Dan Moriarty, Surrey’s tall, talented young left-arm spinner, claimed his fourth five-wicket haul in only his third first-class game to keep his side in the ascendancy over Gloucestershire at the Kia Oval. Moriarty took six for 60 as Gloucestershire, who began this round of LV= County Championship matches unbeaten and top of group two, were dismissed for 158 and forced to follow on 315 in arrears. He was well supported by off spinner Amar Virdi with three for 46. SponsoredAll Gloucestershire’s first-innings wickets fell to spin as Will Jacks chipped in with a maiden first-class scalp, bowling Matt Taylor with a fine delivery. The pitch was not an outrageous turner, but did enough to play into the hands of the Surrey spinners, as did the

Source: The Times May 29, 2021 23:01 UTC