RESULT
The Oval, September 15 - 17, 2014, LV= County Championship Division Two
181 & 279
(T:251) 210 & 251/2

Derbyshire won by 8 wickets

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Godleman, Pujara seal Derbyshire victory

India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara hammered 90 not out and Billy Godleman weighed in with an unbeaten hundred as Derbyshire swept to a comfortable eight-wicket Championship Division Two victory against Surrey

Derbyshire 210 (Madsen 63, Meaker 4-39, Linley 4-79) and 251 for 2 (Godleman 104*, Pujara 90*) beat Surrey 181 (Wilson 70, Footitt 6-69) and 279 (Roy 81, Footitt 3-62, Wainwright 3-62) by eight wickets
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India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara hammered 90 not out and Billy Godleman weighed in with an unbeaten hundred as Derbyshire swept to a comfortable eight-wicket Championship Division Two victory against Surrey at The Oval. Pujara and Godleman, who made his first hundred for Derbyshire, shared in an unbroken stand of 154 for the third wicket. For Pujara, who faced only 105 balls and hit 14 fours, it was his first score of note in county cricket.
Derbyshire, needing 251 to win, were set on their way to what is a county record fourth-innings chase against Surrey by openers Godleman and Ben Slater, who made 45. The two left-handers added 94 for the first wicket, as Surrey's bowlers huffed and puffed to no avail on a surface which had proved tricky for batting earlier in the game but which had clearly flattened out.
Slater's 106-ball effort ended soon after lunch in the 33rd over when he edged Jade Dernbach to first slip, where Vikram Solanki took an excellent catch to his right despite wicketkeeper Gary Wilson diving across him. A hint of a Derbyshire wobble was there when, in the next over, Wayne Madsen edged a push-drive at Zafar Ansari's left-arm spin and was caught by Jason Roy at slip for 2.
From 97 for 2, however, it proved to be plain sailing for Derbyshire, who eased to their fifth Championship win of the summer with four sessions to spare.
Pujara, who had made scores of just 7, 0 and 16 in his previous three innings for Derbyshire, since joining them following India's Test series defeat against England, came good with a stream of high-quality strokes. He pulled and straight drove Stuart Meaker for successive fours in an over which cost the fast bowler 14 runs and continued to be harsh on anything even slightly off line or a good length.
His half-century arrived from 61 balls, just before Godleman joined in the fun by thumping Ansari straight for six, and Pujara was soon clipping Meaker through midwicket for another glorious boundary. Godleman's own half-century took him 99 balls but he and Slater had always been positive while building their partnership and, later in his innings, the former Middlesex and Essex opener belied his stodgy reputation by unfurling some fine strokes against both pace and spin. In all, Godleman batted for 183 balls, with nine fours and a six.
Surrey's defeat, their fifth in the competition, ends their Championship campaign on a low note and, although currently in fourth place in the table, they could be overtaken in the final week by both Derbyshire and Kent.