The Cricketer looks at the main talking points from the County Championship game between Surrey and Sussex at the Kia Oval
This game will live long in the memory of 19-year-old Adam Thomas, who became the youngest Surrey debutant in the County Championship to score a century.
His 120, which the opposition head coach Paul Fabrace described as "magnificent", helped Surrey build a sizable first innings lead.
The moment he reached the landmark was celebrated almost as much by his batting partner, Sean Abbott. He brought up three figures with a pull shot for two runs.
There was also a special moment after day three when he embraced his family and friends, who waited for him outside the changing rooms. Thomas joined the club's academy at 11 years old, developing his game at Guildford Cricket Club and Cranleigh School.
Speaking about his after his hundred, Dom Sibley said: "All the senior guys out there can tell you how composed he was; obviously, his technique was so strong, so to see him go out there and play really well, to convert that into a hundred as well, and the way he went through the gears was so impressive."
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Adam Thomas made a record-breaking century (Getty Images)
With Gus Atkinson rested by the ECB, Dan Worrall still out through injury and Tom Lawes picking up a soft tissue issue in the last game, Surrey suddenly faced a mini-seamer shortage for their game against Sussex.
But their depth meant that they could bring Reece Topley, boasting 65 England caps, back into the side for a second County Championship appearance of the season.
After a difficult start against Leicestershire and an expensive spell in the first innings, he delivered just one of the first 50 overs of the second innings.
It appeared as if captain Rory Burns had lost some faith in his left-arm seamer.
But with Charlie Tear and Ollie Robinson holding up the hosts' pursuit of a first win of the season, Topley was employed to initiate a short-ball play.
And it paid off in the end as Tear became Surrey's eighth wicket when he chopped on for a resilient 61.
He was greeted with a hearty cheer from the Kia Oval faithful, which was recognition of the hard work that went into getting back into red-ball cricket and taking the wicket.
Tom Haines returned to the field after a nasty blow to the head (Getty Images)
After the small matter of 158.2 overs in the field, Sussex endured a disastrous start to their second innings.
The first ball, delivered by Matthew Fisher, reared off a length and struck Tom Haines in the head. Having been rocked by the blow, he was taken off the field, and Sussex subsequently lost Tom Clark and James Coles in the same over.
"It sums up the game of cricket, doesn't it?" Farbrace said after day three. "You field for six hours, don't see a lot happening, and then you get one straight in the middle of the face. Good thing he was wearing a helmet. I mean, he's not going to miss the size of his head. He's got a reasonably large head, so he's not going to miss that.
"But look, it was a nasty delivery, reared up off a length and smashed him in the grill.
He's fine. I don't think there are any signs of concussion. So hopefully he'll be fit to bat tomorrow.
He added: "He's had some concussion tests already. There are protocols that you follow. We brought him off and he was looked after by the medical team, assessed a couple of times. And as I say, there's certain criteria you have to follow.
There are questions that they answer at the start of the season. They get repeated to them at the time they get hit on the head. It's just to see whether they've got any form of concussion.
"The thing will be to check in the morning and see whether there's any headaches or blurred vision. And that will be the biggest guide that we'll have in the morning. We'll take no risks. I mean, it's not worth it with something like that. As much as we want him to bat, you can't mess around with concussion."
However, in an act of bravery, the former captain returned to the crease at No.10 in an attempt to see his side to a well-fought draw.
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