County Championship: Rory Burns century for Surrey towards Northants sends Check reminder

Rory Burns’ previous highest score this season for Surrey was 41

LV= County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day one)

Surrey 261-6: Burns 107, Curran 71*; Procter 3-51

Northamptonshire: Yet to bat

Surrey 2 pts, Northamptonshire 2 pts

Scorecard

Rory Burns returned to form with 107 as Surrey reached 261-6 on the opening day of the County Championship match against Northamptonshire at the Kia Oval.

Surrey captain Burns, dropped as England’s Test opener following poor returns during the heavy Ashes series defeat in Australia last winter, had made only 119 runs from six previous championship innings this season.

But he held Surrey’s first innings together impressively after Luke Procter had removed Hashim Amla and Will Jacks in successive balls soon after lunch.

Burns went to two milestones during his innings – 11,000 runs in all first-class cricket and 9,000 in first-class matches for Surrey – and was joined by Sam Curran in the day’s defining partnership of 95 for the fifth wicket.

Curran…

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