Durham 171 for 8 (Steel 45) beat Nottinghamshire 124 (Rimmington 3-15) by 47 runs

Notts Outlaws needed outside help before securing home advantage in the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast. With qualification for the knock-out stages already assured, the Outlaws slipped to an unexpected 47-run defeat to Durham at Trent Bridge but Worcestershire Rapids' defeat to Northants Steelbacks kept Notts in second place in the table.

The Outlaws faded dramatically in pursuit of a victory target of 172 and were bowled out for just 124 in only 17.2 overs in front of a disappointed crowd of 13,078. Tom Moores made 33 for the home side but lacked support, with Nathan Rimmington taking 3 for 15 for the visitors.

Earlier, Durham posted 171 for 8, after opting to bat first, with Scott Steel making 45 from only 24 balls, with five fours and three sixes. Dan Christian, the Outlaws' captain was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3 for 26.

Durham wasted little time in peppering the Trent Bridge boundaries via any means possible. From only the second ball of the match Steel played an exquisite switch-hit high into the stand. The 20-year old dominated the strike as the visitors brought up their 50 in only 4.1 overs, with 18 coming from a single Harry Gurney over.

Notts struggled to stem the flow of big hits as 69 came from the Powerplay overs but only one more run was added before Christian broke the opening partnership in the seventh over, having Steel caught in the deep by Jake Libby.

D'Arcy Short clubbed Matt Carter away for another maximum and then did the same to Christian, before the Australian got the better of his countryman to dismiss him for 36. Carter had been hit for 25 from his first two overs but he responded to finish with 2 for 37 as the batting side slid to 131 for five after 15 overs.

Pakistan international Imad Wasim, playing his first match since a short break back to his homeland to get married, bowled Gareth Harte to further damage north-east aspirations. Graham Clark provided some late power-hitting, clearing the ropes three times in a 24-ball knock of 41, to set a challenging total.

The target seemed even further away as Durham struck twice through an unlikely source. Liam Trevaskis, with only 15 previous wickets in the format, celebrated as Joe Clarke drove to backward point and Ben Duckett - after clubbing two mighty sixes - hit to long-on for 17.

Rimmington reduced the hosts to 29 for 3, as Alex Hales chopped on, for only 8 but frustration followed his delight as Samit Patel was then dropped next ball, by Harry Adair. Notts' re-build was put on hold as Patel and Libby fell during the middle overs, leaving 96 still required from the final 10 overs.

Adair had his redemption, catching Christian off Matthew Potts and when Tom Moores fell the end came quickly. News filtered through of Worcestershire's defeat, closely followed by the confirmation that Middlesex - who have never played Notts in T20 cricket - will visit Trent Bridge next week.

Lancashire 143 for 5 (Davies 39) beat Leicestershire 142 for 9 (Parkinson 2-26)

Despite some persistent rain the good times rolled at Emirates Old Trafford on Friday evening when 15,196 spectators, a new ground record for a non-Roses T20 game, saw Lancashire Lightning defeat Leicestershire Foxes by five wickets, thereby securing top spot in the North Group.

Needing 143 to win, the home side got home with eight balls to spare, thanks largely to a well-judged innings by Glenn Maxwell, who added an unbeaten 29 off 31 balls to the wicket, catch and run-out he had collected in the first innings of the game. Maxwell partnered Keaton Jennings in the unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 22 which helped Lancashire to their eighth T20 win of this season's campaign.

Earlier in the evening, the Foxes innings had got off to a fine start as the Lightning seamers fed Mark Cosgrove the leg-side diet he craves and the Australian opener helped himself to 39 runs off 19 balls before being bowled by Steven Croft. Arron Lilley then cut his first ball to Josh Bohannon at cover point but the only result of this fine stroke was that Harry Swindells was run out by half the length of the pitch for 4 after a dreadful mix-up with Lilley.

