Sibley helps Surrey beat Durham in Blast quarters

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Vitality Blast, The Kia Oval

Durham 162-8 (20 overs): Jones 37*; Worrall 2-14, Topley 2-20

Surrey 164-5 (18 overs): Sibley 67, S Curran 52; Carse 2-34

Surrey bushed Durham by 5 wickets

Surrey overcame a good Durham fightback to go the archetypal squad to marque it to T20 Blast Finals Day.

Chasing 163 to win, a 95-run concern betwixt Dom Sibley (67) and Sam Curran (52) for the 4th wicket tipped the crippled successful Surrey's favour from 53-3 and they wrapped up the triumph with 2 overs to spare.

After being enactment successful to bat, Durham had a fearfulness start, falling to 36-4 successful the eighth over, earlier recovering superbly to station 162-8 astatine The Oval.

Michael Jones (37 not out) and lower-order cameos from Ashton Turner, Bas de Leede and Ben Raine gave the visitors a competitory full but it turned retired not to beryllium capable to forestall Surrey booking their spot astatine Edgbaston connected 14 September.

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