Middlesex beat Surrey in One-Day Cup as Ross Taylor hits 64 on debut

Glamorgan and Kent pick up first points of campaign after Cardiff wash out

Thursday 25 April 2019 19:03, UK

Ross Taylor scored a half-century on debut before Tom Helm and Nathan Sowter shared eight wickets as Middlesex beat Surrey by 37 runs in Thursday's Royal London One-Day Cup derby at The Oval.

Surrey vs Middlesex scorecard

New Zealand international Taylor, into the Middlesex side for rested England white-ball captain Eoin Morgan, made 64 from 78 balls before he became one of four victims for veteran spinner Gareth Batty (4-29).

However, Taylor's side were indebted to runs from bowlers Toby Roland-Jones (45), Sowter (31) and Steven Finn (13no) as they rallied from 185-8 to 277 all out against a Surrey side shorn of numerous players through injury, including Jason Roy (back), Tom Curran (calf) and Ollie Pope (shoulder).

Ben Foakes (71) notched a third straight score over fifty to keep Surrey afloat but when he was ninth man out, caught at cover off Helm (4-40), the hosts' hopes were extinguished - Sowter (4-37) with the final wicket as Surrey were dismissed for 240 to slip to a third defeat in four matches.

Middlesex, though, have won three from four to move level on points with South Group table-toppers Somerset and second-placed Hampshire, albeit having played a game more.

Glamorgan and Kent's match in Cardiff was washed out after just 15 overs - the hosts reaching 68-2 before the rain with captain Chris Cooke hitting 29 and Marnus Labuschagne scoring an unbeaten 27.

Glamorgan vs Kent scorecard

Kent saw the returning Sam Billings dislocate his left shoulder while diving in the field in the second over, with the 27-year-old to see a specialist and undergo a scan on Friday.

Billings, playing his first game since arriving home from an IPL stint with Chennai Super Kings, could now miss England's ODI against Ireland and T20I against Pakistan early next month.