Laurie Evans century tops large Surrey win as data tumble at Glamorgan
Surrey 236 for two (Evans 118*, S Curran 66, Jacks 46) beat Glamorgan 171 for 8 (Northeast 76, ) by 65 runs
A record-breaking batting efficiency from Laurie Evans and his Surrey teammates arrange a 65-run victory in opposition to Glamorgan of their Vitality Blast match in Cardiff.
Evans made the best rating in opposition to Glamorgan and the best rating on this floor as Surrey additionally set a file complete at Sophia Gardens.
With Sam Curran and Will Jacks each making runs, Surrey set Glamorgan a goal of 237 to win. This was a tough sufficient activity however with large hitting all-rounder Dan Douthwaite unable to bat, having solely managing to bowl 10 balls earlier than he left the sector, it grew to become even tougher.
Glamorgan finally reached 171 for 8 as Surrey closed out a snug win with Sam Northeast‘s 76 the one important rating from the house facet.
Surrey gained the toss and elected to bat and have been electrifying from the beginning of their innings. Jacks gave Evans nice help in a gap stand that introduced 115 runs from simply 64 balls. Jacks was dismissed when he was trapped lbw by Glamorgan’s Australian leg-spinner Peter Hatzoglou for 46 from 29 balls.
While Evans had been the aggressor in his stand with Jacks it was Curran who took on the position when he walked into bat at three. In innings that was filled with outrageous photographs, seven of which have been smoked over the boundary for six, it was the three balls Curran hit over the rope in Prem Sisodiya’s last over that can reside longest within the reminiscence. The final of those was a shot the place Curran danced down the pitch a good distance from the place the ball pitched and nonetheless managed to straight drive it for six.
It was in that very same Sisodiya over that Glamorgan almost had some respite from the partnership between Curran and Evans, however Kiran Carlson, taking part in with a dislocated finger he sustained in Sunday’s match in opposition to Sussex, put down a catch at lengthy on when Evans was on 94.
Evans made probably the most of his likelihood to attain his third hundred in T20 cricket and his first for Surrey. His profession greatest 118 not out got here from 60 balls and contained 12 fours and 6 sixes.
Curran departed within the last over, caught by Colin Ingram at lengthy on going for one more six, as Surrey posted 236 for two, the best complete made on this floor, going previous the 216 for five that Glamorgan made in opposition to Hampshire in 2019.
Glamorgan have been left with a close to insurmountable activity of going at almost 12 runs an over from the very begin of their innings and so they have been two wickets down contained in the powerplay with Carlson and Callum Taylor each falling inside the primary six overs.
Glamorgan got here into this match with 4 wins from 5 matches and most of that success has been right down to the type of Ingram and Chris Cooke. There was a uncommon failure for each of them with Ingram dismissed for 11 by Sunil Narine and Cooke clear bowled by Gus Atkinson for 12.
With Cooke and Ingram gone it was left to Northeast to attempt to carry some respectability to the Glamorgan complete and his half-century the one shiny spot on a troublesome day for his facet.