Gubbins was initially joined in a gap partnership of 54 with Ali Orr (27) earlier than Fletcha Middleton arrived to hit an unbeaten 35 from 24 balls in an unbroken second wicket stand of 108 in simply 9.3 overs.
Quick bowler Nathan Barnwell was thrashed for 50 from his three overs – Gubbins twice hoicking him for six in a gap over costing 21 – and left-arm spinner Yousuf Majid’s three overs went for 31 as Gubbins and Middleton accelerated brutally in the direction of the end line.
Gubbins hit three sixes and 13 fours in all, whereas Middleton’s contribution was two sixes and 4 fours.
Earlier, 35-year-old Fuller completed with 4-34 after sprucing off a Surrey innings that by no means received going and was at risk of full implosion at 89-6 earlier than keeper-batsman Josh Blake and bowlers James Taylor, Barnwell and Majid supplied not less than some decrease order resistance in entrance of a near-5,000 crowd.
Blake was Surrey’s joint top-scorer with 22 alongside South Asian Cricket Academy graduate Nikhil Gorantla, who was Fuller’s first sufferer when he was excellently caught low down by Neal diving ahead at mid-on within the 18th over.
That left Surrey 68-3 and Lumsden had already made his mark by then, first forcing Rory Burns to miscue a pull to his fourth ball – to be caught and bowled for 20 – after which seeing Adam Thomas chop on to his stumps for 12 in his third over.
At 16 years and 288 days, Lumsden bowled with real tempo in simply his second Listing A look and though there have been a lot of wild deliveries, together with an supposed bouncer that flew for 4 wides, he impressed throughout two spells in his 2-46 from 10 overs.
Much more spectacular was 25-year previous spinner Neal, who performed two first-class matches for Leeds-Bradford MCCU in 2019, however solely made the primary of his earlier 4 Listing A appearances earlier this month.
His 3-33 from 10 nicely-controlled overs now offers him 9 wickets within the competitors and he numbered the Surrey middle-order of Ben Foakes, Ollie Sykes and Cameron Metal as his victims.
Foakes mishit to lengthy on for 5, Sykes was brilliantly held by a diving Felix Organ at lengthy on for seven and Metal drove tamely to quick further cowl to go for 5.
Blake’s 22 was ended by a deadly nibble at Fuller, Taylor (19) provided a couple of meaty blows earlier than skying Scottish all-rounder Brandon McMullen to lengthy on and Barnwell departed for 15 miscuing excessive to keeper Ben Mayes.
Majid was left 13 not out when No 11 Alex French fenced Fuller to slide to go for a fifth ball duck and all that remained was to see how rapidly Hampshire’s high order may knock off the runs.
Because of Gubbins, Orr and Middleton the match was over by 4.10pm.
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