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Former England international Twenty20 bowler Gurney was the hero for Nottinghamshire, as he took 4-17 from his four overs with a mix of slower balls and cutters.
Watch: Grant Elliot does a Kapil Dev, takes Superman-esque catch in NatWest T20 Blast 2nd semi-final
The second semi-final battle between Hampshire and Notts would decide who would face Warwickshire in the NatWest T20 Blast final.
All-rounder Afridi hit seven sixes and 10 fours to power Hampshire to 249 for eight, their highest T20 score.
Banking on the opportunity, Nash had gone on to score 73 runs off 55 deliveries before falling ultimately victim to Amir in the fag end of the innings. Sussex finished at a fighting 172 runs at the loss of four wickets. In reply, Essex bundled out for mere 117 runs with still 25 balls to spare.
Yorkshire ended their innings at 260 runs for four, three short of the world record amassed by Australia. The Aussies had piled up 263 runs at the loss of three wickets against Sri Lanka, back in 2016 at Pallekele.
Lyth`s score was only 14 short of the world record held by Chris Gayle of the West Indies set in the Indian Premier League in 2013 and just one shy of the second best made by Hamilton Masakadza in the Zimbabwe domestic event in 2016.
With those over-the-rope shots, Finch equalled his team's own record of seven sixes in a T20 match, which was previously held by Mark Ramprakash.
Leaning initially misjudged the flight of the ball but backpedaled in time before leaping and pouching a memorable catch.
This wasn't the first set of his sensational batting prowess. Almost a month back, Hales had scored an unbeaten and record-breaking 187 runs as Nottinghamshire had clinched the Royal London One-Day Cup, defeating Surrey.
A topsy-turvy game saw 13 runs being required from the last 6 balls, when Alex Wakely slammed a six straight down the ground and complete his half-century.
Sommerset's Steve Davies was on 14 and immediately moved to 21 after the incident, before reaching 62 off 32 balls in a wonderful innings that helped Somerset reach 197/6.
The Somerset star took a one-handed stunner to dismiss Brendon McCullum at mid-off after the former New Zealand skipper failed to properly connect the ball on a Tim Groenewald delivery.
England limited-overs all-rounder Willey had hit nine fours and eight sixes, including a 34-run over off John Hastings to reach his second ton from 49 balls.
Whiteley fired 6 straight maximums to Yorkshire left-arm spinner Karl Carver during the 16th over of Worcestershire's innings in an English Twenty20 match at Headingley
The veteran all-rounder is currently playing for Hampshire in NatWest T20 Blast in England.
Explosive England wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler asked the organisers of the tournament to follow the Indian Premier League and Big Bash League.
Middlesex seem quite delighted after roping in McCullum.
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