Surrey overcame a fine Durham fightback to become the first team to make it to T20 Blast Finals Day. Chasing 163 to win, a 95-run partnership between Dom Sibley (67) and Sam Curran (52) for the fourth wicket tipped the game in Surrey’s favour from 53-3 and they wrapped up the win with two overs to spare. After being put in to bat, Durham had a horror start, falling to 36-4 in the eighth over, before recovering superbly to post 162-8 at The Oval.
Surrey’s pace bowlers Dan Worrall (2-14) and Reece Topley (2-20) made early inroads into Durham’s top order as they struggled to put runs on the board. When Sam Curran’s quick-thinking and expert arm ran out Colin Ackermann at the non-striker’s end to leave Durham 61-5 at the halfway stage, the visitors looked to be in big trouble.