County Champions Surrey took lower than two periods on day 4 to bowl out Lancashire for 177 and full a formidable innings-and-63-run win.
Conor McKerr polished off Lancashire’s tail to complete with 4-27, whereas Dan Worrall and Jordan Clark every took three wickets because the Division One leaders made it seven wins from 10 to take care of their march in direction of an anticipated third successive title.
Matthew Hurst, Lancashire’s extremely rated 20-year-old, tried arduous to carry up Surrey, including a superb 64 to a first-innings 46, however on a day when teenager Rocky Flintoff suffered a second-innings golden duck on his first-class debut, there was by no means a lot doubt in regards to the consequence.
Whereas Surrey now have an much more wholesome lead on the prime, they solely have house benefit for considered one of their final 4 matches – and two of these away video games are towards fellow title challengers Somerset and Essex.
They now face relegation-threatened Notts at Trent Bridge on Thursday, adopted by the journey to Taunton, then a house sport with mid-table Durham earlier than closing towards Essex at Chelmsford within the final week of September.
Lancashire host Hampshire in Manchester on Thursday, then go to Durham, earlier than ending with Somerset at Previous Trafford – and a final-week journey to Worcestershire.
