Leicestershire's Rishi Patel hits 104 off 45 balls in a tied game with Northants, while Birmingham Bears go top of North Group by beating Worcestershire.
Leicestershire opener Rishi Patel smashed a 41-ball century as the Foxes and Northants Steelbacks played out a thrilling tie in the T20 Blast.
South Group leaders Surrey cruised to a nine-wicket victory after restricting Glamorgan to just 107-9, while elsewhere there were wins for Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Notts Outlaws and Sussex.With leaders Lancashire not in action, paceman Michael Booth marked his debut by removing Kashif Ali for eight, and the Bears spinners picked up wickets at regular intervals before Rob Jones and Tom Taylor shared an unbroken stand of 44 to see the home side to 155-7.
But Patel - who scored 104 off 49 balls against Durham last year - set the tone for the chase by taking 18 off Willey's opening over of their reply, passing 50 off 22 balls, and continuing on to his century. He struck three sixes and eight fours before he was caught off Nathan Gilchrist with four still needed but Matt Critchley hit the winning runs from the final ball of the 15th over as they reached 157-5 to win by five wickets.quicks Gus Atkinson and Sean Abbott made the most of a pitch with a little bit of zip.
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