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| LV= County Championship Division One, Kia Oval, London (day two) |
| Somerset 337: Abell 150*, Hildreth 54; Topley 3-62, Clark 3-66 |
| Surrey 204-5: Foakes 63, Pope 47; Siddle 2-23, C Overton 2-50 |
| Surrey (3 pts) trail Somerset (4 pts) by 133 runs with five wickets remaining |
| Scorecard |
England pair Ben Foakes and Ollie Pope led Surrey’s fightback after a career-best 150 not out by Tom Abell for Somerset on day two at The Oval.
The visitors added 54 to their overnight 283-6 before skipper Abell finally ran out of partners.
Surrey lost early wickets, but Foakes and Pope put on 80 before the latter fell for 47 to a quite brilliant boundary catch by Tom Banton.
Foakes followed for 63 as Surrey reached stumps on 204-5, 133 behind.
Having failed to earn any batting points in their first two matches, Somerset claimed a third when they passed 300 for the loss of Josh Davey, who was caught at third slip off Jordan Clark…
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