Result: Surrey 121 (34 overs) lost to Glamorgan 123/3 (15.5 overs) by seven wickets
By Mark Baldwin
SURREY were thumped by Glamorgan by seven wickets in a Metro Bank One-Day Cup Group B match at the Kia Oval as they were bowled out for 121 in 34 overs on Sunday.
It then took the Welsh county only 15.5 overs to knock off the runs, with Colin Ingram launching one magnificent six over long off from down the pitch against fast bowler James Taylor as he ended up on 39 not out from 26 balls in their 123-3.
Opener Eddie Byrom, who took a six and a four from Matt Dunn’s first over, also made a quickfire 28 before being caught at mid wicket off Conor McKerr.
Only Ben Foakes, with 44, and tailender McKerr (25) made significant scores for Surrey, who have now lost both of their first two One-Day Cup games. Glamorgan, by contrast, have begun the competition with two wins.
Surrey, put in on a well-grassed surface, were soon 11-3 as Glamorgan’s new ball bowlers, Jamie McIlroy and Timm van der Gugten, found significant help from the pitch.
Ryan Patel managed one scoring shot, an inside edge for four off McIlroy, before hitting McIlroy to Kiran Carlson in the covers.
Ben Geddes fell first ball, cutting Timm van der Gugten to point, and Dom Sibley had made just six when McIlroy nipped one away off the seam to have the former England Test opener caught at slip.
Foakes joined Rory Burns to rally Surrey with a partnership of 53 for the fourth wicket but Glamorgan were well on top when Burns and Cam Steel fell to successive balls from seamer Dan Douthwaite.
Burns (9) was leg-before and Steel edged behind as Douthwaite found more movement away from the right-hander.
Josh Blake was run out for two, by Tom Bevan’s throw, attempting a second run and his dismissal left Surrey on 73 for six.
And all hope of posting a competitive total was shattered when Foakes, who included a pulled six and seven fours in a fine innings, was smartly caught at slip off Andy Gorvin’s medium pace.
Yousef Majid nicked Gorvin behind on seven and McKerr’s useful knock was ended when the ambidextrous Ben Kellaway switched from bowling right-arm spin to slow left arm – for the first time in a county match – and promptly skidded one through McKerr’s back-foot defensive stroke to bowl him.
Last man Dunn was leg-before to Kellaway, now back bowling right-arm, for a fourth ball duck, leaving Taylor unbeaten on ten.
Kellaway finished with 2-16 from seven overs and there were also two wickets apiece for McIlroy, Douthwaite and Gorvin.
When Glamorgan batted, Will Smale (14) helped Byrom add 43 in just 5.5 overs for the first wicket and Carlson contributed 16 before edging a spiteful lifter from Taylor to keeper Blake, to leave Billy Root to stay with Ingram until victory was clinched with the small matter of 34.1 overs to spare.
Surrey’s director of cricket Alec Stewart said: “It was a poor performance from us from start to finish today and we need to improve on Tuesday against Gloucestershire in our next match.”
Glamorgan top scorer Ingram said: “It was a good toss to win as the pitch was a little bit damp this morning and there was quite a bit in it for our bowlers early on.
“But I thought our two opening bowlers really set the tone by putting the ball in nice areas consistently and really putting the pressure on to Surrey.
“We saw right from ball one that the conditions meant that it was going to move around and so we just tried to go into our four-day plans and that worked extremely well.
“Of course it always helps when you get early wickets and we also held our catches well, particularly in the slips, but it’s really a case of all credit to our bowlers today for getting it right.
“When we came to bat we wanted to stay positive in our approach – which is actually how we want to be in all our games in this competition – so it was good that we had the chance today to do that in pursuit of a smallish total.
“Eddie Byrom played nicely for his 28 at the start of our innings and it was good for me to get some runs at the end.”
The game against Gloucestershire starts at 11am.
