then came on as fourth change bowler, took four wickets for 17 runs to help bowl Derbyshire out for 98. (Cricinfo scorecard) Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire (1 July) Derbyshire (2pts) beat Nottinghamshire (0pts) by four wickets Derbyshire Phantoms needed to win to have a chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals – and did it, in a last-over finish. Nottinghamshire Outlaws batted first, and Will Smith and Chris Read made 51 and 44 not out respectively. The two where the only two Nottinghamshire batsmen to pass 20, and their contributions lifted the hosts to 147 for 8. Michael di Venuto and Luke Sutton took Derbyshire to 92 for 1 before Mark Ealham and Samit Patel chipped away at Derbyshire's batting. Four of Nottinghamshire's bowlers conceded less than 7 an over – which would have been good enough. However, Greg Smith conceded 40 runs, captain Sutton anchored the chase with 61 not out in 54 balls as Derbyshire won with two balls to spare. (Cricinfo scorecard) Derbyshire v Lancashire (4 July) Lancashire (2pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by 50 runs (D/L method) Half-centuries from Stuart Law (67) and Brad Hodge (90 not out) helped Lancashire Lightning to 205 for 2 at The County Ground, Derby, with medium-pacer Ian Hunter taking both wickets. Law and Hodge shared a 154-run stand for the second wicket. Two wickets from Lancashire's opening bowler, England ODI player James Anderson, pegged Derbyshire Phantoms back to 16 for 2, and Brad Hodge took four for 27 – his second Twenty20 four-wicket-haul of the season – to reduce Derbyshire to 106 for 7, before rain intervened with 5.3 overs left in the game. The rain never relented, and it was calculated that Derbyshire's par score was 156, thus Lancashire took a 50-run victory. The victory meant that Lancashire qualified for the quarter-finals with one game to spare. (Cricinfo scorecard) Leicestershire v Derbyshire (5 July) Match abandoned; Leicestershire (1pt), Derbyshire (1pt) No play was possible at Grace Road due to rain, but Leicestershire Foxes moved one step closer to the second place that guaranteed a quarter-final – the no-result meant that they were still two points ahead of Derbyshire Phantoms in third place, and dominating on net run rate. (Cricinfo scorecard) Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire (6 July) Derbyshire (2pts) beat Nottinghamshire (0pts) by nine wickets Nottinghamshire Outlaws were limited to 139 for 5 by economical Derbyshire Phantoms bowling – which allowed them to take