Will Porterfield and Chris Taylor made important contributions as Gloucestershire Gladiators scored 268-9 after losing the toss in today's Friends Provident Trophy clash with Surrey Brown Caps at Bristol.

Porterfield, in the side for the first time this season after international duty with Ireland, hit 74, off 84 balls, with eight fours, after openers Kadeer Ali and Hamish Marshall had fallen cheaply.

Alex Gidman made 31 in a third-wicket stand of 96 with Porterfield before Taylor took charge, timing the ball sweetly in making 63 off 58 deliveries, with seven boundaries.

Batting wasn't easy early on as the ball seamed around under cloudy skies. But from 29-2 Gloucestershire fought back well to set a testing target.

Jon Lewis (32) helped Taylor add 60 for the seventh wicket as the home side scored 36 runs from their five-over batting power play, taken at the start of the 41st over. Andre Nel was pick of the Surrey attack with 3-39.