Sussex thump Lancashire to ease into Finals Day

Vitality Blast, The 1st Central County Ground, Hove

Lancashire 114 (15.3 overs): Livingstone 43, Jennings 37; Coles 2-9, Currie 2-16

Sussex 118-2 (14.1 overs): Hughes 35, Coles 27*; Livingstone 1-17

Sussex triumph by 8 wickets

Jofra Archer took 2 wickets connected his region instrumentality arsenic Sussex Sharks routed Lancashire Lightning astatine Hove to cruise into T20 Blast Finals Day.

The England speedy took 2-20, portion Ollie Robinson, James Coles and Brad Currie besides took 2 wickets apiece arsenic Lightning subsided to 114 each retired successful conscionable 15.3 overs.

Sharks opener Daniel Hughes added a quickfire 35 arsenic the hosts reached their people with conscionable 2 wickets down and 35 balls to spare.

All the speech was of Archer's instrumentality to Sussex colours for the archetypal clip successful 3 years pursuing planetary commitments and injury.

But Robinson acceptable the code arsenic helium bowled England opener Phil Salt with the archetypal shot of the match.

Lancashire were already 35-3 by the clip Archer was introduced aft Brad Currie removed Matty Hurst and erstwhile Sussex all-rounder Luke Wells successful the abstraction of 4 balls.

Keaton Jennings played good for his 20-ball 37, but erstwhile helium was castled by Robinson (2-27), the visitors mislaid 5 wickets for 14 runs to illness to 73-8.

Liam Livingstone spared Lancashire a implicit humiliation by hitting 3 sixes successful a stylish 43 to instrumentality them past 100 earlier helium was tally retired by Robinson's nonstop deed to headdress a miserable batting show by the visitors.

Chasing conscionable 115, the Sussex openers were fixed licence to play with state and Harrison Ward lit the interaction insubstantial with six fours successful a accelerated sound of 27 from 18 balls.

Australian Hughes - the starring tally scorer successful this year's contention - took his T20 Blast tally for the play to 595 with a 22-ball 35 earlier helium was bowled by Livingstone.

The tempo dropped a small but the effect was ne'er successful uncertainty arsenic Tom Clark (24 not out) and Coles (27 not out) eased the hosts to a sixth travel to Finals Day.

Sussex volition articulation Surrey astatine Edgbaston connected 14 September, portion the effect continues the losing inclination for the North Group sides, with nary reaching past season's Finals Day.

Thursday: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Somerset (18:30, Northampton)

Friday: Birmingham Bears v Gloucestershire (19:00, Edgbaston)