County Championship: Notts frustrate Surrey on day three

A maiden century in only his third first-class innings from 19-year-old Freddie McCann helped Nottinghamshire avoid the follow-on in their County Championship match against Surrey at Trent Bridge.

The hosts posted 405 in reply to Surrey’s mammoth 525 despite a career-best 7-129 from Surrey spinner Will Jacks.

Surrey ended the third day 133 ahead on 13-1.

Play was soured in the afternoon, however, when Jacks, selected in both England’s white-ball squads to play Australia in September, smartly fielded a pull on the bounce at short mid-wicket and threw the ball hard and high towards the wicketkeeper, causing McCann to take evasive action.

Umpires James Middlebrook and Paul Pollard immediately summoned Surrey skipper Rory Burns and applied five penalty runs under Law 42.3.1 for “throwing the ball at a player in an inappropriate or dangerous manner”.

McCann became the fourth victim in the innings of Jacks’ off-spin, slog-sweeping to long-on for 154.

Resuming on 144-3, the home side lost Joe Clarke in the morning’s fourth full over when he advanced to launch a straight drive at Jacks only to be stumped as the ball spun sharply out of the rough.

Jack Haynes was caught behind but Kyle Verreynne and Lyndon James avoided the follow-on shortly after tea.

James sliced a drive to backward point for 23 and Liam Patterson-White was leg-before to Jacks.

Rob Lord, on debut, came and went for 10 to Cam Steel and Farhan Ahmed to Jacks without score as the final four wickets fell for 21, leaving Verreyyne unbeaten on 50.

Leading by 120 on first innings, Surrey then faced spin at both ends from the off.

It took Ahmed eight balls to add to his match tally when Dom Sibley clipped to mid-wicket.

Match report by the ECB Reporters’ Network.