SURREY V SOMERSET AT THE OVAL
All nine of the second round’s County Championship fixtures ended in a draw, only the third time in history that has happened. But Surrey perhaps came closest to victory, and would have won it without the match-saving contributions of Lewis Gregory and Kasey Aldridge.
Twice Gregory passed 50 to hold total batting collapses at bay. In the first innings, he guided Somerset from 216-8 to a competitive total of 285, and took them to a 209-run lead in the second with a near impenetrable 80, which Surrey could not hunt down.
England Lions’ Aldri...