Somerset pair both hit tons as Surrey struggle

Hundreds from Arul Suppiah and James Hildreth, coupled with another half-century from the in-form Nick Compton, ensured Somerset's total domination of the opening day of their LV= County Championship Division One match against Surrey.
The visitors made the most of a rare dry day and a sublime Oval pitch to reach 441-5 with top-scorer Hildreth going three overs from stumps for a hugely impressive 120.
The stylish 27-year-old had notched the 26th hundred of his first-class career from 117 balls, and with 14 fours, to move Somerset within touching distance of 463 all out – their record total the venue.
Somerset had no hesitation in batting first and did so safe in the knowledge that the wicket lying beneath the sheets was one of the Oval's more batsmen-friendly tracks.
This was just the type of surface that Surrey's Mark Ramprakash – dropped for this match through poor form – has excelled upon for years.
As it was, Somerset openers Alex Barrow and Suppiah made first use of conditions, posting 63 for the first wicket in a little more than 14 overs.
Barrow middled the majority of his strokes and enjoyed 10 rasping boundaries in his cameo 47 from 48 balls before his unexpected demise when steering a short one from Stuart Meaker into the hands of gully.
Other than Barrow's blip, little happened in the opening two sessions to encourage Surrey's bowlers and it made matters worse for the hosts when Chris Jordan, in trying to field a ball from mid-wicket, collided with umpire Trevor Jesty at square leg. The player left the field for treatment to a facial injury and returned 15 minutes later sporting sunglasses.
On the day when Mushtaq Ahmed, the England spin-bowling coach, joined Surrey's staff for a month as bowling consultant, the home attack dropped too short, too often and allowed Somerset's second-wicket partners Suppiah and Compton to cut and steer to their hearts content.
The pair added a 100 in just over 23 overs and Suppiah posted his first century of the summer with a swept four against Gareth Batty.
Cantering along at almost 4.4 an over in adding 143, the duo looked untroubled until Compton had an unfortunate hand in running out Suppiah for 106.
Having pushed toward mid-wicket, Compton set off only to immediately send back his partner and leave Suppiah short of his ground at the non-striker's end as Tom Maynard's throw arrived. Compton made amends for his blunder by going on to post a 106-ball fifty but perished for 83 when he went back to a Zander de Bruyn off-cutter to go leg before to the last ball before tea.
Somerset upped their tempo even further when Hildreth teamed up with England's Twenty20 keeper Craig Kieswetter after tea.
After the pair added 108 in 22.2 overs Kieswetter, on 49, worked across the line and off balance to Jon Lewis to go leg before.
Hildreth's three-hour stay ended controversially when umpire Jesty upheld de Bruyn's appeal for lbw only 19 balls before the close.

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