That’s it from today’s coverage of the T20 Blast 2024 South Group match between Surreyand Glamorganfrom the Kennington Oval in London. I am Gourav Samal, signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Hiren Kumar and scorer analyst Chandan Kr Singh. Thank you for joining us. Stay tuned for cricketing actions around the world. Good Night.
Dominic Sibley: "Pretty happy with the win. We wanted to bowl first and then restricting them to 100 odd was good. We are winning and that is good."
1:12 AM IST and 8:43 PM Local Time | That's the end of the match. Surrey won the match by 9 wickets with 66 balls to spare.
Here is a review of what happened in the match. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Kiran Carlson and Sam Northeast opened the innings for Glamorgan. Both of them were dismissed cheaply. While Carlson scored 1 from 6 balls, Northeast managed to add 4 from 3 balls.Marnus Labuschagne remained the top scorer of the innings with 20 from 24 balls. Chris Cooke added 12 from 20 balls while Ben Kellaway scored 11 from 12 balls. Towards the end, Chris Sole remained not out on 16* from 17 balls to help his team post a total of 107/9 in 20 overs. For Surrey, Gus Atkinson and Sean Abbott were the pick of the bowlers. Atkinson took 3/19 in 4 overs while Abbott took 3/25 in 4 overs. Spencer Johnson, Jordan Clark and Daniel Lawrence picked one wicket each in the innings. Chasing a target of 108, Daniel Lawrence and Dominic Sibley opened the innings for Surrey. They added 53 runs for the first wicket before Lawrence was dismissed for 27 from 16 balls. Sibley was then joined by Laurie Evans in the middle. The duo helped their team to win the match by 9 wickets with 66 balls remaining. Sibley remained unbeaten on 44* from 26 balls along with Evans who scored 31* from 13 balls. For Glamorgan, Chris Sole picked the only wicket of the innings.
OVER 9
Surrey
108/1
Laurie Evans
31(13)
Dominic Sibley
44(26)
Marnus Labuschagne
0-12(1.0)
8.6 M Labuschagne to D Sibley
1 Surrey win by 9 wickets! Fuller and into the stumps, Sibley slogs sweeps it over square leg. Did not time it well but the ball lands in no man's land. ALL OVER! A comfortable win for Surrey in the end.
8.5 M Labuschagne to D Sibley
0 Fuller and into the stumps, driven to mid on for a dot.
SCORES LEVEL!!
8.4 M Labuschagne to D Sibley
4 FOUR MORE! Scores are level. Slightly full and outside off, Punched throw covers for a boundary.