Gloucestershire 220, Surrey 214
Retiring Geraint Jones makes 50 for Glos
Surrey's Dernbach (6-35) takes hat-trick
Mike Smith
Former Gloucestershire and England seam bowler on BBC Radio Bristol
Quote MessageWhat's been impressive is that Kumar Sangakkara has taken nothing for granted. He's been very professional and prepared well for the game, giving an example of why he is the best player in the world.
Target 221
Tom Smith is the sixth bowler tried by Gloucestershire skipper Michael Klinger. Slow left-arm from Smith, tidy enough, but the two batsmen are happy to pick him off for singles.
Target 221
Rory Burns is down the track to turn Jack Taylor's opening ball into a full toss which he duly despatches for four. The 50 partnership comes up off 61 deliveries, but you get the impression that Sangakkara is just biding his time at the moment.
Target 221
Benny Howell exhales loudly with the effort of striving for another wicket for Gloucesteshire. He hasn't looked particularly threatening so far, but isn't giving Surrey any four-balls.
Image source, Getty ImagesRory Burns slices uppishly through point from Jack Taylor's opening delivery, and the bowler gains a moral victory by turning one off the straight which skews away off the outside edge.
Burns has the final word, though, but hitting the last all of the over through mid-on for four.
Target 221
Gareth Roderick is standing up to the stumps to try and prevent the Surrey batsmen using their feet to Benny Howell's medium pace. The two batsmen, however, are content to pick up an occasional run, with plenty of time left to reach the target.
Target 221
Rory Burns misses an attempted paddle sweep and is struck on the pad, but avoids an appeal by getting his front foot outside off stump. Only a single from the over, but one feels Gloucestershire need another wicket - and from their perspective, preferably Sangakkara's.
Target 221
A double change as all-rounder Benny Howell takes up the attack for Gloucestershire. He took three wickets in the semi-final win over Yorkshire and they could do with a repeat performance.
In days of yore, bowlers of Howell's pace would be called 'military medium', but he maintains a tight line, conceding only a couple of singles, with the encouragement of 'Come on Benno' and 'Yes, Benny lad' shouts from wicketkeeper Gareth Roderick.
Target 221
Image source, Getty ImagesHow will Surrey react to the introduction of spin from Jack Taylor? Like Gareth Batty in the Gloucestershire innings, the first ball is a loosener and Rory Burns puts it away for four.
Taylor doesn't seem frightened to give the ball some air, and the rest of the over is tidy.
Target 221
Craig Miles overpitches and Rory Burns strokes it through mid-on for his first boundary. A shorter ball is pulled down to fine leg, but this time there is only two runs in it.
Kumar Sangakkara dabs down close to the wicket and Surrey pinch a cheeky single as wicketkeeper Gareth Roderick fields to his left. Ten from the over.
Target 221
James Fuller is human after all as he sends down a leg-side wide. That apart, though, it's the same probing line and length that has served him well so far.
Fuller forces Sangakara to duck a bouncer from the final delivery, but umpire Rob Bailey calls it a no-ball giving Surrey a free hit. A well-directed yorker only costs Gloucestershire a single.
Target 221
Now, is there a seed of doubt growing in the Surrey changing room? Not while Kumar Sangakkara is still in the middle, I suspect.
Rory Burns, the third left-hander in Surrey's top four, gets his score moving with a single to mid-wicket off Crag Miles, but that's another good over with only four conceded.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special
Quote MessageJames Fuller got a little bit of extra lift on that one playing the bounce. Gloucestershire will feel with that extra wicket that there's a bit more in the game. Fuller has bowled a very disciplined line and length.
Target 221 - Surrey 42-2 (Sangakkara 16)
Image source, PABrilliant from James Fuller who goes round the wcket for the final ball of the over. The change of angle bamboozles Steven Davies, who jabs it down into his stumps.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special
Quote MessageJames Fuller and David Payne have been on the money and forced Surrey to work for runs. Both batsman have had to find ways to score. That's a sign that there's not much let up.
Yes, I am clairvoyant - Craig Miles comes on to give David Payne a rest. But don't worry, despite my powers, I'm not going to give away the result of the game!!
Tall and rangy, can 21-year-old Miles emulate the tight bowling of his team-mates? It is not a bad start, but the final ball is on leg-stump and Kumar Sangakkara clips it to the mid-wicket boundary.
Target 221
James Fuller's attempted yorker is forced away past mid-off by Steven Davies and Surrey collect three. A single to Sangakkara is all she wrote thereafter - Fuller has 1-10 from five overs, but Gloucestershire may soon have to consider a change.
Target 221
Image source, PAGlorious. That wasn't even a half-volley by David Payne, but Kumar Sangakkara drives it magnificently through extra cover for four. As effortless as David Gower in his prime. Still a useful over by Payne, though.