Surrey 210-6 (20 overs)
Sussex 162 (19.5 overs)
Surrey won by 48 runs
The Sussex Sharks won the toss at the Kia Oval this evening (Wednesday 18 June) but things went downhill from there as hosts Surrey notched up 210-6 from their 20 overs.
Both openers Will Jacks and Dom Sibley topped 40 runs, with a stand of 52 before Nathan McAndrew caught Jacks for 43 off the bowling of skipper Tymal Mills in the fifth over.
Jason Roy went for a duck in the next over when Henry Crocombe struck and Brad Currie took the catch.
But from two for 61, Sibley and Sam Curran doubled the score before the skipper was caught and bowled by James Coles.
It was the highest-scoring partnership of the Surrey innings and the second of three crucial pairings as the hosts set an unassailable target.
Tom Curran and Ollie Sykes were fruitful too, adding 51 between them in three and a half overs.
The unbeaten Sykes was the fastest scorer of the evening, hitting two fours and four sixes on his way to a total of 44 – one run behind top scorer Sibley.
Chris Jordan, who spent eight years with Sussex, saw out the Surrey innings with Sykes, adding five runs, including a boundary.
The Sharks showed less bite with the bat as the openers George Thomas and Daniel Hughes went cheaply and James Coles managed four from five balls. The score was 14-3 with not even three overs played.
John Simpson joined Tom Clark and less than six overs later when the latter fell to Mitchell Santner, caught by Jacks, the pair had added 62 runs but at 76-4 the run rate still looked challenging.
Only Danny Lamb with 49 scored more than Clark who made 45 runs from 25 balls. Simpson scored 21 (19) and Jack Carson was the only other Sussex player to reach double figures with 12 (11).
Santner and Jacks accounted for Simpson as well as Clark and Jordan clean bowled Lamb while Santner, with figures of three for 26, had Carson leg before.
Mills was run out by rival skipper Sam Curran as the Sharks were well and truly defanged with a ball to spare.
The win sends Surrey joint top of the group, alongside Somerset, on 20 points, with Sussex third on 18 points before their return to County Championship action against Durham on Sunday (22 June).
