Surrey replicate Guilford batting performance at Liverpool.
Despite being without the services of
the man in the spotlight of late (Kevin
Pietersen) Surrey were able to reach
324-5 at the close of play on the third
day. With no play on the first two days
due to heavy rain, which has often been
the case this season, and nothing for either
of the teams to play for this was certainly
a chance for the young talent to have a
chance. Alex Davies and Tom Bailey
made their first appearance in the
Lancashire championship side with
appearances also coming from Andrea
Agathangelou and Oliver Newby.
Surrey openers, Rory Burns and Zafar Ansari, got Surrey off to a strong start, achieving a fifty partnership inside 9 overs. As soon as they reached 50 however, Ansari was bowled by debutant Bailey for 23 bringing Arun Harinath to the crease. In almost an exact replica partnership, Burns and Harinath made 51 runs together before was caught by Paul Horton off of Oliver Newby for 17. After two impressive partnerships it was hard for Zander De Bruyn and Rory Burns to top the previous efforts of the Surrey batsmen, but a third wicket stand worth 59 did just that as Surrey made an impressive start. Burns fell for 73, providing Alex Davies his first caught behind in county championship cricket and Oliver Newby with his first and only wicket of the innings.
At 160-3 and with nothing to play for, Surrey could have succumbed to simply play careless but entreating cricket. Instead De Bruyn continued to score freely in the afternoon session, despite the loss of two quick wickets. Jason Roy was bowled by Luke Procter for 13 and then the Surrey keeper, Steven Davies, was caught behind off Procter for no score, just two balls later. It’s fair to say that Surrey had stumbled to 178-5, especially after three consecutive 50 partnerships, but Tom Jewell and De Bruyn would surpass all of Surrey’s previous efforts, making 177 runs for the sixth wicket.
De Bruyn was the first to reach 50 in 152 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes and was followed by young batting talent Jewell, who took115 balls striking 4 fours as he did so. Although Lancashire were already relegated, this sort of inability to bowl teams out after being in commanding positions typified their demotion to division two. Zander De Bruyn was able to finish the day in style, reaching a well deserved century from221 balls, in 236 minutes with 6 fours and 2 sixes, as Surrey finished on 324-5, which will have frustrated the already relegated red rose county.
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