A look at everything that happened on the second day of play between Surrey and Leicestershire at the Uptonsteel County Ground in the LV= County Championship.
WHAT HAPPENED
England opener Rory Burns passed 50 for the fourth time in seven innings this season as Surrey made a strong reply to Leicestershire’s big first innings score on the second day of the LV Insurance County Championship fixture at the UptonSteel County Ground.
Burns finished the day unbeaten on 74, having taken full advantage of the flat pitch to hit eight boundaries in reaching his half-century off 81 deliveries, and in so doing passing a personal landmark of 10,000 career first-class runs.
It was also a day to remember for 22-year-old Leicestershire wicketkeeper Harry Swindells, who made his maiden first-class century, and for Surrey off-spinner Amar Virdi, who picked up a six wicket haul from 44.2 overs bowled.
Swindells, who hit 13 fours in going to his hundred off 148 deliveries, became the third centurion of the Leicestershire first innings, but there were some nervous moments, most notably when the persevering Virdi picked up two wickets in two balls to leave the Foxes nine down with Swindells still on 95.
Fortunately for the Leicester-born Swindells, last man Alex Evans managed to see off the hat-trick before Swindells turned a delivery from Jamie Overton down to the fine leg boundary to bring up his hundred.
Neither Burns nor opening partner Mark Stoneman gave a chance as they played through 45 overs, Stoneman joining Burns in reaching a half-century before the close. Both will be keen to convert their score into three figures.
SCORECARD & LIVE CLIPS
Click here to see the full scorecard with clips of each key moment available to view too.
TEAM LINEUPS
Surrey XI: Burns, Stoneman, Amla, Pope, Foakes, Smith, Clark, Clarke, Overton, Topley, Virdi
Leicestershire XI: S Evans, Azad, Harris, Ackermann, Hill, Swindells, Mike, Parkinson, Wright, Barnes, H Evans
ELSEWHERE IN GROUP 2
Somerset have travelled to Hampshire this week in a battle of two Division One counties from 2019.
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