Kent Spitfires (298-8) beat Lancashire (295-9) to book Royal London One-Day Cup quarter-final spot after thrilling match at The Spitfire Ground

A nail-biting match saw the Kent Spitfires book their place in the Royal London One-Day Cup quarter-final in dramatic circumstances on Tuesday.

Lancashire had set 296 for a home victory at The Spitfire Ground and, with other results going Kent’s way, it was left to Harry Podmore to crash the winning runs off the penultimate ball of the contest.

Kent had made one hugely significant change to their side. Veteran all-rounder Darren Stevens replaced Indian overseas bowler Navdeep Saini.

The scenario was relatively simple for Kent if they were to finish third in their group and progress. They had to beat Lancashire and hope Hampshire defeated Yorkshire in Scarborough.

Opening bowlers Stewart, fresh from his match-winning six on Friday against Yorkshire, and Nathan Gilchrist (3-52) made an impressive start after The Spitfires won the toss and elected to field first.

Stewart had Luke Wells caught behind by wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson for a duck before Lancashire captain Keaton Jennings (17) was bowled by Gilchrist to leave the visitors 28-2.

Steven Croft was the next man in, however he was out for a duck, LBW to Gilchrist.

Lancashire had then taken their score from 36-3 to 84-3 before a moment of brilliance from Hamid Qadri in the 20th over broke that partnership. Dane Vilas clipped Podmore (3-53) off his legs - only to find Qadri at deep square leg and, diving forward, he took a sublime catch to dismiss the South African for 22.

Having done some smart work in the field, spinner Qadri took a wicket himself to leave Lancashire 95-5. Rob Jones skipped down the track and quick work from wicketkeeper Robinson saw Jones stumped for nine.

But one man Kent had struggled to remove was Josh Bohannon who brought up his half-century with