YORKSHIRE leg-spin sensation Adil Rashid stunned Surrey by snatching four late wickets in a 15-ball spell on the second day of the LV Championship match at the Oval yesterday.

The 19-year-old's heroics followed an epic Yorkshire ninth wicket stand of 246 between birthday-boy Jason Gillespie and fellow fast bowler Tim Bresnan who both plundered centuries on another record-breaking day.

Yorkshire were able to declare on 594-9 and Surrey's collapse left them on 237-5, still 208 runs away from avoiding the follow-on.

Not only did the alliance between Bresnan and Gillespie produce a Yorkshire record for the ninth wicket but it was also the fifth highest ever recorded in first-class cricket and the third biggest in this country, beaten only by Steriker Hare and Johnny Douglas with 251 for Essex v Derbyshire at Leyton in 1921 and 283 by John Chapman and Arnold Warren for Essex v Warwickshire at Blackwell in 1910.

Gillespie, whose only previous three-figure score came exactly a year ago with his unbeaten 201 for Australia against Bangladesh, finished on a faultless 123 not out off 192 balls with 21 boundaries, most of them struck square of the wicket on the off side.

It was the perfect way to mark his 32nd birthday and soon after Gillespie had scampered a single to reach his ton, Bresnan drove left-arm spinner Nayan Doshi for a big six to complete his maiden century. He had faced 204 balls, striking 11 fours and a six.

The declaration came immediately he marched down the pitch to Doshi and was stumped for 116.

Gillespie achieved another remarkable record, his innings being the highest in Yorkshire's history by a number ten batsman, the previous best being 115 not out by George Hirst against Gloucestershire at Bristol in 1894.

Yorkshire could never have dreamt of such riches when they were struggling on 127-5 on the opening day but in the end three of their batsmen made centuries in an innings (Jacques Rudolph was the other one) for the first time since Craig White, Matthew Wood and David Byas did so against Glamorgan at Scarborough in 2001 when the Tykes clinched the Championship title.

Captain Darren Gough shared the new ball with Matthew Hoggard as Surrey also began churning out the runs.

In a fine opening spell, Hoggard had Jon Batty well caught at third slip by Anthony McGrath but Scott Newman and Mark Ramprakash settled easily into a prolific second-wicket stand.

Rashid joined the attack as early as the 15th over with his leg spin and Younis Khan later bowled in similar style at the pavilion end but nothing could disturb the rhythm of the batsmen as the left-handed Newman moved to his century.

The pair had put on 196 together when Rashid returned for a second spell and had Newman caught at mid-on for 124. Rashid then fired out James Benning, Doshi and Alistair Brown in a magnificent piece of bowling to leave Ramprakash battling away on 92.