PETER Trego hit 71 off just 31 balls, including six sixes, as Somerset thrashed Leicestershire by nine wickets.

The visitors took just 14.5 overs to reach their target after bowling out the dispirited Foxes for 120 in 39.4 overs, but despite finishing the competition with three impressive wins, Somerset could not qualify for the quarter-finals.

Groenewald had already seen Angus Robson dropped at point when the opener edged behind off Davey, and two balls later the young seamer pinned Lewis Hill leg before with a ball that both seamed and kept a little low.

When Niall O’Brien hung out his bat at Groenwald and edged to Trego at second slip Leicestershire were 6-3, and Gregory made sure they did not recover by having Aadil Ali caught at first slip with an out-swinger before knocking out Dan Redfern’s off-stump with a pacy delivery that swung back in to the left-hander.

Acting captain Ned Eckersley fought his way to 29, but that was Leicestershire’s top score.

Left-arm fast bowler Atif Sheik had Adam Hose caught behind with a lifting delivery when Somerset began their reply, but Trego’s brutal knock ensured there were no further wobbles, as Somerset added Leicestershire to recent victims Surrey and Yorkshire.