Nathan Ellis turned in a career-best bowling efficiency to steer defending champions Hampshire into the semi-finals of the Vitality Blast.
The Australian took 4-6 to assist skittle Worcestershire for 100 in a five-wicket win on the Ageas Bowl, the Hawks now progressing to face Essex within the final 4.
Ellis’s astonishing figures and two wickets every for Chris Wood and John Turner maintained Hampshire’s hopes of turning into the primary workforce to win back-to-back Blast titles.
The Rapids had an enterprising 70-run stand between Usama Mir and Ed Pollock, nevertheless it was bookended by shedding 6-29 after which shedding the final 4 wickets for one run – Ellis destroying the tail with three wickets in 4 balls.
While Hampshire stayed on monitor for a 3rd success within the competitors, defeat for the Rapids resulted in them slipping to their sixth quarter-final exit in eight appearances.
Inaugural event champions Surrey sealed their place on Finals Day with a 13-run win over Lancashire in a high-scoring thriller at Emirates Old Trafford.
The 2003 winners defended a goal of 188 to inflict a primary residence T20 defeat on Lancashire in 22 video games courting again to late 2020 because the hosts slipped from 2-124 within the 14th over of their chase to complete on 6-174.
Surrey captain and England white-ball seamer Chris Jordan took 2-27 from 4 overs after his facet completed on 5-187, with opener Laurie Evans hitting 70 off 41 balls and Jason Roy reaching 50 off 34.
Somerset lie in look ahead to Surrey within the semi-finals at Edgbaston every week on Saturday after a nail-biting five-wicket win towards Nottinghamshire at Taunton.
After Nottinghamshire had posted 6-157 – Matthew Montgomery top-scored with 51 off 38 balls – Lewis Gregory (57 not out) and Ben Green (35 not out) put collectively an unbroken partnership of 96 to see their facet residence with three balls to spare.
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