Surrey succumbed to a file innings-and-278-run thrashing by Hampshire on day three in Southampton at hand a lift to their Vitality County Championship title rivals.
Surrey’s loss was their heaviest within the Championship, with their solely larger reverses in first-class cricket coming in opposition to England in 1866 – when WG Grace scored two centuries – and Don Bradman’s Australia in 1948, once they had been trounced by an innings and 296 runs on every event.
Rory Burns’ facet, champions within the final two seasons, had been bundled out for 203 of their second innings as house spinners Felix Organ (5-104) and Liam Dawson (4-45) secured Hampshire’s largest County Championship victory and inflicted only a fourth defeat for Surrey for the reason that begin of 2022, two of which got here after the Londoners had already gained the title.
Division One desk toppers Surrey lead Somerset by 16 factors with each side having performed seven video games, with Essex – at the moment 197 runs forward of Kent after day three of their match at Canterbury – an additional seven factors adrift.
Burns (17) was first to fall, out to seamer Keith Barker, earlier than Organ and Dawson took over, with Surrey slipping to 68-4 after which 149-9 earlier than final man Dan Worrall biffed 48 from 57 balls, the very best rating for his facet within the match.
Surrey had been skittled for 127 on day one earlier than Hampshire replied with a monster 608-6 declared – house skipper James Vince calling his facet in on Sunday with a 481-run lead.
Hampshire’s Ben Brown, on 99 in a single day, carted the primary ball of the day to the boundary to achieve his twenty fourth first-class century, and second since arriving from Sussex, earlier than passing his highest first-class rating to finish 165 not out.
Surrey had been then blown away by Hampshire’s assault as soon as once more, with Organ producing a depraved off-spinner to bowl England vice-captain Ollie Pope center stump.
Organ’s different wickets included Jamie Smith (9) and Dan Lawrence (42), with Ben Foakes left stranded on 19 not out from 107 balls for Surrey after spending the most effective a part of two days laying on the physio’s desk with again spasms.
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