Durham have been one of the surprise packages of this year's T20 Blast and have been rewarded with a home quarter-final following a fine campaign to date which saw them finish second in the North Group.

Despite twice losing to Yorkshire in the early stages of the competition, Durham still won six of their opening eight matches and would only meet defeat to Worcestershire and Lancashire thereafter.

With New Zealand international Tom Latham leading a typically well-drilled unit, Durham have played with a mixture of confidence and street-smarts with the Kiwi, Graham Clark and the evergreen Paul Collingwood leading from the front with the bat.

South African veteran spinner Imran Tahir has enjoyed an excellent tournament - taking 15 wickets at a miserly economy of 6.34 - and has been ably supported by seamers Nathan Rimmington and Chris Rushworth but former has left to join the Caribbean Premier League now and leaves a huge void to be filled.

A well-oiled machine, there is no doubt that Durham will be a tough nut to crack on their home turf but for all their batting has been perfectly serviceable so far this year, it probably lacks star quality while Tahir apart, there is little to fear from the bowling.

As they have done for a number of years now, Durham will look to make up for their limitations by playing hard, streetwise cricket as a team.