DURHAM clinched a place in the quarter-finals of the Twenty20 Cup, crushing Leicestershire by six wickets with 22 balls to spare in the final North Division group match at Grace Road.

With Mitchell Claydon and Ben Harmison taking three wickets apiece, the Dynamos restricted the Foxes to a meagre 133 for eight despite a fine captain’s innings of 63 from Boeta Dippenaar.

Durham then made short work of the run-chase, reaching their target with time to spare after Australian David Warner struck a blistering 44 off 18 balls in an opening partnership of 75 in seven overs with Phil Mustard.

It was the sort of batting the Foxes simply could not match on the day. The Durham innings contained four sixes and 18 fours, while the Foxes could only muster two sixes and 13 fours.

The home side’s innings stalled from the start, with only five runs coming off the first two overs from Neil Killeen and Claydon.

That set the tempo, and the scoring rate rarely rose much above six runs an over as the Durham attack kept a tight grip on things.

James Allenby – the Foxes’ leading scorer in the competition – did manage to pull Harmison for a six over midwicket, but was then out in the same over, driving a catch to extra cover.