Mushtaq took three wickets

Iain Sutcliffe, who fell two short of a half-century, and Trevor Ward (39) offered some resistance, but three wickets for former Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed hinted at the problems Leicestershire will face on day three.

Sutcliffe and Ward had looked reasonably comfortable during a first-wicket stand worth 65, and the former added a further 98 with Maddy after his partner had edged Alex Tudor to Ally Brown at first slip.

Maddy's driving was typically impressive and he struck a six and 12 fours in his 81.

An outside edge off Mushtaq did for Sutcliffe, Darren Stevens played on to Martin Bicknell and Indian Mohammad Kaif was adjudged lbw offering no stroke to the Pakistani leg-spinner.

Mushtaq claimed the prized scalp of Maddy, trapped in front playing back to a googly, and Rob Cunliffe was yorked by Ormond to erase any hopes that Leicestershire had of ending the day on a positive note.

The remainder of the Surrey innings was notable largely for Rikki Clarke's failure to emulate team-mates Mark Butcher and Brown by reaching three figures.

He fell five short of what would have been his second century of the season, taken by wicketkeeper Neil Burns off Maddy after almost three hours at the crease.

Leicestershire: T R Ward, I J Sutcliffe (Capt), D L Maddy, M Kaif D I Stevens, R J Cunliffe, N D Burns (Wkt), J O Grove P A J DeFreitas, M J A Whiley, D E Malcolm.

Surrey: I J Ward, J N Batty (Wkt), M R Ramprakash, M A Butcher A D Brown, A J Hollioake (Capt), R Clarke, A J Tudor, J Ormond Mushtaq Ahmed, M P Bicknell.

Umpires: M J Harris and A A Jones

Surrey won toss and decided to bat