| LV= County Championship Division One, Ageas Bowl (day two) |
| Hampshire 219: Brown 78; Lawes 5-27, Roach 3-41 & 1-0 (3.2 overs) |
| Surrey 207: Sudharsan 73; Dawson 5-44, Abbas 3-34 |
| Hampshire 3 pts, Surrey 3 pts |
| Match scorecard |
Surrey’s title affirmation was delayed as England’s Liam Dawson moved to 45 County Championship wickets for the season together with his fourth five-wicket haul for Hampshire.
Left-arm spinner Dawson, who has had his finest batting season since 2015, took 5-44 to make this additionally his best-ever summer time as a bowler as Surrey had been bowled out for 207 – 12 runs in arrears of their hosts.
Sai Sudharsan went on to finish an distinctive 73 earlier than Jordan Clark hit 50 not out – however that was 93 runs wanting the 300-run mark they wanted for the 2 batting bonus factors that may have assured a second successive County Championship crown.
However Surrey’s failure to succeed in 300 could not matter as Essex are stuttering on 125-4 in opposition to Northamptonshire and, if they don’t attain 400 and declare 4 batting factors, Surrey will robotically be champions.
Starting the day on 47-2, in reply to Hampshire’s 219, Ryan Patel hoicked to deep midwicket off Dawson to finish his involvement within the match as Jamie Smith, again from England responsibility, will now change him for the remainder of the match.
Ben Foakes by no means appeared snug earlier than being given out lbw going again to Dawson, however 21-year-old Sudharsan, who struck a shocking 96 within the IPL ultimate earlier this yr, accrued runs at a workmanlike tempo.
He reached his maiden Championship fifty in precisely 100 balls after being joined by Will Jacks, who was additionally again from England responsibility to exchange Tuesday’s five-wicket hero Lawes.
Sudharsan lastly gloved Dawson to quick leg, earlier than Jacks was lbw to James Fuller within the following over, Cam Metal was lbw and Holland bowled a swinging Jamie Overton.
Clark belligerently scored a 75-ball half-century, his twenty first in first-class cricket, as he put in 32 with Kemar Roach earlier than the West Indian was caught at first slip with the second new ball and Dan Worrall was bowled by Dawson – his seventeenth wicket in September.
When Hampshire replied, regardless of 18 overs nonetheless remaining, solely 20 balls had been bowled and solely a single run scored as unhealthy gentle prevented any additional play.