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T20 Blast North Division: Derbyshire beat Warwickshire; other games lost to rain

Image: Will Porterfield hit 74 from 41 balls for Derbyshire

Derbyshire broke their duck in spectacular fashion when they chased down a target of 190 to beat Warwickshire by three wickets with six balls to spare under the floodlights at Derby.

Will Porterfield hit 74 from 41 balls and Jon Webb made 50 from 33 as Warwickshire reached 189-5 but Wes Durston put the home side on course with 53 off 21 balls.

England paceman Boyd Rankin was hit for five sixes in three overs, which cost 52 runs, as Wayne Madsen, 42 from 27 balls, and Alex Hughes with 24 from 10 helped the hosts on their way to a much-needed victory.

Northamptonshire and Durham had to settle for a point each as the weather ruined their Natwest t20 Blast encounter at the County Ground.

In a contest that had been reduced to 15 overs a side by a late start, only 10 overs of the first innings were possible as a second heavy downpour of the evening finished things off with Durham on 69-4.

It means that the Steelbacks have six points from eight games and their opponents five from seven in the North Division.

The sell-out Roses clash between Yorkshire and Lancashire was abandoned without a ball being bowled at Headingley.

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Persistent rain from mid-afternoon gave umpires Mark Benson and Graham Lloyd no option but to call the game off at 7.25pm, leaving the 16,200 spectators who had bought tickets bitterly disappointed.

Yorkshire, who have now played at least two fewer games than any other side in their Group, were looking for their fourth consecutive win, a sequence which included a dramatic penultimate ball victory at Old Trafford, while Lancashire were denied the chance of a win which could have taken them to the top of the
table. Instead, each side had to be content with a point.

Yorkshire's director of cricket, Martyn Moxon, said: "There is no winner to come out of this and it is all desperately disappointing. With a full house it was the one night that you wanted it to be dry.

"From a cricket point of view it has resulted in the status quo but everyone here was looking forward to the match after winning at Old Trafford and the atmosphere would have been great. It was a game which you just wanted to be involved in. 

"It would also have been a big money-spinner and although we don't give money back we are bound to lose out financially."

Worcestershire suffered their first washout this season when their meeting with Nottinghamshire fell victim to a thunderstorm at New Road.

Under water

Surface water from earlier rain greeted Nottinghamshire when they arrived and the umpires Nick Cook and Paul Baldwin were forced to call off any hopes of play shortly after 7pm with the parts of the ground under water after another downpour.

As the team playing catch-up in the group, the call-off was probably a bigger setback for Nottinghamshire, who remain four points behind Worcestershire with a game in hand, which they will play against Yorkshire at Trent Bride on Saturday.

Notts wicketkeeper Chris Read said: "It's bitterly disappointing. We turned up full of confidence and wanted to keep the momentum going."

For Worcestershire the disappointment was in being unable to extend by far and away their best sequence in the competition. They won six games in a row - starting at Trent Bridge five weeks ago with a first-ever success against the Outlaws in Twenty20 cricket.

Director of cricket Steve Rhodes said: "We were hoping to get back into action after a week's break but to be washed out is frustrating."

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