Sussex v Surrey: Scores & match report

Match scores (Hove)

Sussex won by 95 runs 

Sussex inns: 300-8 (50/50 overs. Nash 82, Finch 61, Evans 37; Rampaul 3-59, S Curran 2-54, T Curran 2-63)

Surrey inns: 205 (41.1/50 overs. Stoneman 60, Pope 55; Wiese 4-29, Briggs 3-60) 

Match report

Chris Nash spearheaded a fine all-round effort by Sussex at Hove as they bowled out Surrey for 205 to win what was an important Royal London One-Day Cup match for both sides by 95 runs.

Mark Stoneman batted well in Surrey's reply and Ollie Pope offered late defiance, but their challenge quickly faded after the former Durham left-hander pulled David Wiese straight to deep square leg.

Stoneman had already seen Scott Borthwick and Dom Sibley depart cheaply to edges behind, and soon Surrey had lost their top five with Ben Foakes brilliantly held for three by wicketkeeper Michael Burgess off an inside edge.

Rory Burns then fell when Danny Briggs dived to his left to hold a low one-handed catch off his own bowling.

The slump continued to 146 for seven with Sam Curran bowled by a George Garton near-yorker and Tom Curran skying Briggs to mid off.

Gareth Batty, on 14, was held on the deep midwicket ropes but the 19-year-old Pope reached a creditable 55-ball 50, swinging Briggs for six and then late-cutting him delightfully for four.

Garton finally got Pope, well held by Jofra Archer at long on, and Wiese wrapped up Sussex's third victory from five group matches by castling last man Ravi Rampaul to finish with four for 29.

Sussex, who also have a no-result point in the locker, now have seven points in a group led by Somerset and Essex.

Put in on a good pitch, Sussex were also indebted to Harry Finch for a 78-ball 61 - he and Nash put on 85 for the second wicket - and Laurie Evans for a 37 with three legside sixes off Tom Curran, two in a 45th over which cost the Surrey seamer 24 runs.

That assault by Evans, plus useful late hitting from Burgess and Wiese, propelled Sussex to the 300 mark after their momentum had been temporarily stalled by Nash's departure at 149 and the dismissals of both Finch and Stiaan Van Zyl in the 39th over.

Sussex's innings was given a fine start by Nash and Luke Wright, who tucked into the Curran brothers in the initial powerplay overs - Nash taking three successive fours off Sam Curran in the fourth over and Wright then hitting Tom Curran for two boundaries in the next over.

Wright departed for 34 in the 12th over, inside-edging a drive at Rampaul, but Nash reached his fifty by lofting Batty's offspin effortlessly over long off for six, and repeating the stroke in the Surrey captain's next over.

Nash had also pulled Tom Curran for six but, after another powerful pull for four off the younger Curran, he top-edged a hook in the same over high towards long leg and saw Tom Curran run in to pull off a brilliant, athletic sprawling catch as he dived forward across the turf.

Van Zyl was another to fall to the short ball, top-edging to fine leg, while Finch nicked an excellent ball from Tom Curran to the keeper.

Evans, fresh from a spectacular match-winning hundred against Kent two days before which had included eight sixes, showed he was a man in form by beautifully extra-coverdriving Stuart Meaker for an early four, before picking up a length ball from Tom Curran for his first six.

Umpire Nigel Llong did well to avoid a crashing straight four from the next ball, and the over ended with Evans flicking a full toss from Curran high over fine leg.

Burgess, after a straight six off Rampaul, skied to deep midwicket on 23 and Evans was lbw to Sam Curran in the same over that Archer was run out for one.

There was just time for Wiese to club a huge six over long on off Rampaul before he was caught on the straight boundary for 23 from the last ball of the innings.