Glos 220 beat Surrey 214 by 6 runs
Gloucestershire pulled off a thrilling six-run win in the One-Day Cup final at Lord's despite Jade Dernbach's 6-35, including a hat-trick, for Surrey.
A total of 220 did not look enough after Dernbach dismissed Geraint Jones (50), Craig Miles and David Payne with successive deliveries.
Surrey looked to be cruising when Kumar Sangakkara (60) and Rory Burns (56) were together in a stand of 101.
But five wickets fell for 23 runs as they were bowled out for 214 with three balls remaining in the final over.
It was Gloucestershire's ninth win in 10 nine Lord's one-day finals - and the perfect way for Geraint Jones, who had earlier hit a half-century himself, to bow out in his final game before retirement.
But, for dejected opposite number Gareth Batty, caught by Jack Taylor on the mid-wicket boundary in the final over to spark wild scenes of West Country jubilation, it was the former Worcetershire and England off spinner's third Lord's final defeat - and all of them by Gloucestershire.
It had looked as if Gloucestershire had not posted enough runs despite a Jones-inspired recovery from 108-5 to 220-7, in which Jack Taylor contributed 35 off 26 balls.
And 15 deliveries were left unused after Dernbach finished off the innings by claiming the wickets of Jones (50), Craig Miles and David Payne for successive first-ball ducks.
The last of those wickets was, however, highly contentious as the crouching Payne was given out lbw after trying to avoid a full toss from Dernbach and the ball, which appeared to be heading down leg-side, struck him on the side.
Surrey lost openers Jason Roy and Steven Davies early during a superb new-ball spell by James Fuller (2-34), but Sangakkara and Burns gradually got on top.
However, just when Surrey looked to have the game in their grasp, both were out in the space of 13 balls and the tail buckled under mounting pressure as they suffered their sixth defeat in 11 Lord's finals.
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