Notts and Durham reach One-Day Cup semi-finals

Nottinghamshire pulled off a glorious comeback day as they and Durham both won away from home to book their places in Sunday's One-Day Cup semi-finals.

Notts looked out for the count when they slumped to 1-3 chasing Yorkshire's 273-9 at Clifton Park, York - including two wickets in two balls for Ben Coad.

But, from 55-4, a 154-run stand between centurions Jack Haynes (116*) and Kyle Verreynne (105) transformed the contest and they went on to win by three wickets with eight balls to spare.

Notts, who have never reached the final of this competition since it moved from Lord's to their Trent Bridge home in 2021, now face an East Midlands derby in Sunday's semi against Group A winners and 2024 winners Leicestershire.

Durham's David Bedingham-inspired 162-run humbling of Lancashire at Old Trafford earned the visitors their seventh successful passage to a List A semi-final.

They will now play Group B winners Middlesex, who qualified automatically for a home semi with ease, winning seven of their eight group games.

The match will be played at Radlett, as Lord's is unavailable.

Durham were far too good for Lancashire as they recovered from a slightly sticky start to post a powerful 349-8 from their 50 overs.

Approaching halfway, Durham - including former England skipper Ben Stokes - were only on 110-3, but Bedingham (104) and Ollie Robinson (76) then shared a crucial stand of 149 in 16 overs.

Even when they were parted in the 41st over on 259-4, Durham still plundered a further 90 runs.

Stokes hit his second ball for six before being caught by Australian Marcus Harris at long off for 11, but Bedingham went on to complete his fifth hundred in all formats against Lancashire off just 87 balls before some late hitting from Colin Ackermann and captain Kasey Aldridge.

In reply, former Durham man Keaton Jennings and Josh Bohannon briefly looked in control - but both departed before Harris lucklessly removed a bail by treading on his stumps.

It was not Rocky Flintoff's day either as he departed for 22, one of four wickets for leg-spinner Shaq Ghafari as the hosts were bowled out for 187 to suffer the fifth heaviest defeat in their illustrious 63-year one-day cricket history.

Teenager Joe Moores - the nephew of Notts and former England head coach Peter Moores - was their mainstay, hitting four sixes in his 51 off 42 balls.

"Credit to Ollie Robinson," Bedingham told BBC Radio Newcastle. "He changed the game when he came in.

"I always thought 350 would be a tough chase. It put pressure on Lancashire. The bowlers were excellent and it was a fine all-round team effort."

"We were out-performed by Durham in all departments," Lancs head coach Steven Croft told BBC Radio Lancashire. "The toss was pretty important but we probably took a couple of backward steps.

"They batted well but, at halfway they probably had 30-40 runs over par and they carried that momentum forward. We didn't throw too many punches in that run chase. Rocky and Moorsey sort of showed the way."

An excellent first-team best score of 91 from youngster Will Bennison was the cornerstone of Yorkshire's 273-9, but it maybe should have been more as they lost momentum in mid-innings.

And, ultimately, it did not prove quite enough as in-form South African Verreynne came in to help Notts from their stuttering start with 105 off 123 balls.

After he was out, Haynes carried on the fine work as the former Worcestershire man got his side over the line with only his third List A century.

His former Pears team-mate Dillon Pennington, who had earlier struck four times with the ball, assisted at the end with two fours and a six in his 18-ball cameo of 22.

Earlier, after starting with the wickets of Freddie McCann and visiting skipper Haseeb Hameed, Coad claimed a fine 5-52 - but how different it might have been if Verreynne had not survived the hat-trick ball.

Notts, who last won a List A trophy at Lord's in 2017, now have a chance to follow Worcestershire as the latest winners of the trophy.

Haynes, who was playing his first game since July because of injury, said: "No matter how long it's been, you always think, 'have I forgotten how to bat or not?' So, it was nice to hit a couple out of the middle.

"Kyle out there with his class made it a lot easier for me. Over the course of the competition, Kyle's been brilliant."

Yorkshire head coach Anthony McGrath admitted his side should have posted a 300 plus total in their innings.

"That would probably have been enough. We probably just pushed the button a little bit too early and then lost wickets," he said.

"You've got to give them credit. Hundreds win games with a bat, Verreynne and Haynes both got hundreds and batted brilliantly there. But I can't fault our lads, we fought all the way through."

Sunday, 16 August

Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire (Leicester, 11:00 BST)

Middlesex v Durham (Radlett, 11:00)

Final: Sunday, 20 September

(Trent Bridge, Nottingham)

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