Will Young’s debut ton retains Notts in rivalry
Nottinghamshire 248 for six (Young 106*, Hameed 67) path Surrey 355 (James 6-74) by 107 runs
Will Young marked his Nottinghamshire debut with an undefeated hundred to anchor the guests’ response on day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship match in opposition to Surrey on the Kia Oval.
The New Zealand worldwide, who’s on a three-match contract with the county, supplied rapid worth with a fluent knock of 106 not out that guided them to 248 for five on the shut, trailing Surrey by 107. Young shared a second-wicket partnership of 134 with Haseeb Hameed, who hit 67, whereas Surrey’s Jamie Overton took two wickets on his return to bowling motion for the primary time this summer season after recovering from a again damage.
The house aspect had earlier posted 355 all out of their first innings, with Nottinghamshire allrounder Lyndon James selecting up the final two wickets to register career-best figures of 6 for 74.
Resuming at 339 for 8 within the morning, Surrey elevated their complete by one other 16 – all of these scored by Overton, who bludgeoned a six and two fours off Dane Paterson to complete on 30 not out. Overton’s efforts have been sufficient to safe a 3rd batting bonus level earlier than James rapidly wrapped up the innings by claiming the scalps of Tom Lawes and Dan Worrall in successive deliveries.
Nottinghamshire’s openers dug in firstly of their reply, with Worrall and Sean Abbott bowling a constant line and the latter additionally discovered some motion to dislodge Ben Slater, snapped up by Tom Latham at second slip.
Having survived an early scare when he slashed Abbott simply over the slip cordon, Hameed settled right down to some crisp strokeplay as he dispatched Jordan Clark twice to the boundary in fast succession. Meanwhile, Young seemed unruffled alongside Hameed, constantly punishing any stray deliveries on the leg aspect and had nearly caught up together with his associate when Nottinghamshire went to lunch.
The New Zealander was first to his half-century with a straight drive for 4 off Overton and Hameed adopted go well with, drilling the seamer to the midwicket fence in his subsequent over however, with leaden skies giving strategy to rain shortly earlier than 3pm, the guests’ progress was held up at 139 for 1.
After a false begin, the gamers ultimately returned an hour and a half later, with Worrall trying more than likely to unlock the partnership as he repeatedly beat the bat and unleashed a skidding supply that Young solely simply dug out.
It was Hameed who ultimately fell, pouched at first slip after prodding at Worrall outdoors off stump and there was an in depth name for Young on 68 when he defended a ball from Abbott that bounced again up off the turf and missed his stumps by a fraction. But the 30-year-old – who registered a Championship century and 4 fifties throughout his stint with Northamptonshire final 12 months – went on to achieve three figures from 192 balls, crashing Lawes off the again foot for 4.
Easing his method into an honest rhythm, Overton gained reward for his endeavours, squaring Joe Clarke up for a vanguard that sailed into the palms of Latham at gully earlier than having Tom Moores caught within the slips.
Those successes sandwiched one other wicket as Surrey deviated from their all-seam tactic by deploying the offbreaks of Will Jacks, a transfer that paid off as his fifth ball clipped Matthew Montgomery’s bails.