Essex 89-4 need another 62 to beat Surrey 150-9published at 13 overs
Stuart Meaker asked to bowl out and Ravi Bopara pulls him for four but otherwise a good over and Meaker finishes with 2 for 27 from his four overs.
Summary
Surrey beat Essex by 10 runs
Kevin Pietersen out for 52 on return for Surrey
Pietersen did not field after suffering a calf strain while batting
The former England batsman had not played in England since June 2015
Essex 89-4 need another 62 to beat Surrey 150-9published at 13 overs
Essex 82-4 need another 69 runs to beat Surrey 150-9published at 12 overs
Big over for Surrey and they are still in this game. Much depends now on this partnership between Ravi Bopara and Ryan ten Doeschate. Know what they're doing these two.
WICKET Wheater lbw Batty 0published at 11.4 overs
Essex 80-4 v Surrey 150-9
Adam Wheater goes lbw first ball trying to paddle sweep. Surrey back in the game?
WICKET Westley st Sangakkara b Batty 17published at 11.3 overs
Essex 80-3 chasing 151 to win
Image source, Rex FeaturesCanny piece of bowling from the Surrey skipper, beating Tom Westley in the flight and another batsman having got set, gets out.
Essex 77-2 need another 74 to beat Surrey 150-9published at 11 overs
A top-edged pull from Tom Westley whistles to the fine leg fence for a welcome boundary. He finds another to get the board moving again - did Gareth Batty get greedy with a third Stuart Meaker over? 10 from it.
Essex 67-2 need another 84 to beat Surrey 150-9published at 10 overs
Like the first innings, this effort has just drifted away after a strong start. Plenty of batting to come though for Essex.
Essex 61-2 need another 90 to beat Surrey 150-9published at 9 overs
Useful wicket for Surrey and they get the set batsman out.
WICKET Lawrence c Tom Curran b Meaker 24published at 9 overs
Surrey 150-9 v Essex 61-2
Image source, Rex FeaturesSecond wicket for Stuart Meaker as Dan Lawarence, having backed away to swung a boundary over the off-side, holes out to deep square.
Essex 55-1 need another 96 to beat Surrey 150-9published at 8 overs
Gareth Batty will fight to the death and he comes up with a tidy over and draws a leading edge from Dan Lawrence. The required rate just edges to eight-an-over.
Essex 50-1 need another 101 to beat Surrey 150-9published at 7 overs
Much-needed wicket-taking over for Surrey but they'll need a few more to have a chance to defend this score.
WICKET Chopra c Pope b Meaker 27published at 6.4 overs
Essex 47-1 chasing 151 to win
Oh boy do Surrey need this. A miscued pull from Varun Chopra and his entertaining 22-ball knock comes to an end with a simple catch at midwicket.
Essex 43-0 need another 108 to beat Surrey 150-9published at 6 overs
Image source, Rex FeaturesChasing a small target, this is a great Powerplay for Essex, steadily ticking the board along and crucially not losing a wicket. But a fine over from Sam Curran to end the Powerplay, yeilding just a single.
This chase could be very boring because Essex don't need to take any chances at all. They have complete control so far.
Essex 42-0 need another 109 to beat Surrey 150-9published at 5 overs
It was a great start to the over from Tom Curran with three dot balls from four deliveries but a ball slightly wide of the off stump is crashed to the point fence by Varun Chopra and it's another good over for Essex.
Essex 35-0 chasing 151 to beat Surreypublished at 4 overs
Image source, Rex FeaturesAnother sharp single attempted and this time Varun Chopra survives with Sam Curran missing the stumps. Dan Lawrence drives a boundary back past Jade Dernbach and strikes the final ball of the over for another four. It's a good Powerplay so far for Essex.
News of Kevin Pietersen - Surrey have said he's strained a calf while batting.
Surrey 150-9 v Essex 26-0published at 3 overs
Better over from Tom Curran, Dan Lawarence tries to swing him down the ground but it wasn't timed and there's just five from the over.
Derbyshire wrap up seven-wicket winpublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 19 July 2017
It's all over at New Road where Derbyshire have completed a comfortable seven-wicket win with 10 balls to spare over Worcestershire.
Wayne Madsen finished 58 not out for Derbyshire, who are up to second in the North group.
Surrey 150-9 v Essex 21-0published at 2 overs
Image source, Rex FeaturesVarun Chopra has begun the T20 campaign in decent touch and drives his first boundary past point, great timing off Sam Curran, and then sizes on a ball slightly short for six over deep square.
Derbyshire cruising towards winpublished at 20:06 British Summer Time 19 July 2017
As Essex's innings gets under way, we're closing in on a result at New Road where Derbyshire look set to complete a comfortable win over Worcestershire.
Chasing the hosts' 186-5, Derbyshire require 14 from the last three overs, with Wayne Madsen well set on 57 off 34 balls.
Surrey 150-9 v Essex 8-0published at 1 over
No dramas needed in this small chase but straight away Dan Lawrence almost runs himself out, a direct hit would have done for him. A boundary to long-leg makes it a good first over for Essex.
An interesting side note, Kevin Pietersen isn't fielding. 12th man Rory Burns is on for Surrey.
Essex chase under waypublished at 20:02 British Summer Time 19 July 2017
Surrey 150-9 v Essex
Players are back out, Essex chasing just 151 to win and Kumar Sangakkara - for the first time - is keeping wicket for Surrey which is interesting. Jade Dernbach to get the second innings under way.