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Tom Curran holds nerve to thwart Bopara

Tom Curran kept his head in the final over to carry Surrey to a sensational two-run victory in the opening NatWest T20 Blast game of the season at Chelmsford

Essex INNINGS		R	B
DW Lawrence	caught wk	13	10
V Chopra	bowled	12	9
T Westley	bowled	23	17
RS Bopara	bowled	75	46
RN ten Doeschate	lbw	25	24
Ashar Zaidi	bowled	18	13
JS Foster	not out	0	1
PI Walter	not out	0	1
SR Harmer
Mohammad Amir
JA Porter
EXTRAS	(b 3, lb 7, w 8, nb 2)
TOTAL	186 (6 wkts; 20 ovs)

Surrey BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
JW Dernbach	4.0	38	0	9.5
SM Curran	4.0	35	2	8.75	(1nb, 2w)
TK Curran	4.0	28	3	7	(1w)
R Rampaul	4.0	35	0	8.75
DP Sibley	2.0	21	0	10.5
SG Borthwick	2.0	19	1	9.5

Essex 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	25	V Chopra	DW Lawrence
2nd	6	T Westley	DW Lawrence
3rd	45	RS Bopara	T Westley
4th	60	RS Bopara	RN ten Doeschate
5th	45	Ashar Zaidi	RS Bopara
6th	4	JS Foster	Ashar Zaidi
7th	1	JS Foster	PI Walter

Twenty20 Cup (England)

North Group
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NOT	14	8	4	18	0.484
DER	14	8	5	17	0.457
WAR	14	8	5	17	0.23
LEI	14	8	5	17	0.133
YOR	14	6	5	15	1.127
NOR	14	6	5	15	-0.63
LAN	14	5	6	13	0.174
WOR	14	3	10	7	-0.713
DUR	14	3	10	3	-1.206
South Group
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
GLA	14	7	3	18	0.045
SUR	14	7	5	16	-0.13
HAM	14	7	6	15	-0.021
SOM	14	6	6	14	0.491
SUS	14	5	5	14	0.423
KEN	14	6	7	13	-0.158
MID	14	5	7	12	0.221
ESS	14	5	7	12	-0.204
GLO	14	4	6	12	-0.648