Derbyshire Falcons broke their duck for the season and recorded a first Blast victory at Trent Bridge since 2013 as Samit Patel delivered a reminder to his former club that he can be a match-winner even at the age of 40. The veteran left-arm spinner, who played for Nottinghamshire for 21 seasons and took 208 T20 wickets, claimed another three for 14 as the Falcons defeated the Outlaws by 46 runs, leaving them on 153 for nine and chasing a target of 200. Opener Aneurin Donald's 73 off 34 balls gave the Falcons a platform that was ultimately exploited by Brooke Guest (37 off 24) and Ross Whitely (35 off 16) in an unbroken sixth-wicket partnership of 65 of 33 balls out of 199 for five, after leg spinner Calvin Harrison had taken three for 32. Joe Clarke, the captain of the home team, scored his third century of the season, but his team never really got going, winning only two of their first six games with Matt Montgomery's 27 as the next best score. With the bat, Patel was supported by Afghanistan's teen spinner Mohammad Ghazanfar (two for 26) and on-loan Fynn Hudson-Prentice (two for 38). Harrison found some turn to bowl Caleb Jewell with his first ball and was involved again as Donald, having raised his sixes tally to five after going past fifty in 25 balls, found the all-rounder's big hands at wide midwicket off left-arm spinner Liam Patterson-White, who returned the favour as Wayne Madsen holed out to cover, giving Harrison a second wicket. Patel failed to clear mid-off, and Rob Lord, making his Blast debut, took his first wicket when Harrison hit Martin Andersson on the leg before sweeping. But Derbyshire reached their highest total of the season thanks to Guest and Whitely, the latter of whom hit two sixes as Australian pacer Sams gave up 30 in his final two overs. Freddie McCann somehow managed to shovel a ball from Fynn Hudson-Prentice over his own shoulder and onto the stumps, leaving them 22 for three before a terrible moment at the beginning of the sixth over saw wicketkeeper Guest and Ghazanfar, running in from mid-on, collide going for the same catch off Clarke on 25, with neither man holding on, after which a dazed Ghazanfar left the field, thankfully only temporarily. Notts faced a difficult task Clarke was dropped again at extra cover on 46, making his third fifty of the season with the shot. However, a 55-run partnership with Matt Montgomery (27 off 19) came to an end when the latter was bowled by Patel. Patel celebrated extravagantly as the Notts skipper slammed a wide delivery straight to Pat Brown on the extra cover boundary at 99 for five. He picked up his third run in his next over after Tom Moores missed the boundary.