bumper, has a swipe but can't connect
Somerset vs Surrey, 9th Match at London, County DIV1, Apr 12 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
6.11pm: They're shaking hands! Surrey have given up the ghost after what looked briefly like one of the most remarkable chases in recent Championship history. Good fightback from Gregory and Aldridge after Smith and Lawrence took the opening bowlers apart. The match is drawn, and Essex remain the only Division One team to have won a game.
Richard: "Somerset are in danger of winning this one now!"
shuffles outside off stump and cracks a pull into the leg side... but just for one, to deep midwicket
sharp bouncer, Lawrence sways inside the line and takes evasive action
slapped out to point, gives the strike back to Lawrence
slower ball outside off, swiped down towards long-off
width outside off, looks to slap through the off side but can't lay bat on it
Atkinson at No. 7.
back-of-a-length ball at the right hip, Sibley shapes to muscle it over the leg side... but it loops straight up, and Gregory takes the catch off his own bowling
sprayed a long way wide outside the off stump
back-of-a-length ball on the hip, bottom-edged swivel-pull down to long leg for a couple
whipped away leg-side, but they can't get back for two
width outside off, slapped out to deep cover for the single which gets Lawrence back on strike
James: "Does Sibley's arrival mean Surrey are giving up the ghost?" -- He played positively in the first innings and does have an extra gear... but it's Lawrence or bust, really
slower ball, leading edge squirts out to deep cover for a single... Lawrence off strike again, and Aldridge has 3 for 10 from his two overs
Sibley at No. 6. Surprised Jordan Clark hasn't been sent out for a hit as yet.
holes out to deep backward square! Strange innings from Burns who didn't seem sure whether he was teeing off or knocking it about. Back of a length, on the hip, and picks out the man on the rope
hard length, Burns swings hard but can't get anything on it! Surely needs to tip-and-run to get Lawrence back on strike...
offcutter, Burns is through the shot early and can't lay bat on ball
width outside off, Burns flashes hard and misses
Somerset's fielders are all a few metres off the rope, conscious of stopping the second run.
Rory Burns walks out at No. 5... it feels like Surrey will need a ton from Lawrence if they are to pull this off.
cross-batted hoick, high but not very long... and Aldridge gets underneath it running back over his left shoulder! Somerset have stopped the bleeding in the last three overs
Aldridge again.
angled down the leg side, past the attempted whip over square leg