A power-cut could not deny Notts Outlaws a derby-day victory over rivals Derbyshire Falcons in an extraordinary Vitality Blast North Group match at the Central Co-op County Ground.
The Outlaws were 108-3, chasing the Falcons’ 162-9, when the floodlights went out midway through the 13th over.
When power was restored, the visitors were set a revised target of 120 and they easily sealed victory by seven wickets under the DLS method.
Before the late drama, Aneurin Donald hit 50 off 22 balls in the Falcons’ total with Liam Patterson-White taking 3/20 and Dillon Pennington 3/40.
Lyndon James and Jack Haynes both scored 43 and, after the lights came back on, Tom Moores and Freddie McCann saw the Outlaws home to consign the Falcons to a third defeat in a row.
The Falcons lost two wickets in the first three overs of the powerplay before Donald found his range to hit a swift fifty.
His strong start took the Falcons to 65-2 at the end of the powerplay, but he drove the next ball to long-off, sparking a mini-collapse.
Samit Patel pulled McKerr to deep mid-wicket before Martin Andersson was bowled coming down the pitch to Liam Patterson-White to reduce the hosts to 77-5.
Ross Whiteley responded with a counter-attacking innings of 31 from 21, but he picked out Calvin Harrison at deep mid-wicket off Patterson-White.
Wayne Madsen and Brooke Guest added 41, but three wickets fell off the last three deliveries, one to a run out, to leave the Outlaws chasing 163.
The Outlaws had a brief stutter early on when Joe Clarke fell, but James and Haynes regrouped as both cleared the ropes to manoeuvre the Outlaws to 48-1 at the end of the powerplay.
The pair took 15 from a Whiteley over and put on 81 from 54 balls before Haynes pulled Pat Brown to deep mid-on in the 10th over.
James dispatched Andersson for six, but moments after he was out, the ground was plunged into darkness.
The power came back on just in time for the game to resume at 10.10pm, with a revised target leaving the Outlaws to score 12 from 15 balls.
Tom Moores and Freddie McCann ensured there were no more twists by calmly levelling the scores, before Pat Brown bowled a wide to put the lights out on the Falcons’ fading hopes.
