Notts Outlaws pulled off an astonishing final ball victory over Yorkshire Vikings at Trent Bridge to guarantee qualification for the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast.
Defending a total of 148 for seven, the Outlaws seemed certain to be on the wrong end of the result as the visitors coasted to 99 for two
Harry Gurney, with two for 29, including a crucial wicket in the final over, de-railed the run-chase, with Luke Fletcher taking two for 31.
Yorkshire had required 12 from the final six balls but fell short on 145 for seven, leaving Notts victors by three runs.
Earlier, Adam Lyth returned the best figures of his career as the Vikings struggled to keep their qualification hopes alive.
The 31-year old, who took three wickets against Durham on Friday evening, bettered all of his previous efforts to finish with five for 31.
Notts won the toss and opted to bat first but soon ran into trouble. Joe Clarke top-scored, falling for 50 one delivery after reaching his half-century.
Clarke faced 46 deliveries and hit three fours and two sixes, putting on 66 with Jake Libby, who made 35. Dan Christian plundered an unbeaten 31 from only 16 balls.
Lyth looked to cement a fine individual performance by steering his side to victory but fell for 48, heralding the start of a dramatic collapse.
The early stages of the afternoon featured contrasting moments for Keshav Maharaj, Yorkshire’s South African international. In only the second over he spilled Clarke, on three at the time. With his fingers still stinging Maharaj then made his mark on the day by clinging on to a sharp offering to dismiss Alex Hales for only seven, off Tim Bresnan.
Ben Duckett also went cheaply to Bresnan but it was the intervention of Lyth that really unsettled the hosts. The gentle off-spinner had Libby caught at long-on and then dismissed Tom Mores and Clarke with successive deliveries.
Samit Patel and Fletcher also went to Lyth in the final over but Christian had hit David Willey for 6,4,6 to end the previous over to make the total competitive.
Notts needed to build early pressure, having posted a sub-par score and they grabbed two wickets from unlikely sources.
Patel threw down the stumps to run out Tom Kohler-Cadmore and then Jake Libby, bowling for the first time in T20 cricket, bowled Willey.
Lyth backed up his performance with the ball with a disciplined innings before slicing Gurney into the hands of Duckett at backward point.
The visitors needed 18 runs from the last two overs but Fletcher yorked both Jack Leaning and Bresnan.
Will Fraine hit Gurney for six at the start of the last over but the former England left-armer struck back, holding his nerve to pick up a wicket and three other dot balls in a dramatic climax.
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There is just one further opportunity to catch the Outlaws in T20 group stage action at Trent Bridge this summer, with Durham the visitors under the Friday night lights on 30 August.