RL Cup review: Jonny Bairstow hits career-best 174 as Yorkshire down Durham

Record-breaking Jonny Bairstow scored a career best 174 as Yorkshire cruised to a target of 336 to beat Durham by six wickets at Headingley.

The Vikings maintained their 100 per cent start to this season's Royal London One-Day Cup with a third North Group win as they reeled in their record chase in List A cricket with 2.2 overs to spare.

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Stephen Cook (106) and Michael Richardson (100 not out) both hit hundreds as Durham posted 335-5 before Joe Root added 55 for Yorkshire.

Ultimately, the Jets will be frustrated at not taking full advantage of an excellent start to their innings at 248-1 in the 40th over after they had elected to bat.

Bairstow then showed them the way with a remarkable batting display before he and Root link up with England for two ODIs against Ireland this weekend.

Bairstow posted the highest ever List A score at Headingley on the way to his county's record chase, with the pair sharing 189 for the second wicket inside 26 overs.

In the South Group, Nick Gubbins' classy century and Toby Roland-Jones' impressive opening spell gave Middlesex an 89-run Duckworth/Lewis victory over Hampshire.

Gubbins fluently made 114, his third List A ton, to help the visitors reach 295 from their 50 overs at Southampton, before leaving their hosts well short of the total.

Middlesex's first win of the competition, which renewed their hopes of quarter-final qualification, came after Roland-Jones took four wickets for 10 runs to undermine Hampshire's reply.

Rain brought play to an end, with 20 overs to play, with the home side 146-7 and George Bailey unbeaten on 52 - leaving Hampshire with just one win from their opening three one-day matches.

Northamptonshire and Worcestershire played out a thrilling draw at the County Ground with Adam Rossington hitting three boundaries in the final over before a bye from the final ball levelled the scores.

Daryl Mitchell (75) and Ben Cox (82) had both made half-centuries and tailender Ed Barnard scored a quick-fire 42 not out as Worcestershire finished on 277-9.

A century from Rob Newton (107) gave Northants the upper hand in the chase; the opener sharing a fourth-wicket stand of 106 with captain Alex Wakely (52).

However, Newton was the first of four wickets to go down in the space of six overs as Worcestershire fought back and despite the big-hitting of Rossington (65no), they headed into the 50th over needing 14 to win.

Three fours from Rossington took them to the brink but he was unable to make contact with the final ball from Joe Leach, leaving Ben Sanderson to scurry through for a bye.