Reigning champion Sally hit Somerset with eight wickets within three days, choking his first victory of the Rothssy County Championship season on his fourth attempt.
Rory Burns’ side – launched the campaign with three straight draws – reduced Somerset to 39-7. He bowled his opponent with 119 at Kia Oval on Sunday, including taking five wickets on four runs, achieving a 36 victory target in 5.2 overs.
Surry Seamers’ Dan Wolal (3-16) and Jordan Clark (3-24) shared six second inning wickets – Clark finished the match with eight scalps after taking 5-68 on the first day – as visitors slipped seven within 19 overs, putting them at risk of an inning defeat.
Image: Sally’s Ollie Pope scored two runs in the game.
Migael Pretoris (54 off of 45 balls) hit eight fours to ensure Sally had to hit again, and Somerset picked up two wickets before being beaten.
The Pope pinned the LBW by Josh Davy, bowled by Lewis Gregory a day ago, and Dom Sibley (3) was caught from Casey Aldridge and clinched Surry’s victory with Barnes (No. 20 to No. 20) and Jamie Smith (No. 12).
The Burns man jumps to second place in Division 1, 10 points behind table topper Nottinghamshire, but Somerset is ahead at Worcestershire’s second bottom, losing to Durham in two days on New Road on Saturday.
Image: Surrey’s English High Speed Bowler Gas Atkinson bagged two wickets on the first day at Kia Oval
Farhan is impressed by the Knotts before Duckett hits 23-ball 50
Nottinghamshire had previously adorned the Sussex side, which was second in nine wickets at Trent Bridge. Farhan Ahmed, a 17-year-old offspinner, and British batter Bendaket, each ran on Sunday.
Farhan – Brothers of England leg spinner Rehan Ahmed – two of the last three Sussex wickets ended with a 4-54 number, closing the visitors with 278.
John Simpson (74) and Jack Carson (43) won Sussex 87 times on their 87th wickets from 167-7, chasing 148 people in their second win in four games.
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The hosts reached that target in 25.5 over thanks to Haseeb Hameed (62 No) and Quick Scoring Duckett (31-59 No), the latter sucking a half-century of 23 balls since the end of England’s Dismal Champions Trophy campaign in early March to smoke a half-century of 23 balls in the first match.
Hameed registered the second 50 of the game and moved his name forward as a candidate to open with Duckett in Test Cricket this summer if England loses faith at Zack Crawley.
Another England option at the top of the order is Tom Haynes of Sussex. He scored 64 in two innings against Nottinghamshire, leading the 513 Lonce 1 run score chart, ahead of teammates Simpson (463) and Haymed (443).
