MARK Wood struck two quick blows when Surrey began their pursuit of 280 to beat Durham at Chester-le-Street.

With Graham Onions also picking up a wicket, the visitors were 11 for three before the sun came out and Jason Roy and Zafar Ansair took them to 57 for three at lunch.

As in the first innings, Roy rode his luck. Durham were convinced they had him caught behind on nine off Brydon Carse's first ball, then he edged the next where third slip had been prior to becoming a second gully.

Roy had two more edged fours off Carse, one just evading gully, on his way to 29 at the break.

Wood moved one away from Dominic Sibley to have him caught at first slip off the fifth ball of the innings, then produced a snorter to remove Kumar Sangakkara second ball.

It lifted and left the Sri Lankan master for wicketkeeper Stuart Poynter to take a good catch high to his left.

Rory Burns twice drove Wood down the ground on his way to nine before he shaped to pull Onions and ended up skying a catch to gully.

The murk which persisted yesterday was still around when play began with the floodlights on.

Durham's two remaining wickets added 33, the bulk of them coming from the impressive Carse, who remained unbeaten on 21.

He turned Mark Footitt off his hip for four behind square then hooked him to the fine leg boundary, but the left-armer accepted a simple return catch off a leading edge by Wood.

Sam Curran finished with seven for 58 when Onions drove a full toss to mid-off and Durham were all out for 246.