Josh Shaw completes Gloucestershire’s dramatic victory with final ball six

Gloucestershire secured an unlikely two-wicket victory over Glamorgan thanks to Josh Shaw’s last-gasp heroics.

In a tense final, Jack Taylor (70) was run out while Shaw came to the crease with his side needing seven runs from the last two balls.

He ran two with the penultimate delivery before clearing the ropes for an Andy Gorvin maximum to seal only Gloucestershire’s third win of the campaign.

Opener Sam Northeast had hit an unbeaten 46 in Glamorgan’s 140 for six.

Sean Abbott’s five-wicket haul inspired Surrey to a comfortable 56-run win over Middlesex to claim top spot in the South Group.

The Seamer mixed slower balls with great yorkers to ensure the home side were never in the hunt.

Leg-spinner Luke Hollman had previously taken a career-best five for 16 in the format, including three wickets in one over, but Tom Curran (48 off 28) and Laurie Evans (41 off 20) steered Surrey to a challenging 185 for nine. .

Yorkshire successfully defended a target of 174 to beat North Group pacesetters Lancashire by seven runs.

Home captain Shan Masood backed up the Vikings’ 173 for eight with 61, while Joe Root contributed 43 as they shared 104 for the fourth wicket.

Keaton Jennings hit 46 as Lightning fell short.

A scintillating innings from Jake Bethell earned Birmingham a superb 90-run win over Northamptonshire at Edgbaston.

Bethell hit an unbeaten 56 from just 16 balls, including a half-century from 15 balls – the fastest for the Bears in the Blast – to take his side to 219 for four.

Bethell hit seven sixes, including four from Ben Sanderson in the final over, before the visitors limped to 129 for nine.

Harrison Ward hit 61 off 28 balls to help Sussex to a 31-run win against Kent.

Danny Lamb contributed 40 as the Sharks posted 201 for seven and then took three wickets to help Sussex home despite 51 from Sam Billing.

Essex eased to an eight-wicket success against Hampshire.

Unbeaten 60 and 45 from Dean Elgar and Jordan Cox respectively, alongside Michael Pepper’s 44, saw them chase down Hampshire’s target of 167 with 19 balls to spare.