South Africa 682/6 declared
Leaving England 509 runs to avoid an innings defeat. Provided England can score 700, they should scrape a draw.
:)
Kirtley in!
Batting points?
Not in the 2nd innings.
Surrey need 376 runs in 2 hours - more than impossible.
Sussex need 10 wickets in 2 hours - impossible.
Adams out!
Sussex 429 & 263/5 (82 ov)
Surrey 355
Sussex lead by 337 runs with 5 wickets remaining
About two and a half hours play left.
Obviously Adams has no intention of trying to win this.
:angry:
Sussex 429 & 167/4 (62 ov)
Surrey 355
Sussex lead by 241 runs with 6 wickets remaining
Lunch
I guess it might be worth batting for another hour, clock up a lead of 280 and see what happens in the last 3 hours of play.
Is interest in this game fading?
Or is everyone at the County Ground?
Or taking advantage of the last available Shopping Saturday of the summer?
Anyway....
Latest score is 97/3
Last Wicket: 89/3
MW Goodwin c Ward b Saqlain Mushtaq 29
They've clearly settled for the draw. Bad light stopped play just before tea and nobody seemed at all bothered.
I think the fans have been shortchanged, but at least there's no risk of a defeat. So the championship will come down to the run-in. And, sadly, that looks like good news for...
Sussex 429
Surrey 212/6 (66 ov)
Surrey trail by 217 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Stumps
A great day for Sussex. But we need a good start tomorrow. I'd like to get through the day without watching Sussex bat.
There's a fine spin bowler who is well worth watching...