England's Danni Wyatt starred to leave the Southern Vipers on the brink of the Charlotte Edwards Cup Finals Day as she fired 76 from 44 balls in a five-wicket win over Lightning at Trent Bridge.
Western Storm beat the Sunrisers by 32 runs in Taunton thanks to a superb half-century from skipper Sophie Luff, while Northern Diamonds claimed a 25-run victory over Thunder at Headingley to continue their push for a place on Finals Day.
The final game on Sunday sees Central Sparks face reigning champions South East Stars at Edgbaston.
Having won the toss and elected to bat, Lightning lost Tammy Beaumont for one early on before recovering momentarily through Marie Kelly as she hit 36 from just 12 deliveries.
Kathryn Brice (23) and Lucy Higham (31) helped keep things competitive after their side had found themselves 77-6, before Lightning were eventually bowled out for 141 in 19.4 overs.
Vipers lost just five wickets on their way to chasing down their target in the 17th over, Wyatt leading the charge with a 29-ball 50 and hitting 11 fours and a six before being caught by Beaumont.
She had previously been dropped twice on 61 and 65 in albeit difficult opportunities.
Georgia Elwiss impressed against her old side with figures of 3-28, while Lightning's Higham took 3-30.
Storm captain Luff rewarded her decision to bat first as she smashed 78 from 53 balls to help her side post an unassailable score of 169-5 against Sunrisers.
Within her knock she shared 69 and 70-run stands with Heather Knight (34) and Danielle Gibson (26), respectively, despite the efforts of Kelly Castle (2-16) and Mady Villiers (2-33) with the ball.
Sunrisers were dealt early setbacks in their chase as Mady Villiers went for a duck followed by Grace Scrivens for
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