Counties learn draw for 2013 CB40

CB40 winners Hampshire will take on predecessors Surrey in the group stages of the 2013 competition.

Group B will also feature Lancashire, semi-finalists this season, Durham, Derbyshire, Essex and Scotland.

Warwickshire, runners-up at Lord's, were drawn in Group A along with local rivals Worcestershire and Sussex, the other side in this season's last four.

The winners of the three groups and the best second-placed team will qualify for the semi-finals.

GROUP A

Kent, Netherlands, Northants, Notts, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire.

GROUP B

Lancashire, Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Scotland, Surrey.

GROUP C

Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Somerset, Unicorns, Yorkshire.