Veteran opener Adam Lyth struck an undefeated 131 from 63 ****** – the highest score of this year's Vitality Blast – as Yorkshire closed in on a quarter-final place with a 41-run win over Leicestershire Foxes at Headingley.
Lyth's innings, the second T20 hundred of his career, keeps the Tykes on course to qualify from the North Group although they remain second behind Notts Outlaws, who squeezed past Durham by two runs for a sixth straight victory.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks' 100% record finally came to an end in comprehensive fashion as they fell to a 105-run defeat at home to holders Somerset, although they stay eight points clear at the top of the Central & West Group.
Second-placed Gloucestershire lost to Warwickshire Bears by 30 runs, while Worcestershire Rapids strengthened their quarter-final prospects, leapfrogging Glamorgan in the table after a 15-run win in a low-scoring affair at Cardiff.
Hampshire Hawks' England paceman Sonny Baker captured four wickets to maintain their momentum at the top of the South Group, holding off Kent Spitfires by 19 runs.
Lyth's innings, the second T20 hundred of his career, keeps the Tykes on course to qualify from the North Group although they remain second behind Notts Outlaws, who squeezed past Durham by two runs for a sixth straight victory.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks' 100% record finally came to an end in comprehensive fashion as they fell to a 105-run defeat at home to holders Somerset, although they stay eight points clear at the top of the Central & West Group.
Second-placed Gloucestershire lost to Warwickshire Bears by 30 runs, while Worcestershire Rapids strengthened their quarter-final prospects, leapfrogging Glamorgan in the table after a 15-run win in a low-scoring affair at Cardiff.
Hampshire Hawks' England paceman Sonny Baker captured four wickets to maintain their momentum at the top of the South Group, holding off Kent Spitfires by 19 runs.
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