Hampshire spinners Felix Organ and Liam Dawson bowled the hosts to their greatest ever County Championship victory and Surrey’s biggest-ever innings defeat because the back-to-back champions had been crushed inside three days at Southampton.
Off-spinner Organ claimed his third profession five-for, whereas England all-rounder Dawson took 4-45 as Hampshire bowled out Surrey second time round for 203 to win by an innings and 278 runs.
Surrey have solely ever had two heavier defeats in first-class cricket – first in 1866 in opposition to England, a match through which WG Grace scored a double century, then in 1948 in opposition to Don Bradman’s touring Australians – each by an innings and 296 runs.
Hampshire’s first house win of 2024, which opens up the Division One title race as they transfer to inside 30 factors of the leaders, was solely Surrey’s fourth defeat because the begin of 2022. And two of these got here after they’d already gained the title.
The hosts lastly declared 481 runs forward on 608-6, their third-highest Championship rating on the floor. that was after Ben Brown, 99 in a single day, carted the primary ball of the day to the boundary to achieve his twenty fourth first-class hundred on his approach to a career-best 165 not out.
Surrey got a minimal of 172 overs to keep away from an innings defeat however, after attending to the seventeenth over unscathed, wickets fell repeatedly.
Rory Burns edged left-armer Keith Barker to first slip then Dom Sibley lastly fell for 20 off 86 balls when an inside edge onto his pad ballooned to mad mid-off.
Organ produced a depraved off-spinner to pin again Ollie Pope’s center stump earlier than Jamie Smith turned his subsequent sufferer as a change-up supply slid into center and off.
Dan Lawrence took a unique method, hitting 9 fours to achieve 42 earlier than he chopped Organ onto his stumps.
Having spent the very best a part of two days laying on the physio’s desk with again spasms, England wicket-keeper Ben Foakes then got here in to face 107 balls for his unbeaten 19.
However wickets continued to clatter, as Dawson now took the limelight. He had Cam Metal brilliantly caught at first slip by Vince after a deflection off Ben Brown’s gloves earlier than Jordan Clark was yorked.
Organ obtained his five-for when Sean Abbott chipped to mid on, earlier than Dawson closed out Hampshire’s second straight win in a row by bowling Gus Atkinson round his legs and finally bagging Dan Worrall off a skier for 48 – Surrey’s highest rating of the match.