Nevertheless, Leicestershire were 52 for 2 after their Powerplay and the following four overs were all bowled by spinners. The next blow of consequence was struck by Matt Parkinson who had Colin Ackermann caught at backward point by James Faulkner for 21 when the Foxes captain was attempting a reverse sweep and the visitors reached the midpoint of their innings modestly placed on 77 for 3.

Lilley gradually warmed to his task on his former home ground, ramping Richard Gleeson for four and smacking Parkinson over long-off for six but when he had made 28 the former Lancashire allrounder pulled James Faulkner straight to Maxwell at deep midwicket.

The remainder of the Foxes innings was something of an anti-climax as the home spinners strangled the scoring rate and three more batsmen were run out. Harry Dearden's 24 was the only score above 20 and after Cosgrove had found the boundary seven times in 19 balls, his colleagues struck only six fours in the rest of the innings. Parkinson took the bowling honours with 2 for 24 while Maxwell finished with one for 22.

Lancashire's pursuit of 143 began well as Liam Livingstone and Alex Davies put on 54 in 5.1 overs, both openers hitting sixes before Lilley held on to a steepler off Ben Mike to get rid of Livingstone for 28. Steven Croft followed soon after, caught at cover off Callum Parkinson for five, but Davies continued to take heavy toll of Dieter Klein, hitting the South African for a second six before he was bowled for 39 when attempting to cut Parkinson.

Lancashire skipper Dane Vilas was dismissed for 6 when he carelessly pulled Will Davis to deep square leg but Maxwell and Faulkner looked to be taking Lancashire home before Faulkner was leg before wicket to Lilley for 11. However, Maxwell and Jennings settled things with some well-judged strokes on a damp Mancunian evening.

Yorkshire 200 for 3 (Kohler-Cadmore 94*) beat Birmingham 181 for 5 (Hain 64*) by 19 runs

Tom Kohler-Cadmore was among the runs again as an unbeaten 94 earned Yorkshire Vikings a 19-run T20 Vitality Blast victory over Birmingham Bears at Edgbaston.

Opener Kohler-Cadmore made a half century in his previous game against Northamptonshire Steelbacks. And the Vikings captain kept that form going with nine fours and two sixes - ending six short of his century - as Yorkshire completed their T20 campaign with back-to-back wins after Birmingham replied with 181 for 5, including a 46-ball 64 from Sam Hain who hit five fours and two sixes.

The match may have been a dead rubber with neither side able to qualify from the North Group, but Kohler-Cadmore and Adam Lyth punished Birmingham yet again with a new best T20 stand against the Bears following on from their 88 stand at Headingley this season. This time they piled on 102 runs to set up a total of 200 for 3.

Birmingham won the toss but Yorkshire made a solid start and the opening 50 stand came inside six overs - off 32 balls - after some loose bowling from the Bears early on. Lyth brought up the half-century with a boundary as Vikings made the most of the Powerplay.

Vikings were 92 for no wicket after 10 overs and Kohler-Cadmore reached his 50 after hitting seven fours and a six, with the pair completing a century stand a in the 12th over. But Bears made the breakthrough when Lyth tried to pull a George Garrett ball and was caught on the boundary by Dom Sibley on the deep midwicket boundary.

Garrett, aged 19, earned his first wicket in T20 cricket as a result with the score on 102 - that follows his wicket on his first-class debut against Somerset this month.

But Yorkshire were still in a strong position and David Willey kit the Vikings' momentum going as he hit the first and third ball of his innings for six.

Willey continued to take the game to Birmingham and drove Chris Green for a huge straight six. But Bears picked up a second wicket as Willey tried one big shot too many and hit Green's full toss to long-off where he was caught by Will Rhodes after making a rapid 25 off 10 balls to leave Vikings 137 for 2.

Harry Brook came in and provided more valuable support for Kohler-Cadmore and the pair hauled in 24 runs from the 17th over. Vikings reached 200 off the last ball of the innings leaving Kohler-Cadmore not out after carrying his bat.

Bears made an encouraging start and Ed Pollock took the game to Yorkshire only to edge Tim Bresnan to wicket keeper Tattersall and depart for 22 hitting four boundaries and a six. But Green then went from his second delivery as Bresnan struck again in the same over with Will Fraine taking a fine catch as Bears were reduced to 35 for 2.

