Saqib Mahmood took a profession-most productive 4 for 50 as Lancashire had the easier of the opening day at Pale Trafford with the runner’s up region at stake
Lancashire 17 for 0 path Surrey 201 for 8 dec (S Curran 56*, Mahmood 4-50 ) by 184 runs
Saqib Mahmood took a profession-most productive 4 for 50 as Lancashire had the easier of the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship conflict with Surrey at Pale Trafford.
With Surrey origin three parts forward of third-positioned Lancashire, or now now not it is a match where the winners will attain 2d in Division One.
Surrey misplaced eight wickets forward of selecting to philosophize having reached 201 for 8 – their first batting level thanks to a half of-century from Sam Curran – which denied Lancashire a third bowling level.
“My first first-class game at Pale Trafford and or now now not it is one I would now now not fail to keep in mind in a bustle,” Mahmood mentioned “From a bowling level of watch we couldn’t without a doubt beget performed a long way more. To make a choice up them to 200, the wicket appears to be like fancy or now now not it is knocking down out now.
“I was so annoyed they declared, I’m on four wickets and every ball I felt I was going to select up a wicket and they crawl and philosophize so I wasn’t very gay if I’m like minded!”
On the declaration, Surrey coach Michael Di Venuto mentioned: “We wished to beget a crack at them tonight and knock a pair over however it wasn’t to be. The rewards didn’t arrive for us however tomorrow is any other day.
“Our tail hasn’t been the ideally suited this 300 and sixty five days to be able to avoid wasting wasting time and to select up those nine overs to test out to select up a pair of wickets used to be the blueprint. Derive the game inspiring, that is the intent. It used to be the final thing they had been awaiting.”
The guests determined now to now not divulge their right to opt to bowl and the toss used to be received by Lancashire, who did hang to attain so, subsequently giving every captains the spoil result they wished.
There beget been a pair of early probabilities for the hosts as Tom Bailey forced Rory Burns into drives that Dane Vilas and Prefer Jones got fingers to high above their heads however couldn’t preserve.
Burns and Place Stoneman, the Championship’s third and 2d best runs-scorers respectively, shared 47 for the first wicket forward of Burns chipped Mahmood to Shivnarine Chanderpaul at mid-on to depart for 18.
Lancashire struck all as soon as more forward of lunch, legspinner Matt Parkinson producing a rare birth that spun lend a hand at Stoneman who left alone the ball that crashed into his stumps.
That brought Kumar Sangakkara to the crease in his final first-class game and he used to be welcomed with a guard of honour by Lancashire’s gamers forward of guiding Surrey to lunch at 72 for 2.
Nonetheless it used to be a frenetic innings from the Sri Lankan immense, who has made eight Championship centuries this season. Having launched Stephen Parry for six forward of lunch, he fell for the rapid-ball entice – hooking a bouncer from Mahmood to Prefer Jones within the deep for 14.
“We had a opinion on how to bowl to Kumar Sangakkara at lunch and to reach out and nail the opinion, I could now not moderately factor in it had arrive off,” Mahmood mentioned. “It is a immense scalp.”
Lancashire struck twice more forward of an early tea used to be referred to as. Mahmood, playing in only his fourth first-class game, nipped one lend a hand at Scott Borthwick to entice the left-hander lbw for 30.
Stephen Parry then picked up Surrey’s fifth wicket by ripping one previous the exterior edge of Ben Foakes’ bat with what turned into out to be the closing ball forward of tea – which used to be referred to as early as a result of a aggregate of harmful light and drizzle. Surrey had been 112 for 5 at the interval and Lancashire had been within the ascendancy.
Nonetheless a half of-century stand after the resumption between Ollie Pope and Sam Curran held up the Lancashire fee. They could add right four more on the synthetic hand as Pope overdid the attacking side of the stand, attempting to begin Parkinson down the ground however the ball turned into previous his exterior edge and Alex Davies done the stumping.
Mahmood sealed his profession-most productive figures by trapping Rikki Clarke for 7 with one which kept a minute of low forward of Gareth Batty came and went without scoring.
Curran though carried on along with his extremely impressive innings, passing his half of-century from 106 balls. He went on to reach an unbeaten 56, taking Surrey previous 200 and to their first batting level. At that stage they promptly declared.
Alex Davies and Prefer Jones negotiated a difficult length to conclude on 17 without loss.
