County Championship: Gloucestershire’s Chris Dent hits double century as Surrey toil.

Chris Dent

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Gloucestershire batter Chris Dent has a career-best score of 268
LV= County Championship Division One, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day three)
Surrey 603: Smith 234*, Clark 137, Pope 84; M Taylor 3-85, Payne 3-99
Gloucestershire 443-2: Dent 207*, Harris 124, Hammond 75*
Gloucestershire (7 pts) trail Surrey (3 pts) by 160 runs with eight wickets remaining
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Chris Dent scored a superb double century and batted all day to frustrate First Division leaders Surrey and usher Gloucestershire towards safety on day three of this County Championship match.

Responding to Surrey’s imposing first-innings 603, Gloucestershire reached the close on 443-2, thanks in large part to Dent’s defiant knock of 207 not out – an innings spanning eight hours so far.

The Bristolian, rediscovering his best form when it was most needed, shared a record-breaking opening stand of 296 with Marcus Harris, who raised an impressive 124, and then staged an unbroken third-wicket alliance of 147 with Miles Hammond, his…

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