Summary

  • Surrey v Northamptonshire Steelbacks in first T20 Blast quarter-final

  • Ravi Bopara hits superb 105* off 46 balls for Northants to help them to 154-4

  • Game reduced to 14 overs a side after rain

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  1. 'A brilliant piece of fielding'published at 21:53 British Summer Time

    Surrey 95-4 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Mark Church
    BBC Radio London commentator

    It is a great effort, sliding, a brilliant piece of fielding from Luke Proctor.

    This should only be two.

  2. Surrey need 62 off 30 ballspublished at 9 overs

    Surrey 93-4 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Laurie Evans takes advantage of a free-hit to move to six from three balls at the end of the Scrimshaw over.

    Sam Curran is on 31*.

  3. 'George Scrimshaw's body language tells the tale'published at 21:49 British Summer Time

    87-4 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Phil Rowe
    BBC Radio Northampton

    The guy at the other end holds the key to this game, if Sam Curran stays to the end it could be that Surrey have won.

    George Scrimshaw's body language tells the tale, but he is overly confident and pumped up there over-stepping.

    That could be painful.

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    WICKETpublished at 8.4 overs

    Lawrence c Procter b Scrimshaw 2 (Surrey 85-4 - target 155 from 14 overs)

    Two in the over for George Scrimshaw. Momentum changer?

    Dan Lawrence picks up two from his first ball but the next is shorter and wide and Lawrence can only cut it straight down the throat of Luke Procter at a wide third.

    The pace made that happen.

    Laurie Evans is the new man. The Surrey guns aren't going silent yet.

  5. 'A Pope does get a Pope'published at 21:48 British Summer Time

    Surrey 83-3 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Mark Church
    BBC Radio London commentator

    You can see what that means to George Scrimshaw.

    Lloyd Pope takes a very safe catch so a Pope does get a Pope.

    Good bottle from Lloyd Pope out there with the crowd behind him.

    You can see Ollie Pope screaming no as it comes down inside the rope.

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    WICKETpublished at 8.2 overs

    Pope c Pope b Scrimshaw 41 (Surrey 83-3 - target 155 from 14 overs)

    George Scrimshaw is back and Sam Curran settles for a single from his first ball.

    Ollie Pope is next in the firing line but Scrimshaw bangs one in short and Pope swivels but can only top edge one down the throat of Lloyd Pope on the fine leg boundary who takes a steepling catch. Pope snaffles Pope.

    41 from 23 balls for Ollie but he's back in the changing room and a new phase of the game is here.

  7. 73 more needed off 36 ballspublished at 8 overs

    Surrey 82-2 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Justin Broad back into the attack to slow things down a touch and Sam Curran carves away into the dep for a single to move to 23* from 14 balls.

    Ollie Pope scampers a single after mistiming to mid-on and Curran drives in the same direction but settles for a dot-ball.

    Curran takes a mighty swing at the next ball and slices high into the sky with the ball dropping over the deep point rope for his first six.

    Good recovery from Broad who beats the bat from the penultimate ball of the over and then slings in a wide one which Curran chops into the deep for a single to move to 30*.

    Nine off the over.

    Great stuff, this.

  8. Postpublished at 21:41 British Summer Time

    Surrey 75-2 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Phil Rowe
    BBC Radio Northampton

    The required rate is 12 for Surrey at the moment who will not worry about that only two wickets down with the batting they have in the hutch.

  9. 82 more needed off seven overspublished at 7 overs

    Surrey 73-2 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Ollie Pope battingImage source, Getty Images

    Right then, from spin to blistering pace, big George Scrimshaw is tossed the ball.

    His first ball is loose and Sam Curran tucks in with a boundary to move to 20* but Scrimshaw almost gets Ollie Pope as he clips just over the grasp of Justin Broad at cover.

    Pope runs two and then uses Scrimshaw's pace to punch an extraordinary shot behind point for his fifth four to move to 40*.

    Feeling a little ominous for the Steelbacks, here, given the strength of the batters still in the hutch.

    82 from 42 balls needed.

  10. 'Terrific game of cricket this, finely poised'published at 21:35 British Summer Time

    Surrey 60-2 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Cameron Steel
    Surrey all-rounder on Radio 5 Sports Extra

    A brave final ball of that over from Pope to Pope.

    It was not a bad ball, but he flighted it up and Pope played a good shot and suddenly the gamble over went for 15.

