Seeking a first T20 Blast crown, yorkshire ran out of the blocks against Nottinghamshire at a sweltering Headingley as Lyth and Will Luxton (38) shared an 89-run opening stand inside the first eight overs.

Jonny Bairstow (32) and Logan van Beek (28) helped the already qualified visitors reach the target of 194.

Root’s two wickets, along with Andrew Tye (3-18) and Hassan Ali (2-30) helped reduce Notts to 107-7, but some late knocks from Dillon Pennington (37) threatened to derail Yorkshire’s victory charge before becoming Tye’s second victim.

At Old Trafford, Lancashire did a hard job of revising Durham 141 with everything after having won the toss and elected to bat.

Only Colin Ackermann (66 not out) could tame some tight Lancashire bowling as Shadab Khan and Saqib Mahmood claimed three wickets each.

The home team looked to be cruising on 117-4 at the start of the 17th over but a three-wicket haul from Ben Raine (4-21) left the home fans on edge but Keaton Jennings (41 not out) steered them over the line with two balls remaining.

Lancashire now need Essex to lose at Surrey in one of Sunday’s final matches to reach the quarter-finals.

Derbyshire Falcons avoided the wooden spoon and consigned the three-time Blast champions Leicestershire foxes to the last place in the group with a crushing seven-wicket victory.

Falcons captain Aneurin Donald scored a career-best 91 as the home side easily outclassed the Foxes 171-8 with Ashton Turner’s 79 anchoring the visitors, while Akif Javed returned best T20 figures of 4-23.