County Championship: Essex Force Champions Surrey to follow
Ben Fokes challenged his former county for four hours and 41 minutes, but he was unable to prevent the ASSEX from asking Champions Surrey in charge of following in the County County Championship.
The wicketkeetper of the past in England, a graduate in the ASSEX Academy, remained resolutely while the WICKETs fell around him to remain unbeaten out of 92 while Surrey was fired 365 in their first inning, 217 backward races.
Second time, Surrey has reduced their nine -point deficit without loss in six over at the end of the third day.
He could have been worse for visitors. They collapsed from their overnight stay 109-1 to 180-6, canceled by a three wicket spell in 15 balls in the middle of pre-launch chaos in which five WICKETs fell and the bowels were torn from the average order.
Simon Harmer opened the road to the ASSEX with 4-83 from a 47 over marathon, 34 of which launched themselves on the third day.
At the beginning of a day full of events under luminous and bright skies, Ollie Pope lasted only seven balls before being beaten all the ends from a delivery from Porter who launched his jar. He concluded a stand of 103 shots with Rory Burns for the second WICKET.
Jamie Smith made her presence feel with three quick boundaries off Porter but, five balls after cutting the first Shane Snater ball decisively on the border with the square leg, Saleva a covering guide, missed and continued to walk while her exchanger went to turn the wheel.
This brought Fokes, but before he could arrange Surrey lost the second WICKET in two balls. This time Harmer induced an external edge outside the Burns club for a captured socket for 73.
And it became three wickets with only eight added points when the six -ball stay of Dan Lawrence ended when Harmer made a leap with the involuntary result that was deflected to slide.
Ryan Patel seemed completely depleted by Harmer. He faced 23 deliveries from the off -road vehicle, barely approaching anyone of them, not to mention a race, before pushing one into the Wicketkeeper gloves.
In addition to his Wices, Harmer was thrifty in terms of concession races, so when Fokes pushed him through the roofs was only the second border he had granted in 26 over.
The scoreboard scored was quickly taken when the new ball was taken with 40 runs from the first six over, moving Surrey to their first of two strokes in the trial, before 45 per free wheel of Jordan Clark from 88 balls were finished by Cook.
Fokes reached his fifties when he cut his eighth four just wide open. He had put on 55 for the eighth WICKET with Matt Fisher before losing his fifth partner, the Recruit of Yorkshire had been launched by one of Hamer who held back.
James Taylor joined Fokes in a 22 over stand that takes time for a value of 50 runs before Matt Critchley went down one by one and removed Taylor with a Googly. He then exchanged his previous end to take into account Kemar Roach LBW and put an end to the inning.
