Notts v Surrey heading for draw after Lawrence ton

Dan Lawrence's century at Trent Bridge was his third of the season [Shutterstock] Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Trent Bridge (day two) Nottinghamshire 415 & 99-1: Slater 42*, Duckett 35*; Abbott 1-26 Surrey 449: Lawrence 104; Tongue 4-89, Patterson-White 4-135 Notts (5pts) lead Surrey (5pts) by 65 runs with nine wickets standing Match scorecard Surrey built on Dan Lawrence's third century of the season to claim a narrow first-innings advantage but the first of the summer's two confrontations between first and second in last year's County Championship looks to be heading for a draw. With England opener Ben Duckett unbeaten on 35, defending champions Nottinghamshire finished day three on 99-1, putting them 65 in front after Surrey posted 449 in reply to the home side's first-innings 415, Lawrence making 104. Nottinghamshire's Josh Tongue continued his build-up to the Test series against New Zealand by taking 4-89, although he was unwittingly the agent of bad news for England after putting international team-mate Gus Atkinson out of the match with delayed concussion.

Atkinson batted on for 45 minutes after being hit twice on the helmet by short deliveries from Tongue but eventually left the field after feeling unwell. Under concussion rules, he is automatically ruled out of Surrey's next Division One match against Yorkshire, which would have been his last opportunity to find some red-ball form before the opening Test at Lord's on 4 June. Reece Topley takes his place in the Surrey side for the remainder of this match.

Meanwhile, Ollie Pope, who normally bats at four, did not appear until eight down as a precautionary measure after he suffered a hand injury while fielding. After Dom Sibley's 77 in more challenging conditions on Saturday, Jordan Clark's 54 was Surrey's next highest score. Nottinghamshire's left-arm spinner Liam Patterson-White continued his productive start to the season with 4-135 from a marathon 45.

3 overs, giving him 19 wickets for the season so far. Lawrence's superb innings ended three overs before lunch as a morning session otherwise dominated by his partnership with last week's debut centurion, Adam Thomas, proved to have a twist in its tail. Having gone to three figures with a 15th four, cut neatly to third man off Patterson-White, whom he had lofted to six over wide long-on in the previous over, Lawrence looked to maintain his momentum by driving Tongue down the ground but could only edge the ball into the gloves of Kyle Verreynne.