LV= County Championship Div Two

Surrey 448; Gloucestershire 113 and 155

ZAFAR ANSARI and Tom Curran underlined their potential as two of the best young bowlers in English cricket by both completing career-best bowling figures to send Gloucestershire plunging to an innings and 180-run defeat against Surrey at a sun-baked Kia Oval.

Ansari, 23, took 6-30 in the second innings with his left-arm spin after 20-year-old seamer Curran – son of former Gloucestershire player Kevin – had earlier picked up an equally eye-catching 7-20 in the first innings as Gloucestershire were skittled for 113 and then 155 in reply to Surrey’s 448.

Only Will Tavare, with 58, resisted for long as Surrey completed a 22-point victory inside three days, their fifth of the season, to strengthen their promotion ambitions and close on second division leaders Lancashire.

It was, however, Gloucestershire’s fifth defeat this summer and they take just a solitary bonus point from a heavy beating.

Gloucestershire batsman Hamish Marshall said: “That was a very disappointing batting performance indeed, in both our innings. It wasn’t good enough.

"We were found wanting with the bat, and we also had far too many batsmen being bowled in this match.

“The pitch had a little bit in it for the seamers and spinners, and so it wasn’t the easiest of surfaces but it wasn’t the toughest you will find either to bat on. "Zafar Ansari bowled very well, and there was a bit of turn for him, but it was still very disappointing from our perspective.”