One-Day Cup: Dane Vilas reaches century as Lancashire beat Sussex in semi-final

Dem Royal London One-Day Cup i-Final, 1st County Center Ground, HoveLancashire 319-8 (50 overs): Vilas 121; Hudson-Prentice 3-43 Sussex 254 (46.3 overs): Orr 71; Hurt 3-43Lancashire won by 65 pointsMatch scorecard

Visitors fell to 67-5 at Hove ahead of Dane Vilas' marvelous 121 and George Lavelle and Danny Lamb's half-centuries helped them post 319 -8.

Sussex were well placed at 126-1, but when the in-form opener Ali Orr was out for 71 they couldn't keep up and fell to 254 all.

The final takes place at Trent Bridge on Saturday September 17.

Lancashire's chances of posting a competitive total seemed a long way off when setter Fynn Hudson-Prentice (3-43) knocked out George Balderson to leave them at five in the 15th.

Vilas and Lavelle started the recovery with a sixth wicket for 132, and after Lavelle was exhausted by a direct hit for 50, Lamb continued to provide strong support.

The South African Vilas then threw a century of 89 balls before coming across a good catch from Brad Currie to give Hudson-Prentice their third wicket and leave Lancashire 271-7.< p class="" data-reactid=".c4livweh58.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10">Lamb made sure his team hit 300 with 57 of 48 balls before running out on delivery final.

< p class="" data-reactid=".c4livweh58.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11">Sussex batter Orr, who scored a record 206 earlier in the competition, has got off to a good start with fellow fly-half Tom Alsop (25) and Tom Haines (49).

Alsop and Orr were both played by Liam Hurt and Balderson fired Haines and Cheteshwar Pujara to leave Sussex 167-4 on the 32nd.

With the required pace, the climbing hitters fell cheaply as the crimp ur Hurt finished with 3-43 and Will William...