Lancashire won by 7 wickets
Saqib Mahmood took a career-best 4 for 50 as Lancashire had the much better of the opening day at Old Trafford with the runner's up area at stake
Saqib Mahmood took 4 wickets – Getty Images
Lancashire 17 for 0 path Surrey 201 for 8 dec (S Curran 56 *, Mahmood 4-50) by 184 runs
Saqib Mahmood took a career-best 4 for 50 as Lancashire had the much better of the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship clash with Surrey at Old Trafford.
With Surrey starting 3 points ahead of third-placed Lancashire, it's a match where the winners will end up 2nd in Division One.
Surrey lost 8 wickets before selecting to state having actually reached 201 for 8 – their very first batting point thanks to a half-century from Sam Curran – which rejected Lancashire a 3rd bowling point.
“My very first first-rate video game at Old Trafford and it's one I will not forget in a rush,” Mahmood stated “From a bowling viewpoint we could not actually have actually done a lot more. To get them to 200, the wicket appears like it's flattening out now.
“I was so upset they stated, I'm on 4 wickets and every ball I felt I was going to get a wicket and they go and state so I wasn't really delighted if I'm sincere!”
On the statement, Surrey coach Michael Di Venuto stated: “We wished to at them this evening and knock a couple over however it wasn't to be. The benefits didn't come for us however tomorrow is another day.
“Our tail hasn't been the very best this year so to conserve losing time and to get those 9 overs to attempt to get a number of wickets was the intent. Get the video game moving, that's the intent. It was the last thing they were anticipating.”
The visitors chose not to exercise their right to decide to bowl and the toss was won by Lancashire, who did select to do so, for that reason providing both captains the result they desired.
There were a number of early possibilities for the hosts as Tom Bailey required Rory Burns into drives that Dane Vilas and Rob Jones got hands to high above their heads however could not hold.
Burns and Mark Stoneman, the Championship's 3rd and 2nd greatest runs-scorers respectively, shared 47 for the very first wicket before Burns cracked Mahmood to Shivnarine Chanderpaul at mid-on to leave for 18.
Lancashire struck once again before lunch, legspinner Matt Parkinson producing an exceptional shipment that spun back at Stoneman who left alone the ball that crashed into his stumps.
That brought Kumar Sangakkara to the crease in his last first-rate video game and he was invited with a guard of honour by Lancashire's gamers before directing Surrey to lunch at 72 for 2.
