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Day Two

Morning: The tail-wag, such as it was, added precisely 16 runs to the overnight total before Daniel Worrall accounted for Joe Leach, Ben Gibbon and debutant Yadvinder Singh in a single over, leaving the Pears 128 all out. Nor could the Worcestershire bowlers make inroads before lunch, Surrey cruising to the interval on 50-0.

Afternoon: Having gone wicketless in the first innings, it was no less than Yadi deserved when he claimed his maiden first-class scalp, a nibble from Dom Sibley at a fullish delivery outside off enough to have him caught behind for 29. That breakthrough brought another in the very next over as Gibbo angled a length ball in to Ollie Pope, who glanced it straight to the leg slip newly placed there for precisely that purpose. Yadi then struck again when Rory Burns edged to first slip for 70, and Matthew Waite rounded off the session - the first Worcestershire could lay claim to for twenty-four hours - dismissing Ben Foakes LBW for 3, leaving Surrey 182-4 at tea with a lead of 267.

Evening: There was still time for a brief burst of optimism on a sunny Saturday evening when Gibbo broke the 119-run fifth-wicket stand by bowling Jamie Smith for 72 with a full nip-backer, but having been dropped at deep midwicket on 4, Dan Lawrence was able to spend the rest of the day punishing the Pears with the support of Jordan Clark, the pair reaching stumps on 342-5 with an already formidable lead of 427. It's one-way traffic now, and realistically, barring a record Worcs chase or two days of impeccable batting, the margin of defeat is the only question mark that remains.