Nottinghamshire achieved a thrilling, last-ball victory when Luke Fletcher scrambled a single off Jim Allenby with a throw from Boeta Dippenaar narrowly missing the stumps at the bowler's end.

Losing their final six wickets for 18 runs in eight overs had debilitated Leicestershire.

In reply, Matthew Wood and Will Jefferson shared an opening partnership of 84, taking the Outlaws closer to the quarter-finals, even if six wickets later crashed for 48 runs, with Allenby taking four for 27.

Paul Nixon made 75 at a run a ball for the Foxes. Darren Pattinson and Samit Patel returned their best limited-overs figures for the Outlaws.

Leicestershire
T J New c Read b Pattinson 19
H D Ackerman c Read b Shreck 3
J Allenby b Shreck 10
H H Dippenaar b Patel 51
*P A Nixon c Ealham b Patel 75
J du Toit c Read b Pattinson 16
C W Henderson c and b Ferley 6
D du Preez c Shreck b Patel 2
R A G Cummins not out 8
M N Malik b Pattinson 2
G J P Kruger lbw b Pattinson 0

Extras (lb 5) 5
Total (48 overs) 197

Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-27, 3-55, 4-116, 5-179, 6-179, 7-187, 8-193, 9-197.

Bowling: Shreck 8-1-33-2; Pattinson 9-1-35-4; Fletcher 8-2-23-0; Ealham 9-2-24-0; Ferley 7-0-43-1; Patel 7-1-34-3.

Nottinghamshire
W I Jefferson c Du Toit b Malik 34
M J Wood c Nixon b Malik 50
M A Wagh b Kruger 37
A C Voges b Allenby 35
S R Patel lbw b Allenby 13
*C M W Read b Allenby 0
M A Ealham c Nixon b Allenby 4
R S Ferley not out 17
D J Pattinson b Malik 3
L J Fletcher not out 2

Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3
Total (8 wkts, 50 overs) 198

C E Shreck did not bat.

Fall of wickets: 1-84, 2-89, 3-146, 4-168, 5-168, 6-172, 7-186, 8-194.

Bowling: Du Preez 7-0-36-0; Cummins 5-0-20-0; Kruger 10-0-51-1; Malik 9-2-21-3; Henderson 10-0-42-0; Allenby 9-1-27-4.

Umpires: N L Bainton and R K Illingworth.