Surrey eased their County Championship relegation fears with a nerve-shredding one-wicket win over Yorkshire as last man Dan Worrall whipped away the winning four and Josh Blake battled to 43 not out off 183 deliveries after over four hours at the crease.

The London side, who won the Division One title three times in a row between 2022-2024 and finished runners-up to Nottinghamshire last season, began the 11th round of fixtures just outside the bottom two after only one victory to that point.

However, Surrey recorded a much-needed triumph in jittery fashion at The Kia Oval on Friday as they successfully chased down a fourth-innings target of 185 having been 115-7, with Worrall clipping Ben Coad (3-72) to the fence on the evening of day three.

Rory Burns' men are 22 points clear of second-bottom Leicestershire, whose game versus title-chasing Notts will go to a fourth day with a draw perhaps the likeliest outcome, unless Notts are able to enforce the follow-on.