matt_harris published Essex suffer three wicket defeat against Surrey

Surrey moved a step nearer to clinching promotion when they beat Essex by three wickets in the LV= County Championship Division Two match with Surrey at Colchester.Surrey collected 22 points from the match whilst Essex were left with seven for their efforts.After being set a target of 313 from a minimum of 70 overs, the visitors were able to celebrate their fourth successive triumph with 17 balls to spare, their success being set-up by three substantial partnerships.The first featured Rory Burns...