A BRILLIANT record stand between two men who thought they might be playing their last Twenty20 game for Durham gave them another chance on a night of drama at Emirates Riverside.

Mark Stoneman and Calum MacLeod put on 141 as Durham's 193 for two proved enough for a 13-run win in the final NatWest T20 Blast game against Derbyshire and propelled them into the quarter-finals.

Durham will have to visit south group winners Gloucestershire in the week beginning August 8.

Victories for Yorkshire and Warwickshire would have denied Durham, but the Bears failed miserably to chase down a modest target at Old Trafford.

MacLeod has been out of favour for much of the season and it had seemed likely that he would be released as cost cutting continues. But last night's spectacular innings of 83 off 50 balls could prompt a rethink.

He also shared the previous T20 record stand of 126, although he was not the dominant partner when John Hastings smashed an unbeaten 80 against Northants two years ago.

Stoneman, who will be playing in front of much bigger crowds at the Oval next season, remained unbeaten on 82, made off 56 balls.

He cracked four fours through the off side in the first three overs, two of them in the third as Ben Cotton conceded 14.

There were only four more fours from Stoneman, plus a towering six which just eluded two fielders, but his exceptional running often turned twos into threes.

On at least one occasion his call for a third seemed to surprise the breathless MacLeod, who departed in the last over with a scoop to short fine leg.

Stoneman dominated the early strike as Keaton Jennings, taking Phil Mustard's place at the top of the order, faced three balls for three singles in the first three overs before he also began to find the boundary.

Stoneman, on 23, survived a steepler to Jimmy Neesham, backtracking from mid-off, in an eventful sixth over from Shiv Thakor.

Jennings followed up by twice driving the medium pacer down the ground, but when he tried for a third wide of mid-off Chesney Hughes flung himself to his right and held a sensational catch.

Although the runs kept flowing, partly through the excellent running, Jennings' exit halted the boundaries until MacLeod hit the last two balls of the tenth over for four and six.

He swept Wes Durston's off spin behind square then lifted him over long-on to take the score to 89 after ten.

The Scot began to move around his crease as he unveiled the full range of T20 shots as well as driving two more sixes.

At 141-1 after 15 Thakor confirmed the impression that he was the best bowler by conceding only six runs.

But his last over disappeared for 17, leaving New Zealand all-rounder Neesham with the best figures of one for 25 after conceding only seven in the final over.

Derbyshire lost Hamish Rutherford for one in the first over of the reply, when he pulled Chris Rushworth straight to mid-wicket.

Durston dominated a second-wicket stand of 40 with Chesney Hughes, who chipped the first ball to mid-wicket when Rushworth returned for the sixth over.

Durston departed for 44, made off 26 balls, when he tried to paddle Jennings' medium pace to fine leg and was bowled, leaving the third Kiwi in the visiting side, Neil Broom, to keep them afloat.

He was helped by Thakor hitting three sixes off the spinners in making 26 off ten balls and Derbyshire reached the final over needing 22.

Broom cut Usman Arshad's first ball for four but it was all over when he was superbly caught at long-on by MacLeod two balls later.