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Essex edge past Holland in final-ball thriller

Mat Walker top socred for Essex with 71 off of 55 balls © Getty Images

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Essex beat Holland by just one run as the hosts came close to causing a huge Clydesdale Bank 40 upset in Amstelveen.

Set 219 runs to win, the Dutch finished on 217 for 6 as Eric Szwarczynski provided the bedrock of their brave chase. Coming in with the hosts 37 for two, the South Africa-born right-hander hit 75 as he formed an effective partnership with Bas Zuiderent.

With two overs remaining, the home side required another 16 runs with five wickets intact and Mudassar Bukhari struck a six off Napier's first delivery as 10 were collected from the penultimate over. Chris Wright bowled the last over and conceded only three runs from his first five balls, with Bukhari then only able to take one run to mid-wicket before he was run out by Grant Flower.

Matt Walker provided the required impetus to the visitors' innings, adopting an aggressive role from the moment he arrived at the crease with his team at 98 for 4. The left-hander struck five fours as he scored 71 from 55 deliveries.

A Chris Schofield half-century guided Surrey to a two-wicket win over Glamorgan in their Clydesdale Bank 40 Group A game under the Swalec Stadium floodlights.

Surrey were set 224 to win but looked in trouble until Schofield and Gareth Batty rescued their side from 126 for 6 in the 26th over with a 53-run partnership. Schofield, who scored 64 from 55 balls, still lost Batty, who needed a runner, and then Chris Tremlett, but kept his head and was there at the end as Surrey sealed their third 40-over victory with seven balls remaining to move into second place in Group A.

It condemned Glamorgan to another disappointing defeat after they went down to the Unicorns last weekend. After Glamorgan won the toss Mark Cosgrove and Tom Maynard hit half-centuries in their side's 223 for 8.

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