Surrey face a testing final-day rearguard motion at Edgbaston to keep away from an opening-game defeat by Warwickshire in Division One of many County Championship.
Trailing by 216 on first innings, the guests closed the third day on 169-3, nonetheless 47 away from avoiding an innings defeat.
England’s Jamie Smith ended the day unbeaten on 51 and Rory Burns made 55 however Surrey want not less than two gamers to bat lengthy on the final day to avoid wasting the sport.
Warwickshire had earlier prolonged their first innings to 544 all out as Dan Mousley struck a career-best 144, Sam Hain 94 and Beau Webster 53.
Eighteen-year-old spinner Ralphie Albert loved most success with 3-80 in a Surrey assault lacking the unavailable Gus Atkinson, the injured Dan Worrall and the flu-hit Jordan Clark.
Surrey have to bat diligently to avoid wasting the sport however, on a pitch which has change into principally batter-friendly, can be disenchanted to not shepherd the 174th County Championship match between these two sides to its 77th draw.
Warwickshire resumed their first innings on the third morning on 330-2, already two runs in entrance, and Surrey’s goal was to make run-scoring quite a bit much less comfy than the day gone by.
They largely did that, bowling a greater line and making certain that runs have been quite a bit harder-earned.
Mousley and Hain took their partnership to 212 in 52 overs earlier than each fell shortly earlier than a short rain break. Hain, six wanting his twentieth first-class century, was lbw to a full-length ball from Matt Fisher.
Mousley, having hit 25 fours in his first first-class hundred for Warwickshire, edged James Taylor to slide the place Burns held on on the second try.
Ed Barnard pepped the boundary depend again up with 4 fours from his first ten balls however then edged an tried lower at Fisher to slide. Beau Webster fell lbw to Lawes shortly after turning into the fifth batter within the innings to go 50. Lawes’ enter to the assault was then curtailed mid-over by a cut up lip sustained when a straight drive bounced up into his face.
Albert, having had his center stump uprooted by Chris Woakes on the primary day, took revenge by putting the previous England all-rounder’s center through an inside-edge.
Because the innings flagged a little bit, Kai Smith (38) took the full over 500 earlier than top-edging a pull at Albert. Ethan Bamber was lbw to Taylor earlier than Jordan Thompson, having simply swatted Albert over mid-wicket for six, turned the left-armer’s deserved third wicket when he skied to further cowl.
Surrey began their second innings after tea, realizing they needed to bat 4 classes to avoid wasting the sport. Burns and Dom Sibley added a cushty 57 in 15 overs earlier than the latter, having survived an enormous lbw shout the earlier ball, didn’t survive one other and fell to Thompson. Burns posted an 87-ball half-century and seemed assured however then jabbed a return catch to Woakes.
That introduced England pair Smith and Ollie Pope and the latter lasted simply 13 balls earlier than falling lbw to Bamber for the second time within the match.
He departed the crease clearly indignant however certainly at himself, not the umpire, for the choice seemed spot on.
Smith and Dan Lawrence noticed out the day however Warwickshire’s enviable array of seamers is scenting victory.
Report by ECB Reporters’ Community, supported by Rothesay.
