Surrey hit their highest rating in county cricket historical past towards Durham on Monday, with a mammoth 820-9 declared aided by a triple century from Dom Sibley and tons from Dan Lawrence, Will Jacks and Sam Curran.
Surrey’s earlier highest whole of their 180-year historical past was 811 at The Oval again in 1899, however the dwelling batters ripped into Durham’s assault in a County Championship first innings onslaught that lasted 5 classes.
Sibley, the previous England opener, hit 305 from 475 balls in a knock that included 29 fours and two sixes.
He was joined for giant partnerships by different acquainted England faces, placing on 170 with Curran (108 off 124 balls) for the third wicket, 334 with Lawrence (178 off 149) for the fourth and 133 with Jacks (119 off 94) for the fifth earlier than his dismissal.
Will Rhodes was the choose of the bowlers for the guests with 3-131, with George Drissell going for 247 runs from his 45 overs.
Sibley is the County Championship’s main run-scorer this 12 months, with 975 runs at a mean of over 75.
Surrey, who’ve received the title for the previous three seasons, are at present second in Division One and undefeated this season, whereas Durham sit sixth.
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