tt15414 engtt2398	Surrey v Essex
	The Men's Vitality Blast 2025 (South Group)
Venue	The Kia Oval, Kennington on 6th July 2025 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 4 wickets
Points	Surrey 0; Essex 4
Umpires	NJ Llong, M Newell
Referee	PM Such
Scorers	D Beesley (Surrey), P Parkinson (Essex)

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Surrey innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
WG Jacks	c Harmer b Benkenstein	20	13	16	3	-	5	153.85
DP Sibley	c Pepper b Mohammad Aamer	1	4	8	-	-	3	25.00
JJ Roy	b Critchley	30	17	25	2	2	6	176.47
*SM Curran	c Cox b Walter	25	13	13	2	2	4	192.31
+LJ Evans	c Harmer b Benkenstein	18	5	8	1	2	1	360.00
TK Curran	not out	27	11	19	2	2	1	245.45
J Overton	c Thain b Mohammad Aamer	1	2	2	-	-	1	50.00
CJ Jordan	not out	10	8	12	1	-	2	125.00
MJ Santner	did not bat
RJW Topley	did not bat
A Zampa	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb, 7 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 12 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Sibley, 1.5 ov), 2-33 (Jacks, 3.1 ov), 3-75 (SM Curran, 6.5 ov), 4-84 (Roy, 7.5 ov), 5-102 (Evans, 8.5 ov), 6-103 (Overton, 9.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Cook	3	0	35	0	3	1	7	5	-	-	11.67
Mohammad Aamer	3	0	36	2	2	-	4	3	2	9.00	12.00
Benkenstein	2	0	23	2	-	-	3	1	2	6.00	11.50
Harmer	1	0	8	0	-	-	1	1	-	-	8.00
Critchley	2	0	21	1	2	-	5	-	2	12.00	10.50
Walter	1	0	18	1	-	-	2	1	2	6.00	18.00

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
MS Pepper	lbw b Zampa	36	15	19	6	2	7	240.00
PI Walter	c Evans b SM Curran	55	26	42	5	4	7	211.54
+JM Cox	c Roy b Zampa	10	8	9	1	1	6	125.00
LM Benkenstein	c Jordan b Zampa	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
CWJ Allison	st Evans b Santner	15	12	14	1	1	6	125.00
MJJ Critchley	not out	14	6	13	2	-	0	233.33
*SR Harmer	c Roy b SM Curran	5	3	5	1	-	1	166.67
RJ Das	not out	1	1	5	-	-	0	100.00
NRM Thain	did not bat
SJ Cook	did not bat
Mohammad Aamer	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 7 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 12 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-64 (Pepper, 4.3 ov), 2-87 (Cox, 6.3 ov), 3-87 (Benkenstein, 6.4 ov), 4-124 (Walter, 9.6 ov), 5-124 (Allison, 10.2 ov), 6-136 (Harmer, 11.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Topley	1	0	17	0	1	-	2	2	1	-	17.00
TK Curran	1	0	18	0	-	-	2	1	2	-	18.00
Santner	2	0	26	1	2	-	5	4	1	12.00	13.00
SM Curran	3	0	35	2	-	-	5	5	1	9.00	11.67
Zampa	3	0	14	3	-	-	12	1	1	6.00	4.67
Jordan	1	0	12	0	1	-	2	2	-	-	12.00
Jacks	1	0	21	0	1	-	-	1	2	-	21.00

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Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 12 overs per side
--> Surrey powerplay 1: overs 0.1 to 3.4 (35/2)
--> Essex powerplay 1: overs 0.1 to 3.4 (55/0)
--> Surrey innings: 50 in 5.3 overs
--> Surrey innings: 100 in 8.4 overs
--> Essex innings: 50 in 2.5 overs
--> Essex innings: 100 in 7.3 overs
--> MJ Santner made his last appearance in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> PI Walter 50 in 20 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes
--> A Zampa achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Twenty20 Blast matches in the Essex innings (previous best was 3-17)
--> MS Pepper (24) and PI Walter (23) added 50 in 17 balls for the Essex 1st wicket

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