And it was 56 for 3 when Matt Pillans bowled Lamb for 11 - but Vikings took command when Lyth trapped opener Dom Sibley for 37 with the Bears score on 100.

Northamptonshire 189 for 3 (Cobb 62, Rossington 54, Pretorius 50*) beat Worcestershire 188 for 5 (Moeen 51) by seven wickets

Josh Cobb, Adam Rossington and Dwaine Pretorius powered Northamptonshire to a consolation victory at Wantage Road to deny Worcestershire a home quarter-final in the Vitality Blast. Northants chased 189 to win by seven wickets with seven balls to spare.

Cobb's 62 in 32 balls, Rossington's 54 from 30 and an unbeaten 50 in 36 deliveries from Pretorius saw Northants end another disappointing campaign with victory. It forced Worcestershire into an away tie at Sussex in the last eight when a win would have been good enough to secure the match at New Road courtesy of Nottinghamshire's heavy defeat to Durham.

The Northants batting has struggled this tournament but they enjoyed themselves on a true wicket with Cobb playing a fine captain's innings. The required rate had climbed to 10.7 at the half-way point but Cobb responded with four sixes in an over from Ed Barnard, the best of them a slog-sweep that sailed out of the ground.

Rossington's early striking was just as impressive. He advanced at Dillion Pennington to heave six over square leg before dancing down next ball to swing another maximum over long-on. A third six was sent flat over extra-cover in the fourth over before Rossington flat-batted four more through the off side and pulled Moeen Ali to the fence as Northants made 65 in the Powerplay for the loss of Richard Levi, stumped to Moeen's first ball for 16.

But after the first six overs, Rossington lifted Barnard into the hands of long-on and four overs went for only 16 runs. Cobb's onslaught then revived the hosts.

Pretorius completed the chase. He struggled to 8 from 19 balls before picking up the task when 40 were needed from 30 balls. He pulled Daryl Mitchell for a flat six over square leg, repeated the trick against Pat Brown before delicately late cutting Brown for four over short third man in the 19th over as Northants coasted home.

Worcestershire's 188 for 5 was built around brisk innings from Moeen, Riki Wessels and Ben Cox after Hamish Rutherford holed out to deep midwicket for 19 in the third over.

Moeen bided his time before pulling Blessing Muzarabani almost for six over midwicket and flicking Pretorius for another boundary past short-fine leg. He skipped down to lift Graeme White's first ball over extra-cover for four more before finding his six-hitting range.

His first was a pull off Nathan Buck that went flat over deep square. A second strike against Buck carried long-on before he took took White for consecutive sixes into the Ken Turner Stand - the second a colossal hit that landed on the roof - as he passed fifty in 28 balls before clipping Pretorius to deep midwicket.

Wessels struck his first boundary with forearm jab against Buck before cutting Pretorius for four. Consecutive sixes, picked up over the leg side, off Faheem Ashraf left Worcestershire 119 for 2 after 12 overs. But like Moeen, Wessels holed out to deep midwicket when well set and when Ross Whiteley swept and missed at Rob Keogh to be bowled for just 2, the visitors were 135 for 4 in the 15th.

Ben Cox swept two boundaries off White and drove and cut Muzarabani for fours either side of a leg side heave over square leg for six. Barnard then hammered two straight fours from Buck in the penultimate over but Ashraf nailed his yorkers to only concede five from the final set.

Mayank Agarwal edged a couple to the boundary in the 38th over, off Kemar Roach, the second four getting him to his third Test fifty, in 117 balls. The edges and the eventual cut to slip that ended his innings were proof of the difficult batting conditions against West Indies at Sabina Park.

"[Conditions were] challenging. I thought the first session - the ball was doing a bit. Kemar Roach and Holder bowled great areas. It wasn't easy - there was a lot of moisture and the ball was doing a bit," Agarwal said at the press conference.

