County Championship: Jamie Smith and Ollie Pope dominate for Surrey

Jamie Smith hit 17 fours in his unbeaten 111

LV= County Championship Division One, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day one)

Surrey 294-4: Smith 111*, Pope 84, S Curran 57*; M Taylor 2-51

Gloucestershire: Yet to bat

Gloucestershire 1 pt, Surrey 2 pts

Scorecard

Jamie Smith served up defiance aplenty to register a hard-earned hundred and give Surrey the upper hand on day one of their County Championship match against Gloucestershire at Bristol.

Without a score of note in two previous outings this season, the 21-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman found his touch to raise 111 not out from 239 balls, holding sway for five hours to help the Londoners recover from a poor start and reach the close on 294-4.

Having played second fiddle to England batsman Ollie Pope in an alliance of 151 for the fourth wicket earlier in the day, he then shared in an unbroken stand of 106 with Sam Curran as Division One leaders Surrey took control in the final session.

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