Surrey roast Foxes

County Championship D1, The Oval, day two: Leicestershire 200 & 12-2; Surrey 560-8 declared

Match scorecard

Ramprakash shows off his excellent technique

Leicestershire face one of the heaviest defeats in their history after being completely outplayed by Surrey over the first two days at The Oval.

Any hope of avoiding an innings defeat already looks unlikely as a glance at the scorecard will immediately reveal.

Mark Ramprakash (152) and Ian Salisbury were the centurions for Surrey, while Alec Stewart and Ali Brown both contributed with rapid 70s.

Adam Hollioake blitzed 41 from just 24 balls of carnage as nine bowlers were tried in what was a poor contest of cricket.

Salisbury's century, an unbeaten 101, was only the second of his career.

Leicestershire then had to negotiate a tricky seven overs - a task they failed to manage, losing Trevor Ward and David Masters for ducks as Martin Bicknell struck twice.

---

Surrey: M A Butcher, I J Ward, M R Ramprakash, A J Stewart (Wkt), A D Brown, A J Hollioake (Capt), R Clarke, Azhar Mahmood, M P Bicknell, Saqlain Mushtaq, I D K Salisbury.

Leicestershire: T R Ward, V Sehwag, D L Maddy, B J Hodge, D I Stevens, P A Nixon (Wkt), J N Snape, P A J DeFreitas (Capt), D D Masters, D S Brignull, D E Malcolm.