da stake casino： A burst of three wickets in nine balls from Chris Tremlett saw Surrey wrap upvictory by an innings and 175 runs against Northamptonshire at The Oval
22-Jul-2010
ScorecardChris Tremlett finished with three top-order wickets as Surrey completed a resounding victory•PA Photos
A burst of three wickets in nine balls from Chris Tremlett saw Surrey wrap upvictory by an innings and 175 runs against Northamptonshire at The Oval.Northamptonshire had been 96 without loss following on but they dramaticallycollapsed to 205 all out.The visitors, dismissed before lunch for 240 and forced to follow-on stilltrailing by 380, were making a better fist of things second time around untilAndre Nel, limping with a suspected thigh strain, provided the inspiration forSurrey.Openers Stephen Peters (50) and Ben Howgego (45) had posted 96 in 35 oversbefore Surrey’s three-pronged pace attack of Tremlett, Nel and Stuart Meakertook a grip on the game by bagging four wickets in 16 balls without addition tothe total.Nel got one to lift off a length to have Peters caught in the gully then, fromthe very next ball, Tremlett went around the wicket to see Howgego, pushinghesitantly, edge onto his own off stump.Three balls later David Sales fenced at a Tremlett lifter to edge low to Nel atslip and, in his next over, the 6ft 7in strike bowler saw Rob White chop ontothe base of off stump.The collapse continued after tea when Meaker got in on the act with 4 for 59during 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 tothird slip and David Murphy (eight) was comprehensively castled.Surrey’s excellent fielding continued when Usman Afzaal took another athleticcatch on the run at wide mid-off to account for David Lucas (14) off GarethBatty’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 winwith 13 overs of the day remaining.After a 15-minute delay for rain at the start of the day, Northamptonshireresumed their first innings on 174 for 8 and reached their only battingbonus 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 targetwhen he was late on a quicker ball from Batty to go leg before and make it 198for 9.Number 11 Brooks went for his shots from ball one, sweeping Batty for two sixesinto the Peter May Stand and then backing away to cut another six over theropes at backward point off Meaker.Batty had his revenge however, having Brooks caught at backward square-leg toend the Northamptonshire innings just after mid-day allowing his skipper RoryHamilton-Brown to enforce the follow-on with more than five sessions of thematch remaining.Batty, the pick of Surrey’s attack, finished with 5 for 76 – his firstfive-wicket return since re-joining the county from Worcestershire – while Neland Tremlett bagged two apiece.