SURREY V MIDDLESEX -
Royal London One-Day Cup - 7 May 2017
Middlesex 243-9 (50 Overs). Surrey 244-3 (45.2 Overs). Surrey won by
7 wickets.
An unbroken fourth wicket stand of 117 in 19 overs between Rory
Burns (67) and Ben Foakes (55) took Surrey to victory by seven
wickets in their Royal London One-Day Cup match against Middlesex at
the Oval. Middlesex, with just one victory in four matches, are now
facing an uphill struggle to progress.
Surrey were chasing a slightly under-par Middlesex total of 243
for nine. Middlesex made the urgent breakthrough they needed when
Toby Roland-Jones bowled Mark Stoneman for ten in the fifth over.
But Surrey responded well, as Scott Borthwick flicked Tom Helm
over square-leg for six. And Kumar Sangakkara got into his stride
when he hit Helm for successive fours, on-driving and then lofting
over mid-on.
This pair put Surrey firmly in control with a second wicket
partnership of 91. But Borthwick then chipped Dawid Malan to
long-off and Sangakkara, who had been untroubled throughout his
innings, suddenly drove Malan straight to cover for a 68-ball 59 to
leave the game in the balance at 127 for three. But then Burns and
Foakes took charge.
When Middlesex batted they only looked capable of a formidable
total when first Nick Gubbins and then John Simpson were at the
wicket, but neither player survived to play the much needed major
innings.
They were already depleted without their England and Ireland
representatives, and then they decided to play Nick Compton ahead of
the impressively in form Stevie Eskinazi.
Tom Curran broke through for Surrey with the last ball of the
ninth over when Malan pulled to Stoneman at deep square-leg for just
14. That brought Compton to the wicket but the former England batsman’s
innings lasted just five deliveries. He was caught behind nibbling
outside his off stump, and that meant Middlesex were 42 for two
after ten overs.
Gubbins kept swashbuckling away at one end but at the other Adam
Voges soon perished when he was caught down the leg-side for nine.
Gubbins, it seemed would need to make a century, and he looked well
capable of it until he swiped Ravi Rampaul to Stuart Meaker for an
86-ball 65.
Simpson then took responsibility for the Middlesex innings. He
was almost caught at long leg when he had made 51 but the missed
half-chance didn’t cost Surrey too dearly because he was lbw to
Gareth Batty for 75, attempting to shovel the ball to leg. Batty’s
ten overs cost just 38 runs, while Rampaul took four for 40
After Gubbins and Simpson the highest Middlesex scorer was James
Franklin, with 35, and they needed ten wides from the Surrey bowlers
to get as many as they did.
Rory Burns (Surrey): "It was good to bounce
back after the Essex game the other day. It was nice to get a score
today. Scott and Sanga set it up nicely for us. We knew that 240 or
250 was a decent score but not astronomical. We wanted to stay busy
and show intent. We ran well all innings. Ben is seeing it pretty
big at the moment. He bats the situation. I just wanted the two of
us to be there at the end. [About possible Lions selection]: It’s
not for me to pick myself. I’d like to pick myself but I can’t.
But if I keep scoring runs who knows."
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