Surrey beat Hampshire by an innings-record 278 runs on day three in Southampton so as to add to their rivals’ tally within the Vitality County Championship.
Surrey’s loss was their heaviest of the championship and their solely main reverses in first-class cricket got here towards England in 1866 – when UG Grace scored two centuries – and Don Bradman’s Australia in 1948, after they suffered an innings and 296 run for each time.
Rory Burns’ aspect, champions for the previous two seasons, had been all out for 203 within the second innings as Felix Argan (5-104) and Liam Dawson (4-45) secured their largest win within the Hampshire County Championship and solely Surrey’s fourth defeat because the begin of 2022 , two of which got here after the Londoners had already received the title.
Surrey, who’re on the high of the Division One desk, lead Somerset by 16 factors with the 2 sides having performed seven video games apiece, whereas Essex – presently 197 runs forward of Kent after their match at Canterbury on day three – are an extra seven factors behind.
Burns (17) was the primary to fall, leaving wicketkeeper Keith Barker earlier than Argan and Dawson caught him as Surrey slumped to 68-4 after which 149-9 earlier than final man Dan Worrall hit 48 off 57 balls to make the best rating for his aspect within the match.
Surrey had been bowled out for 127 on day one earlier than Hampshire responded with a monster 608-6 – with dwelling captain James Vince summoning his staff to a 481-run lead on Sunday.
Hampshire’s Ben Brown, with an in a single day rating of 99, took the primary ball of the day to the boundary to achieve his twenty fourth first-class century, his second since arriving from Sussex, earlier than surpassing his highest first-class rating to complete on 165 .
Surrey had been then struck once more by the Hampshire assault as Argan produced a dashing strike to beat England vice-captain Ollie Pope.
Different Argonne wickets included Jamie Smith (9) and Dan Lawrence (42), whereas Ben Fox was stranded on 19 not out from 107 balls for Surrey after spending most of two days on the physio’s desk with again spasms.
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