Surrey 174 -5 (Evans 52, Smith 49*) beat Kent 173-5 (Jacks 3-28) by 5 wickets
Surrey pulled off a last-ball win in opposition to Kent Spitfires after a nerve-shredding run chase at Canterbury through which they efficiently managed a goal that had swollen to 48 from the final 4 overs.
Surrey have been 9 brief getting into Michael Hogan’s remaining over. They tied the scores with one ball remaining when Jamie Smith shuffled throughout his stumps to comb a boundary, and Jack Leaning simply didn’t cling on to a fierce drive from Smith at brief level when Hohan delivered a low, huge full toss off the final supply.
Surrey went second to Somerset in South Group whereas kent, with just one win to their title, want a fast change of fortune.
Surrey appeared to be cruising to the goal after Laurie Evans hit 52, however a cluster of wickets stored Kent in competition till Smith, who completed unbaten on 49, and Sean Abbott edged them over the road for a five-wicket win.
Earlier, Will Jacks took three for 28 because the Spitfires have been restricted to 173 for five. That was a restoration: solely 122 for 5 after 16 overs, Kent not less than made issues fascinating. Leaning was unbeaten on 34 and Sam Billings was Kent’s subsequent highest scorer with 30.
Kent have been unable to reward a crowd of 4,500, modest maybe within the nice scheme of issues, however believed to be a document for a Sunday afternoon on the Spitfire Floor,
After profitable the toss, they misplaced Tawanda Muyeye for 9 on the finish of the primary over when he was bowled by Jacks. Joe Denly then blasted 27 from 14 balls, however when Jacks pinged his off stump it drastically slowed the run fee.
Daniel Bell-Drummond was out for 25 when he drove Jacks straight to Abbott at deep mid-on and 6.2 overs glided by with no boundary till Jordan Cox pulled Chris Jordan for 4 within the eleventh. Billings then reverse swept Sunil Narine for six within the thirteenth however he was bowled leg stump off the fifth ball of the over.
The rating would have been considerably decrease had Surrey not shelled 4 probabilities. Cox was the primary to be reprieved when he was dropped by Jamie Overton on 20, though he solely added one other three when Overton atoned, snaring him on the boundary after he had reverse-swept Narine.
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