Gloucestershire - The road to Lord's

Captain Mark Alleyne celebrates a catch

v Glamorgan - Lost by 3 wickets

Gloucestershire's B&H campaign started in the same way as it will end - with a game against Glamorgan.

In a match reduced to 25 overs a side because of rain, Gloucestershire managed only 148 for six with skipper Mark Alleyne top-scoring with 50. Methodical Glamorgan seamer Steve Watkin claimed three wickets for only seven runs off his five overs.

Gloucestershire had started brightly with Jeremy Snape smashing three fours off youngster Simon Jones' first over. But Watkin and solid batting from Matthew Elliott, Steve James and Robert Croft secured the two points for Glamorgan, who finished on 150 for seven with two balls to spare.

v Warwickshire - Won by 5 wickets

Averis: Accurate spell

Warwickshire were skittled for just 94, their lowest B&H score. James Averis did the damage finishing with four for eight, Warwickshire's last four wickets falling for just two runs in 13 balls, Averis claiming three.

Gloucestershire started off shakily with both Matt Windows and Alleyne playing on and they stumbled to 49 for four. But 30 not out from Dominic Hewson and wayward bowling from Warwickshire (33 extras, including 15 wides) cost them dear. Gloucestershire finished on 96 for five off 28 overs.

v Worcestershire - No result

Gloucestershire had reached 57 for one off 10 overs. Tim Hancock top-scored with 22 before being caught by Vikram Solanki off Alamgir Sheriyar before rain caused the game to be abandoned. One point each.

v Northamptonshire - No result

Match abandoned without a ball bowled. Both sides received one point each.

v Somerset - Won by 10 runs (D/L method)

Jamie Cox and Marcus Trescothick added 45 from 13 overs for Somerset but they then stuttered to 139 for five. Piran Holloway and Ian Blackwell rallied the innings with a stand of 73, leaving Gloucestershire a target of 226.

The weather took a turn for the worse and Gloucestershire were left to score 145 off 32 overs under the Duckworth/Lewis system.

Australian Ian Harvey capitalised on the delays and revised total, hitting 15 off Keith Parsons in the 26th over, putting Gloucestershire back on the D/L track. They finished on 154 for five and progressed to the quarter-finals.

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Quarter-final

v Sussex - Won by 29 runs

Harvey: Big hitting display

Ian Harvey scooped the Gold Award with an outstanding 88, his highest score in a one-day innings anywhere in the world. He was also the pick of the Gloucestershire bowlers taking three wickets for 28.

Sussex were set 238 to win, a reasonable target on a hard and flat pitch despite the humidity causing the ball to swing. But too much was left to Michael Bevan and once he had departed for 71, Sussex were restricted to 208 for nine.

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Semi-final

v Lancashire - Won by 15 runs

Cunliffe: Decisive innings

After the heroics of Ian Harvey in the previous two B&H games, losing him to a suspect hamstring before the match was not the best of starts.

But replacement Robbie Cunliffe, who had been troubled by a sore shoulder prior to the game, took the gold award for an innings of 71. Gloucestershire finished on 220 for six, the slow pitch blunting the Lancashire attack.

Neil Fairbrother's 74 was not enough in reply for Lancashire. He lacked support and they could not recover from losing three of their top order for just 19 in 10 overs. They finished on 205 for nine.