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Hopeless Durham face holders

LONDON (Reuters)Holders Gloucestershire clincheda home tie against Durham in the Benson and Hedges Cup quarter-finals despite crashing to a 108-run defeat against group winners Somerset on Monday.

Somerset's reward is a home tie against Yorkshire who, like Warwickshire, qualified as one of the two best third-placed teams.

Warwickshire were drawn away to Northern division winners Nottinghamshire, while the other quarter-final pits Southern division winners Sussex against Surrey.

England opener Marcus Trescothick was again Somerset's match-winner against Gloucestershire at Taunton with his fourth century of the season, his third in five games in the competition.

The 25-year-old left hander hit 112 off only 100 balls, including one six and 12 fours, in the home side's 262 for nine after putting on 138 for the first wicket with Peter Bowler (52).

Trescothick then took four for 30 in 10.1 overs as the holders were dismissed for 154 in 38.2 overs.

DRAMATIC VICTORY

Cricket is so dul dull dull

Warwickshire's last-wicket pair Mo Sheikh (19 not out) and Charlie Dagnall (21 not out) fashioned a dramatic one-wicket win over Worcestershire in a low scoring affair at New Road.

The visitors looked down and out when the pair came together at 105 for nine in the 33rd over, still requiring another 34 runs to overhaul Worcestershire's 138 for nine that included the highest innings of the game from David Leatherdale (55).

But they dug in and gradually whittled away the deficit without offering a chance before Dagnall edged Leatherdale to the third man boundary for the winning runs off the first ball of the 46th over.

In the other game in the Midland/West/Wales division, Australian left-hander Michael Hussey hit 114 not out off 140 balls as Northamptonshire (238 for two) beat Glamorgan (237 for six) by eight wickets.

Nottinghamshire topped the Northern division after beating Lancashire by three wickets at Trent Bridge.

Australian-born Joe Scuderi, who is not classed as an overseas player because he holds an Italian passport, top scored in Lancashire's 203 for six from their 50 overs.

But half-centuries from Darren Bicknell (89) and Usman Afzaal (56 not out) powered Notts home with 6.2 overs to spare.

Durham edged Yorkshire out of runners-up spot on run-rate, despite a 30-run defeat at Headingley.

Australia's Darren Lehmann top scored with 88 in Yorkshire's 257 for seven before restricting Durham to 227 for four, which included half-centuries from Michael Gough (58) and Danny Law (57 not out).

A century from Tasmanian Michael Di Venuto (108) wasn't enough to spare Derbyshire their fourth defeat in five games as they went down by 21 runs to Leicestershire (267) at Grace Road.

But Bas Zuiderent's career-best 102 not out against Hampshire at West End helped secure Sussex top spot in the Southern division.

CAREER-BEST

The 24-year-old Dutchman put on 144 for the second wicket with Zimbabwean Murray Goodwin (87) as Sussex piled up 255 for seven. Hampshire were all out for 195, with Robin Smith unbeaten on 77.

Surrey (264) lost by one run to Kent (265 for nine) at Canterbury but still finished as group runners-up. Their last wicket pair Ben Hollioake (50 not out) and Ed Giddins needed two to win off the final over, but Giddins was trapped leg before by James Golding off the first ball.

Middlesex (161) lost their chance of reaching the last eight as they lost by 71 runs to Essex (232) at Chelmsford.