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Matthew Revis described a tough day for Yorkshire's batters as Surrey took the early advantage on day one at The Kia Oval.
Revis scored a determined 40, and James Wharton made a similar 45, as Yorkshire recovered from 1-3 to 92-3 after a rain-delayed start at 1.10pm. They then slipped to 113-7 before closing on 133-7 when bad light stopped play again.
Dan Worrall took three wickets for Surrey, while Matthew Fisher and Tom Lawes each claimed two. Dom Bess (21) and Kuldeep Yadav (6) will aim to battle and scrap their way towards 200 tomorrow.
Revis said: "The conditions probably suited bowling for most of the day.
"Obviously they've got a pretty good attack.
"They've managed to put in the right areas for most of the day, and unfortunately we probably just came out on the wrong side of the day.
"They put the ball in the right spots right from the get-go and made life very difficult for us.
"Myself and Wharts put on a decent partnership, but we fell away after tea from my wicket, and that cluster came again.
"Bessy's grafted really hard there, and so has Kuldeep.
"Hopefully tomorrow morning we can come and scrap as hard as we can for the remainder of the innings and then hopefully put the ball in the right areas."
On the pitch, Revis said: "Myself and Wharts spent a bit of time out there, and it looked to divot quite a bit. Length balls would carry through, and then little chunks of the pitch would come off.
"It felt a fraction two-paced. Some of them would carry through very nicely and then some of the balls would hardly carry to the keeper.
"So we're just going to have to wait and see how the game plays out with the pitch.
"But I think if you hold your lengths and put the balls in the right area, then there's more than enough there."
Revis added: "I think the more you can scrap for every run, come day two, day three, potentially day four kind of thing, that could be massive."
Source: yorkshireccc.com — Read the original article
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