Notts Outlaws fell to a narrow defeat by 10 runs against Surrey in their final Metro Bank One Day Cup group stage match despite academy graduates impressing with bat and ball.

Tom Giles was handed a professional debut and impressed taking two wickets, while fellow graduate Byron Hatton-Lowe ended up with three wickets as Surrey set 290 to win.

Sammy King found form with an impressive 67 in a strong partnership alongside Dane Schadendorf who also scored a half-century, before a late burst from Rob Lord saw him reach his own fifty and significantly reduce the margin of defeat.

Surrey won the toss and opted to bat, but Lord made an early breakthrough, removing Adam Thomas’ leg stump with a brilliant full-pitched delivery.

It was then over to academy graduate Giles though to take two quick wickets, as Burns played on for 25 before Giles delivered an absolute peach to send Ben Foakes’ off stump flying as the ball slightly nipped back.

The wickets kept coming when Ben Martingale joined the attack and took his first professional wicket as he found the outside edge of Sykes, with Dane Schadendorf making no mistake.

Surrey saw themselves 100/4 at the half-way point of their innings but with the very next ball after the drinks break, Byron Hatton-Lowe grabbed his first wicket of the day.

The academy graduate took two wickets on debut last Sunday in Cardiff and added another when Grantla drove straight to Haseeb Hammeed at mid-wicket.

Josh Blake and Ralphie Albert managed to settle the storm for the visitors, and put on a 50-run partnership before Blake moved to his half-century.

With ten overs to go, the pair were still at the crease and scoring freely as they moved Surrey to 184/5. They soon reached their 100 partnership as Albert joined Blake with his fifty.

Their partnership would last until the final five overs, before Hatton-Lowe trapped Blake LBW for 72 in the 46th over, ending the 146 run partnership.

Richie Albert looked set for a maiden century but the 17-year-old was caught in the deep by Sammy King of the bowling of Hatton-Lowe.

James Hayes would take a wicket in the final over which saw Surrey set Notts 290 to win.

Once the chase began, Notts lost an early wicket with Ben Slater caught in the slips by Rory Burns.

In at number three, Jack Haynes scored freely but his partner Ben Martingale had to retire hurt for just ten after aggravating an injury he sustained while bowling in the previous innings.

Haseeb Hameed was removed by a smart catch down the leg side, but King and Haynes formed a free-flowing partnership to take the Outlaws to 75/2 from 15 overs.

However, Haynes’ streak of four 50+ innings in a row was ended when good hands behind the stumps from Ben Foakes saw him stumped off Majid for 38.

Schadendorf joined King at the crease as the pair looked to steady the ship; they did so, and reached their 50 partnership the same time as Notts passed 100 with King hitting a six followed by a four.

With runs flowing, the pair both moved to their half-centuries within a ball of each other, before their 85-run partnership was broken up in the next over as Schadendorf’s top edge was caught.

King was joined at the crease by Martindale who, despite injury, took on the Surrey attack with Jack Haynes as his runner, however he could only add five to his original total before he was caught at mid-on.

Notts were 183/5 with 15 overs remaining, before Hatton-Lowe and Joe Pocklington fell quickly and King’s impressive innings was brought to an end for 67 after he was LBW to Sykes.

Rob Lord smashed a brilliant 72* as he and James Hayes added 50 for the ninth wicket partnership, despite Lord batting with a runner, but Notts would ultimately fall short.