Surrey in total control

Ramprakash was just 21 runs short of 300 when Surrey's innings was over

County Championship D1, Whitgift School, day two (stumps): Surrey 693 v Nottinghamshire 224-8

Match scorecard

Mark Ramprakash was denied the chance to score the first triple century of his career but not before Surrey compiled a mammoth total.

Ramprakash was stranded on 279 not out - his highest first-class score and a knock which boasted 40 boundaries, four sixes and spanned almost nine hours.

But Ramprakash was indebted to an excellent effort from the tail as Surrey, 488-8 overnight, added another 205 runs for the remaining two wickets.

Number 10 Ian Salisbury made a run-a-ball 65, while last man Saqlain Mushtaq was equally effective in notching 50.

A punished Nottinghamshire outfit then stumbled to 20-3 early in their reply as Martin Bicknell (5-42) ripped out the top-order.

Russell Warren (76) and Kevin Pietersen (79) fought back valiantly, but already Surrey look booked for an innings win that will see their championship lead extended.

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

Nottinghamshire: D J Bicknell, G E Welton, U Afzaal, R J Warren K P Pietersen, C L Cairns (Capt), C M W Read (Wkt), P J Franks G J Smith, S C G MacGill, C E Shreck.