T20 Blast: Moores maximum gives Notts last-ball win

With just a single needed, Nottinghamshire Outlaws' Tom Moores hit his sixth six of the innings to seal a thrilling T20 Blast victory against the Bears at Edgbaston.

Moores' capped his unbeaten 74 with a final flourish as the Outlaws chased down 207 to climb to fifth place in North Group in a spectacular run-fest in Birmingham.

Earlier at Edgbaston, superb knocks from Derbyshire's Aneurin Donald and Samit Patel earned bottom side Falcons a much-needed victory in their East Midlands derby against Leicestershire Foxes.

Meanwhile, in the South Group, Sussex Sharks convincingly beat Glamorgan in Cardiff to continue their excellent season.

Saturday's scorecards

Hosts Bears were put into bat by the Outlaws and in the second over lost captain Alex Davies to spinner Farhan Ahmed who was making his T20 debut for the club.

However, a second-wicket partnership worth 116 runs between Tom Latham (69) and Dan Mousley (53) put the hosts in a commanding position.

A strong cameo from Moeen Ali, whose 34 came off just 12 balls, saw Bears past the 200 mark before Matthew Montgomery took two wickets with the final two balls of the innings.

With the bat, the Outlaws lost two wickets in the powerplay and when Freddie McCann fell at 77-3, the hosts were strong favourites.

But a terrific fourth-wicket partnership of 107 runs between Moores and Lyndon James - who eventually fell for 50 after being run out by Hassan Ali - steered the momentum into the visitors' direction for the first time in the match.

With six balls remaining, Outlaws still required 16 but, after Ed Barnard's full-toss was dispatched into the stands by Daniel Sams, Nottinghamshire sensed victory and Moores went airborne off the last ball despite needing only one run to win.

Earlier, Falcons took East Midlands bragging rights after successfully chasing down a target of 197 in the first part of an Edgbaston Midlands double header.

Leicestershire opener Sol Budinger's bludgeoned 49 off just 24 deliveries to help set an imposing target for the bottom side.

When Budinger was eventually dismissed by veteran spin bowler Samit Patel (2-33), the Foxes had rapidly moved to 64-2 at the beginning of the eighth over.

Rehan Ahmed and Shan Masood were dismissed in quick succession by Falcons seamer Pat Brown, who finished with 3-51, but Logan van Beek (26 not out) and Ben Cox (28 not out) put on 55 off the final five overs to hand Derbyshire a tough chase.

In reply, Derbyshire opener Aneurin Donald continued where he left off following Friday's knock of 73 not out against Nottinghamshire with a terrific 60 to help them race to 80-0 after six overs.

That included the fastest half-century in the club's history from just 18 balls - beating his own previous record set in last year's competition.

Leicestershire were given a glimmer of hope when seamer Tom Scriven removed both openers in his first over.

And when Wayne Madsen found Matt Salisbury at deep fine leg for Scriven's third wicket, Derbyshire were still 43 runs shy of their target with 32 balls remaining.

But a terrific 52 not out off just 32 balls from 40-year-old Patel, accompanied ably by Ross Whiteley (13 not out), helped the Falcons home comfortably with 10 balls to spare to seal back-to-back victories in consecutive days.

Sussex Sharks, meanwhile, continued their impressive summer with a 27-run victory against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens.

Outstanding figures of 6-21 from Australian international Nathan McAndrew - the first Sussex player to pick up a six-wicket haul in T20 history - helped see off a fightback from the Welsh outfit.

Opener Harrison Ward's quickfire half century off just 19 balls helped the Sharks set the hosts a target of 200 to chase down.

Wicketkeeper-batter John Simpson's 41 off 26 balls and James Coles' 28 helped the visitors' cause while Mason Crane was the pick of Glamorgan's bowlers with figures of 3-44 including the wickets of Tom Alsop and Tom Clark in consecutive deliveries.

Glamorgan's mammoth run chase began well but when Colin Ingram fell with the hosts on 107-5, they looked in trouble.

Dan Douthwaite's fine 40 off 18 balls put the game back in the balance but after he was dismissed by a good catch from sub fielder George Thomas, the hosts' final chances of victory had gone.

McAndrew cleaned up the tail with three wickets in the 19th over to seal a convincing win to send the Sharks second in the South Group behind Somerset.

North Group

Yorkshire v Durham (14:30 BST)

Leicestershire v Worcestershire (16:00 BST)

South Group

Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (16:00 BST)

Somerset v Kent (16:00 BST)