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Surrey start well after bowling Durham out for 262

Vitality County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day one)

Durham 262: Ackermann 78*; Worrall 4-39

Surrey 52-0: Burns 40*

Surrey (3 pts) trail Durham (1 pt) by 210 runs

Match scorecard

Durham battled hard to reach 262 at The Oval but Surrey had the better of day one as they seek a third successive County Championship title.

Colin Ackermann was left stranded on an impressive unbeaten 78 as Dan Worrall snatched two quick wickets to finish with 4-39.

Surrey raced to 52 without loss in reply with Rory Burns completing 1,000 Championship runs for the season as he tucked into some loose new-ball bowling with a six and seven fours to reach 40 not out.

Surrey began the penultimate round of Division One matches eight points clear of second-placed Somerset, who beat them at Taunton last week, and reduced Durham to 134-5 after opting to bowl first before Ackermann and Bas de Leede added 70 in a punchy fifth-wicket stand.

Alex Lees and Ben McKinney gave Durham a solid start, although Lees was bowled shouldering arms to a Sam Curran no-ball on 23.

Both openers fell in Worrall’s second spell, McKinney for 23 when he pushed away from his body and edged to Ben Foakes to end a stand of 60 and Lees bowled for 36 by an absolute beauty that ducked back into him late.

Tom Curran had debutant Emilio Gay, on loan ahead of a permanent move from Northamptonshire, lbw for a duck but David Bedingham, dropped on 14 despite a brilliant effort from Dom Sibley, put on 51 with Ollie Robinson.

Jordan Clark pinned Robinson leg-before for 17 and Lawes had Bedingham caught behind for 37 off a perfect away-swinger.

De Leede struck six fours in his 36 before splicing a pull at a short ball from Tom Curran and offering a simple catch to wide mid-on.

Sam Curran’s removal of Callum Parkinson for one left Durham 216-7 but Ackermann, driving the younger Curran brother for one glorious four, marshalled the lower order to good effect as 19-year-old paceman Daniel Hogg, making his fourth first-class appearance, helped him add 30 for the eighth wicket.

Hogg pulled Tom Lawes straight to Tom Curran at deep square leg and 16-year-old debutant James Minto hit two fours before Worrall bowled him and pinned Chemar Holder lbw.

Report supplied by ECB Reporters' Network.