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Durham v Lancashire @ The Riverside

Lancashire remain in the hunt for a knockout berth in the Royal London One-Day Cup as they head to fellow challengers Durham for their final North Group fixture tomorrow.

The Lightning and the Jets are two of four teams who can secure third place in the group and with it an away tie against second in the South next month.

The winners of that would then advance to the semi-final.

The other teams involved in the race for third are third-placed Nottinghamshire and fifth-placed Leicestershire.

Notts are in third on eight points from seven games, Durham are in fourth on seven from seven, Leicester are fifth with seven from seven and Lancashire are sixth with six from seven.

Lancashire must beat Durham at Emirates Riverside to eliminate them from the race, also hoping Notts lose at Northants and Leicester lose at Yorkshire.

That would see the Red Rose through given their superior net run-rate over Notts.

Most wins comes first when separating teams finishing with equal points. If all results go Lancashire’s way, they would be on the same points as Notts with the same number of wins.

Then it is down to net run-rate, and Lancashire’s is better.

All tomorrow’s final North Group fixtures begin at 2pm.

Cannot beat a Tuesday night fixture under the lights in the North East forthose going take plenty of warm clothing you'll need it