Surrey 428 (Sibley 100, Burns 75, Foakes 57, Smith 51, Aldridge 5-64) and 123 for five (Lawrence 53*) drew with Somerset 285 (Lammonby 100, Renshaw 87, Gregory 50, Metal 4-50) and 351 (Gregory 80, Goldsworthy 58, Overton 52*, Lammonby 51, Metal 5-96)

There are practically 5,000 miles between The Oval and the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and whereas one venue was packed out on Monday night, the opposite was virtually empty. However for eight overs, Surrey saved tempo with the record-breaking scoring charges posted by Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, giving Somerset an actual scare earlier than this match petered out right into a draw.

Smith, who performed the shot of the day when he swung Craig Overton into the third tier of the Micky Stewart Pavilion, holed out to Matt Renshaw at long-on off Gregory’s first ball however Ollie Pope appeared an excellent companion for Lawrence, slicing Kasey Aldridge over the quick level boundary for six whilst one hand got here off the bat.

However after Pope misplaced his leg stump trying to slash Aldridge away by the off facet as soon as extra, Surrey misplaced their bearings: Jamie Overton miscued a return catch to Aldridge, Rory Burns picked out deep sq. leg and Dom Sibley top-edged an tried pull again to Gregory. Lawrence reached a 30-ball 50 however could not hold the strike, and the gamers shook fingers with 5 overs unbowled.

The wild conclusion was out of kilter with a quiet last day, by which Gregory had virtually single-handedly saved the sport along with his second half-century of the match, his second as everlasting captain. Somerset’s in a single day lead was simply 61 with 4 wickets in hand, however stands of 94 and 89 with Aldridge and Overton respectively took outing of the sport.

It appeared clear that the second new ball can be the lacking ingredient for Surrey after the primary one had misplaced its spice. Kemar Roach broke by shortly after lunch, within the fifth over after the changeover, with a magnificence that took Aldridge’s exterior edge on its approach by to Ben Foakes.

Surrey used their spinners from one finish and their seamers on the different, attempting to create probabilities and breathe some life into the sport on a bitterly chilly afternoon. They appealed desperately for leg-before wicket and caught-behind probabilities, continuously creating half-chances and not using a breakthrough.

However Gregory batted on, surviving an opportunity on 69 when Roach dropped a skier at deep sq. leg off Gus Atkinson’s bowling. He finally fell for 80 to Cameron Metal’s legspin, slapping to backward level, and Metal accomplished his second five-wicket haul of the season when Migael Pretorius skied him to cowl and Shoaib Bashir was pinned lbw.

Metal is an unlikely man to be main the wicket-taking charts in Division One after two rounds, along with his 14 wickets already greater than double the quantity he managed final yr (six). However he has labored exhausting on his bowling by the winter, coaching with New South Wales and Sydney Sixers in Australia, and has loved the chance to be Surrey’s predominant spinner with Will Jacks on the IPL.

Somerset’s first-day collapse of seven for 20 left them behind for the remainder of the sport, however their coach, Jason Kerr, stated he was happy with the “resilience” that his facet confirmed. “Aside from about 40 minutes on day one, now we have been excellent on this sport, significantly on days two and three with the ball after which immediately, the resilience that the fellows demonstrated.

“You thought we had been attending to the purpose the place we had been shutting the sport down – however then we gave them a sniff. However equally, the way in which Lewis and Kasey bowled specifically to close the sport down… I believe the draw was a good end result. Lewis has been excellent. He is in nice kind, and main brilliantly. Lengthy could it proceed.”

Surrey had been disenchanted to not recover from the road, however will welcome Dan Worrall again into their squad after they face Kent on Friday and their seamers will likely be happy to have a Dukes ball again of their fingers. “It was a troublesome slog for us,” Metal stated. “All credit score to them for the way in which they performed on a very good pitch.”