He also praised Holder, who ended the day with three wickets - those of himself, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul.

"I think Holder is bowling great areas, he is not giving you an inch. He is there pegging in those areas, pegging on length and short of length. And you know he doesn't give free deliveries for you to score off of," he said.

"So, the pressure is always there even if you defend him off - the first spell he bowled six-seven overs in that he's given three or four maidens, so as a batsman you know you're not getting much out of him."

Agarwal faced some tough delivers from the offspinning debutant, the 6'5" Rahkeem Cornwall, who claimed Cheteshwar Pujara as his maiden Test wicket.

"Rakheem is very, very [consistent], he forms good clusters and he keeps bowling those areas, keeps bowling those areas. I thought it wasn't very easy to score off him. We took our time and it was very important for Virat and me to actually get a partnership going and it was important that one of us went on to score big," Agarwal said.

"He definitely gets a lot more bounce compared to many other spinners. He just keeps hitting those lengths."

Speaking of his partnership with Kohli, Agarwal said the captain batted beautifully to "negate the time before lunch and then to come out after lunch with that kind of positivity was amazing - he gets a lot of intensity when he comes to bat," he said.

The conditions got steadily better as the day progressed and the sun beat down, Agarwal said.

"I can say it got a little better to bat on after the first session - the wicket got a lot harder as the sun beat down - the wicket lost some of its moisture. It just kept getting a little better to bat on, but I think credit must be given to the West Indian bowlers, especially Roach and Holder - they kept coming and kept coming and kept bowling tight lines," he said.

India ended the day at 264 for 5 with two in-form batsmen, Hanuma Vihari and Rishabh Pant still unbeaten. Agarwal said he was pleased with the team's performance and the goal now would be to "pile on as many runs as possible."

"We are in a great position. To have just lost five wickets on a track like that was a good effort from our side."

NEW YORK -- Roger Federer vigorously denied speculation that he has an undue amount of influence on tournament scheduling due to his status.

The denial follows comments from beaten third-round US Open opponent Daniel Evans, who implied that the top players have more control over when they play than their lesser-ranked peers.

"I don't remember that I asked for something," Federer said Friday shortly after eliminating Evans -- who had been forced to play the previous day due to Wednesday's rainout -- in a stress-free, three-set match that launched the day program at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Federer, the No. 3 seed, added: "I don't even know if [my] team asked for day [session]. But [asking] doesn't mean like, 'Roger asks, Roger gets.' Just remember that, because I have heard this s--- too often now. I'm sick and tired of it, that apparently I call the shots. The tournament and the TV stations do."

The schedule for any given day is created with the needs of various stakeholders (including foreign as well as domestic television) taken into account. It isn't unusual for players or their representatives to put in a request to play at a certain time, although the tournament is under no obligation to honor it.

Evans raised the issue because he was scheduled to play Friday just over 21 hours after finishing a four-set, three-plus-hour battle with No. 25 seed Lucas Pouille on Thursday.

"Just to try and beat him feeling tired, stiff, playing four sets yesterday, it's near on impossible," Evans said after he lost 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. Asked if he or his coach had requested a later start time, Evans replied, "You think a guy who's my ranking has any say in that? There is probably about four people in this tournament who have a say when they play. Maybe three."

Federer, who has invited Evans to training sessions in Switzerland, said he felt for the 58th-ranked player.

"I have been there. I know what you're talking about. You could definitely argue that the scheduling was not in his favor. But it's also not fair for me to play my match under the roof, get it done, sit back, relax the next day while he's battling out a four-hour or a three-hour match, whatever it is.

"That's tennis. It's entertainment, and the show must go on. I've lost ... matches this way. I've won some. This time luck was on my side. So, yeah, I understand if Danny is a little bit frustrated."

CINCINNATI -- The season is likely over for one of the Bengals' promising rookies.

Head coach Zac Taylor confirmed on Friday that running back Rodney Anderson tore his ACL again in Thursday's preseason finale. This is the second time in as many years that Anderson suffered the exact same injury.

