YORKSHIRE, whose victory was determined under the Duckworth-Lewis system, provided what might loosely be termed family entertainment off the field, but out in the middle it was adults only.

And while there may be a place for stilt walkers, bouncy castles and even Rugby League mascot Ronnie Rhino at Sunday games, there is no substitute for the real thing. Darren Gough supplied it with interest.

Clearly riled by umpire Harris's rejection of a concerted appeal against Graham Thorpe for a catch at the wicket, Gough swept away five batsmen for two runs in the space of 11 balls.

Thorpe was first, trapped leg before from the fifth ball of Gough's third over. The first ball of his next beat Adam Hollioake's tentative push and Ben Hollioake edged the next to a diving Richard Blakey.

Jason Ratcliffe avoided the hat-trick only to be leg before next ball and when Ally Brown, his early aggression now blunted, became Blakey's second victim in Gough's fifth over, Surrey were 45 for seven.

Chris Silverwood also chose to impress the England hierarchy ahead of the Texaco Trophy when he trapped Alex Stewart leg before in his second over. He then reduced the contribution of Surrey's five-man international contingent to a paltry 12 runs by having Mark Butcher caught at slip.

Martin Bicknell and Ian Salisbury were merely delaying the inevitable when rain drove the players from the field after 21.3 overs with Surrey still 95 runs adrift.

Yet until Gough's explosive spell, there was no reason to suppose Surrey would not surpass Yorkshire's 40-over total.

For even on a pitch offering plenty of help to seam bowlers, Yorkshire's 162 for nine looked under par after a sluggish start which produced only 26 from the first 10 overs for the loss of Craig White, Michael Vaughan and David Byas.

Darren Lehmann also went cheaply, leaving Anthony McGrath and Bradley Parker to organise the revival, aided by some lusty late blows from Gavin Hamilton.