Royal London Cup: Derbyshire gifts victory to Gloucestershire

Derbyshire's last-ball howler allowed Gloucestershire to complete a thrilling six-wicket victory in their Royal London One Day Cup Group A clash at Bristol.

Hamish Rutherford and Wayne Madsen, with 110 and 106 not out respectively, helped Derbyshire post 274-5 in 48 overs of a rain-affected Group A contest on Wednesday.

Precipitation remained a factor and Gloucestershire's target was adjusted as a consequence; resuming after a break at 136-3 from 31 overs, they were set 68 to win from four overs after Duckworth-Lewis calculations.

That target was whittled down to 20 needed from one over, and then to six from the last ball as Jack Taylor (41no) thrashed four sixes in a rapid-fire knock but Derbyshire effectively sealed their own fate with a desperate fielding blunder.

Taylor looked to have been caught off the last ball, but - as Derbyshire celebrated - square-leg umpire Alex Wharf signalled a no-ball for too many fielders on the leg side.

A single was taken, which with two extras for the no-ball left three required; Benny Howell duly smashed the last delivery straight for four to spark wild scenes of celebration.

England cast-off Gary Ballance impressed but his innings of 77 was not enough to guide Yorkshire to victory over Surrey at The Oval.

Yorkshire looked well set to overhaul 265-8 when Ballance and Tim Bresnan were in the middle towards the end of the match.

But both men were sent back in quick succession and the eighth-wicket pair of Liam Plunkett and Steven Patterson could not find the boundaries required as Yorkshire finished on 259-7.

Ballance, whose Yorkshire team-mate Jonny Bairstow was preferred for the third Test by England's selectors, made his runs from a steady 97 balls and was the third and last of Zafar Ansari's victims.

Glenn Maxwell weighed in with 55 for Yorkshire, while 66 from Ansari, and 44s from Ben Foakes and Tom Curran all contributed as Surrey secured a second success in this year's competition.

Durham chased down a testing target at Taunton, where Somerset racked up 327-8, which included a knock of 104 from Australian Tom Cooper.

Usman Arshad took plenty of punishment for his three wickets, which cost 80 runs, but 5-41 from John Hastings kept Somerset just within reach.

Durham reached their target with 3.3 overs remaining, thanks largely to an opening stand of 211 between Mark Stoneman, who made 112, and Phil Mustard, who fell for 98. A rapid unbeaten 66 from Scott Borthwick saw Durham to their goal, with only three wickets down.

Northants opener Josh Cobb hit a stunning 86 in a 55-run victory over Leicestershire. He shared half-century stands with Ben Duckett and Richard Keogh (50) as the hosts posted 244-9.

Leicestershire slumped to 7-3 but Ned Eckersley got them back on track on 146-4 but after he went for 71, the tail collapsed as they were skittled out for 189. Steven Crook and Olly Stone were impressive with the ball and grabbed three each.