Surrey secured a home Vitality Blast quarter-final in a convincing 67-run victory over Somerset at the Kia Oval
Reece Topley (3-20) led the charge for wickets, while Jamie Overton, Sam Curran and Adam Zampa all took two apiece as Somerset collapsed from 73-2 to 134 all out in pursuit of 202 to win, Tom Kohler-Cadmore top-scoring with 38.
Earlier Will Jacks with 57 in 37 balls with four 6s provided the backbone of Surrey’s 201-6.
Jacks lofted the second ball of the match from England spinner Jack Leach into the crowd. Ryan Patel sent one from Riley Meredith over the ropes and Jacks planted the last ball of the over into the crowd at cow corner as 61 runs came from the powerplay.
Leach broke the stand a run later, luring Patel down the pitch to be stumped, but another six helped Jacks to 50 in only 30 balls as he and Jason Roy kept up the pressure with a second-wicket stand of 49.
Jacks’ departure lbw to Lewis Goldsworthy sparked a slump, the all-rounder then had Surrey skipper Sam Curran stumped first ball to leave the Cornishman on a hat-trick.
Roy thumped another huge six and looked to be moving into overdrive, but when he under-clubbed another from Leach and found the hands of Tom Abell in the deep Surrey were 127-4.
Lawrence threatened to pick up from his century two days earlier with two maximums in a breezy 16-ball 32, but it needed a last-over six into the sightscreen from Chris Jordan to set Somerset 202.
That target looked larger 15 balls into the chase when Topley splayed Tom Lammonby’s stumps with 13 on the board, but five fours from Jordan’s first over, four of them from the bat of Kohler-Cadmore put the Cidermen on the charge.
A collector’s item followed as Ben Foakes dropped Kohler-Cadmore on 20 from an attempted ramp off Topley.
In search of a momentum shift skipper Sam Curran brought himself on and struck immediately, Will Smeed slapping the first delivery straight to cover.
A tight following over from Overton lifted the rate over 11, but Kohler-Cadmore’s response was to spank one from Zampa into the JM Finn Stand for 6. The Australian leg-spinner’s revenge was swift as three balls later Kohler-Cadmore skied a top edge into the gloves of Foakes.
And top edges were catching with Abell following suite from the bowling of Overton, Lawrence the catcher on this occasion.
As the rate soared, Overton caught and bowled Tim Dixon and while skipper Lewis Gregory sent one from Sam Curran high into the seats, he perished trying to repeat the feat and Somerset collapsed.
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