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George Bailey notched a fantastic 161 as his side enjoyed the better of day two at the Kia Oval
George Bailey hit back-to-back centuries away from home in the County Championship as the records tumbled on day two of Hampshire’s clash with Surrey at the Kia Oval.
Bailey (161) and Sean Ervine (83) broke the record for the highest fifth-wicket partnership against Surrey as their stand of 167 eased the visitors to 528-5 after resuming the day on 361-4.
Hampshire moved past their highest-ever score against Surrey in the County Championship when they reached 600 after a maiden first-class fifty from Ian Holland (58*), before eventually declaring on 648-7, which was their fifth highest first-class total in their history.
The visitors started off the day with intent as captain Bailey and Ervine punished any bad balls with a flurry of quick boundaries.
Surrey rotated their bowlers, but their efforts were in vein as the pair continued to score quickly, and Hampshire soon moved past 400, securing maximum batting points in the process.
Ervine then smashed four boundaries off an Amar Virdi over as they looked to pile of the runs in Kennington as the stand for the fifth wicket raced towards three figures.
Moments after Hampshire progressed beyond 450, Bailey reached his century off 188 balls with a cut down to third man of Virdi as the Australian secured back-to-back away hundreds in the County Championship.
The pair reached the 100 partnership off just 25 overs as Hampshire took control of the game in the morning session, with both Ervine and Bailey utilising the good batting wicket at the Oval.
It was the third partnership of the innings which went into three figures before Ervine eased to his fifty off just 66 balls as the visitors continued to score quickly without any risks.
The Hampshire batsman never looked in any danger, and batted through the morning session without losing any wickets and piling on 136 runs as they looked to post a demanding total.
Ervine quickly moved his Hampshire side beyond 500 and alongside Bailey; they continued to make batting look easy, regularly rotating the strike and frequently hitting boundaries.
The Zimbabwean’s innings came to an end when he played onto his stumps as their 167 run stand came to a close to hand McKerr (1-102) his first wicket of the game, leaving Hampshire in a healthy position on 528-5.
Ian Holland then came in and continued where Ervine left off, as Hampshire accelerated the run-rate, progressing along at almost five runs per over.
Bailey then reached his 150 as Surrey looked like they were running out of ideas, before the 50 partnership followed shortly after as Hampshire moved to 578-5.
Holland then crunched yet another boundary to move Hampshire onto 584-5, which is now their highest-ever score at the Kia Oval.
Bailey looked to smash the ball to all parts of the outfield, but his innings came to an end when he was caught by Mark Footitt on the long-on boundary off the bowling of Scott Borthwick (1-96) just as his side progressed past 600.
Holland then recorded his maiden half-century in first-class cricket as Hampshire moved to their highest-ever score against Surrey in the County Championship, edging onto 604-6.
Gareth Berg (35) was in bullish mood, and the all-rounder helped smash 38 off the first three overs of his time at the crease as Hampshire looked for quick runs.
The visitors moved onto 648-7 before Berg holed out to Tom Curran on the long-on boundary which brought an end to Hampshire’s first innings, which lasted a mammoth 161.4 overs.
Surrey started their first innings in an aggressive manner, with opener Mark Stoneman (57*) building on his hundred in the One-Day Cup final with three consecutive boundaries off Berg.
The Surrey batsmen proved that it was a good pitch to bat on, as both Stoneman and captain Rory Burns (35*) looked comfortable at the crease.
That was evident as the pair moved their unbroken stand into three figures, with Stoneman progressing past 50 in the process as he continued his rich vein of form.
However, Ervine (1-2) got the breakthrough immediately after coming into the attack to reduce the visitors to 103-1.
Burns & McKerr (0*) added the further 10 runs to guide Surrey to the close but are still a further 535 runs behind as Hampshire look to make in-roads into the Surrey batting line-up on Day Three, which begins tomorrow morning at 11am.
