Royal London One-Day Cup 2014 Final: Durham vs. Warwickshire Score and Recap

Durham (166/7) used a powerful bowling attack to beat Warwickshire (165) by three wickets at Lord's on Saturday, winning the 2014 Royal London One-Day Cup.

Playing in his final match for Durham, Gareth Breese scored the decisive runs with 58 balls to spare, as shared by England Cricket:

Durham won the toss and elected to bowl, finding immediate success as Warwickshire only managed 27 runs in the first 10 powerplay overs. finding just a single boundary through William Porterfield.

Varun Chopra scored 64 runs from 113 balls, but he was one of just five Bears batsmen to reach double-digit runs on the day, as Durham's bowlers took control of the match early.

Chris Woakes and Ateeq Javid scored 23 and 22 runs, respectively, and when Woakes was caught by Calum MacLeod, the title already appears to be Durham's for the taking. The Northern Echo's Scott Wilson urged the team to push the remaining batsmen hard:

In-form Chris Rushworth put on a show, surrendering just 24 runs in 10 overs and taking two wickets in the process. Ben Stokes wasn't too far behind, also taking two wickets in nine overs while conceding 25.

Boyd Rankin was run out in over 47, setting a target of 165 for Durham to chase, via England Cricket:

The target didn't appear particularly daunting, but a duck for Phil Mustard set the tone for a solid bowling display from Warwickshire. Mark Stoneman had a strong performance opening for Durham with 52 runs from 52 balls (including 10 fours), but his partners in the early overs failed to keep up the pace.

MacLeod suffered the same fate as Mustard, while Keaton Jennings was dismissed after scoring just eight runs from 27 balls. While there was no reason to panic for Durham, the team had to find a partnership that could consistently put some runs on the board.

Sky Sports Cricket believed it would arrive through Stokes and Paul Collingwood:

As shared by Wilson, the two were able to hit the century mark fairly quickly:

Stokes kept finding success against Bears' bowlers not named Jeetan Patel, and by the time the batting powerplay was called in the 36th, Durham required just 21 runs with three wickets to spare.

Patel was phenomenal in his first seven overs, as shared by the Financial Times' Amer Malik, but with desperation kicking in, he too was forced to take too many chances to try and dismiss Stokes:

"

Jeetan Patel has bowled magnificently, still cant understand why Ateeq Javid isn't being bought on.

— Amer FTcricket (@Amermalik12) September 20, 2014"

He finished surrendering 25 runs and taking an impressive four wickets in 10 overs, with an economy of 2.50.

Warwickshire had a strong leg-before-wicket shout on Breese, but the umpire was unmoved as Durham's win moved ever closer, needing just four runs from 60 balls.

It was Breese himself who scored the final runs with a boundary, winning his team the 2014 Royal London One-Day Cup. While Stokes was undoubtedly the hero, the 38-year-old Breese will soak up the headlines, as he couldn't have asked for a better ending to his Durham career.