Surrey force draw

County Championship D1, The Oval, day four (stumps): Surrey 359 & 300-4 dec drew with Middlesex 487-9 dec
Points: Surrey 11, Middlesex 12

Match scorecard

Surrey remain winless in any competition this season but they battled hard on the final day against Middlesex at The Oval to force a draw.

Resuming play on 11-1 and still 117 runs in arrears, the hosts were never in danger of defeat as Scott Newmann led them to 300-4 declared.

Opener Newman made 87, striking 16 boundaries from 205 balls faced.

Mark Ramprakash added 66 and Ali Brown an unbeaten 64, while seamer Chad Keegan returned 2-46.

It was another good result for Middlesex, who are yet to taste defeat this season and sit just five points behind leaders Kent in third place.

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

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), L Klusener, C B Keegan, P M Hutchison, M Hayward.