Surrey v Warwickshire - County Championship Division One – Day 2 – Live Score and Update
Surrey 223 & 144/4 (39.0 ov) v Warwickshire 247 - Surrey lead by 120 runs with 6 wickets remaining
Kennington Oval, London: Surrey at stumps on the second day of the ongoing four-day match against Warwickshire, have now gained a lead by 120 runs with six wickets in hand after jamming 144 runs on Thursday, May 24.
From Surrey, GJ Batty was the star of the day as he grabbed six wickets to reduce Warwickshire to a total of 247 runs after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 resumed their first innings from a total of 106 runs for the loss of only a wicket.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WTS-Porterfield-c2801, who went back to the dressing room after crafting an innings of 46 runs.
The bowlers then maintained constant pressure on the batsmen in order to keep the run rate in check.
With 138 as Warwickshire’s total, the side suffered the loss their third wicket as skipper, JO Troughton, had his stumps obliterated on a delivery bowled by Meaker.
Opener, V Chopra, who had looked in impeccable form all day long, became the next wicket to crumble as he fell after scoring a fine innings of 78 runs.
Later middle-order batsman, DL Maddy, was trapped right in front of stumps by Meaker to find his way back to the pavilion after jamming a knock of 15 runs.
TR Ambrose then provided a potent support to R http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 as the duo drove their side to a total of 207 runs before suffering a terrible batting collapse which saw the demise of Ambrose on 33 and R Clarke on eight.
Later the lower-order put up some fight, but faltered after ending Warwickshire’s first innings on 247 runs.
Surrey then had an impressive start to their innings as openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Davies-c2542 smacked an opening stand of 36 runs before the loss of the first wicket.
While the team lost three more wickets by the end of the day, Roy stood tall among them after hammering an innings of 71 runs as Surrey posted a tally of 144.
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