Superb Notts Set Up Victory Chance Against Surrey

Rothesay County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day two)

Nottinghamshire 231: Fisher 5-61 & 219-8: Patterson-White 58; Fisher 5-57

Surrey 173: Burns 47; James 3-35, Tongue 3-43

Notts (3 pts) lead Surrey (3 pts) by 277 runs

Match scorecard

An explosive 17-wicket 2nd time astatine The Oval ended, remarkably, pinch Liam Patterson-White and Lyndon James producing nan highest business of an absorbing low-scoring lucifer to tilt nan imaginable title title decider Nottinghamshire's way.

At 219-8 successful their 2nd innings, Notts are 277 runs up of Surrey and aft Patterson-White fell for 58, nan champion individual people of nan lucifer truthful far, they saw Brett Hutton (23 not out) and Josh Tongue, unbeaten connected 14, adhd much captious runs earlier nan close.

Matt Fisher did his champion to support Surrey successful nan crippled pinch 5-57, removing James for an 84-ball 47 conscionable earlier Patterson-White's ain brave sound ended, to complete a maiden profession 10-wicket lucifer haul pursuing his opening time 5-61 successful Notts' first innings 231.

Surrey had earlier crumbled from 101-1 to 173 each retired successful nan top-of-the-table match, a first innings shortage of 58, but Notts past slid to 89-6 2nd clip astir earlier batting conditions seemed to easiness astatine past and Patterson-White and James put connected 91 successful 23 overs.

James' runs completed a good day's activity for nan all-rounder, who had earlier picked up 3-35 arsenic nan Notts seam quartet rocked Surrey, who are chasing a 4th successive County Championship triumph.

Tongue besides impressed pinch 3-43, arsenic did Hutton (2-31) and Dillon Pennington (2-41) to gain Notts 3 bowling prize points and contradict Surrey a azygous batting point.

As a result, nan 2 teams stay separated by conscionable a azygous constituent - arsenic they were earlier nan crippled - arsenic they proceed nan scrap for nan 16 points disposable for a triumph which whitethorn good determine who finishes nan play arsenic region champions aft adjacent week's last information of matches.

Patterson-White faced 90 balls, pulling Tom Lawes for six and besides hitting 5 fours, earlier Dan Worrall had him good held astatine 2nd gaffe to time off Surrey to pursuit a 4th innings target apt to beryllium astir 300 - a stiff task connected a transportation still giving nan faster bowlers plentifulness of encouragement.

Notts' 2nd innings had begun severely pinch Worrall angling 1 done Ben Slater's defences to vessel nan left-hander for four, while Haseeb Hameed was leg-before for 14 to Fisher's sixth ball.

Joe Clarke and Freddie McCann besides went lbw to Fisher, for 1 and 11 respectively successful nan bowler's adjacent 2 overs, and it was 53-5 erstwhile Jack Haynes inside-edged nan rampant Fisher connected to his limb stump to spell for 16.

Kyle Verreynne made 18 to thief James rally Notts a small successful a useful guidelines of 36 but nan South Africa wicketkeeper looked distraught erstwhile adjudged caught down disconnected Worrall successful nan 2nd complete of nan last session.

But past Patterson-White emerged astatine number 8 to frustrate Surrey's bowlers successful confederation pinch James, pinch nan time 2 action being watched by a crowd of almost 3,500 - taking nan aggregate title attendance astatine nan Oval this play to 80,484, a 21st period record.

The first hr of nan greeting gave nary hint of nan carnage to travel pinch Surrey skipper Rory Burns and nightwatchman Lawes, resuming connected 43-1, taking their 2nd wicket business to 59 pinch fewer alarms.

The 33rd complete of Surrey's innings, however, lit nan touchpaper for nan resulting fireworks pinch Lawes initially other screen driving and past pulling James' mean gait for 2 fours successful 3 balls to propose that bat was yet getting connected apical of ball.

It was only a mirage because Lawes, connected 22, past stretched retired to thrust James and only succeeded successful lifting a comfortable drawback to cover. And his dismissal was nan opening of a startling illness which saw Surrey suffer 9 wickets for conscionable 72 runs successful 20 overs either broadside of lunch.

Burns went for a gritty 97-ball 47 successful nan adjacent over, leg-before to Hutton, and 5 overs later Ben Foakes edged James behind. Dan Lawrence departed for a three-ball duck, successful nan adjacent over, beaten doubly by Hutton's outswingers earlier giving a drawback to mid connected disconnected a starring separator from an inswinger.

And it became 3 wickets successful 3 overs erstwhile Ollie Pope, to his clear annoyance, nibbled astatine 1 from James and gave McCann a waist-high drawback astatine 2nd slip.

Pope's dismissal for 11 near Surrey reeling astatine 129-6 and, soon aft lunch, it sewage worse for nan champions erstwhile Ryan Patel tried to play Tongue's gait from nan crease and was leg-before for four.

Tom Curran's 11 was curtailed by Pennington's nip-backer and different successful lbw entreaty and nan extremity of nan innings was nigh erstwhile Gus Atkinson nicked an unplayable leg-cutter from Tongue to Verreynne.

Fisher offered a fewer value strokes but connected 13 edged Tongue to 2nd gaffe but by beverage nary less than 5 apical bid Notts wickets had besides tumbled arsenic nan crippled moved connected astatine breakneck pace.

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