Surrey bowling attack "needs to return to being relentless as a unit"
13.04.26, 20:09 Updated 30.07.26, 18:13
Mark Baldwin
Surrey scored 263 for four in their second innings on a rain-shortened final day to secure a high-scoring draw against Leicestershire at the Kia Oval, with both Jamie Smith and Ollie Pope again making big scores.
Smith's 89 and Pope's 83 not out (in addition to 166 and 103, respectively, earlier in the match) meant that Surrey were always comfortable on a placid Oval surface despite starting day four 171 runs behind the Foxes after Leicestershire had replied with a massive 691 to Surrey's own imposing first innings of 520.
The draw earned Surrey 14 points, to go with the 11 they took from the opening round draw at Edgbaston against Warwickshire, and Rory Burns' team sit in fifth place in the embryonic Division One table - just nine points behind early leaders Somerset, who in this second round trounced Essex at Chelmsford.
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