
Glamorgan secured an another remarkable last-ball victory against Lancashire in Blackpool, completing the 202 chase in stunning fashion.
The Welsh county seemed dead and buried at 161 for eight after the first ball of the 19th over, needing 41 off the last 11.
But wicketkeeper and county stalwart hit a stunning 44 from 13 balls, with five sixes, to take his side home.
However, with Timm van der Gugten on strike with four needed from the last ball, the opening bowler attempted an audacious ramp – with turned into a reverse – to steer the ball pasted short third man and to the boundary for the win.
Earlier in the piece, Livingstone had followed a spectacular innings of 81 from 37 balls, including eight sixes which equalled Lancashire’s record in the format, by taking 3 for 13 from four overs with his unusual combination of legbreaks and offbreaks, including a wicket maiden in the 17th.
The England all-rounder’s innings, supported by a 50 opening partnership by Keaton Jennings and Marcus Harris, and late order hitting from Harry Singh and George Balderson, saw the home side beyond 200.
For Glamorgan, Jimmy Neesham – hero of the pervious last-ball win – was excellent with the ball, taking 3-24 from his four overs.
Ben Kellaway and Andy Gorvin provided low economy rates while Livingstone made hay against the likes of Nathan McAndrew and Dan Douthwaite.
Livingstone reached his 50 from 28 balls having hit four of his sixes, and then set about McAndrew in the 17th over with three consecutive maximums, over long leg, long on and finally deep mid wicket – again into the park.
McAndrew had the consolation of ending the carnage when Livingstone holed out to long on – but Singh chipped in with three more sixes in a handy knock of 26 from 16 balls which took Lancashire’s total beyond 200.
That looked set to be more than enough despite a bright start from Glamorgan with Kiran Carlson, Will Smale and Kellaway all making handy contributions, and Sean Dickson hitting three sixes in a 31-ball 44.
But Chris Cooke won the day for the Welsh side.
“It’s always special when you win off the last ball of the game – these are the memories you’re going to take with you,” Cooke said.
“We’d spoken about treating this like a quarter final, and that’s two games we’ve won off the last ball now which is a good sign for going deeper into the tournament.
“Things like this can happen on a ground like this – it just takes a few sixes. You’ve got to back your technique – there’s no second guessing.”
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