Ben Wells, Ollie Price energy Gloucestershire to seven-wicket victory

Gloucestershire 269 for 3 (Wells 108*, O Price 85*) beat Durham 267 (Bedingham 64, Borthwick 57, Anwar 3-38) by seven wickets

Called into the facet simply minutes earlier than the scheduled begin of play as a alternative for Graeme van Buuren, who harm himself within the warm-up, Wells top-scored with a hard-hitting career-best 108 not out from 76 balls as Gloucestershire chased down a goal of 268 with 13.3 overs to spare to progress to the knockout phases.

In-form Price completed unbeaten on 85 off 103 balls with 11 fours and James Bracey smashed a quickfire half century for Gloucestershire, who made 269 for 3 and can now face Lancashire in a house quarter-final tie at Bristol on Friday.

Scott Borthwick and David Bedingham posted 57 and 64 respectively, whereas Liam Trevaskis contributed 41 as Durham made 267 for 9 of their 50 overs. But veteran spinner Tom Smith eliminated Bedingham and bowled effectively through the center overs to return figures of 1 for 37 from 10 overs, whereas Anwar Ali claimed 3 for 38 to maintain Durham in examine.

Arriving within the center with Gloucestershire’s reply poised at 85 for 3, Wells then stole the present together with his daring stroke-play. His efficiency was all of the extra outstanding provided that he had limped off through the early phases of the Durham innings, clutching a hamstring that continued to hassle him all through the primary half of the match.

Having gained 5 of their earlier seven group video games, the house facet oozed confidence because of the superb begin afforded their reply by Bracey. In supremely assured temper after scoring a career-best 224 not out towards Somerset on his final look at Bristol, Gloucestershire’s captain picked up the place he left off, timing the ball fantastically to lift a half century in simply 38 balls. Yet his innings should have been terminated on 25, Brendon Glover dropping the previous England man on the superb leg boundary off the bowling of Jonathan Bushnell.

Bracey definitely made good his escape, shifting to 50 together with his fifth most, hoisted over deep backward sq. on the expense of Oliver Gibson. Much to his annoyance, he then suffered a lack of focus and dragged a large supply from Glover onto his stumps, having dominated a whirlwind partnership of 73 in 12 overs with Price. When new batsman Miles Hammond was bowled by sluggish left armer Liam Trevaskis six balls later, Gloucestershire had been 85 for 3 within the sixteenth over, their innings in want of a re-set.

Wells offered the proper response, occurring the assault from the outset to reclaim the initiative for Gloucestershire, the fourth wicket pair elevating 50 from 36 balls. Moving higher than at any stage when within the area, Wells mustered a show of fresh hitting to rival that of Bracey, the Academy product going to a 36-ball 50 through his ninth 4.

Gloucestershire’s rock, Price set his sights on batting by means of, reaching a chanceless 50 in 69 balls as the house facet superior their rating to 152-3 on the midway stage, requiring an extra 116 runs at 4.22 an over. That proved comfortably inside the grasp of the fourth wicket pair, whose alliance realised three figures from 79 balls, 66 of these runs coming by means of boundaries.

Happy to see off dangerman Migael Pretorius, who eliminated Chris Dent in his first spell, Price and Wells took aside the remainder of the bowling as they engaged in their very own private race to succeed in 100. Wells gained that exact battle, pulling Trevaskis for his 14th 4 to submit his maiden List-A century from 72 balls. He additionally hit 4 sixes as 80 of these hundred runs got here within the type of boundaries.

Believing a used pitch would turn out to be progressively tougher to bat on because the day progressed, Alex Lees requested Gloucestershire to area and should have been effectively happy when his facet reached 152 for two inside 28 overs.

Zaman Akhter eliminated Michael Jones cheaply and Paul van Meekeren had Lees caught at deep backward level for 22 as Gloucestershire took benefit of a sluggish pitch and uneven bounce to scale back Durham to 50-2 inside 11 overs. But Borthwick and Bedingham then launched a concerted restoration, making use of themselves sensibly in a 3rd wicket alliance of 102 in 17 overs, which served to place the guests on prime.

Scoring freely on either side of the wicket, Borthwick was first to 50, the left-hander going to that landmark through 60 balls with 6 fours as Durham assumed a place of energy. Adept at discovering gaps within the area, Bedingham confronted simply 49 balls in elevating his third half century in seven innings within the 50-over competitors this summer season, clipping Josh Shaw behind sq. for his second 4.

Gloucestershire’s bowlers seemed to be at a loss as to the best way to half the third wicket pair and van Meekeren discovered the going particularly difficult, sending down 4 no balls and three wides as his first eight overs value 64 runs.

Relief arrived within the type of an unexpectedly free shot from Borthwick, who drove Tom Smith uppishly to Akhter at long-on and departed for a 77-ball 57. His dismissal proved a seminal second, sluggish left armer Smith and seamer Shaw conjuring 15 dot balls within the subsequent 26 deliveries to construct stress.

Eager to interrupt the stranglehold, Bushnell pushed a ball from van Meekeren to mid-on and tried a dangerous single, solely to be fantastically run out by Price’s direct hit. Durham had been additional undermined by poor resolution making three overs later, Chris Dent operating out Bedingham for 64 after the South African had hesitated when known as by means of for a single by Trevaskis. Bedingham had confronted 71 balls, accrued 2 sixes and a couple of fours and, with him, went Durham’s final alternative to submit a really imposing complete.

Trevaskis did his greatest to atone, scoring 41 from 43 balls and dominating a stand of 56 in 9.1 overs with Tomas Mackintosh, earlier than holing out to backward level and turning into the primary in a trio of batsmen to succumb to skilled former Pakistani worldwide Anwar, who completed with 3-38 in eight overs to maintain Durham in examine on the demise. Mackintosh contributed 29 from 31 balls earlier than falling to van Meekeren, however there was a sense that the guests had under-achieved after constructing such a promising early platform.