Yorkshire in pole position in One-Day Cup after Milnes heroics

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Matt Milnes celebrates a wicket playing for Yorkshire

Gideon Brooks

BBC Sport England

Matt Milnes took a hat-trick and career-best figures of 7-38 arsenic Yorkshire moved into rod position successful a tight Group B conflict for qualification for nan knockout stages of nan One-Day Cup.

Wins for nan White Rose county, Somerset, Warwickshire and Middlesex narrowed nan imaginable contenders down to 4 pinch 1 information to go, pinch Yorkshire looking beardown favourites to spell through.

In Group A, nan image cleared importantly pinch Worcestershire beating Leicestershire Foxes to go nan 2nd broadside aft Gloucestershire to qualify, leaving Hampshire and Essex to conflict for nan last knockout berth.

The Foxes had slim qualification hopes going into nan crippled but they were extinguished arsenic they slipped to a 16-run defeat. The penultimate information of action besides saw Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Surrey knocked retired arsenic Hampshire and Essex posted nan wins that kept them successful nan hunt.

In Group B, defeats for Sussex, Durham and Kent saw their hopes of progression ended.

Yorkshire stayed apical of Group B by beating Sussex, acknowledgment successful a ample portion to heroics from Milnes, who took 2 wickets successful 2 balls successful nan 5th complete and past bettered that pinch a hat-trick successful nan 45th complete arsenic nan Hove hosts were restricted to 284-9.

A period from Pakistan world Imam-ul-Haq provided nan instauration for a controlled Yorkshire reply on pinch a coagulated publication from James Wharton (85), nan brace breaking nan backmost of nan pursuit pinch a 196-run business for nan 2nd wicket.

Victory, achieved by six wickets and pinch 14 balls to spare, leaves Yorkshire arsenic favourites to advancement to nan knockouts fixed a four-point lead complete nan chasing battalion and a patient nett run-rate.

At Leicester, Brett D'Oliveira deed 107 from 105 balls successful Worcestershire's 328, Rishi Patel taking 5-65.

In reply, a fifth-wicket guidelines of 163 betwixt Shan Masood (88) and Ben Cox (76) helped Leicestershire retrieve from 23-4. But nan Foxes' innings fell distant again, pinch Ben Mike's unbeaten 72 from 46 balls not capable to steer them home.

Somerset, Bears and Middlesex successful hunt

Somerset, who stay 1 of 3 teams connected 20 points pinch 1 group lucifer to go, hit Kent to extremity nan latter's hopes of making nan knockout stages and tighten their ain grip connected a top-three finish.

A business of 97 betwixt Joe Denly (39) and his nephew Jaydn Denly (65) was ended arsenic some fell successful nan aforesaid over, pinch Jack Leach taking some wickets arsenic Kent were restricted to a below-par 269-9.

Tom Lammonby anchored Somerset's pursuit pinch a period (102 successful 104 balls) – his 2nd of nan title – arsenic nan Cidermen sewage location to triumph by 4 wickets pinch 33 balls remaining.

Four-wicket wins were celebrated successful Group A pinch Warwickshire hauling successful a sizeable full of 300-8 posted by Durham to triumph by that separator pinch 14 balls remaining.

Alex Lees made 148 successful Durham's total, but Warwickshire skipper Ed Barnard's 141, a 51 from Hamza Shaikh and a accelerated 43 not retired from Michael Booth sewage nan Bears home.

Middlesex, who hit Northants Steelbacks besides by 4 wickets, will request to support fingers crossed for a conclusion successful nan last crippled for Somerset, Warwickshire aliases present a pasting of Lancashire fixed their nett run-rate is nan worst of nan 4 vying for a top-three decorativeness successful Group B.

Essex and Hants successful conflict for last qualification spot

Essex skipper Tom Westley successful action against Gloucestershire

In Group A, Essex and Hampshire will conflict for nan last qualification spot aft posting victories complete Gloucestershire and Derbyshire respectively.

Hampshire request only to triumph their last lucifer against Gloucestershire to corroborate their position successful nan knockouts while Essex will request to triumph against Derbyshire and dream Hampshire gaffe up.

A captain's sound of 92 from Tom Westley was nan standout innings arsenic Essex posted 289 from 49 overs, pinch half-centuries from Matt Critchley (64) and Simon Harmer (51).

In reply, a regular clatter of Gloucestershire wickets saw nan chasers autumn good short, each retired for 159, Critchley starring pinch nan shot by taking 3-27 arsenic Essex won by 130 runs.

For Hampshire, 4 half-century contributions from Fletcha Middleton, Ben Brown, Ben Mayes and James Fuller saw them pursuit down Derbyshire's imposing full of 339-5 to triumph by 3 wickets pinch 5 balls to spare.

Surrey posted a 10-run triumph aft Ralphie Albert's 75-ball 96 helped them rack up a defendable 289-8 which Notts grounded to scope - but it was not capable to support qualification hopes live pinch some going retired pinch 1 information to go.