Jamie Smith's Century Storms Surrey to 412

0:00Jamie Smith is on fire this county championship season, dropping a century in each of Surrey's first two matches. Today at the Kia Oval against Leicestershire, he smashed 166 runs off 240 balls with 194s and 2 6s. Helping Surrey reach 412 for 6 on day one. Leicestershire chose to bowl first on a green pitch and had Surrey at 42 for two early on, but then Smith and Oli Pope linked up for a massive 200 run stand for the third wicked. Pope ground out 103, his 25th first class tonne, looking solid after a couple low scores last week. Both guys are fighting for England test spots. Smith's holding down number three for Surrey now, no keeping duties, after averaging just 23 in Australia. Pope got dropped during the Ash's winter tour, so this is him rebuilding confidence at the crease. Ben folks chipped in with 62, not out, and Dan Lawrence had a quick 31 off 36 balls before getting out. Leicestershire's bowlers, including

1:02Scriven with two for 75, toiled hard, but couldn't stem the flow on a long day in the field. Surrey's chasing that title they just missed last year, and was smith in this form, they're off to a dominant start. Leicestershire faces a steep chase tomorrow. That's the story for today. Leicesters news today, driven by AI.