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Guptill: Set the tone
Guptill struck 60 from 43 balls, while Wayne Madsen added a maiden half-century as Derbyshire scored 183-3 on home soil.
Gordon Muchall led the Durham chase with 62 but the Dynamos came up short on 178-5.
Guptill reached his maiden fifty for Derbyshire off 35 balls as he and Wes Durston put on 88 in 11 overs for the opening stand.
The latter was caught behind off Gareth Breese for 25 and Guptill followed in the spinner's next over, clubbing a full toss to extra cover.
Chesney Hughes hit a brisk 23 off 14 balls before Breese took a fine running catch off the bowling of Graham Onions in the 15th over.
The Falcons were in danger of falling short but Madsen improvised well in reaching 50 off just 28 balls with 53 coming from the final four overs.
The reply started promisingly with Muchall and Phil Mustard putting on 88 in 10 overs, Muchall's 50 coming off 30 balls.
Mustard gave Hughes (1-28) the charge and was stumped for 36 and with the Derbyshire bowlers keeping the pressure on, both Ian Blackwell and Paul Collingwood failed to reach double figures.
Muchall skied one to cover leaving the Dynamos requiring 56 off the last four overs, and despite Dale Benkenstein and David Miller taking 18 from Durston's third over, the momentum was lost when Benkenstein pulled Steffan Jones to deep mid-wicket.
Breese pulled Tim Groenewald for six but 15 off the final over proved too much as Jones kept runs to a premium.
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