Durham book finals ticket

After two changes of opponents, Durham belatedly claimed their place at the Twenty20 Cup finals day by seeing off Glamorgan.

The Dynamos had expected to play Yorkshire in the quarter-finals a fortnight ago, but the White Rose county were eliminated after fielding an ineligible player, allowing first Nottinghamshire and then Glamorgan to be reinstated.

The Welsh side initially seemed intent on making the most of their reprieve and booking their place in Saturday's finale to the competition. But Durham overcame a sluggish start at the Riverside to post 163 for eight, Will Smith hitting 51, which was enough for them to win by 44 runs.

With Durham toiling at 49 for four Smith began the revival when he clubbed Dean Cosker over cow corner for six and hit another five boundaries on his way to a 37-ball half-century.

However, the home side were in danger of falling well short of par until Gareth Breese hit a nine-ball 20, Shaun Pollock chipped in with 20 and Liam Plunkett added 12 not out to post a challenging target.

Glamorgan were in trouble from the first ball of their reply as Plunkett removed Richard Grant's off stump and David Hemp edged behind later in the same over.

Jamie Dalrymple (32) offered brief hope but before he was caught off the bowling of Paul Collingwood, and Steve Harmison emphatically ended Mark Wallace's attempts to save his side, bowling him for 26.

Glamorgan then collapsed from 88 for six to 118 all out, Collingwood and Pollock finishing with two wickets apiece and Plunkett three for 16.