Division One leaders Surrey rewrote history with almost casual ease in the County Championship on Wednesday, chasing down a target of 501 to beat Kent by five wickets at Canterbury.
Dom Sibley and Ben Foakes batted mercilessly, eclipsing Surrey’s previous highest chase of 410 made at this venue in 2002, to finish on 501-5, Jamie Smith having earlier cracked a 77-ball 114. Only once in the history of the County Championship had a side chased over 500 to win.
Foakes made 124, while Sibley scored the slowest-ever century in the County Championship over the course of 511 minutes and 368 balls. Ke...