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The two failed to score from the next 10 balls, including a maiden over from George Hill. Hill beat Blake’s outside edge five times during the over and finished with 4-52 from 23 overs. 11 sliced the ball over square cover for the winning boundary. Blake remained unbeaten on 43 from 183 balls, while Fisher scored 33 to complete a match in which he made an impact with both bat and ball against his native and former county.
The Surrey dressing room would have felt that the match was almost won. India’s Auqib Nabi, making his County Championship debut, hit Ben Coad for a six over deep mid-wicket. However, Nabi was caught at mid-on off the very next ball while attempting another boundary. That left Surrey needing two runs with their last wicket pair of Dan Worrall and Josh Blake at the crease. But Coad’s next delivery to Worrall brought the match to an end, as the No. Josh Blake and Matt Fisher played key roles in Surrey’s chase. Brief score:
With two wickets left and six runs needed to win, Surrey looked close to victory against Yorkshire in their County Championship Division One match at The Kia Oval on Friday.