Hampshire and Nottinghamshire maintain 100 per cent records in One-Day Cup

Defending champions Hampshire and 2017 winners Nottinghamshire made it three wins in three games in the Royal London One-Day Cup with victories over Middlesex and Warwickshire respectively.

Hampshire maintained their 100 per cent record and ended Middlesex's with a 119-run triumph, in which Aiden Markram scored 88 and then claimed 3-39 with his off-spin. Hants vs Middlesex scorecard

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Markram's knock plus Rilee Rossouw's 64 and Liam Dawson's 43 propelled James Vince's men to 301-9, with Middlesex seamer Tom Helm taking 5-71, including the wickets of Rossouw and Vince (14), at The Ageas Bowl.

Markram made England ODI skipper Eoin Morgan (41) one of his victims, while Dawson (3-37) and Kyle Abbott (3-36) also starred as Hampshire dismissed Middlesex for 182 to move top of the South Group, two points above Middlesex, Somerset, Sussex and Gloucestershire.

Nottinghamshire head the North Group - the Outlaws are two points clear of Durham - following a 118-run win over rock-bottom Warwickshire at Edgbaston, a game in which Ben Slater notched his fifth List A hundred. Warks vs Notts scorecard

Slater, a winter acquisition from Derbyshire, scored 15 fours in his 100 from 115 balls as Notts reached 301-9, the opener sharing half-century stands with Joe Clarke (39) and Steven Mullaney (40).

The Outlaws slipped from 81-0 to 98-4 and then from 193-4 to 207-7 before James Pattinson (33), Luke Fletcher (32) and Matt Carter (21no) helped their team rack up 91 runs from the final 10 overs.

Warwickshire captain Jeetan Patel picked up 5-45 but then saw his team tumble to 69-6 with the bat, before Liam Banks (57) and Alex Thomson (55) dug in to lift the Bears up to 183 all out - spinner Carter and paceman Fletcher with three wickets each for Notts.

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2018 runners-up Kent, meanwhile, prop up the South Group after four defeats from four, a six-wicket loss at Gloucestershire their latest reverse on the day they welcomed back England batsman Joe Denly - and then saw him suffer a back spasm. Gloucs vs Kent scorecard

Denly, returning from an IPL stint with Kolkata Knight Riders in which he bagged a golden duck in his only game, made 56 in Kent's 282-8, sharing a 103-run stand with top-scorer Zak Crawley (85).

Benny Howell (2-39) and David Payne (2-45) impressed with the ball for Gloucestershire, before Gareth Roderick (100no) and James Bracey (67) flourished with the bat as the hosts coasted home with 19 balls to spare against a Kent fielding outfit minus Denly.

Finally, Surrey chalked up their first win of the season, with Liam Plunkett taking a timely 4-50 as the Londoners beat Essex by 65 runs at the Oval. Surrey vs Essex scorecard

Plunkett, whose World Cup spot is under threat from Jofra Archer, picked up combined figures of 1-124 from 13 overs in the defeats to Gloucestershire and Sussex but responded on Tuesday as Essex were bowled out for 213 in reply to Surrey's 278-8.

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Plunkett's fellow quick, Morne Morkel, bagged 4-23, while Dan Lawrence top-scored for the visitors with 50 from 59 balls.

Ben Foakes (82) earlier completed back-to-back fifties for Surrey and skipper Rory Burns hit 55 while Essex seamer Sam Cook claimed 3-37.

Jason Roy (35no) was forced to retire hurt with a back spasm four overs into Surrey's innings but returned to the crease in the 47th over to partially allay concerns over his fitness with the World Cup looming, although he was not risked in the field.