T20 Blast: Steven Croft stars as Lancashire beat Essex by seven wickets to achieve Finals Day

Steven Croft, already Lancashire’s top Twenty20 run-scorer, now has 4,408, more than double than the county’s next best (Karl Brown, 2,188)

Vitality Blast quarter-final, Emirates Old Trafford

Essex Eagles 161-5 (20 overs): Pepper 36, Walter 34*; Wood 2-28

Lancashire Lightning 162-3 (15.4 overs): Croft 76*, Vilas 51, Salt 27

Lancashire beat Essex by seven wickets

Match scorecard

Lancashire booked their place alongside Yorkshire and Hampshire at T20 Blast Finals Day as they cruised past Essex by seven wickets at Old Trafford.

Veteran Steven Croft clubbed a superb unbeaten 76, aided by skipper Dane Vilas (51 off 23 balls) and England’s Phil Salt (27), as they won with ease.

Essex, who had twice beaten Lancashire at this last-eight stage, made 161-5.

But it was third time lucky as the 2015 winners matched Hampshire by reaching a joint record ninth Finals Day.

After such an exhilarating night in front of a near-sellout Old Trafford, Lancashire will now head back to Birmingham to face a…

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