Saqib Mahmood took a career-best 4 for 50 as Lancashire had the much better of the opening day at Old Trafford with the jogger’s up place at risk
Lancashire 17 for 0 route Surrey 201 for 8 dec (S Curran 56 *, Mahmood 4-50) by 184 runs
Saqib Mahmood took a career-best 4 for 50 as Lancashire had the much better of the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship encounter Surrey at Old Trafford.
With Surrey starting 3 factors in advance of third-placed Lancashire, it’s a suit where the victors will certainly complete second in Division One.
Surrey shed 8 gates prior to selecting to proclaim having actually gotten to 201 for 8 – their very first batting point many thanks to a half-century from Sam Curran – which refuted Lancashire a 3rd bowling point.
“My first first-class game at Old Trafford and it’s one I won’t forget in a hurry,” Mahmood stated “From a bowling point of view we couldn’t really have done much more. To get them to 200, the wicket looks like it’s flattening out now.
” I was so upset they proclaimed, I’m on 4 gates as well as every round I felt I was going to obtain a gate as well as they go as well as proclaim so I had not been really satisfied if I’m sincere!”
On the declaration, Surrey coach Michael Di Venuto said: “We intended to have a split at them tonite as well as knock a pair over yet it had not been to be. The benefits really did not come for us yet tomorrow is an additional day.
“Our tail hasn’t been the best this year so to save wasting time and to get those nine overs to try to get a couple of wickets was the intention. Get the game moving, that’s the intent. It was the last thing they were expecting.”
The site visitors determined not to exercise their right to choose to bowl as well as the throw was won by Lancashire, that did pick to do so, as a result providing both captains the result they desired.
There were a number of very early opportunities for the hosts as Tom Bailey required Rory Burns right into drives that Dane Vilas as well as Rob Jones obtained hands to high over their heads yet could not hold.
Burns as well as Mark Stoneman, the Championship’s 3rd as well as second greatest runs-scorers specifically, shared 47 for the very first gate prior to Burns cracked Mahmood to Shivnarine Chanderpaul at mid-on to leave for 18.
Lancashire struck once more prior to lunch, legspinner Matt Parkinson making a fantastic distribution that rotated back at Stoneman that laid off the round that collapsed right into his stumps.
That brought Kumar Sangakkara to the fold in his last excellent video game as well as he rated with a guard of honour by Lancashire’s gamers prior to directing Surrey to lunch at 72 for 2.
But it was a mad innings from the Sri Lankan wonderful, that has actually made 8 Championship centuries this period. Having introduced Stephen Parry for 6 prior to lunch, he dropped for the short-ball catch – hooking a baby bouncer from Mahmood to Rob Jones in the deep for 14.
“We had a plan on how to bowl to Kumar Sangakkara at lunch and to come out and nail the plan, I couldn’t quite believe it had come off,” Mahmood stated. “It is a great scalp.”
Lancashire struck two times a lot more prior to a very early tea was called. Mahmood, having fun in simply his 4th excellent video game, nipped one back at Scott Borthwick to catch the left-hander lbw for 30.
Stephen Parry after that got Surrey’s 5th gate by tearing one past the outdoors side of Ben Foakes’ bat with what became the last round prior to tea – which was called early as a result of a mix of poor light as well as drizzle. Surrey were 112 for 5 at the period as well as Lancashire were in the ascendancy.
But a half-century stand after the resumption in between Ollie Pope as well as Sam Curran stood up the Lancashire fee. They might include simply 4 even more nonetheless as Pope exaggerated the striking side of the stand, trying to launch Parkinson down the ground yet the round transformed previous his outdoors side as well as Alex Davies finished the stumping.
Mahmood secured his career-best numbers by capturing Rikki Clarke for 7 with one that maintained a little bit reduced prior to Gareth Batty reoccured without racking up.
Curran though continued with his very excellent innings, passing his half-century from 106 rounds. He took place to get to an unbeaten 56, taking Surrey previous 200 as well as to their very first battingpoint At that phase they without delay proclaimed.
Alex Davies as well as Rob Jones worked out a challenging duration to shut on 17 without loss.