Will Jacks, Sam Curran pile on the runs as Chris Jordan four-for seals Surrey win

Jun 25, 2023 at 12:52 PM
Will Jacks, Sam Curran pile on the runs as Chris Jordan four-for seals Surrey win

Surrey 238 for five (Jacks 69, S Curran 59) beat Glamorgan 157 for 8 (Jordan 4-21) by 81 runs

Surrey made their highest T20 rating on the Kia Oval as they crushed understrength Glamorgan by 81 runs to chalk up a fifth win of their final six Vitality Blast South Group video games.

Opener Will Jacks prime scored with 69, his third fifty on this season’s competitors, and there have been cameos from Laurie Evans (40) and Sunil Narine (36) to put the platform for a brutal assault by the Curran brothers within the closing overs.

Sam cleared the ropes six instances as he smashed 59 off 22 balls and Tom contributed 23 off 13 as they plundered 80 runs from the final 33 deliveries earlier than Sam was bowled trying to ramp Jamie McIlroy off the ultimate ball of the innings. Surrey’s 238 for five was additionally the third highest rating of their T20 historical past.

Glamorgan, whose harm points meant they gave debuts to a few gamers, additionally conceded their third highest rating within the format. They made 157 for 8 in reply however regardless of this defeat nonetheless have an opportunity of reaching the knockout levels with 4 video games to go.

With the influential Colin Ingram injured, Glamorgan have introduced in New Zealand batter Cam Fletcher, 30, on a short-term foundation. Fletcher has been taking part in within the Bradford League for New Farnley whereas batter Will Smale and right-armer Andy Govin have been additionally making their debuts for the county in T20.

Gorvin was the one bowler whose financial system charge was under ten an over as Surrey, put in on a green-tinged pitch, cruised alongside at 12 an over for many of their innings.

Jacks and Evans had 64 up within the powerplay earlier than Evans, who made 118 when the groups met in Cardiff earlier this month, was fantastically caught by wicketkeeper Chris Cooke chopping leg-spinner Peter Hatzoglou within the seventh over simply when he was beginning to reduce unfastened.

Glamorgan briefly stemmed the circulation in the course of the innings by claiming three wickets in 11 balls. Jacks, who’d hit eight fours and two sixes, reduce to backward level and Sunil Narine (36 off 18) holed out to lengthy off to provide Hatzoglou two wickets in 5 balls. Jamie Overton top-edged a pull however that introduced the Curran brothers collectively and the enjoyable started.

McIlroy was hit for 5 sixes in his closing two overs and Hatzoglou two with Sam Curran unveiling some eye-catching photographs and clear hitting, the spotlight the successive sixes off McIlroy down the bottom within the closing over as he handed fifty within the format for the 14th time. His was additionally Surrey’s joint-third quickest fifty (18 balls) in T20.

Asked to attain at 12.25 an over Glamorgan had little choice however assault however nobody might play the substantial innings – or achieve this shortly sufficient – to provide them an opportunity.

Kiran Carlson was caught on the square-leg boundary in Sam Curran’s first over; fellow opener Smale hit 27 off 16 balls solely to drive Gus Atkinson’s slower ball to Tom Curran at lengthy on; and debutant wicketkeeper Josh Blake took a superb one-handed catch to his proper to take away Sam Northeast.

Billy Root (31) added 48 for the fourth wicket with Cooke, who prime scored with 49 off 28 balls earlier than holing out off Chris Jordan. The Surrey skipper completed with 4 for 21 and Narine picked up 2 for 25.