Swindon’s Miles clinches One-Day Cup with Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire’s Plan A got no further than the third delivery of the match – which eliminated Michael Klinger. It will reach its climax tomorrow with the final matches during the interval in the Royal London One-Day Cup Final between Surrey and Gloucestershire at Lord’s.

Gloucestershire kept up their unbelievable winning record in finals at Lord’s as they pulled off a thrilling six-run One-Day Cup win over Surrey.

However, just as Taylor was cutting loose and turning the tide for Gloucestershire, he was out, caught superbly by Sam Curran off the bowling of Dernbach for his third wicket.

It was the Bristol-based club’s first trophy in 11 years following a finale that brought back memories of England’s two-run Ashes victory at Edgbaston in 2005 for Jones.

The defeat was especially hard on Surrey bowler Jade Dernbach however as he had taken a career-best 6-35, including a hat-trick as he dismissed Jones, Craig Miles and then Payne. He must still be wondering how he ended on the losing side.

S‎pinners Tom Smith (2-42) and Taylor (3-43) made the batsmen fight for every run and worked their way through a nervy middle-order so that Surrey needed 18 off the last three overs with three wickets left.

There was just that maximum and another Jones four in the half-century stand with Smith.

Chris Dent then drove Dernbach to mid-off and Hamish Marshall was stumped off a wide when he advanced in Batty’s second over and was undone by an off-break which turned up the slope.

Taylor had smashed 35 from 26 balls, including a brace each of fours and sixes, and was threatening to propel Gloucestershire to a competitive total when he cut Dernbach to point in the 46 over.

Fuller removed openers Jason Roy and Steven Davies in an impressive new ball spell of 2-19 in seven overs, but Sangakkara and Burns redressed the balance in conditions rather more conducive to batting than those which had prevailed earlier in the day.

Batty’s men had been cruising to victory at 143 for two with Kumar Sangakkara (60) and Rory Burns (56) at the crease, but their respective departures in the space of 13 balls left a frantic finish.

Sam Curran then thumped a length ball down long-on’s throat and Gareth Batty was well taken right on the boundary line at deep midwicket to spark Gloucestershire’s celebrations.

When he fell for 37 in the final over, Surrey succumbed to nerves and Gloucestershire closed in for the kill.