Wins for Surrey, Glos and Rapids in T20 Blast

As Sam Curran’s side showed their bat and ball skills at the Oval, Sussex Sharks were defeated by 48 runs.

Gloucestershire defeated Kent by seven wickets at Canterbury to move off the bottom of the South Group, which was caused by the sun’s position.

Jason Roy, the tournament’s third-highest run scorer, was forced to play a two-ball duck, but Sam Curran did so with 38 before Ollie Sykes put on some late fireworks.

The 20-year-old thrashed four sixes and two fours for a career-best 44 not out in Surrey, his eighth game in this format.

Reece Topley (3-24) and Tom Curran (2-24) combined for three early wickets to reduce Sussex to 14-3, which always seemed out of reach for the visitors.

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Sussex responded briefly to Tom Clark’s (45) and Danny Lamb’s (49) resistance, but Surrey’s most recent victory sends a clear message to the rest of the competition’s teams with the addition of Mitchell Santner (22-46) and Chris Jordan (13-55) as wickets.

Gloucestershire have endured a poor defense so far, losing their first five games, but victory at Kent keeps their slim chances of leaving the South Group. They were the surprise package to win the competition for the first time last year.

Ajeet Singh Dale once more impressed with the ball, allowing Kent to bat at a score of 153-pounds with a third successive three-wicket haul (3-24).

Daniel Bell-Drummond (3), who was one of Singh Dale’s victims, was just back from a stunning century against Somerset on Sunday. The home side were owed to Tawanda Muyeye (33), Harry Finch (42), and Sam Billings (38), but they were unable to add 34 runs from their final five overs.

With 10 balls to go, Gloucestershire won the run-along, but not before the weather brought a brief stoppage.

After D’Arcy Short (33) hit a six, the umpires removed the pitch until it had vanished behind the stands.

Ollie Price (41) and skipper Jack Taylor (54) combined for an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 98 to finally get off the mark following the break, which did not alter the game’s course.

After being tipped for a 100-5 lead at the start of the 14th over, Durham were given a 33-ball, unbeaten 58 by Will Rhodes to post anything close to a competitive total.

With Matthew Waite taking 2-20 in his four overs, along with New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham, Rhodes struggled to break the shackles of some tight bowling.

North Group

Leicestershire Outlaws v. Leicestershire Foxes (18:30 BST)

South Group

Lord’s: Middlesex v Essex (18: 15)