Surrey vs Leicestershire: High-Scoring Draw

0:00It's April 13th. This is Lester News today, AI-powered stories from your city. Surrey and Lester Shire played out a high-scoring draw in their county championship division 1 match at the Kia Oval. Surrey made 520 in their first innings and declared their second at 263 for 4. Lester Shire racked up a massive 691, the highest score of the game. Jamie Smith smashed 89 off 109 balls, while Oli Polk stayed not out on 83. Surrey earned 14 points, Lester Shire 15. Smith's been on fire this season, already piling up 396 runs in his first 4 innings at an average of 99. Polk also notched a century in the first dig. The pitch turned into a batter's paradise, with just 24 wickets falling across 1,474 runs. Lester Shire, fresh off promotion, showed real grit against the Surrey side that's won 3 of the last 4 titles. They bounced back from a heavy loss to Sussex by outscoring Surrey's first innings and

1:01keeping the pressure on with the ball. Left arm spinner Ajaz Patel grabbed 3 for 92, including key wickets of Dom Sibley, Smith and Dan Lawrence. Captain Roy Burns fell early for a duck, but Polk and Ben Fokes steady things with an unbroken 86 partnership. Rain delay shortened the day, but Surrey comfortably batted out time, shaking hands around 4.50 with the game safely drawn in both teams, heading into the next round with momentum.