County Championship: Surrey beat Northants by an innings and 5 runs

Surrey are now 30 points clear at the top of Division One

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

Surrey 401: Burns 107; Procter 3-68

Northamptonshire 194 & 202: Gay 51; Atkinson 3-26

Surrey (22 pts) beat Northants (2 pts) by an innings and five runs

Scorecard

Surrey’s five-man pace attack blew Northamptonshire away for the second time in 24 hours at The Oval, dismissing them for 202 to complete a County Championship victory by an innings and five runs inside three days.

Dan Worrall picked up 3-37, Gus Atkinson 3-26 and Jordan Clark 2-43 for Surrey, who had earlier finished off the Northamptonshire first innings for 194.

During the first innings, Colin De Grandhomme took 4-39 before Surrey strengthened their position at the top of Division One with a third win from five games.

This was a real show of power by the hosts – who earned 22 points – despite the absence of Ollie Pope with illness and the fact Sam Curran did not bowl in either Northamptonshire innings as he continues…

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