Hampshire’s 313-9 helped Yorkshire beat Yorkshire by 72 runs at Scarborough. Kent’s three-wicket win over Lancashire knocked out Holder Glamorgan, while Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire also secured victories in Friday’s quarter-finals.
Leicestershire will host Kent along with Lancashire – who finished second in Group B despite their defeat – on the same day, 30 August, with the winners reaching the semi-finals.
Sam Northeast scored an unbeaten 177 off 148 balls for Glamorgan and Billy Root scored an unbeaten 113 as they beat Worcestershire – his stand of 245 set a new club record for the fourth wicket against any opposition in List A games.
Sussexe broke their own record 50-over score in a winner-take-all top of the table clash with Middlesex at Hove. The hosts had already plundered four 300-plus scores in this competition this summer, but this time they really went ahead, thanks largely to a 240-run third wicket stand between Alsop and Pujara, who scored in four innings. Scored his third century.
Alsop hit five sixes in his career-best score as Sussex scored 249 runs in the last 20 overs. This was the first time the Sussexes had scored 400 runs in List A cricket, but the previous record, 399–4, was set 10 overs short in a CB40 win over Worcestershire in 2011.
Middlesex only briefly threatened to achieve such a difficult total, with Cracknell top-scoring with 71 as they were bowled out for 243 – fourth from the top of the group at the start of the day. but for going.
Alsop said, “Puj [Cheteshwar Pujara] has such a calming effect. He seems to have everything under control. He understands the game very well, and we feed him.”
Leicestershire qualified in second place after a massive win over Durham, losing for the seventh time in eight matches to finish at the bottom of the group.
After Durham was dismissed for 197, veteran seamer Chris Rushworth took three quick wickets to reduce Fox to 158-8. But an unbroken ninth wicket stand of 30 between bowlers Beuran Hendrix and Eddie Barnes gave Leicestershire the match.
It looked like it would be a far more comfortable win with Durham trailing 54-7, but 18-year-old Stanley McElinden scored his maiden half-century while batting, before scoring 4-29.