Yorkshire into T20 Blast quarter-finals as Hants seal home tie

Yorkshire into T20 Blast quarter-finals as Hants seal home tieImage source, ShutterstockImage caption, Joe Root took two wickets to help Yorkshire beat NottinghamshireByBen Ashton, BBC Sport England and Glenn Speller, BBC Sport EnglandPublished14 minutes agoCommentsYorkshire kept alive their hopes of winning a first T20 Blast title by reaching the quarter-finals with a win over Nottinghamshire at Headingley.Despite a failure by England batter Joe Root (2), Adam Lyth's 52 helped the home side pile up 193 before Root took two wickets as the visitors fell 18 runs short.Lancashire claimed third spot behind Yorkshire in the North Group by beating Durham at Emirates Old Trafford but will have to wait for results elsewhere to see if they have made it into the quarter-finals.Hampshire guaranteed themselves a home game in the last eight by beating Sussex in the South Group, while in the Central & West section Northamptonshire fell to a third defeat in their past four outings having already claimed top spot.North GroupImage source, ShutterstockImage caption, Adam Lyth's 52 helped Yorkshire set Nottinghamshire an imposing targetSeeking a first T20 Blast crown, Yorkshire raced out of the blocks against Nottinghamshire at a sweltering Headingley as Lyth and Will Luxton (38) shared an 89-run opening stand inside the opening eight overs.Jonny Bairstow (32) and Logan van Beek (28) helped to set the already-qualified visitors a 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 hitting from Dillon Pennington (37) threatened to derail the Yorkshire victory charge before he became Tye's second victim.At Old Trafford, Lancashire made hard work of overhauling Durham's 141 all out after they had won the toss and elected to bat.Only Colin Ackermann (66 not out) was able to get to grips with some tight Lancashire bowling as Shadab Khan and Saqib Mahmood claimed three wickets each.The h...