Lancashire were defeated by Durham in the quarter-finals of the Metro Bank One Day Cup.

Lancashire’s Metro Bank One Day Cup campaign came to an end with a 162-run quarter-final defeat to Durham at Emirates Old Trafford.

A target of 349-8 proved too much for Steven Croft’s side - who produced a poor chase; even with teenager Joe Moores enjoying a strong afternoon on his return from the Hundred.

The Red Rose’s attention now turns back to the County Championship, with Northants heading to Manchester next Thursday.

Arav Shetty took the first two wickets of the contest for Lancashire.

After posting 29 runs off 39 balls, Alex Lees had his stumps bowled by the 22-year-old in the 10th.

Meanwhile, fellow opener Ben McKinney exited in the 14th with a personal tally of 35 after being caught by Rocky Flintoff.

At number three, Will Rhodes added an additional 25 runs to the Durham total before being taken by Jack Blatherwick, courtesy of a George Balderson catch.

This saw the formation of a strong partnership David Bedingham (104) and Ollie Robinson (76) - who enjoyed an extended period in the middle together.

The latter was the first to go, with Tom Bailey and captain Balderson combining to break the pairing.

Ben Stokes came in at number six, and smashed a huge maximum on the second ball he faced, but only registered a total of 11 before being taken by the skipper.

Bailey’s second wicket of the contest was Colin Ackermann, who scored 24, while Kasey Aldridge was not out for 27 at the end of the innings, with Shafiquallah Ghafari was run out for two by Josh Bohannon.

Harry Singh was the first to go in Lancashire’s chase, exiting for 11 off 16 in the fourth, with Stokes bowling and Aldridge catching.

Keaton Jennings didn’t last too much longer before his dismissal for 20 off 19.

After dropping a Bohannon shot shortly before, Lees was able to successfully collect at the second time of asking for a Luke Robinson wicket.

Durham soon collected the wicket of the man in at number three for Lancs, with Stokes gathering to take for Rhodes.

To make matters worse for Croft’s side, Marcus Harris exited after hitting his own wicket.

After hitting his first professional century in the final group game away to Somerset, Flintoff could only 22 off 39 balls this time around.

Moores continued to thrive without his fellow teenage teammate on his way to a half century, but his next couple of partners were short lived, with Shetty scoring two off seven and Balderson adding one off three.

The truly fatal blow to the Red Rose’s faint hopes of getting the required total came in the 33rd over.

After scoring 51 runs off 42 balls, Moores was bowled by Ghafari.

Tom Bailey and Jack Blatherwick helped to get the score up a little more with a couple of sixes each on their way to their respective personal scores of 13 and 15.

The latter was caught by Lees a ball after his second maximum to give Callum Parkinson his second wicket of the afternoon, with Tom Aspinwall closing things out without adding any additional runs.