Lancs & Derbys tie last-ball Blast thriller

Lancs & Derbys tie last-ball Blast thrillerImage source, ShutterstockImage caption, James Anderson delivered 11 dot balls from his four-over allocationPublished18 minutes agoVitality Blast, Emirates Old Trafford, ManchesterLancashire 150-8 (20 overs): Livingstone 31, Hurst 30; Sufyan 3-15Derbyshire 150-9 (20 overs): Andersson 49; Anderson 2-21, Livingstone 2-24Lancashire (2pts) tied with Derbyshire (2pts)Match scorecardLancashire Lightning and Derbyshire Falcons played out a thrilling tie which does neither side any favours in terms of T20 Blast quarter-final qualification.The sharing of the spoils did, however, benefit North Group leaders Nottinghamshire, who have now qualified for the quarter-finals as a result.Both sides finished on 150, with Lancashire failing to get 13 off the last over from Nick Potts, including one off the last ball. Seamer Potts yorked Matty Hurst for 30.Falcons were restricted to 150-9 thanks to two wickets apiece for James Anderson, Liam Livingstone and Tom Hartley. Opener Martin Andersson top-scored with 49 off 37 balls.Lancashire were hurt by a number of batters getting in but not going on - Livingstone for 31, for example.Pakistani wrist spinner Sufyan Moqim was excellent with 3-15, but Potts ensured two points apiece right at the death to leave Lightning 150-8.Men's T20 Blast scores & fixturesMen's T20 Blast tablesDespite the loss of captain Aneurin Donald, caught behind attacking at Anderson, Derbyshire made a fast start.Donald had hit a couple of leg-side sixes off quick Mitch Stanley before Andersson took successive boundaries off Hartley's spin as the score advanced to 44-1 after four overs.The excellent Anderson struck again for Lightning when Yousaf Bin Naeem was caught at deep backward square-leg, before the spin of Livingstone, Shadab Khan and Hartley really put the squeeze on the Falcons.Shadab's leg-spin had a sweeping Wayne Madsen lbw with the googly - at 66-3 in the eighth over - before Livingsto...