LANCS vs SUR, 2nd Qtr Final T20, T20 Blast 2023 summary

Winning the toss and opting to bat first, Surrey started off slowly but Evans made up for it with his demolishing knock of 70 off just 41 balls. Following him was Jason Roy's blitzkrieg of 50 runs. Overton provided the finishing touches. The Lancashire bowlers did not look at their very best as they struggled to tighten the screw on the leaking runs. Although a last few good overs ensured that Surrey did not cross over 200 runs. 

The chase for Lancashire started off with one step on the accelerator. After losing Salt early on, Buttler and Croft took the attack on the Surrey bowlers until the former departed on the score of 42. Croft continued the assault and scored a brilliant half-century and took his team closer to the target. But in the end game, Lancashire were deprived of the much-needed big hits resulting in their fall in this game. Credit goes to Jordan for that penultimate over that put Surrey in the driver's seat. In the end, a bit too much of the heavy lifting was left for Mitchell to do. A high-voltage game that went to the last over was all the fans yearned for in this knockout game.