Nottinghamshire 257 for 4 (Munsey 88) beat Durham 156 for 8 (Rhodes 38, Linde 2-19)
Well beaten in each of their first three North Group matches, Notts were miserly with the ball in restricting Durham to 156 for 8 and opener Munsey’s first big contribution in the competition meant they were always comfortably ahead in the chase.
The 33-year-old left-hander, capped 165 times for his country, hit three sixes and nine fours in a 52-ball knock, backed up by Freddie McCann’s 32 from 33 balls.
Dillon Pennington set the tone with a wicket from his first delivery as Durham were left reeling at 41 for 4 at the end of their batting powerplay.
After Graham Clark was caught behind off a thin edge, Ali struck with his first ball as Alex Lees miscued to mid-on. Left-arm spinner Linde took two in two as South African compatriot David Bedingham (24 from 19), who had already cleared the ropes twice, sent up a steepling top edge and Ben Raine picked out the man at deep midwicket.
Durham were 70 for 4 from 10, which quickly became 71 for 5 as Robinson missed a ball from Benny Howell that struck him low on the back pad.
Colin Ackermann eked out 25 from 20 balls including back-to-back boundaries off Howell before being cleaned up by a Stone leg-stump yorker. Rhodes and Kasey Aldridge (20 off 13) found some belated momentum as the last five overs added 54, although 156 looked well under par.
Needing to score at just less than eight an over, the Outlaws breezed through their batting powerplay at above ten, Munsey leading the way with six fours and a six. At 63 for 2, they had lost Joe Clarke, leg before, and Jack Haynes, caught at fine leg, both dismissals a little careless.
Munsey, a powerful striker of the ball, completed his first Outlaws half-century from 30 deliveries, hitting Raine over the top for his eighth four as Notts reached halfway in their innings at 93 for 2, needing another 64.
The Scot had an escape on 58 as a half-chance went down before back-to-back maximums off Nathan Sowter brought the requirement down to 25 from the last five overs.
Notts suffered a momentary wobble as McCann skyed one into the off side and Tom Moores edged behind without scoring, Matty Potts taking both wickets with a wide in between, but new man Linde quickly found the winning boundary.
