Sibley hits milestone as Yorkshire head for draw

OPENER Dom Sibley became the first batter in either division of the Rothesay County Championship to reach 1,000 runs for the summer as Surrey responded strongly to Yorkshire’s first-innings 517 for six declared from late morning onwards on day three at Scarborough.

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Sibley is enjoying a superb 2025, highlighted by a career best 305 earlier this month against Durham, and he needed to reach 24 in this game to get to four figures.

The 29-year-old reached the 1,000 milestone shortly after lunch and went on to make 52 in Surrey’s 338 for four from 83 overs. He was one of four half-centurions in Surrey’s top order alongside Rory Burns, Dan Lawrence and unbeaten Ryan Patel, who top-scored with 86 off 133 balls.

Earlier, emerging all-rounder Matthew Revis posted an excellent 110 off 134 to help Yorkshire advance from 376 for five overnight. However, given Surrey's response, this 10th round Division One fixture will almost certainly end in a draw.

Revis dominated the morning session, which he started on 34, and finished with 13 fours and five sixes.

This was his second successi' Championship century after 150 in the second innings of the win over Essex at York earlier this month.