Surrey gain slender edge

County Championship D1, Lord's, day three (stumps):
Surrey 418 & 203 v Middlesex 325 & 32-0

Match scorecard

Azhar Mahmood and Mark Ramprakash shared a century stand to take Surrey well ahead of Middlesex at Lord's.

Needing 297 for victory, the home side were 32-0 at stumps, after a brisk 18 not out from Sven Koenig.

Surrey were in trouble on 71-5 before the duo came together, Ramprakash contributing 68 and Mahmood a lighting 70 on the way to 203 all out.

Saqlain Mushtaq and Iain Salisbury had shared five wickets to cut their hosts down from 176-2 to 325 all out.

Stand-in skipper Owais Shah fell seven short of a century when he was caught behind off Mahmood.

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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.