Surrey picked up their first win of the Vitality Blast with a disciplined bowling display took control against Glamorgan in a seven-run win.
Sam Curran impressed with the ball, taking 3 for 18 for the visitors to secure his first win as permanent captain for Surrey. Jason Roy scored a second consecutive half-century in the first innings to give Surrey a competitive 149 for 8 before the experienced, international-filled bowling contingent took charge.
Glamorgan’s bowlers also gave positives to restrict Surrey, Dan Douthwaite’s 3 for 23 the highlight. A 58-partnership from Kiran Carlson and Will Smale set the hosts on their way in the chase, however key wickets through the middle overs left to be all out for 142 off the final delivery.
Surrey’s win gives both sides four points (one win, one loss) after two matches at this early stage in the South Group.
For the second consecutive time at the start of their T20 campaign, Surrey were put into bat by the toss winning hosts. Ollie Pope showed his creativity early, scooping Timm van der Gugten for a six in the first over, discarding the deep-third fielder from being in play.
Dom Sibley took a while to get going, not making the most of the first six overs from his opening position. The former Test opener had just two from 11 balls before finding a boundary to kickstart a progressive innings for his 26, not too dissimilar to Sam Curran’s support for the top-scoring Roy against Somerset last time out.
Glamorgan’s run restricting spells continued with ever-changing bowlers. The visitors had a 23-ball boundaryless spell after the Powerplay until Roy pushed up a gear, hitting Andy Gorvin for a destructive straight six, a feat that Sam Curran and Laurie Evans couldn’t replicate, both falling caught at long-off in the same, eventful over.
After Roy brought up 50 in 37 balls, Tom Curran, Ollie Sykes and Jordan struggled to find quick-scoring boots on a seemingly slow pitch which caused timings troubles from back-of-a-length.
After Roy’s dismissal, Smith brought a key six in the penultimate over after struggling boundary-hitting attempts from the rest of the lower-order.
In reply, Glamorgan’s wicketless powerplay set them up for a strong platform in a manageable chase. Although the openers rode their luck with a few outside edges racing to the boundary and landing fortunately, the 50-partnership still came in their favour in the seventh over with some strong running and a notable Smale ramp for six off after a failed earlier attempt.
With two starts unable to be taken advantage of through the introduction of Jordan with the ball and Sam Curran conceding just six from his first two overs, cameos would come to keep Glamorgan afloat.
Ben Kellaway struck two boundaries including a reverse-sweep in his seven-ball stay, and with Colin Ingram unable to get going, tied down by the impressive Sam Curran, Glamorgan slumped to a spell of three wickets for 11 runs in three overs.
With momentum against them, the hosts looked unlikely, needing 55 from six overs, before a Douthwaite blow sailing over the biggest boundary on the ground off the final ball of the 15th over proved crucial timing but not enough to propel Glamorgan to victory.
Eventually, the task became too much to ask with a Sam Curran series of slower balls mixed in his armoury with deliveries 30 miles per hour quicker taking three late wickets in his four-over allocation.
