A burst of three wickets in nine balls from Chris Tremlett saw Surrey wrap up
victory by an innings and 175 runs against Northamptonshire at The Oval
22-Jul-2010
Surrey 620 for 7 beat Northamptonshire 240 and 205 by an innings and 175 runs Scorecard
A burst of three wickets in nine balls from Chris Tremlett saw Surrey wrap up
victory by an innings and 175 runs against Northamptonshire at The Oval.
Northamptonshire had been 96 without loss following on but they dramatically
collapsed to 205 all out.
The visitors, dismissed before lunch for 240 and forced to follow-on still
trailing by 380, were making a better fist of things second time around until
Andre Nel, limping with a suspected thigh strain, provided the inspiration for
Surrey.
Openers Stephen Peters (50) and Ben Howgego (45) had posted 96 in 35 overs
before Surrey's three-pronged pace attack of Tremlett, Nel and Stuart Meaker
took a grip on the game by bagging four wickets in 16 balls without addition to
the total.
Nel got one to lift off a length to have Peters caught in the gully then, from
the very next ball, Tremlett went around the wicket to see Howgego, pushing
hesitantly, edge onto his own off stump.
Three balls later David Sales fenced at a Tremlett lifter to edge low to Nel at
slip and, in his next over, the 6ft 7in strike bowler saw Rob White chop onto
the base of off stump.
The collapse continued after tea when Meaker got in on the act with 4 for 59
during a fiery stint from the Vauxhall End.
David Wakely (seven) was superbly caught one-handed by Nel at slip, Andrew Hall
(two) sliced a leg-cutter to point, Elton Chigumbura (25) snicked a drive to
third slip and David Murphy (eight) was comprehensively castled.
Surrey's excellent fielding continued when Usman Afzaal took another athletic
catch on the run at wide mid-off to account for David Lucas (14) off Gareth
Batty's bowling. Afzaal then helped himself to a wicket as James Middlebrook's
(36) slog sweep was caught at mid-on and completed Surrey's maximum points win
with 13 overs of the day remaining.
After a 15-minute delay for rain at the start of the day, Northamptonshire
resumed their first innings on 174 for 8 and reached their only batting
bonus point in style thanks to a lusty 36 from last-man Jack Brooks.
Lucas (13) fell with the visitors two short of their initial 200-run target
when he was late on a quicker ball from Batty to go leg before and make it 198
for 9.
Number 11 Brooks went for his shots from ball one, sweeping Batty for two sixes
into the Peter May Stand and then backing away to cut another six over the
ropes at backward point off Meaker.
Batty had his revenge however, having Brooks caught at backward square-leg to
end the Northamptonshire innings just after mid-day allowing his skipper Rory
Hamilton-Brown to enforce the follow-on with more than five sessions of the
match remaining.
Batty, the pick of Surrey's attack, finished with 5 for 76 - his first
five-wicket return since re-joining the county from Worcestershire - while Nel
and Tremlett bagged two apiece.