County Championship: Surrey and Nottinghamshire face final day drama

LV= County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day three) Surrey 355 & 200-5: Sibley 83, Latham 60; Harrison 2-67 Nottinghamshire 399: Young 145, Hameed 67, James 50; Abbott 3-85Surrey (5 pts) leads Nottinghamshire (6 pts) by 156 with five wickets standingMatch scorecard

Foakes showed breathtaking skill to knock out the Centurion Nottinghamshire's Will Young for a magnificent 145 at the Oval, but the visitors, helped by 50 from the versatile Lyndon James, reached 399 overall, a lead of 44.

Rory Burns pocketed a pair when Surrey struck again, but Dominic Sibley, another of the former England openers set aside in the days of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum , showed glimpses of fluidity that belied his reputation for being too heavy for Bazball. /p>

The right-hander, down 75, eventually made 83, sharing a second wicket of 141 with Tom Latham, who made 60, but the loss of late wickets left the hosts 200-5, a lead of 156.

Most of Nottinghamshire's first impulses at bat came from Tuesday night watchman Brett Hutton, who raided five Borders before outscoring Jordan Clark at Latham on the second slip.

Young, after picking up the 106 pitch out, forged and when the hosts attempted an England-style shortball barrage through neo hitter Jamie Overton -Zealander pulled it hard for four before sending the next delivery under sail on the ropes.

Something special was needed to pull it off and it was Foakes who provided the necessary inspiration.< /p>

Foakes found himself ruthlessly sidelined, his unprecedented glove work dismissed as a secondary in favor of Jonny Bairstow's bellicose stick.< /p>

The clamor for Foakes' return grew louder amid Bairstow's woes behind the stumps in the Ashes...