County Championship: Ollie Pope reaches 65 as Surrey edge past Warwickshire

LV= County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day 2o):Warwickshire 253: Sibley 43; McKerr 3-39 & 1-0 (2 overs) Surrey 316: Pope 65, Jacks 44; Hannon-Dalby 3-44, McAndrew 3-82Warwickshire (5 pts) Surrey Trail (6 pts) by 62 carries with 10 wickets remaining sixes and nine fours, marked the only half-century of the game so far.

The heroism of McKerr and Overton then allowed Surrey to fight back with 316 against 253 for Warwickshire, who finished 1 unbeaten in their second set to reduce their overall deficit to 62.

Day two started with Warwickshire, on 240 for 8 overnight, losing their last two wickets for adding only 13 points.

Nathan McAndrew, who took over the 40, secured at least a third bonus point at bat before practicing a ball from Kemar Roach, berating himself for catching Pope on the second slide.

Tom Lawes, replacing Roach, then hit with his fourth ball to knock Liam Norwell down with an inswinger perfect who snatched on the center stump to win numbers of 3 for 38 from 20.4 overs for the teenager.

Unlike Warwickshire's first innings, Surrey's response was always more aggressive in intent with Ryan Patel setting the tone almost immediately by taking three successive fours on Norwell's opening back before his attempt to hit a near-long jump through square cover from being undone when he completed a hold at McAndrew in cover.

When Hashim Amla was LBW at the Olive Hannon-Dalby investigation, Surrey were initially upset at 25 for 2. But Pope came to help counterattack with Burns, who was later awarded LBW to McAndrew for 27.

Ha nnon-Dalby then found a plus Foakes pinned out of cut...