The sixth-round pick left Thursday's game with a right knee injury after a 4-yard carry in the first quarter of the Bengals' 13-6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. It was Anderson's second game of the preseason and was three weeks after he was cleared to practice.

Anderson tore the ACL in his right knee in the second game of the 2018 season at Oklahoma. The rookie was expected to provide depth for a Bengals backfield that features veterans Joe Mixon and Giovani Bernard.

In the third preseason game, Anderson showed why the Bengals used a late-round pick on him. He had four catches for 51 yards in his first game action since he was in college and drew praise from Taylor.

But once again, a promising year appears to have come to an abrupt halt. At Oklahoma, he suffered three season-ending injuries. In four years, he appeared in only 17 games for the Sooners.

Anderson was one of two running backs Cincinnati selected in the sixth round of this year's draft. The Bengals also took Texas A&M's Trayveon Williams, who led the SEC in rushing in 2018.

If Anderson will be out for the entire season, the Bengals will likely have an additional spot available ahead of Saturday's roster cuts. It also could increase Williams' role when he returns to the field. He missed the final two preseason games with a foot injury.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots have traded cornerback Duke Dawson to the Denver Broncos, sources confirmed to ESPN.

The Broncos will get Dawson and the Patriots' seventh-round pick in 2020. In return, the Patriots will get Denver's sixth-round pick in 2020, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

In another deal, the Patriots acquired center Russell Bodine from the Buffalo Bills for a 2020 sixth-round pick, the Bills announced Friday.

Trading Dawson, a 2018 second-round pick, breaks up a logjam at one of Patriots' deepest positions on the roster.

NFL Network first reported the Dawson trade.

The Patriots thought highly of Dawson, trading up to select him with the 56th overall pick in the 2018 draft. But Dawson didn't appear in a game in his rookie season, opening on injured reserve because of a hamstring injury and then never breaking through onto the 46-man game-day roster after being activated from IR in mid-November.

The 5-foot-10, 198-pound Dawson played primarily in the slot and also worked at safety at times. Four-year veteran Jonathan Jones, who helped successfully cover Kansas City Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill in the AFC Championship Game, is the Patriots' top slot cornerback.

The Patriots also drafted cornerback Joejuan Williams in the second round of the 2019 draft, further adding to a position that includes starters Stephon Gilmore and Jason McCourty, as well as a future potential starter, second-year player J.C. Jackson.

In college, Dawson played in 48 career games for Florida, posting 82 tackles, six interceptions and 23 passes defended.

The Broncos had high marks on Dawson in the 2018 draft and, after selecting wide receiver Courtland Sutton in the second round (No. 40), he was a player they would have strongly considered if available.

Depth in the secondary has been a concern throughout training camp in Denver. One of the Broncos' starters, free-agent signee Bryce Callahan, has not played in the preseason while being given some days off in training camp.

Callahan fractured his foot last December with the Bears and coach Vic Fangio has consistently said they were being "prudent.''

The addition of Dawson also allows the Broncos to play Kareem Jackson at safety instead of corner, which is the team's preference.

In acquiring a 2020 sixth-round pick, the Patriots recoup the pick they traded to the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday for offensive tackle Korey Cunningham.

The 27-year-old Bodine, a fourth-round pick by the Bengals in 2014, is the third offensive lineman acquired by the Patriots via trade this week.

He started 10 games at center for the Bills in 2018 -- his first with the team. His position on the 53-man roster was jeopardized when the Bills made Mitch Morse the highest-paid center in the NFL this offseason.

Buffalo traded for lineman Ryan Bates shortly after Bodine suffered an oblique strain in the team's first preseason game, pushing Bodine further down the depth chart. With Morse's full clearance from concussion protocol as Saturday's final roster deadline approaches, Bills general manager Brandon Beane made the rare trade with a division rival.

For the Patriots, starting center David Andrews is likely out for the season after being diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs following the third preseason game, so the Patriots have bumped four-year veteran Ted Karras into the starting spot.

