It’s back to Clifton Park for Yorkshire as Cup bid continues

They will face Notts for the right to meet Leicestershire in an away semi-final on Sunday, having booked their place in the knockout stages with a seven-wicket win over Essex at Chelmsford in their final group game.

Yorkshire won both of their group matches at York, beating holders Worcestershire by six wickets and Durham by seven wickets.

“We’ve really enjoyed York,” said Anthony McGrath, the Yorkshire head coach.

“I certainly have over the last two years since I’ve been back (at the club).

“It’s a great place, and I think the weather’s going to be great again. It’s a short turnaround, so hopefully we can get plenty in there.”

Yorkshire finished their group campaign with six wins from eight to secure second place in Group B and a home play-off quarter-final.

The group winners advance straight to a home semi-final, where they face the winner of the play-off quarter-final between the second-placed side from the opposite group and the third-placed side from their own group.

The final is at Trent Bridge on September 20.

“It’s a nice feeling (to qualify),” added McGrath. “We knew there were quite a lot of permutations going into today (against Essex), but most important was just to get the four points.

“It can be a tricky place to come, but I thought we played really, really well - followed up from how we played last game against Derbyshire.

“It’s nice to finish with a positive win and, more importantly, get to the quarters.”

Yorkshire will take on a Notts team who sealed qualification with a six-wicket victory against Surrey at The Oval, confirming a third-placed finish in Group A.

In the other play-off, Lancashire, who finished second in Group A, will host Durham at Old Trafford.

Durham pipped Worcestershire to third place in Group B on net run-rate, despite losing to them by 77 runs at New Road.

The winner of the Lancashire-Durham match will travel to Middlesex in the semis.​​