T20 Blast: Sam Cook dinner and Will Buttleman steer Essex to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Surrey

Will Buttleman

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Wicketkeeper-batsman Will Buttleman scored his first Essex half-century in only his fifth T20 innings
Surrey 118 (16.4 overs): Clark 30, Geddes 28; S Cook 4-15, Lawrence 2-15
Essex 119-2 (15.2 overs): Buttleman 56*, Wheater 30; Moriarty 1-27
Essex (2 pts) beat Surrey by eight wickets
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Essex Eagles revived their T20 Blast campaign as they beat Surrey by eight wickets, who lost for the first time.

In a match reduced to 17 overs a side by rain, the hosts’ powerful top order failed as Sam Cook (4-15) helped bowl them out for just 118.

Will Buttleman (56 not out) and Adam Wheater (30) teed up a second win of the season with a 67-run opening stand.

Buttleman hit seven fours and a six in his maiden 50 to take Essex home with nine balls to spare.

Surrey, who began their T20 campaign with three impressive wins followed by two washouts, missed a chance to go top of the South Group and instead remained third, while the Eagles moved up to sixth as they ended a dismal five-match winless run in…

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