That's it from our coverage of the first quarterfinal in the T20 Blast. Surrey dash into the finals day with a thumping win. Ninaad Dixit, Akshay Bhide and Chandan Kumar Singh the trio that brought you the coverage, signing off. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world.
Dom Sibley is the player of the match.
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1:34 AM IST, 9:04 PM Local Time: Surrey become the first team to confirm their participation in the finals day as they beat Durham by 5 wickets and 12 balls to spare at The Oval.
Surrey won the toss and elected to bowl first. The bowlers proved it to be a good decision putting Durham at 69/6 at one stage but Michael Jones's unbeaten 37 and Ben Raine's 23 in 8 balls helped them put a challenging total of 162/8.
Surrey lost a couple of wickets in the powerplay but recovered as Dom Sibley and Rory Burns added 29 runs for the third wicket. Burns fell for 10 to Callum Parkinson who was introduced after the powerplay along with leg spinner Nathan Sowter from the other end.
Sam Curran joined Sibley at the crease and helped Surrey out of turmoil adding 95 runs in 63 balls to take the game away from Durham. Sibley scored 67 in 48 balls with 6 fours and 2 maximums with Sam hitting 52 in 34 with 2 fours and 4 maximums.
Brydon Carse (2/34), Parkinson (2/41) and Ben Raine (1/26) were the wicket takers for Durham with Sowter (0/32) trying to apply the brakes but the 4th wicket stand between Sam and Sibley produced the winning ingredients for Surrey as they raced away to the semis with 2 overs to spare.
OVER 18
Surrey
164/5
Jamie Overton
4(3)
Tom Curran
6(3)
Ben Raine
1-26(3.0)
Surrey are going to Edgbaston for the finals day. This will be their ninth appearance at the finals day. They beat Durham by five wickets to qualify for the semi-finals.
17.6 B Raine to J Overton
4 FOUR RUNS! And that's confirmation of Surrey making to the finals day! Pitched on length and wide outside the off stump. Jamie Overton slaps it square in the off side. A well timed horizontal bat stroke. No fielder in the frame where the ball is hit. A boundary to finish the game off.
17.5 B Raine to J Overton
0 77.3 mph. Full and outside off, driven straight to extra cover.
17.4 B Raine to J Overton
0 76.2 mph. Length ball on the off stump, turns it to midwicket.
Right in front of the stumps and the finger is raised in a flash. Sam opts against the review as he knows he is dead in front of the stumps.
17.3 B Raine to S Curran
W GONE! A huge breakthrough for Durham! Sam Curran departs after taking Surrey to the edge of the finals day. Around the wicket. A full length delivery angled back on the off stump. Sam covers the off stump looking to work that away in the leg side. Gets yorked and is hit on the toes. Appeal and the umpire raises the finger.