Surrey stretch their lead at the top of Division One with a 145-run victory over second-placed Essex.
Tom Lawes was Surrey’s last day hero with 4-26 as they bowled out Essex for 215 to complete a 145-run victory over their nearest rivals at the Kia Oval and increase their lead at the top of the County Championship table.
Second-placed Essex will be sore that they effectively had to play a vital top-of-table fixture with 10 men due to the absence virtually throughout of Jordan Cox, who left the field early on day one feeling unwell. Losing him to illness was unfortunate enough, but not be able to replace him with another batter in such circumstances meant Surrey also had to take just 18 wickets overall, not 20.
Elgar and Westley then initially flourished – once Westley had survived a huge early shout for leg-before when a Worrall outswinger squared him up and thudded into his back pad – and the pair took their third wicket alliance to 69 before Lawes’ introduction dramatically swung the contest back in Surrey’s favour.
Each time Ben Foakes dived to his right to take good catches as perfectly-pitched outswingers took the edge of both Westley and Critchley’s forward defensive bats and, suddenly, Essex were 86-4 with Lawes on a hat-trick.
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