David Willey was in the Northants Steelbacks side that won the T20 Blast in 2013 Willey took 23 off an Olly Stone over and then hit Calvin Harrison for four successive sixes before falling to the spinner as they to back up Thursday's win against Derbyshire. Jamie Smith made 76 off 38 balls as Surrey totalled 200-8 in their victory over Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens, and Tom Abell hit 55 as last year's winners Somerset defeated Essex by four wickets. Elsewhere, Matt Parkinson took a hat-trick as Kent beat Middlesex and there were also victories by Worcestershire, Birmingham Bears, Leicestershire and Sussex.
It was not a great night for the England batters not with the World Cup T20 squad. Surrey's Ollie Pope was out for a third-ball duck and Joe Root managed only three from nine deliveries for Yorkshire - but Kent's Zak Crawley made 26 off 14 against Middlesex. Notts Outlaws lost Alex Hales in the second over after being put in by at Trent Bridge, but looked set for a decent total following a second-wicket stand of 95 in nine overs between Jack Haynes (51 off 32 balls) and Joe Clarke (48).
Both were caught in the deep off Saif Zaib (3-12) and George Scrimshaw (3-16) finished off the innings as the home side collapsed from 104-1 to 154 all out. It was nowhere near enough as former England all-rounder Willey - who hit seven sixes in all - and Matthew Breetzke put on 102 in eight overs. The South African finished the game with 6.
4 overs to spare with a boundary to reach 51 not out .
