LANCASHIRE’S chances of progression in the Clydesdale Bank 40 are all but over after being sunk by a dominant Surrey display.

Rory Hamilton-Brown’s side won by eight wickets with 97 balls to spare in their pursuit of 166, consigning the Lightning to their fourth defeat in six and second against Surrey.

Surrey’s position in Group A is much healthier, having won three out of four.

Lancashire, reduced to 39-5, recovered to 165 thanks to stand-in skipper Mark Chilton’s 68 off 78 balls and Luke Sutton’s 47 off 68.

But identical spells of 3-29 from eight overs for Andre Nel and Jade Dernbach had put the visitors on top after Chilton elected to bat.

Hamilton-Brown and Steven Davies shared 113 inside 15 overs for the first wicket and Davies top scored with an entertaining 82 not out off 69 balls, including eight fours and three sixes.

A sixth-wicket partnership of 108 between Chilton and Sutton had earlier got the hosts up to 147-5 in the 35th over before the former was bowled by Nel.

It was the first of four wickets to fall in the four overs of batting powerplay with Dernbach getting Kyle Hogg caught behind by Davies. Stephen Parry was involved in the run out of Sutton before he was caught behind off Nel in the same over.