Footitt’s seven finishes off fading Lancashire

Surrey 480 (Sam Curran 96, Burns 88, Sangakkara 67, Davies 59, Sibley 56, Lilley 5-130) and 39-0 beat Lancashire 287 (Clark 56, Sam Curran 4-61, Meaker 3-83) and 230 (Petersen 56, 3-8 (Procter 76, Petersen 56, Footitt 7-62) by 10 wicketsScorecard

Ten months into his Surrey career and having suffered early-season niggles and lapses in confidence, left-arm seamer Mark Footitt finally announced his arrival at the Kia Oval with a career-best haul of seven for 62 to wrap up Surrey’s 10-wicket win over Lancashire.

Footitt mopped up Lancashire’s two remaining wickets within 40 minutes of the fourth and final day to set up his side’s fourth win of the Specsavers County Championship campaign.

Home openers Rory Burns (28*) and Dominic Sibley (11*) duly knocked off the 38 runs required within 9.1 overs to secure the comfortable and deserved victory with more than two sessions of the game to spare.

By hitting the winning boundary with a reverse sweep Burns also marked his 26th birthday by scoring his 1,000th championship run of the season.

Victorious Surrey skipper …

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