Surrey's faith in youth rewarded with exciting gaze into future

NICK FRIEND AT THE KIA OVAL: On his second appearance in professional cricket, Sheridon Gumbs, 18, stepped out at the Kia Oval in front of a few thousand hardy souls and delivered a mouth-watering snapshot of what might be to come

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