Cunliffe: Top scorer against Warwickshire

Ian Harvey had earlier restricted the home side with a typically inventive ten overs. The Australian took five for 32.

Rob Cunliffe top scored for Gloucestershire with 75.

Beat Northamptonshire by nine runs

Another scare survived.

Gloucestershire made 202 for seven on the back of Matt Windows' unbeaten 108, his first one-day century.

Northants then tumbled to 41 for six and 96 for seven - game over.

But Alex Swann hauled the visitors back with an unbeaten 83 and it needed all Gloucestershire's one-day experience to make it two wins out of two.

Beat Glamorgan by five wickets

This showed just why Gloucestershire are the country's leading one-day side.

Steve James scored an unbeaten 142 to lead Glamorgan to 236 for six.

All-round talent: Ian Harvey

The holders then struggled to 66 for four when Harvey was run out.

But they lost only one more wicket before the ever-dependable Alleyne and Jeremy Snape saw them home with a stand of 97.

Beat Worcestershire by 21 runs

An eventually starightforward victory, but again not without the odd alarm.

They were 50 for three before Harvey carved a brilliant 92 in 64 balls.

He was well supported by the ever-green Kim Barnett's 85.

Worcestershire began with an opening stand of 150, but once Martyn Ball made the breech, Worcestershire were reeled in.

Lost to Somerset by 108 runs

With qualification assured, Gloucestershire slumped to a heavy defeat against their west country neighbours.

Marcus Trescothick hammered them all round Taunton in making 112 in 99 balls and then followed that with three wickets as Gloucestershire subsided to 154 all out.

Quarter final

Beat Durham by 66 runs

Jon Lewis celebrates against Durham

Gloucestershire found it tough going wit the bat and when they were dismissed off the penultimate delivery for 199, Durham sniffed an upset.

And at 103 for three they had a real chance.

But they managed only a further 30 runs as Gloucestershire's seamers gobbled up the remaining seven wickets.

Jon Lewis took four for 23, before Alleyne wrapped-up the win with the last two wickets.

Semi final

Beat Yorkshire by 97 runs

A convincing all-round performance ushered Gloucestershire back to Lord's with the minimum of fuss.

They batted the old-fashioned way, an understandable approach at Headingley.

A solid start was followed by mid-innings consolidation and concluded with the required acceleration.

Windows made 54 and the rest all chipped in to total 239 for seven.

Lehmann is run out in the semi final

Yorkshire's hopes of usurping the one-day masters then disappeared quicker than the shine on the ball.

Soon they were 25 for five, including the key wicket of Darren Lehmann.

The Australian lost his concentartion to fall victim to an extraordinary run out as he wandered out of his crease.

Another run out confirmed Gloucestershire's return to Lord's as they clinched victory with one ball and 12 overs to spare.