Twenty20 Cup round-up

Warwickshire through in day of washouts

Cricinfo staff

June 26, 2008

	Omari Banks hooks Johann Louw in the abandoned match at Northampton © PA Sports

Midlands-West-Wales Division

Somerset are out of the Twenty20 Cup after a washout at Northampton ruined their last remaining hopes of qualification. They had to beat Northamptonshire to stand any chance, but when Justin Langer fell to the first ball of the match, their hopes took an early setback. Omari Banks revived their prospects with a hard-hitting 50 that featured six sixes, and he added 67 with Ben Phillips to lift his side from 67 for 6 to 137 for 9. Johann Louw took 3 for 24 to set his side up for a shot at victory, but after Niall O'Brien had launched their response with 14 from five deliveries, the match was abandoned with Northants on 20 for 2 after two overs.

Warwickshire qualified at the top of their table and secured a home tie in the quarter-finals as the rain continued to blight Glamorgan's campaign at Edgbaston. Glamorgan made a solid start, reaching 79 for 0 after 8.4 overs, but that was as good as the action got as they were condemned to their fourth no-result in nine matches. Richard Grant led the way with 39 from 23 balls and David Hemp matched him with 38 from 29, but rain had the final say.

North Division

No play at all was possible in Yorkshire's clash with Leicestershire at Headingley, which means that their hopes of qualification will come down to the very final round. Yorkshire currently sit in third place in the table, one point ahead of Nottinghamshire in fourth, whom they play at Trent Bridge on Friday. If they win, and Lancashire slip up against the leaders, Durham, they will go through by virtue of their two wins in the Roses fixtures at Headingley and Old Trafford.

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