Karras has five career starts since joining the Patriots as a 2016 sixth-round pick, and Bodine now gives them a more experienced option, as he has started 74 career games between the Bengals (2014-2017) and Bills.

The Bills have now acquired two sixth-round picks and a fifth-round pick in the 2020 draft over the past two days; they sent OL Wyatt Teller and a 2021 seventh-rounder to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday in exchange for fifth- and sixth-round selections.

ESPN's Jeff Legwold and Marcel Louis-Jacques contributed to this report.

SHANGHAI -- During their first night in China, the members of Team USA didn't want to be around any coaches or other staff members. Gregg Popovich, a famous host of dinners, couldn't have been happier he was excluded from their plans.

From the first day this team got together in Las Vegas four weeks ago, Popovich has been trying to foster chemistry with the mashed-together group. Indeed, he's held a few of his marathon dinners where he's tried to lay the groundwork. But them going out as a group on their own made him smile.

"They've become close in a short period of time," Popovich said. "The camaraderie has blossomed, and I think that will bode well for us."

This is a challenge with every version of the national team. This is one area where the American teams are behind their competition in international events, and it has contributed to losses. This year, with so many Team USA veterans skipping the FIBA World Cup, it was at the top of Popovich's goal list to build some capital within the group for when the pressure arrives.

So after an overnight flight from Sydney, a group text went out Thursday, calling for a players-only dinner. Well, it went out to almost everyone. It seems that Brook Lopez is the only one on the team who doesn't have an iPhone. Somehow he didn't get the message and ended up with room service.

"What can I say?" Lopez said. "I'm a Samsung guy."

It wasn't the most inventive choice for an evening in Shanghai -- the group went to the local Morton's for steak and sea bass -- but the food was not the point. Whatever has been said about this team, one thing that is becoming apparent is that it has embraced the need to construct some semblance of chemistry.

"We have great chemistry, I think. We're getting along really well," Kemba Walker said after practice Friday at an international school in the Pudong section of the sprawling city. "We want to play for each other, and that's the biggest thing."

Walker picked up the check for the group of 20, part of the surcharge of his new $140 million contract he signed with the Boston Celtics earlier this summer. "It's not the first time I've gotten the bill this summer and won't be the last," he joked.

It takes more than breaking bread together to create a winning environment, of course. But this is now the fifth city on the third continent where this group has been together, and there's been very little consistency other than that camaraderie.

There have been evolving lineups and surprise departures -- the latest being Kyle Kuzma for a foot injury that sent him on a flight home to Los Angeles after he woke up with pain -- that have tested everyone's patience a bit. Popovich started five different lineups in the five exhibition games.

The loss last week in Australia wasn't a picnic, and the players had to go from answering questions about all the stars who aren't with them to explaining how they ended their 78-game win streak. The cheer, for now, remains.

"You have to enjoy being with people in order to feel responsible for them," Popovich said. "To be accountable to each other, you have to have some sort of empathetic bond. You have to love each other to a degree."

The strategy and execution will truly start to matter Sunday when Team USA opens World Cup play against the Czech Republic. The Americans have had some positive moments in the run-up games, and others not so much. Soon that will be the focus. In the meantime, the group is enjoying itself off the court and expecting it to translate on it.

"We're constantly communicating and constantly picking each other up," Walker said. "We love being around each other; it's been a great experience for all of us."

Cleveland Indians left fielder Tyler Naquin left Friday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays with a right knee sprain.

In the bottom of the fifth inning in St. Petersburg, Florida, the Rays' Joey Wendle lined a Shane Bieber pitch to deep left field. Naquin leaped and caught the ball on the run but appeared to hurt the knee when he landed before crashing into the wall.

Several teammates raced out to a pained Naquin on the field, then motioned for athletic trainers to join them. The 28-year-old eventually was carted off the field.

Naquin is hitting .288 with 10 home runs this season.

The injury comes during the same week that Cleveland lost hard-hitting third baseman Jose Ramirez to a broken hamate bone in his right hand. He underwent surgery and is expected to miss three to five weeks.