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NatWest T20 Blast: Tom Curran bowls Surrey to win over Somerset

Leics, Northants, Glamorgan, Kent also win

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 09: Bowler Tom Curran celebrates with wicket keeper Rory Burns after Surrey win a last ball thriller during the NatWest T20 Blast ma
Image: Tom Curran helped Surrey to victory over Somerset

Tom Curran kept his cool once again as Surrey survived Corey Anderson's brilliance to beat Somerset by four runs in the NatWest T20 Blast.

Two days after Curran bowled a superb final over to secure his side a two-run win over Essex, the 22-year-old did it again to deny the visitors an incredible victory.

Surrey posted 181-7 after losing the toss and looked to be cruising to victory when Somerset were 106-8, but Anderson produced a masterclass to leave the visitors needing 12 from the final over.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 09: Corey Anderson of Somerset hits a boundary during his innings of 81 as Surrey wicket keeper Rory Burns looks on during the NatWe
Image: Corey Anderson's 81 from 45 balls was in vain for Somerset

The New Zealand all-rounder hit four from the second delivery but was run out attempting a second from the next, departing for 81 from 45 balls.

Curran gave up just two singles from the next three balls to secure a second-straight win to start the competition.

Leicestershire won a last-ball thriller against Lancashire at Liverpool.

Chasing 174 to win, after England duo Liam Livingstone (48) and Jos Buttler (39) impressed for the hosts, Colin Ackerman hit an unbeaten 62 and, with two runs needed from the final ball, clinched victory with a six.

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Holders Northamptonshire got their first win of this year's competition by beating 2016 runners-up Durham by six wickets.

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Jack Burnham's unbeaten 53 led Durham to 161-7 but Ben Duckett smashed 72 at the top of the order for the visitors.

Duckett departed with 29 needed from 20 deliveries and the Steelbacks clinched victory with four balls to spare.

Colin Ingram smashed 101 off just 47 balls as Glamorgan eased to an 18-run victory against Sussex.

Ingram's unbeaten knock - the quickest ton in Glamorgan's history - was aided by Jacques Rudolph's 49 as the visitors compiled 198-3.

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Ingram then took two wickets as Sussex fell well short, despite Luke Wright responding with a 52-ball century of his own.

Daniel Bell-Drummond hit an unbeaten 90 as Kent opened their campaign by beating Essex by seven wickets with nine balls to spare.

Bell-Drummond enjoyed big partnerships with Joe Denly (32) and Sam Northeast (33).

Varun Chopra (47) and Ravi Bopara (45) had led Essex to 166-8 batting first.

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