Lewis and Linley restrict Worcs to 285

Surrey will be the happier of the 2 sides after day two of the LVCC Division One match against Worcestershire, after bowling out the hosts for 285, after they elected to bat first yesterday.

Mitchell and Klinger started the day on 58-0, after the rain affected first day. The Surrey bowlers didn’t let them settle, and it was the Viscount who made the breakthrough, bowling the skipper. He then trapped Klinger in front in the same over to complete a good start to the day for his team. However, Solanki and Moeen Ali began to play more attackingly as the session progressed, and they took their side to the Lunch interval just 2 down.

The pair continued as they’d set off before the break, until Jon Lewis managed to beat Solanki and bowled him for 42. Then, a massive moment for debutant George Edwards, as he got Ali to nick behind on 61, and Steve Davies did the rest. Edwards has impressed many already throughout this game, and surely has a big future ahead of him.

Batty was the next man in on the wickets, when he trapped Pardoe in front to leave the hosts 220-5. After a short interval for further rain, Ben Scott set off for a quick single, but was run out by Kevin Pietersen. Surrey were scenting a chance of reducing the hosts to under 275. Lewis then got back in on the act, when he picked up 2 wickets in quick succession. First he had Kapil caught behind for just 5, and then followed that up by bowling David Lucas. Lewis certainly has been a revelation in the Championship since his acquisition from Gloucestershire last summer, already claiming 17 wickets in the competition at just over 15 a piece.

After a short break for bad light and drizzle, The Viscount Linley picked up his 3^rd wicket of the innings, when Richard Jones was adjudged LBW for just 1. And after a short onslaught from James Cameron, Linley picked up his 4^th, getting the all rounder caught by de Bruyn. Worcestershire were all out for 285.

That was the last action of the day and a good day for Surrey then, as they would have been happy to reduce the hosts to anything under 300 after choosing to bat first. Due to the vast amount of time lost already, it is unlikely that there will be a result in this game, unless we collapse tomorrow, or our aggressive batsman play like we know they can.