One-day Cup - Surrey Suffer Record Loss To Essex

Surrey suffered a grounds One-Day Cup conclusion arsenic Essex thumped them by 244 runs astatine Chelmsford.

They asked nan hosts to bat first and watched Essex rack up 417-6 pinch Ireland all-rounder Curtis Campher hitting a career-best 123 disconnected only 68 balls connected debut.

Then young 19-year-old Charlie Bennett took 5-36 arsenic Surrey were bowled retired for 171 pinch 12.2 overs to spare.

Worcestershire Rapids went apical of Group A pinch a four-wicket triumph distant to Derbyshire Falcons, while Hampshire moved into nan apical 3 pinch a commanding seven-wicket occurrence complete Leicestershire Foxes.

In Group B, Middlesex made it 3 wins successful a statement pinch a 28-run triumph complete Warwickshire successful Rugby.

While a maiden List A period from Northamptonshire Steelbacks' James Sales was nan instauration of their 150-run triumph astatine Durham.

Previously winless Essex were asked to bat astatine a sun-baked Chelmsford, and promptly smashed an inexperienced Surrey onslaught to each parts for their grounds One-Day score.

Matt Critchley made 58 astatine nan apical of nan bid and Luc Benkenstein deed 83, but it was nan business betwixt Campher and Simon Harmer that provided nan fireworks.

They added 175 successful nether 16 overs arsenic Campher, in nan first of conscionable 3 games for Essex successful this competition, walloped 12 fours and six sixes successful his highest-ever List A people disconnected only 68 balls, pinch Harmer equalling his champion successful this format pinch 68.

Surrey were ne'er successful a position to frighten Essex's mammoth full pinch Cameron Steel's 49 nan only modicum of resistance.

Bennett took 5-36 successful only his 4th crippled astatine this level arsenic Essex put a seal connected their singular 244-run victory.

The consequence was grounds conclusion for Surrey successful nan competition, and they beryllium 2nd bottommost of Group A pinch 1 triumph from 4 games.

Worcestershire are now apical of nan group pinch 3 wins and a tie, but they were nether unit erstwhile Derbyshire's Caleb Jewell and Matthew Montgomery were together.

In nan grounds of Repton School, their 150-run business took them to 196-1 successful nan 32nd over.

But Australian Jewell went for 113 and Montgomery 8 short of his period arsenic Derbyshire slipped to 315 each out, crucially pinch 17 balls not utilized up arsenic Ben Allison and Khurram Shahzad claimed 3 wickets apiece.

The Rapids were soon 11-2, but Brett D'Oliveira and Jake Libby (69) turned things astir pinch a guidelines of 183.

D'Oliveira was yet retired for a personal-best people of 138 disconnected 118 balls to time off Worcestershire 272-5, but 19-year-old Daniel Lategan connected debut steered his broadside location connected 42 not retired by 4 wickets pinch 11 balls to spare.

Hampshire made it 3 wins retired of 4 pinch a beardown show to spot disconnected Leicestershire Foxes at nan Rose Bowl.

The visitors batted first, but were kept successful cheque by immoderate good bowling from South Africa seamer Kyle Abbott up apical arsenic he yet vanished pinch 3-36.

Sol Budinger (65), Shan Masood (57) and Ben Cox (55) each passed 50, but nan Foxes were yet bowled retired for 252 successful nan penultimate over.

In reply, a magnificent opening guidelines of 202 betwixt Ali Orr and skipper Nick Gubbins group up nan victory.

Gubbins went for 81, and though Orr perished for a terrific 131 successful show of nan winning line, Hampshire completed their seven-wicket occurrence pinch 6.3 overs to spare.

Middlesex's momentum successful this title continues to turn pinch a 3rd triumph successful six days arsenic they moved level connected points pinch Yorkshire and Somerset astatine nan apical of Group B.

It was not going to scheme astatine halfway aft batting first against Warwickshire arsenic they were bowled retired for 217, pinch Jake Lintott taking 5-37 pinch his left-arm spin.

But it was a motion of things to travel arsenic Luke Hollman's champion figures of 4-27 led nan way, arsenic nan hosts mislaid 7 wickets to rotation to beryllium each retired for 189

Middlesex skipper Ben Geddes was nan apical scorer successful that lucifer pinch 48, only 2 days aft his broadside had enjoyed a grounds run-chase successful nan One-Day Cup of 390-5.

After being connected nan extremity of that chase, Durham suffered different damaging location defeat.

Northamptonshire decided to bat first astatine Banks Homes Riverside and vanished connected a much than respectable 321-8.

James Sales made 117 - his first period successful this format and smashing his erstwhile apical people of 35 not retired - arsenic he shared period stands of 119 pinch New Zealand batter Tim Robinson (63) and 102 pinch Justin Broad (59).

That full proved much than capable for nan Steelbacks arsenic 2 wickets each for Luke Procter and Luke Guthrie reduced Durham to 49-4.

From there, nan innings subsided pinch Durham yet retired for 171 successful only nan 32nd over.

It was a first triumph successful nan title for Northants but a bad consequence for nan hosts, who missed nan chance to spell level connected points pinch nan teams astatine nan apical of nan group.