Round-up: Durston spurs on Unicorns in record run chase

The Unicorns stunned Sussex by chasing down their total of 325 for 4, making the highest score by any side batting second in the history of 40-over cricket to beat the reigning champions by six wickets at Arundel. The former Somerset all-rounder Wes Durston led the chase with 117 off 68 balls as the Unicorns, made up of the best amateurs in the country, conjured an unlikely win.

On a flat pitch, Durston hit 13 fours and five sixes and figured in a match-winning third-wicket stand of 165 in just 18 overs with Josh Knappett, who anchored the chase with 90 off 84 balls. Murray Goodwin, with an unbeaten 92 off 59 balls, had earlier put Sussex into a seemingly unbeatable position.

Craig Kieswetter returned to the Somerset team with a half-century as the Group A leaders maintained their 100 per cent record with a 71-run win over Worcestershire at Bath. The England World Twenty20 hero hit 52 in a Somerset total of 235 for 9.

That proved too much for the Royals, as they slipped from 63 for 1 to 164 all out, with Mark Turner claiming career-best figures of 4 for 36 from 7.4 overs.

Openers Steve Davies and Rory Hamilton-Brown guided Surrey to an eight-wicket win over Lancashire. Wicketkeeper Davies hit an unbeaten 82 off 69 balls and his captain contributed 65 in an opening stand of 113 as Surrey chased down their target of 166 with more than 16 overs to spare.

Leicestershire kept their slim hopes of a semi-final place alive with a seven-wicket win over Durham at the Riverside. Gloucestershire's seamers held their nerve to beat Northamptonshire in a thrilling finale at Bristol. Needing victory to narrow the gap on the Group B leaders Yorkshire to two points, the Gladiators won by seven runs.

Also in Group B, Middlesex were comfortable victors over the Netherlands at Amstelveen.