Roy and Sibley leave Sussex on the brink

Surrey 154 for 4 (Sibley 40, Roy 36) beat Sussex 153 for 6 (Cachopa 45, Nash 39) by six wicketsScorecard

Surrey kept their hopes of reaching the last eight of the NatWest T20 Blast alive with a comfortable six-wicket win over Sussex Sharks in front of a 22,601 crowd at The Kia Oval.

Having restricted Sussex to 153 for 6 on a slow pitch, Surrey paced their response perfectly and won the game with ten balls to spare when Chris Morris swung Mustafizur Rahman over midwicket for six.

It was Surrey’s sixth win in the ultra-competitive South Group and they join Sussex on 12 points, but the Sharks only have one game left – at home to second-placed Glamorgan next Wednesday – and their chances of making the quarter-finals appear remote.

Surrey had been given a strong start by England opener Jason Roy, who made 36 off 25 balls, hitting six fours and a six.

Roy looked in the mood but was becalmed by slow left-armer Danny Briggs who came on in the powerplay and bowled Roy in his second over as the batsman slogged across the line. A …

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