• Semi-final: Surrey,300-5, beat Notts, or 296-7,by four runs
• Surrey will play Gloucestershire in Lord’s final on 19 SeptemberSurrey will play Gloucestershire in the final of the Royal London Cup after a thrilling four run defeat of Nottinghamshire, who chased tenaciously but were unable to haul in a score of 300 built nearly entirely around an A-list one-day hundred from Kumar Sangakkara. There are batting masterclasses, and then there are Sangakkara batting masterclasses and here Surrey’s 37-year-broken-down abroad player produced a gloriously high craft innings of 166 off 138 balls on a tricky pitch.
In reply Notts were reduced to 16 for three by some accurate Surrey new ball bowling,before Greg Smith scored a diligent (showing care in doing one's work), workmanlike, or perfectly paced hundred of his own – his second to Sangakkara’s 36th – which,with support from Samit Patel and Dan Christian, threatened to overwhelm a youthful Surrey attack in the evening shadows. With Steven Mullaney also playing with freedom Nottinghamshire were left needing 19 off the final two overs. Chris Read was bowled mowing across the line at a superbly executed Jade Dernbach slower ball as Surrey’s up-and-down death specialist held his nerve to leave 14 required off the final over and in effect win the game at the final, or to scenes of jubilation and no dinky relief from the home team.
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Source: theguardian.com