Unicorns stun Sussex in huge run chase

The Unicorns stunned Sussex by making the highest score by any side batting second in the history of 40-over cricket to beat the reigning champions by six wickets at Arundel.

Former Somerset all-rounder Wes Durston led the chase with 117 off 68 balls as the Unicorns, a side made up of the best amateur players in the country, passed Sussex's 325-5 with three balls to spare.

On a flat pitch, Durston hit 13 fours and five sixes and figured in a match-winning third-wicket stand of 165 in just 18 overs with Josh Knappett, who anchored the run chase with 90 off 84 balls.

Murray Goodwin, with an unbeaten 92 off 59 balls, had earlier put Sussex into a seemingly unbeatable position, adding 74 runs in the last five overs with Joe Gatting (55 off 29).

Craig Kieswetter returned to the Somerset team with a half-century as the Group A leaders maintained their 100 per cent record with a 71-run win over Worcestershire at Bath.

The England World Twenty20 hero hit 52 in a Somerset total of 235-9. Zander de Bruyn made 55, and Ben Phillips 51 not out, his first one-day half-century.

That proved too much for the Royals, as they subsided from 63-1 to 164 all out, Mark Turner claiming a career best 4-36 from 7.4 overs.

Openers Steve Davies and Rory Hamilton-Brown combined to ease Surrey to an eight-wicket win over Lancashire.

Wicketkeeper Davies hit an unbeaten 82 off 69 balls and his captain contributed 65 in an opening stand of 113 as Surrey chased down their target of 166 with more than 16 overs to spare.

Andre Nel and Jade Dernbach had taken three wickets apiece as only Mark Chilton (68) and Luke Sutton (47) could give the Lancashire innings of 165 all out any substance with a sixth-wicket stand of 108.