YORKSHIRE booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Royal London One- Day Cup yesterday with the simplest of victories over Derbyshire.

The Vikings, chasing just 152, cruised to a ten-wicket victory with 123 balls to spare at Scarborough.

It clinched a fifth Group A win from seven matches, and they go to Hampshire for their final group game next Thursday hoping to bag a home quarter-final thanks to a top-two finish.

Derbyshire surrendered meekly against an on song bowling attack who took advantage of a pacey pitch with extra bounce, the same pitch used for Monday’s defeat against Essex.

There were a number of rash shots played as Rich Pyrah and Adil Rashid, who moved to 99 career List A wickets, struck three times each, while Tim Bresnan and Steve Patterson added two apiece.

Pyrah’s haul of 3-25 from seven overs was the pick of the Yorkshire figures.

Such was Yorkshire’s dominance, they knocked off the runs midway through the 30th over, with Alex Lees finishing 69 not out off 99 balls and Adam Lyth unbeaten on 67 off 81.

They put on their second century opening stand in this competition, their fifth in all cricket this summer.

“We’re playing some good cricket and I think we can go all the way,” said captain Andrew Gale ahead of a quarter-final tie the week starting August 25.

“We’ve shown that by beating most of the sides in the competition, albeit Essex played well the other day. Apart from that, we’ve played some good cricket.

“Maybe that Gloucester defeat came at the right time and was a kick up the backside we needed.

“I knew going into this competition that, with the make-up of our side, it was better for us than Twenty20. Everyone can see what our game plans have been, and it’s worked really well for us.

“I keep hammering home to the lads about the process, and I thought we did that really well. Even when we lost the other day, I couldn’t really ask anymore from the boys. They just played better than us on the day. It was good to get over the line.”

Lees’ knock enhanced his record against Derbyshireto 472 runs in four innings without getting out.