Overview
- Chahar finished with match figures of 10 wickets, taking 8-51 in the second innings for the third-best haul by a Surrey bowler this century.
- Surrey set a target of 181 after posting 281 in their second innings before Hampshire slipped from a 61-run opening stand to defeat.
- The leg-spinner removed Ali Orr, Liam Dawson and Washington Sundar in a decisive burst, having also dismissed Sundar in the first innings.
- Play resumed with Hampshire nine down at 148 chasing 181, and Chahar ended James Fuller’s resistance on the fourth morning to clinch victory.
- Surrey were ruled out of the title race on day two after Nottinghamshire’s bonus points, while Hampshire now rely on Yorkshire beating Durham, with a draw enough for Durham to stay up.