Nottinghamshire 187 for 7 (Munro 49, Sowter 4-29) beat Durham 161 for 9 (de Leede 58, Patel 3-30, Ball 3-38) by 26 runs

Notts Outlaws took at the least short-term possession of prime spot in a tightly bunched North Group as they deposed Durham with a 26-run win within the Vitality Blast at Trent Bridge.

Durham opted to discipline first and picked up a direct dividend when left-arm spinner Liam Trevaskis bowled Joe Clarke with the second ball of the match however that was the restrict of their success within the powerplay as Notts powered to 65 for 1 with Hales 33 from 19 balls and Munro on 29 from 17, Hales having hit Brandon Glover over long-off for the primary six of the night time, Munro shelling out comparable remedy to Wayne Parnell.

The introduction of Sowter's leg-spin ended the Hales assault, his compatriot Ashton Turner taking a superb diving catch on the long-on boundary. The Australian-born bowler struck once more in his second over as Matt Montgomery was leg earlier than reverse sweeping, he and Ben Raine dragging again the scoring fee because the Outlaws' innings reached midway at 98 for 3.

Sowter, persevering with within the fantastic kind he has proven all through this season, dealt the house aspect a 3rd main blow as Munro, having simply pushed him to the rope to maneuver inside one run of a half-century, didn't fairly get sufficient on his subsequent try to seek out the boundary, Turner taking a second catch, at long-off. Notts had been grateful that Trevaskis could not maintain on to a stinging return catch provided by Tom Moores on one as they moved to 139 for 4 from 15.

The Outlaws wanted a robust end and Moores signalled his intention to offer it by hammering Sowter over long-on for six, solely to grow to be a 3rd sufferer to the Sowter-Turner mixture because the leg-spinner picked up a fourth scalp for the second match operating. De Leede bowled Patel for 28 from 26 three balls later however skipper Mullaney's 21 from 13 balls ensured Durham would want to attain at greater than 9 an over.

It was nearer to 10s on the finish of Durham's batting powerplay, from which they emerged with 52 runs however three wickets misplaced after Alex Lees, who had cleared the rope off Shaheen Shah Afridi in a 13-run opening over, reverse swept Patel's left-arm spin to brief fantastic leg, Graham Clark holed out to deep mid-wicket off Carter's off spin and Michael Jones was properly held by a back-peddling mid-off from Ball's first supply.

Durham seemed on target to be up with the tempo on the midway stage however suffered a double setback within the tenth over that handed the initiative to Notts as Patel struck twice in three balls, bowling Robinson and having Turner caught second ball as he tried and didn't clear the boundary at broad long-on. Carter then turned 80 for five into 91 for six within the subsequent over as Parnell, who had completed the tenth over with a straight six, chipped him straight to additional cowl, placing the guests firmly on the again foot.

De Leede landed a few meaty strikes to maneuver into the 40s however because the final 5 overs arrived, Durham wanted just a few extra, with 68 required from 30 balls, however continued to lose wickets, Trevaskis out attempting to paddle-scoop Ball earlier than De Leede - missed earlier when Afridi appeared to lose the ball within the floodlights - hit the Pakistan worldwide to Mullaney at additional cowl. Ben Raine then discovered Hales on the long-on boundary as Ball claimed his third wicket, leaving an unlikely 31 required from the final over, with 9 down, as Durham slid to an eighth consecutive Blast defeat towards the Outlaws.