County Championship: Surrey pull off final-over victory against Yorkshire

Jamie Overton has taken 27 wickets for Surrey this season

Jamie Overton's season-best 6-61 and a breezy 28 up the order helped County Championship leaders Surrey to a thrilling final-over win against Yorkshire at Scarborough.

The visitors pursued 227 to win by four wickets with three balls remaining, picking up 22 points to lift them back 15 points clear at the top of Division One, after being briefly overtaken earlier in the day by also victorious Hampshire.

To further disappoint T20 Blast finalists Yorkshire, the Tykes were then docked two points for a slow over-rate - and they take just five points from this match.

Having been dramatically denied off the final ball by Yorkshire in the Blast quarter-final at The Oval just seven days earlier, Surrey this time kept their cool to turn the tables.

England paceman Overton's exploits set up the victory target in the final 44 overs of a high-scoring contest which only burst into life when he struck twice in the penultimate over of day three.

Surrey's chances of a fifth win in nine games were left doubtful at 147-6 when a tigerish home bowling display was led by two wickets apiece for Jordan Thompson and Shannon Gabriel.

But Overton's England Test team-mate Ben Foakes (42) and Australian Aaron Hardie (40 not out) saw them home with an unbroken 81-run stand.

Yorkshire, who started the day on 65-2 - a lead of 71 - were bowled out for 220 midway through the afternoon, including Matthew Waite's career-best unbeaten 59.

The hosts lost four wickets during a morning interrupted by 25 minutes of bad light and rain.

George Hill, Will Fraine, James Wharton and Will Luxton fell lbw before lunch to give Surrey a real sniff of victory.

Overton trapped Hill in front for 38 with a devastating yorker five overs into the day, before Dan Worrall got Fraine with the first ball after the resumption at midday, then Wharton fell to Tom Lawes and debutant Luxton to Hardie.

Either side of the break, Waite and first-innings centurion Jonny Tattersall shared a calming 52 for the seventh wicket.

However, within six balls of each other, Tattersall (14) was trapped lbw by the off-spin of Will Jacks and Thompson was caught at second slip by Jacks off Overton, whose fourth wicket left Yorkshire at 180-8 in the 59th over - a lead of 186 with almost 53 overs remaining.

Steve Patterson then fell to the same combination as Thompson shortly afterwards, handing Overton his second five-for of 2022 - and that gave Waite licence to attack with only Gabriel for company.

Waite reached his 50 off 73 balls when he took three fours off a Worrall over to elevate the lead beyond 220, only for Gabriel to edge behind off Overton to end a 32 stand.

Rory Burns and Ryan Patel started Surrey's chase confidently, scoring at just under five runs per over.

But Burns was stumped for 20 advancing at the off-spin of Dom Bess two balls before tea, with Surrey on 32-1 in the seventh over.

Gabriel was not on the field when Surrey's chase started, having sustained a hip injury fielding in the first innings - but he returned after tea with gusto as Surrey slowed up in the early stages of the evening.

Patel miscued Patterson to cover for 27 before Hashim Amla (28) uppercut Thompson to third, leaving Surrey 90-3 in the 20th.

Overton had been elevated to number four to increase the scoring rate and got off the mark with a six over long-on off Bess, repeating the dose before falling lbw to a Thompson slower ball - 121-4 in the 24th.

Then Gabriel steamed in, trapping Jacks lbw for 27 and uprooting Jamie Smith's off-stump with a beauty in his first two overs as a Surrey win suddenly became doubtful at 147-6 in the 28th, with 80 still needed.

But Foakes and Hardie initially steadied, then hit three sixes between them off Bess. And, with four needed from the last over, Hardie pulled the winning runs off Patterson to gain revenge for Yorkshireman Gareth Batty's men for last week's T20 defeat.

Report supplied by the ECB Reporters Network.

Yorkshire coach Ottis Gibson:

"You never really find much to be proud about in defeat but, at the same time, I am proud of the way we fought with some inexperience in the team - Jonny Tattersall playing his first game of the season and Will Luxton making his debut. But it's another game lost.

"Every game we've played in four-day cricket this year has gone down to the last hour, so it says that we're not conceding an inch. Over time, we'll find a way to win.

"That's been the one frustration. We've found ourselves in winning positions in a large number of games and haven't been able to get across the line."

Surrey's Aaron Hardie:

"We're absolutely pumped. To come here and win was a bit of a dream. Everything had to go perfectly to plan, and it pretty much did. We're buzzing in the changing rooms. We'll enjoy the long drive back tonight.

"To Yorkshire's credit, they came really hard. Shannon Gabriel bowled really well. Our plan was to take it deep because we knew we'd be the ones driving the game.

"If we took risks early and lost wickets, Yorkshire would be a chance of winning. We wanted to get Yorkshire out of the contest and have a crack late on. It worked."