England legend's son takes six wickets with Somerset's crucial clash with Surrey on a knife-edge
Tom Curran launched an assault on the Somerset bowlers as Surrey turned up the heat on the third day of the crucial Vitality County Championship match at Taunton.
The all-rounder smashed eight sixes and six fours in a game-changing innings of 86 from 75 balls, which rescued the Division One leaders from a perilous 228 for eight in their first innings and allowed them to post 321.
Off-spinner Archie Vaughan - son of former England captain Michael - finished with six for 102, while Jack Leach claimed four for 105 but Surrey had gained a slender advantage of four runs and soon built on it, reducing their opponents to 194 for nine by stumps on a rain-interrupted afternoon, which saw Shakib Al Hasan take four for 83.
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Surrey lost five wickets for 32 runs from a promising 196 for three. Ryan Patel had added nine to his overnight score of 61 when top-edging a sweep off Leach to short third-man.
Shakib made 12 before being caught and bowled by Leach off a leading edge before Vaughan had Ben Foakes caught at short leg for 37.
It was 228 for seven when Jordan Clark chipped a catch to the diving Tom Abell at mid-wicket off Vaughan, who struck again two balls later as Cameron Steel played down the wrong line and was bowled off stump.
Kemar Roach played a key role in contributing just five runs to a stand of 54 with Curran, who had begun his blitz with a six over long-on off Vaughan.
Two more maximums off the same bowler followed by a four through the covers took Surrey to their first batting point and he then took Lewis Goldsworthy for 18 in an over. Roach was pinned lbw by Leach with Somerset's lead only 35.
Still Curran ran riot, a six off Leach taking Surrey to a second batting point, celebrated by another six in the same over. A four off Vaughan gave the visitors the lead before skied a catch to long-on.
Surrey reduced the hosts to 85 for five by the time rain forced an early tea. Vaughan was bowled playing around a delivery from Shakib and it was 12 for two when Goldsworthy suffered the same fate attempting to pull a short ball from Roach.
Shakib claimed the key wicket of Tom Abell, lbw for 18 and Jordan Clark bowled Kasey Aldridge with his second ball of the innings before pinning Tom Lammonby lbw for 24.
Lewis Gregory fell leg-before for 13, pushing forward to Shakib after a stand of 35 with James Rew, whose composed innings of 29 ended when he edged to Dom Sibley at slip.
Brett Randell fell cheaply and Curran had Leach caught behind for 13, the injured Tom Banton hobbled painfully and slowly to the crease with the total 153 for nine. Incredibly he struck four fours in helping Craig Overton give Somerset genuine hope for the final day.