Surrey 202 beat Yorkshire 200 for 8 by two runs at Headingley

There were 13 England Test players past and present - as well as a few of the future - on show at Headingley, the scene of England's dismal surrender to South Africa last week. But this time it was a much closer contest as Surrey squeezed home by two runs against Yorkshire in a thrilling finish. Needing four to win off the last ball, Darren Gough could only manage a single as Azhar Mahmood (2 for 49) kept his cool. Yorkshire had the game in their grasps after Michael Vaughan scored a measured 90 from 112 balls, including seven boundaries, and added 120 with Vic Craven (47). However, after they were both run out, Richard Blakey and Richard Dawson both perished with only five runs needed, and Surrey somehow scrambled a win which has taken them to the brink of the title. In their innings, Alistair Brown hit a run-a-ball fifty and Rikki Clarke played the crucial anchor role with an unbeaten 46 from 72 balls which rescued Surrey to a respectable 202 from a dodgy 107 for 5. All six Yorkshire bowlers took a wicket. Gough was economical (1 for 28), Matthew Hoggard was more expensive (1 for 57), but he started Surrey's steady fall of wickets when he had Ian Ward caught behind for 21. England hopeful Steve Kirby took 2 for 47, but England outcast Anthony McGrath outshone them all with 4 for 41, including the recalled Graham Thorpe for 2.