    David Willey has a headache now, who can he go to for two overs, or does he go with spin again?

    Terrific game of cricket this, finely poised.

  11. 15 off the overpublished at 6 overs

    Surrey 60-2 - target 155 from 14 overs

    We have a spinner in action tonight. Leggy Lloyd Pope is on.

    His first ball is cracked to the boundary before Sam Curran brings up the Surrey 50 from the next.

    A couple of singles follow before Ricardo Vasconcelos makes a tumbling stop to prevent a boundary, only for Ollie Pope to launch his namesake Lloyd back over his head to finish the over with his second six to move to 34.

    Might be a short-lived experiment, that.

  12. Postpublished at 5 overs

    Surrey 45-2 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Another right-arm medium pacer Justin Broad takes the fifth over and Sam Curran squirts one into the leg side for a single off the first ball.

    Four more singles follow off the next four balls as Ollie Pope moves into the 20s before he moves to 25* with a slash over the covers for a very useful and timely boundary.

    36 from 19 balls between these two. Nine off the over.

  13. Postpublished at 4 overs

    Surrey 36-2 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Luke Procter takes the fourth over and after giving up a single to Sam Curran draws a play and a miss from Ollie Pope.

    The third ball is cracked straight at the fielder at mid-wicket before a streaky edge for four past the keeper keeps the run of boundaries coming.

    Pope carves a single away to move to 19 from 12 balls before Sam Curran dabs to mid-on for another.

    Seven off the over. One ball left in the powerplay. Surrey are behind the ask, but it's still early.

  14. Postpublished at 21:26 British Summer Time

    Surrey 35-2 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Andrew Radd
    BBC Radio Northampton

    Not a lot you can do about that.

    Pope went for a big drive and gets a big edge on it past the keeper for four.

    It was a good delivery, so that is still a moral victory for the bowler.

  15. 16 off the overpublished at 3 overs

    Surrey 29-2 - target 155 from 14 overs

    David Willey back for his second over, seeking to give his side a stranglehold on this quarter-final.

    He strays a little wide and Ollie Pope gets off the mark with a carve behind point to the fence for another boundary.

    Pope scrambles another bye, with Willey unable to produce a run-out with his boot, or hand, this time, before Sam Curran clips off his hips for a single into the leg side.

    Pope flashes a cut away to the deep backward point rope as Willey strays wide once more before straying down the leg side and being clipped over the fine leg rope into the crowd for Surrey's first maximum.

  16. Postpublished at 2 overs

    Surrey 13-2 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Sam Curran gets off the mark with a lovely cover drive through the puddles to the rope.

    Eight runs off the over, but another wicket too.

    Surrey are dealing in boundaries only thus far, with an extra too.

  17. 'A fantastic bit of work from Lewis McManus'published at 21:17 British Summer Time

    Surrey 9-2 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Cameron Steel
    Surrey leg-spin allrounder on BBC R5LSX

    I was just about to say how scary it must be stood up to the stumps to that.

    I thought it had bowled him, but he hit it.

    What a take.

    It is a fantastic bit of work from Lewis McManus.

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    WICKETpublished at 1.5 overs

    Roy c McManus b Sanderson 8 (Surrey 9-2 - target 155 from 14 overs)

    Ben Sanderson takes the new ball from the other end and gets one through the gate facing Jason Roy, with the ball somehow missing the bails.

    Roy responds with a crouching clip over cover to the rope for his second boundary but then misses an attempted pull shot, with Lewis McManus behind the pipes showing lightning reflexes to ship off the bails, though Roy was safely in his crease.

    Roy goes fourth ball however, Sanderson finds the faintest inside edge and how has McManus held onto that, standing up to the timbers.

    Incredible.

  19. Postpublished at 1 over

    Surrey 5-1 - target 155 from 14 overs

    Ollie Pope is the new man for Surrey and David Willey gets one to wobble and nip past the outside edge and then beats the blade with another rising delivery.

    Willey is in the zone early here.

  20. 'Exactly what the Northants doctor ordered'published at 21:11 British Summer Time

    Surrey 5-1- target 155 from 14 overs

    Phil Rowe
    BBC Radio Northampton

    A pretty tame dismissal.

    It did not really swing, he just clipped it all the way to the deep legside fielder.

    Exactly what the Northants doctor ordered.