Surrey through in thriller

C&G Trophy 4th round, Taunton: Surrey 281-6 (50 overs) beat Somerset 275-9 (50 overs) by six runs

Thorpe's innings proved to be a match-winning one

Match scorecard

Graham Thorpe fired England selectors a reminder with a century as Surrey squeezed into the quarter-finals of the C&G Trophy.

Somerset's valiant run-chase ran out of steam in the final over as Surrey prevailed by six runs.

Quarter-final draw

Thorpe's unbeaten 102 propelled Surrey to 281-6 from their 50 overs after Somerset won the toss and elected to field.

Surrey were in some bother on 169-9 at one stage, but fought back thanks to an unbroken 112-run stand between Thorpe and keeper Jonathan Batty (55 off 46 balls).

Somerset's looked out of contention when Marcus Trescothick's dismissal for 17 reduced them to 51-3 early on.

But a rapid 83 to Keith Parsons, who added 97 runs with Michael Burns for the fourth wicket, paved the way for a thrilling finale.

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Somerset: J Cox, M E Trescothick, J D C Bryant, M Burns (Capt), K A Parsons, I D Blackwell, K P Dutch, R J Turner, R L Johnson, N A M McLean, P S Jones.

Surrey: M A Butcher, A D Brown, M R Ramprakash, G P Thorpe, R Clarke, A J Hollioake (Capt), Azhar Mahmood, J N Batty, M P Bicknell, Saqlain Mushtaq, J Ormond.

Umpires: M J Harris and B Leadbeater.