Surrey crush Gloucestershire in final rematch

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Surrey 323 for 8 (Davies 79, Curren 57, Burns 50, Norwell 3-56) Gloucestershire 158 (Marshall 55, Batty 5-41) by 165 runsScorecard

Gareth Batty led from the front with a superb 5 for 41 as Surrey thrashed Gloucestershire by 165 runs at the Kia Oval to avenge the defeat they suffered at the hands of the West Countrymen in last September’s Royal London Cup final.

Surrey captain Batty ran through the middle and lower order with his offbreaks as Gloucestershire slid to 158 all out in reply to his side’s challenging 50-over total of 323 for 8. The win lifts Surrey into third place in the South Group.

Batty and Jade Dernbach, who took 3 for 33, followed up half-centuries from Steven Davies, Rory Burns and Sam Curran in what was a thoroughly dominant Surrey team performance. Davies made 79 and Burns 50, but the icing on the cake in Surrey’s innings was an 89-run stand between brothers Sam and Tom Curran. Sam Curran hit a List A career-best 57 from 56 balls, while Tom Curran was eventually run out off a wide for 39.

In reply, Gloucestershire never recovered from the early loss of Michael Klinger, Phil Mustard and Chris Dent to the pace bowling of Dernbach, who polished off the trio in the space of 11 balls. Only Hamish Marshall offered any …

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