Middlesex pull off record chase in One Day Cup

Sam Robson's century was his fourth in List A cricket

Sam Robson scored an unbeaten 169 as Middlesex achieved the highest successful run-chase in One-Day Cup history to beat Durham by five wickets.

Durham piled up 387-4 at the Riverside following a stand of 147 between Alex Lees (138 not out) and David Bedingham (107), but Robson reached his century off 89 balls as the visitors reached 390-5 with 12 balls to spare.

Kent have a 0-3 record after they lost to Warwickshire by 79 runs at Rugby School, with young spinner Taz Ali taking 5-54 as they were bowled out for 204, chasing 284 to win.

In Group A, Sol Budinger hit 102 off 80 balls as Leicestershire overcame Nottinghamshire by 124 runs at Kibworth, while pace bowler Ben Allison took 6-35 as Worcestershire defeated Hampshire by five wickets.

Glamorgan's Will Smale scored an unbeaten 105 in a rain-affected match at The Oval, but previously winless Surrey won by five wickets via the DLS method.

Robson run spree eclipses Durham

Durham made the worst possible start against Middlesex as Emilio Gay - who made an unbeaten 119 against Kent in their previous game - was bowled for a duck by Toby Roland-Jones' second ball.

But Will Rhodes (63) added 141 with Lees, who carried his bat through the innings, collecting two sixes and 14 fours, while Bedingham raced to his century from just 65 deliveries and Colin Ackermann weighed in with 53 off 27.

After losing an early wicket in reply, Robson and Josh de Caires put on 120 for Middlesex, with de Caires caught behind from a reverse sweep for 63 after bringing up his 50 from 38 balls.

But Robson found more reliable support from Jack Davies (61), adding 114 in tandem, and from needing 170 off 20 overs, they brought the target down to just 41 from six.

It was fitting that Robson hit the winning runs, whipping Cody Yusuf away for four as they eclipsed Worcestershire's 380-4 to beat Leicestershire in 2018.

"It's probably one of my better innings for the club. Whenever you're chasing that many, you can't afford for much to go wrong - even on that sort of pitch with a quick outfield. It was a great effort," he said.

"If I was an objective viewer, I don't think I'd have been putting my money on us."

The record list A run chase is 399 by Queensland against Tasmania at Sydney in October 2014.

Warwickshire were given an excellent start against Kent as Ed Barnard (60) and Rob Yates put on 97 in 13 overs for the first wicket.

And although Jayden Denly took two wickets in successive overs and Grant Stewart picked up 2-33, they reached 283-9, thanks largely to a 79-run stand between Kai Smith, who reached 50 off 59 balls, and made 58 and Vansh Jani (42).

Barnard took two wickets as Kent slumped to 19-3 in reply, but Denly (52) and Harry Finch (50) put on 91 before Finch became debutant Adam Sylvester's first victim, caught off a leading edge, and Ali ran through the lower order for his second successive five-for in the competition.

Career-best figures for Allison

Ben Allison agreed a three-year deal with Worcestershire at the end of last season

At New Road, Allison produced the best List A performance of his career, surpassing his previous best 50-over figures of 2-33 as Worcestershire bowled out Hampshire for 194 in the 42nd over despite 60 by opener Nick Gubbins.

Allison took a stunning one-handed return catch, diving to his left to send back Tom Prest for 36, and Hampshire's hopes of a decent total were further dented when Joe Weatherley retired hurt after a blow on the hand.

Brett D'Oliveira scored 52 at the top of the order in Worcestershire's reply and Ethan Brookes (35) produced an outrageous rolling ramp for six off Dom Kelly before they reached 196-5 when Matthew Waite pulled Gubbins for four at the start of the 41st over to end the game.

Budinger was in brilliant form for Leicestershire, hitting three sixes and 13 fours as they totalled 333-8, adding 106 for the third wicket with Shan Masood, who made 50.

Notts Outlaws needed something special to remove him and Joe Pocklington provided it with a brilliant over-the-shoulder diving catch on the boundary - and he also took 2-45 with the ball.

The visitors were never really in the hunt despite 56 by Jack Haynes and they were bowled out for 209 in 38 overs as spin bowler Liam Trevaskis returned 5-52.

Sol Budinger is a former Nottinghamshire player

Meanwhile, Surrey's inexperienced attack had Glamorgan on 117-4 before Smale shared a stand of 70 and 86 with Zain ul-Hassan and Alex Horton, bringing up his maiden List A 100 off 97 balls as they added 91 from the final 10 overs of their innings.

They made 308-7 and Surrey were 21.1 in the sixth over of their reply before rain forced an extended interruption.

The teams returned at 17:40 BST with the home side given a revised target of 145 from 16 overs and Ben Foakes made 43 not out from just 17 balls as they made it to 146-5 with three balls remaining - despite an outstanding leap and one-handed catch by Kiran Carlson to dismiss Adam Thomas for 34.

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