Surrey Pace Pair Run Through Notts

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

Nottinghamshire 231: Slater 50; Fisher 5-61, Atkinson 4-41

Surrey 43-1: Burns 19*, Sibley 14; Pennington 1-9

Surrey 3 pts, Notts 0 pts

Match scorecard

Matt Fisher and Gus Atkinson spearheaded a relentless Surrey show pinch nan shot arsenic Nottinghamshire struggled to enforce themselves connected nan top-of-the-table County Championship showdown astatine nan Kia Oval.

Fisher vanished pinch 5-61, his first five-wicket haul for Surrey since past winter's move from Yorkshire, and Atkinson 4-41 arsenic Notts – who began nan crippled conscionable 1 constituent down nan location broadside successful an breathtaking title for nan title – were bowled retired for 231 connected nan opening time of a title that could good determine nan championship.

In reply, successful 16 overs' batting, Surrey reached 43-1 by stumps pinch Rory Burns unbeaten connected 19 but Dom Sibley caught down successful nan penultimate complete for 14 arsenic he tried to return his bat distant from a shortish shot from Dillon Pennington.

Burns had earlier won nan flip and put Notts into bat connected a green-hued surface.

The visitors fought difficult to build a competitory full but pinch Atkinson looking a peculiarly difficult proposition successful nan conditions, it was Surrey - chasing 4 successive titles - who will beryllium nan happier of nan 2 teams pursuing nan opening exchanges.

Haseeb Hameed, nan Notts captain, was put down astatine first gaffe connected 7 but nan unlucky bowler, Atkinson, was celebrating a mates of overs later erstwhile he edged again connected 9 and Ollie Pope scooped up a bully debased drawback to his near astatine 2nd slip.

Then came nan champion Notts batting of nan time pinch left-handers Ben Slater and Freddie McCann showing accomplishment and self-discipline to make it done to luncheon astatine 75-1 and, afterwards, to widen their 2nd wicket business to 64 successful 24 overs of difficult graft.

Fisher's 2nd spell, however, brought McCann's downfall for 34 and past Slater's 4 overs later for an fantabulous 50, from 95 balls.

Thin edges done to keeper Ben Foakes accounted for them both, pinch Fisher being rewarded for immoderate probing fast-medium that besides gave nan batsmen very small to hit.

Atkinson was past recalled for his ain 2nd spell, again from nan Pavilion End, and pinch his 5th shot backmost he had Jack Haynes leg-before for 13 to time off Notts abruptly looking susceptible astatine 132-4.

Joe Clarke, whose 29 contained immoderate of nan champion and astir charismatic strokes of nan day, edged nan testing Atkinson to Foakes.

And aft beverage was taken early because of nan afternoon's 2nd short rainfall ablution it was Atkinson who sent nan Notts innings into further decline.

Lyndon James, beaten aggregate times by Atkinson successful a fraught 17, chipped to mid-wicket and Dan Worrall yet sewage into nan enactment by having Liam Patterson-White caught down for 8 from nan past shot of his 16th over.

Notts' 174-7 soon became 187-8 erstwhile Fisher replaced Atkinson, who had taken 3-19 successful 9 overs either broadside of tea.

South Africa wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne was leg-before for 13, aiming towards mid-wicket, and Fisher kept moving successful to adhd nan scalps of Josh Tongue and past man Pennington.

Tongue gave Foakes his 5th drawback of nan innings arsenic he tried to thrust and Pennington's useful 14 was ended by an inswinger into his pads aft he and Hutton, who pulled Fisher for six successful a defiant 30 not out, had added 28 for nan 10th wicket.

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