Sam Curran’s second consecutive first-class fifty helped Surrey bat out a final-day draw at home to Essex in Division One of the Rothesay County Championship.
Champions Surrey started 386 runs short of an improbable victory target of 418 and when Simon Harmer accounted for openers Rory Burns (39) and Dom Sibley (40), Jamie Porter’s three wickets in quick succession – on his way to five for 88 – set up a tantalising evening session at Kia Oval.
