Middlesex lord it over Surrey

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Toby Roland-Jones undermined Surrey with a devastating five-wicket burst to confirm Middlesex's dominance at Lord's

A sensational five-wicket burst in the space of 26 balls by fast bowler Toby Roland-Jones followed Dawid Malan’s third LV= County Championship century of the summer to help Middlesex towards maximum points against Surrey.

Surrey trailed by a massive 256 runs on first innings at Lord’s and, after putting on 75 for the first wicket, lost six men in nine overs as the locally-born 22-year-old proved unstoppable.

In his third championship match, Roland-Jones shot out Steven Davies for 43 and four other batsmen for single figures as Surrey plummeted to 91 for six. By the close they needed a further 146 to avoid an innings defeat.

Although Malan, who made 107, was himself the first of three victims in five balls during a fiery new-ball spell from Chris Tremlett, Middlesex recovered from 348 for seven to pass 400 and post full batting points for the first time this summer after Roland-Jones was dropped twice at slip in Tremlett’s next over.

Malan had added a rapid 72 for the fifth wicket with Gareth Berg when Tremlett ripped out his middle stump and then swung one back to bowl Berg for 45.

Next ball, another full-length delivery crashed into the base of new batsman Shaun Udal’s leg stump but Roland-Jones survived the hat-trick.

He added 35 with Josh Davey, many flying off the edge, before falling for 26 from 33 balls and Middlesex claimed the final bonus point with eight wickets down.

They were eventually dismissed for 423, Tremlett finishing with 4-90 after he had been brought back to dispose of the last man.

But his success came far too late for Surrey, whose seven-man attack could manage only three wickets in the first 42 overs after Middlesex resumed on 179 for two.

Indeed, they were as punishing with the bat in the morning as Roland-Jones was later to prove with the ball.

After a deceptively quiet start, they took 115 runs from the 30 overs leading to the interval as only two men departed in that time.

Owais Shah once again threw away the chance of a big score when, on 63, his lazy swat at a long-hop saw him caught behind off Jade Dernbach’s sixth ball of the day.

New batsman Neil Dexter pulled Matthew Spriegel’s first ball over the short midwicket boundary.

But Spriegel gained revenge four balls later when Dexter, on 24, advanced to drive the off-spinner, only to miscue to deep mid-on.