Naveen-ul-Haq saved Leicestershire

• Naveen-ul-Haq took four wickets after suffering a wrist injury.
• Alex Hales hit 55 off 43 balls.
• Samit Patel hit 300 wickets in this format.

Naveen-ul-Haq concluded with 4 for 24 after suffering a severe wrist injury in his second over, with Ben Mike the all-round man of the match with 2 for 26 after smashing a 12-ball 29 to assist his team establish a competitive total.

Notts Outlaws’ chances of reaching the Vitality Blast quarter-finals are looking remote after Leicestershire Foxes avenged their crushing home setback against their East Midlands rivals three weeks ago with a 47-run triumph.

Alex Hales made 55 off 43 balls, but no other batsman made more than 12 in a woeful performance by the home side after the Foxes had totalled 170 from their 20 overs.

Samit Patel hit 300 wickets in this format, but his feat was little more than a footnote as the Foxes won their third straight game to keep their qualifying chances alive.

With the Leicestershire bowlers now turning the screw, the Outlaws lost two more wickets when Mullaney holed out off Ahmed and Dan Christian miscued to mid-off, bringing the total to 15 when Hales ended a frustrating seven overs without a boundary by hoisting Mike over the straight boundary, taking the total past fifty.

But, in attempting to clear the rope again with the next ball, he only succeeded in finding Mulder on the wide long-on boundary, which proved decisive, the last five wickets falling for 26 runs, three of them to Naveen in his final two overs, Mulder finishing with four outfield catches when Paterson holed out with two balls to spare.