T20 Blast round-up: Sixth straight win for Hampshire

England's Rew, back with his county after a tough Test debut against New Zealand, smashed a century off just 43 deliveries for Somerset as they beat Gloucestershire by 18 runs.

The left-hander eventually ended on an outstanding 116 not out off 56 balls, hitting 19 boundaries during his innings, as Somerset finished on 194-7.

The dismissal of captain Jack Taylor meant Gloucestershire were 97-4 at the end of the 11th over but a fifth-wicket partnership worth 55 between Liam Scott and Kamran Dhariwal gave them hope.

Daniel Sams broke that partnership in the 18th over, though, and Australian seamer Riley Meredith claimed two wickets in the following over to effectively take the game out of Gloucestershire's reach.

Warwickshire opener Zen Malik narrowly missed out on a maiden T20 century as his side continued their recovery in the Blast, overcoming neighbours Worcestershire at Edgbaston by 59 runs.

The Bears, who began the tournament with five straight defeats – including a six-wicket loss at New Road – looked on course for an enormous total as Malik and in-form Beau Webster racked up a partnership of 177.

Malik took just 19 balls to reach 50 but, after he was caught at cover one short of his ton and Ben Allison's pinpoint throw ran out Webster (79 from 44), the home side slid to 224 all out.

However, that proved more than enough, with Worcestershire losing wickets at regular intervals and, despite Adam Hose's 49 from 35, they could only muster 165-7 in reply.

In cross-pool play, Hampshire squeezed home on the penultimate delivery against Yorkshire despite a valiant attempt by AJ Tye to end the home side's winning streak.

Yorkshire struggled for momentum in their innings, with Chris Wood (3-23) removing both Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali cheaply and they needed some big hitting by Tye (44 from 17) to haul them up to 150.

Sonny Baker, dispatched for three successive maximums by Tye, gained his revenge with a yorker, while Scott Currie took 3-31 and the Hawks looked firmly in control as Weatherley and James Vince guided them to 63-1 in the powerplay.

But spinner Dan Moriarty (3-27) and Tye (3-36) left the Hawks wobbling before Tristan Stubbs' unbeaten 27, coupled with Wood's two powerful boundaries off Tye, edged them home.

Northamptonshire Steelbacks maintained their flawless start to the season with a seventh T20 win in a row, hammering Essex by 130 runs.

Openers Chris Lynn and Ricardo Vasconcelos fired 19 boundaries between them in an extraordinary batting powerplay for the hosts who were 85-0 off just six overs.

Lynn was eventually caught on the boundary for 75 by Luc Benkenstein while captain David Willey scored a quickfire 65 from 29 balls before being caught by Michael Pepper as the Steelbacks posted their highest ever home T20 total of 238-6.

Essex opener Paul Walter was dismissed in the second over, bowled by Ben Sanderson, and Northants leg-spinner Calvin Harrison took remarkable figures of 5-9 off his 2.2 overs as the visitors were skittled out for just 108 inside the 14th over.

George Munsey kept his cool with an undefeated 82 from 47 balls to steer Notts Outlaws to a four-wicket victory against Kent Spitfires at Canterbury.

Former Pakistan seamer Mohammad Amir marked his Outlaws debut with 2-26, including the wicket of Harry Finch with his second ball, before Sam Billings (64 from 38) led the Spitfires' recovery.

The Kent skipper, who struck three consecutive sixes to raise his 50, was last out as his side posted 184-7 and, although the Outlaws always looked on course, Matt Milnes (3-30) pegged them back to 146-6 before Munsey sealed the win in the penultimate over.

Glamorgan inflicted a six-wicket defeat on South Group's bottom side Middlesex.

Middlesex set Glamorgan a target of 154 to win, failing to really get going in their 20 overs, with Ben Geddes top scoring with 38 before he was run out by Kiran Carlson as Mason Crane took 4-24.

Carlson was dismissed first ball by Zafar Gohar and Glamorgan looked to be in a bit of bother when Ben Kellaway was bowled by 20-year-old Naavya Sharma for 32 to leave them 55-3.

However, a terrific fourth-wicket stand between Asa Tribe (46) and Sean Dickson (67no) worth 96 helped the home side cruise home with 2.3 overs remaining, with Dickson striking 11 boundaries in a match-winning knock.