Vikram Solanki, Gareth Andrew and Shaaiq Choudhry all stole the show from Kevin Pietersen as Worcestershire Royals re-wrote their record books with a stunning 90-run victory at Surrey Lions in Clydesdale Bank 40 Group 'A'.

With all eyes on the axed England star, Worcestershire were intent on grabbing the headlines with a stunning batting display that left many stunned.

One member of the national press, who knew very little about the New Road side, went as far to describe Steve Rhodes' men as arguably the worst side in county cricket.

But right from the start they proved him wrong. Moeen Ali raced into his stride with a 28-ball 41 before Alexei Kervezee plundered 24 off just 13 deliveries.

However, former skipper Vikram Solanki and Gareth Andrew, promoted up to number four as the County had taken their batting power-play, creamed the disappointing Surrey attack to all parts of the Oval.

Solanki cruised to his half-century off 33 balls and surpassed his 100 35 deliveries later.

With conditions perfect for batting the former England player had eyes on his career-best of 164 not out. But it was not to be as he played-on to a slower ball from Jade Dernbach and went for an impressive 129.

Andrew was another player to keep Surrey's new loan signing in the shade with his excellent use of his Mongoose bat.

Easing to a 41-ball 50, the 26-year-old raced to his first-ever century 17 balls later after being dropped on 77 off the bowling of Pietersen.

But his stunning innings came to an end when he went for one big shot too many and was caught in the deep off Rory Hamilton-Brown for a 60-ball 104, hitting eight fours and four sixes.

The County continued to push on and eventually went on to hit their second highest-ever one-day score of 376-6, they posted 404 in 1987 in a 60-over contest against Devon, 11 runs short of the best score in 40-over cricket set by Surrey last month.

The hosts were going to need nearly nine-and-a-half-an-over and they should have found themselves a wicket down in the opening over, but Chris Russell put down Hamilton-Brown, who hit a 23-ball 50, on two off Jack Shantry.

But the left-arm seamer removed the middle stump of former County gloveman Steve Davies for 12, to allow Pietersen to take centre stage.

The introduction of Choudhry, however, who finished with 4-54, saw both Hamilton-Brown (80), holing out to Solanki at long-on, and Pietersen (38), driving the slow left-armer straight back to the bowler.

The Royals went on to close out a fourth consecutive win in the competition with 20 balls to spare.