Surrey's Gary Wilson and Gareth Batty dig in to prevent Nottinghamshire forcing the follow-on Without a win so far and in danger already of their expectations for the season fizzling out, Surrey have some ground to make up to avoid defeat at Trent Bridge. It was not until Gary Wilson and Gareth Batty conspired in a partnership of 81 for the seventh wicket that they were able to quell the threat of being asked to follow-on. In the event, Surrey were bowled out for 207, allowing proper assessment of Nottinghamshire's 274 all out as a commendable effort given testing first-day conditions against a persistent attack under largely cloudy skies. The wickets were shared equally between five bowlers, of whom Luke Fletcher looked the most impressive, opening his account by uprooting Jason Roy's leg stump with a fine inswinging ball before Vikram Solanki was leg before, shouldering arms. Figures of two for 40 from 18 overs did not do him full justice. When veteran seamer Paul Franks, who has forced his way back into the Nottinghamshire side after being told he was surplus to requirements last autumn, removed both Zander de Bruyn and Steven Davies with the help of second slip, Surrey were 47 for five. Ajmal Shahzad's dismissal of Arun Harinath, who cut him straight to gully, left them 71 for six. The maligned heavy roller this time seemed to have negligible effect. Conditions eased a little in the afternoon, when Batty and Wilson at last made some progress, and the follow-on had just been averted when the introduction of Samit Patel's left-arm spin enabled Nottinghamshire to reclaim the initiative, Patel removing both. Wilson was caught behind cutting and Batty stumped attempting a heave over mid-wicket. A late flurry of runs from Jade Dernbach secured one batting point and the wicket of Alex Hales, who chopped on to Stuart Meaker, bringing some late encouragement, but Nottinghamshire lead by 91.