Newman fires Surrey cause

County Championship D1, Lord's, day one (stumps):
Surrey 164-2 v Middlesex

Match scorecard

Surrey had the better of a rain-shortened contest in the London derby at Lord's, reaching 164-2 on day one of this Championship clash.

Scott Newman struck a dazzling 86 off 78 balls and was threatening to register a century before lunch before falling to Nantie Hayward.

Eleven runs later, Chad Keegan ended Jon Batty's innings on 35 to leave the 2002 champions on 130-2.

But Mark Ramprakash and James Benning then settled into a partnership.

The highlight of Newman's innings was an upper cut six off the first ball of Hayward's second spell.

The South African paceman finished with nine overs costing 56.

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Middlesex: Middlesex: S G Koenig, B L Hutton, O A Shah (Capt), E C Joyce, P N Weekes, J W M Dalrymple, D C Nash (Wkt), S J Cook, P M Hutchison, C B Keegan, M Hayward.

Surrey: J N Batty (Capt, Wkt), S A Newman, M R Ramprakash, J G E Benning, A D Brown, A J Hollioake, Azhar Mahmood, I D K Salisbury, Saqlain Mushtaq, J Ormond, T J Murtagh.