Lancashire claimed a three wicket victory over Durham at Emirates Old Trafford.

Lancashire face a waiting game after doing their job in the race to clinch a Vitality Blast quarter-final spot.

Steven Croft’s side claimed a three wicket victory over Durham at Emirates Old Trafford, with Saqib Mahmood and Shadab Khan taking four wickets each, and Keaton Jennings top scoring with the bat with 41.

On the back of securing third place in the North Group, it’s now a waiting game for the Red Rose - who require Essex to lose to Surrey this evening in order to progress to the knock out stages.

It was a strong start for Lancashire, with Alex Lees exiting for LBW, having posted just one run, to give Mahmood the opening wicket of the afternoon at the the beginning of the second over.

After an impressive performance with the ball in the Roses victory over Yorkshire on Friday, Mitch Stanley continued to build on that form as he smashed the wickets of Graham Clark - who had assembled a personal tally of 18, which was helped by back-to-back sixes in the third.

Ben McKinney (8) soon followed his teammate, with Mahmood bowling him for his second wicket of the day, before Khan took Ollie Robinson (7) with his first ball of the afternoon.

The Pakistan international also took both Brydon Carse and Ben Raine following two runs each, with Liam Livingstone and Keaton Jennings providing catches.

Prior to that, the former had also caught Kasey Aldridge for a wicket of his own, before Luke Wood collected a Matthew Potts (4) shot for a Tom Hartley wicket.

Callum Parkinson became Mahmood’s third of the afternoon, but Durham’s top scorer Colin Ackermann couldn’t be removed as he finished the innings with a personal tally of 66 alongside Nathan Sowter - who added six to the total of 141 before being run out on the final ball.

At the start of the Lancashire chase, Ben McDermott was the first to go at the beginning of the third over after playing a ball from Potts into the hands of Carse to exit on 11.

Fellow opener Phil Salt was able to make slightly more progress, registering 31 runs, before having his stumps bowled by Raine, while Livingstone scored 17 before being bowled by Sowter at the end of the 10th.

Khan followed at the end of the 13th with a personal tally of 17, while Matthew Hurst and Joe Moores were dismissed for seven and one respectively.

The former of the two taken by Raine - who collected the wicket of Hartley as well (6), but Durham couldn’t shift Jennings, with the skipper helping his side over the line in the final over with the help of Wood.