Yorkshire v Surrey: Scores and match report

Match scores (Headingley)

Match drawn 

Surrey 1st inns:  516-7 dec (Sangakkara 180*, Burns 90, Roy 87, T Curran 44; Coad 2-99, Bresnan 2-91, Patterson 2-73)

Yorkshire 1st inns: 27-1

Day four report

Yorkshire and Surrey were forced to settle for a draw after the inaugural round of pink ball day-night cricket ended without a ball bowled on the final two days at Headingley.

Following heavy rain on days two and three, further rain overnight meant umpires Richard Kettleborough and Neil Mallender were forced to abandon play due to concerns over the bowler's run-ups.

The lack of play will be of frustration to England duo Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow, who had hoped to gain some valuable practice against the pink ball ahead of England's first day-night Test against West Indies later this summer.

Yorkshire were 27 for one when the rain came on Tuesday afternoon, in reply to Surrey's mammoth total of 516 for seven and were keen to get some bonus points on the board, only for the weather to intervene. 

Day three report

Day three of Yorkshire's Specsavers County Championship Division One match at home to Surrey was washed out without a pink ball bowled at Headingley.

Incessant rain continued throughout, and play was abandoned shortly after 3:15 as umpires Richard Kettleborough and Neil Mallender decided there was no prospect of an improvement in the weather for this day-night fixture.

Yorkshire will therefore begin the final day on 27 for one in reply to Surrey's mammoth 516 for seven declared, with bonus points likely to be the limit of either team's ambition if any play proves possible.

Day two report

Kumar Sangakkara became the first batsman to pass 1,000 runs in the Specsavers County Championship season, laying waste to the Yorkshire attack on his way to 180 not out on an otherwise rain-ruined second day, and night, at Headingley.

Only one session was possible on day two of this floodlit contest, sandwiched by long spells of dark clouds and drizzly, persistent rain, but the hardy few who braved the elements saw Sangakkara at his swaggering best, scoring 98 runs in 59 balls to lead Surrey to 516 for seven declared.

Increasingly it seems a crime that the 39-year-old Sri Lankan great is retiring at the end of the season, such is his imperious run of form with the Brown Caps, for whom he has now scored six championship tons as well as two in the Royal London One-Day Cup.

When play finally resumed at 5pm, three hours after the scheduled start, Sangakkara was unbeaten on 82 - 18 short of his century and 12 shy of the coveted thousand-run landmark.

Tom Curran was his partner, on four, with Surrey well placed on 374 for six and Yorkshire hoping to finally coax some life out of the pink Dukes ball, which they conspicuously failed to master on the opening day.

Sangakkara was quick to disabuse them of that notion, planting his second ball of the day, from Jack Brooks, for four through cover. Another boundary was close at hand, cut majestically behind square and a third, again off the outmatched Brooks, saw his season's tally move into four figures in just his 11th innings.

The hundred was inevitable at this stage, as was the fact it came with a shot to the ropes, glanced this time off Ben Coad. It had taken him just 136 deliveries and secured, in the process, maximum batting points for the visitors.

Coad's next delivery was crushed for six as Sangakkara wilfully stepped into shot-a-ball territory, including one effortless, innovative ramp for the highlights reel.

Curran followed his lead, taking successive fours from a less-than-enamoured Tim Bresnan.

Sangakkara accelerated from 100 to 150 in just 28 balls, England leg-spinner Adil Rashid continuing a forgettable outing en route to figures of nought for 107 in 16 benign overs.

England Test skipper Joe Root took some of the strain, sending down three overs of off-spin at a cost of 21 - including one big Sangakkara six - but his mind must already have been on the possibility of batting under murky skies.

Yorkshire's turn came when Bresnan had Curran lbw for 44, leaving the veteran at the other end unbeaten on 180 in 183 balls.

The White Rose ended up batting for only 10.5 overs before the rain set in for good but that was enough time to see off Adam Lyth, leg before to Sam Curran for eight, and bring Root to the crease.

The next time he plays in a pink ball match it will be England's frst day/night Test against the West Indies at Edgbaston, but he had only the briefest of sighters.

He faced 13 deliveries from the Curran brothers, scoring 12 as Yorkshire reached 27 for one.

Day one report

Jason Roy enjoyed his return to county cricket as Surrey batted their way into a formidable position against a Yorkshire attack who laboured under the floodlights on day one at Headingley.

As wickets tumbled during Monday's historic round of day-night cricket in the Specsavers County Championship, Yorkshire struggled with the pink Dukes ball, with the Brown Caps powering to 374 for six when stumps arrived at 9.12pm.

Rory Burns top-scored with a meticulous 90, an important knock but one unlikely to have drawn in many of the 494 evening arrivals who helped make up a crowd of 2,595, leaving Roy (87) and Kumar Sangakkara (82no) to entertain.

Roy was playing his first first-class knock since September, during which time he has endured a modest IPL stint, been dropped by England for the Champions Trophy semi-final and suffered a controversial dismissal for obstructing the field in a Twenty20 international against South Africa.

It was, then, refreshing to see him at his unrestrained best, hitting 11 of his 91 deliveries to the ropes and two more into the stands.

Sangakkara was in place at the close, well in reach of a sixth century of the season, while for Yorkshire, Tim Bresnan had the distinction of making Burns his 500th first-class victim.

Surrey chose to toss and opted to bat first, Burns showing caution from the off as Mark Stoneman, then Scott Borthwick, dominated stands of 39 and 36 for the first two wickets.

Stoneman, uncapped by England but hoping to change that with national selector James Whitaker watching, showed off some neat timing before nicking Ben Coad and Borthwick was similarly free until miscuing Steve Patterson to mid-wicket.

At 75 for two, Yorkshire might have been hoping for further gains. Instead they came up against Roy.

Burns had already chewed up 60 balls when Roy faced his first but a flurry of five quickfire boundaries saw the latter overtake his partner's score by the time he reached 23.

Surrey reached 105 for two at the first interval, still announced at Headingley as lunch despite its late afternoon slot, and when battle resumed some authoritative pulls from Roy saw him post 50 from 54 deliveries.

Burns eventually followed suit, taking 126 balls over his own half-century, by which point Yorkshire had dabbled unsuccessfully with spin.

England's Test captain Joe Root sent down two brisk overs but leg-spinner Adil Rashid's lengthier spell was not a happy one.

Roy launched him for six twice in as many overs and looked to be advancing towards his ton when Jack Brooks seamed one back into the pads for an lbw.

Rashid was not granted respite, though, Sangakkara picking up the baton with a third six off the wrist-spinner, whose nine-over spell went for 58.

A grandiose cover drive off Brooks had already showed the Sri Lankan great had no qualms about the pink ball and he reached the break on 31 not out.

Burns did not make it that far, finally succumbing after 186 deliveries when Bresnan persuaded one to spit off a length and take the edge.

The lights cranked into gear at 7pm and Yorkshire enjoyed a better final session, improving markedly when the second new ball arrived after 80 overs.

There was no rush of activity in the twighlight overs, which Sangakkara handled safely though with less intent, but much more control from the bowlers.

Ben Foakes (23) and Sam Curran (20) were eked out as Coad and Patterson each took a second scalp as Surrey added 103 in the session.