LV County Championship Division Two, The Oval |
Surrey 294 & 311-6 dec beat Leicestershire 183 & 207 by 215 runs. |
Surrey 21pts, Leicestershire 3pts |
Jade Dernbach's five-wicket haul helped Surrey to a 215-run win inside three days over Leicestershire at The Oval.
Resuming on 166-2, the hosts declared their second innings on 311-6, former England veteran Mark Ramprakash making 91 and Zander de Bruyn 69.
Claude Henderson took 4-91 for the visitors, who never got close to their victory target of 423.
James Taylor made 52 but Dernbach (5-41) and Stuart Meaker (4-38) bowled Surrey to a first win of 2011.
POST-MATCH REACTION
Surrey all-rounder Jade Dernbach:
"That was absolutely amazing. To get the victory first and foremost was out of this world.
"We put a lot of pressure on ourselves this week to perform and bounce back from a disappointing performance at Lord's.
"The boys all shone and showed what we are capable of."
Mark Church from BBC Radio London 94.9:
"A dominant performance from Surrey culminating in a first Championship win of the season.
"Victory was built on solid contributions with the bat and devastating bowling from a powerful pace attack.
"Jade Dernbach and Stuart Meaker simply blew Leicestershire away after tea, resistance coming solely from the broad bat of James Taylor."
