Kent maintained their own quarter-final hopes with a six-wicket win against Somerset.
Leicestershire earned their first home win in this season's competition to claim a second North Group victory inside 24 hours. Their previous five wins had come away from Leicester - but going into their final two games, the three-times T20 winners are now one of four clubs on 13 points.
Kent's New Zealand paceman Adam Milne claimed a county-best 5-11 as the bottom-of-the-table Spitfires caused an upset in the South Group, beating Somerset by six wickets at Taunton. Milne sent down 15 dot balls from 23 deliveries as the hosts were dismissed for 149 in 18.5 overs. England one-day international Sam Billings then battered an unbeaten 56 from 36 balls as the visitors reached their target with nine deliveries to spare, to inflict Somerset's first home defeat in this year's competition.
Derbyshire and the Warwickshire are the other three sides on 13 points, two behind group leaders Notts who are a point ahead of Northants.
Kent are now up to sixth on 11 points, four points behind group leaders Hampshire, who are ahead of second-placed Glamorgan by a point, followed by three sides on 12 points - Sussex, Somerset and Gloucestershire.
English county scores on Saturday:
TWENTY20 BLAST
NORTH GROUP
* At Grace Road: Yorkshire 182-5 (T Kohler-Cadmore 75, S Marsh 60) v Leicestershire 183-6 (C Ackermann 58 no, L Ronchi 57) Leicestershire bt Yorkshire by 4 wkts
SOUTH GROUP
* At Taunton: Somerset 149 (A Milne 5-11) v Kent 151-4 (S Billings 56 no) Kent bt Somerset by 6 wkts - AFP
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