Overview

• The match was reduced to 14 overs a side, Surrey chose to field, and Northamptonshire recovered from 1 for 2 to post 154 for 4.
• Ravi Bopara, 40, hit his third T20 hundred with 12 fours and five sixes, joining a short list of players to score a T20 century after turning 40.
• Sam Curran top-scored for Surrey with an unbeaten 69 and took the chase into the final over before the hosts closed on 147 for 6.
• George Scrimshaw claimed three wickets and Ben Sanderson closed out a tight last over to preserve the seven‑run margin.
• Bopara’s knock lifted his Blast tally to 453 runs from 15 games, and Northamptonshire now await their semi-final opponent on September 13 at Edgbaston.