Surrey 286 (Patel 73, Sibley 53, Milnes 3-32) beat Kent 191 (Denly 51, Lawes 4-40, Ealham 3-37) by 95 runs
Surrey overpowered Kent by 95 runs at the Kia Oval, totalling 286 before bowling out their visitors for 191 to take a big step closer to qualification for the Metro Bank One-Day Cup knockout stages.
A crowd of almost 7000 saw Ryan Patel’s superb 70-ball 73 launch Surrey’s innings in style, after they had been put in. Dom Sibley made 53 in an opening stand of 116 in 20 overs with Patel, who hit a six and 13 fours, while Rory Burns’ 33 from 18 balls also caught the eye.
Kent, in reply, were never in the hunt as Dan Worrall and Tom Lawes, both released from their Hundred franchises, bowled beautifully and Patel – with his medium-pacers – came on to have Daniel Bell-Drummond caught at mid-off for 27.
A defiant sixth-wicket stand of 86 between Jaydn Denly (51) and Ekansh Singh (38) kept Surrey waiting but the win, their fourth from six Group A matches, also makes it all but impossible for Kent to qualify for the quarter-finals now they have three defeats from six games.
After cleaning up the Kent tail, Lawes claimed 4 for 40 while Tommy Ealham also impressed with 3 for 37.
During Kent reply, we had booked an afternoon tea. Unfortunately, this was probably the worse afternoon tea we have had, hardly any food and were charged extra for the coffee’s which we weren’t advised and have never experienced at any other afternoon tea’s we have before.
It was good to see Dan Worrall bowling, unusually from the pavilion end and he also took two excellent catches in the outfield. Excellent crowd for this match.
