SAM Curran produced an outstanding performance with bat and ball as Surrey thrashed Hampshire by 72 runs in the Vitality Blast.

The 23-year-old made 69 off 38 balls as Surrey piled up 228 for four - their second-highest total in T20 history - before taking a career-best five for 30, including three wickets in an over as Hampshire were dismissed for 156.

An Oval crowd of 15,000 was treated to some spectacular hitting, first by Curran and Will Jacks, who hammered 131 from 73 balls for the second wicket, and then by Sunil Narine, who added 52 from 23 deliveries.

It was Surrey’s highest total at the Oval for seven years and too much for a Hampshire side hampered by the absence of their best batsman James Vince through illness.

James Fuller top-scored with 43 in their reply but the Hawks remain winless after four games.

Yet it started well for them. After electing to bowl first, they made a breakthrough in the first over when Liam Dawson spun one through Jason Roy’s defences.

But Jacks and Curran were soon flaying their attack to all parts. Between them, they hit 10 sixes and nine fours in a partnership that was Surrey’s third-highest in T20 and eclipsed their previous best against Hampshire when Jacks and Laurie Evans put on 118 at the Ageas Bowl two years ago.

Jacks hit 64 off 36 balls with five sixes and Curran also cleared the rope five times, including successive blows off Mason Crane to take him to his 50. Crane’s three overs of leg spin disappeared for 58 runs.

Dawson briefly dragged things back by dismissing both batsmen in the 13th over.

But Hampshire’s suffering was far from over. Narine showcased spectacular timing and power to smash 52 from just 23 balls.

The Hawks reply began badly with Nick Gubbins acrobatically caught in the covers by Kieron Pollard off Reece Topley’s second ball.

Ben McDermott and Tom Prest briefly raised Hampshire hopes by adding 54 off 23 balls before Curran produced his decisive burst, bowling Prest as he swung across the line.

Curran then returned to bowl Nathan Ellis and pin Fuller lbw to complete an impressive night’s work.

Hampshire coach Adi Birrell said, “They are a good side who played well and we didn’t. We were up against it when they got 228 which was too many even on a flat pitch and fast outfield. We were up against it and needed partnerships and they didn’t really materialise. The three big batters we got out in the same over killed our momentum. Margins are tight when you are chasing such a big total and once we lost those three wickets it was always going to be tough.”