Sangakkara’s 83 in vain as Surrey lose to Notts

Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara hit a valiant 83 off 102 balls with 13 fours and one six but Surrey lost their county championship division I match to Nottinghamshire by three wickets at Trent Bridge. Surrey were forced to follow-on after being dismissed for 225 in their first innings in reply to Nottinghamshire’s 446 and made a bold reply in the second to total 389 thanks largely to a second wicket partnership of 142 between Arun Harinath (137) and Sangakkara. But Nottinghamshire left with 172 for victory recovered from a middle order wobble to squeeze through by three wickets.

Scores: Nottinghamshire 446 (S Mullaney113, R Wessels 81, S Patel 85, CRead 63 n.o., R Rampaul 5/93) and 172-7 (G Smith 54, T Curran 4/58)Surrey 225 (K Sangakkara 32, B Foakes 38, T Curran 35, J Bird 4/56) and389 (A Harinath 137, K Sangakkara 83, J Ball 5/98)