By Ben Horne
July 3 2002

Surrey had an excellent start to their county championship match against Somerset at Taunton today. Mark Ramprakash scored 199 not out as Surrey closed on 448 for 5. Surrey had an excellent start to their county championship match against Somerset at Taunton Today. Mark Ramprakash scored an unbeaten 199, Adam Hollioake scored 87 and Rikki Clarke was also unbeaten with 60.

Scorecard

I Ward C Bowler b Francis 13

J Batty LBW b S Jones 0

Ramprakash not out 199

Shahid LBW b Blackwell 51

A Brown C Turner b Francis 10

Hollioake C Parsons b Francis 87

Clarke not out 60

Extras 28

Total (for 5 wickets) 448

Bowling figures

O M R w
Bulbeck 25 4 124 0

S Jones 25 6 102 1

Francis 21 2 80 3

Parsons 7 0 70 0

Blackwell 18 2 68 1

Dutch 8 1 29 0