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Kasey Aldridge took career-best figures of 6-33 and George Thomas hit a maiden ton as Somerset thrashed Lancashire by eight wickets at Taunton to move level on points with Worcestershire.
Lancs opener George Bell laid a solid foundation with 56 from 81 balls, but Aldridge’s introduction in the 31st over saw the visitors collapse from 121-2 to 167-9 before Chris Green’s four sixes in a defiant 54-ball 65 helped the Red Rose to 218 all out.
Somerset lost Andy Umeed early in the reply, but 20-year-old opener Thomas took control with a career-best unbeaten 106.
Fighting off cramp, Thomas brought up his ton off 134 balls, and smacked 14 fours and two sixes, sharing an unbroken 147-run stand with James Rew (60 from 63 balls) as the West Country side eased home with 9.1 overs to spare.
Northamptonshire suffered their fourth defeat in four as Colin Ackermann’s controlled 108 saw Durham to a four-wicket win at the Riverside.
India’s Prithvi Shaw gave the visitors a rip-roaring start with 97 off 71 balls but he missed out on a hundred when he was caught off Scott Borthwick at the start of the 22nd over.
Ackermann contributed 2-38 as Durham worked their way through the Northants line-up and they were all out for 260 with four balls of their innings remaining.
After losing two early wickets, Ackermann added 133 with Alex Lees (55) and went on to 100 from 94 balls before chipping a catch to cover, but Durham declined from 231-4 to 244-6 before reaching 261-6 to win with 11 balls in hand.
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