London, April 14 -- Jamie Smith continued his prolific early-season form with an effortless89 off 109 balls as Surrey batted out day four to secure a draw against Leicestershire at the Kia Oval.

Ollie Pope, who like Smith had made a hundred in Surrey's first innings, also impressed with an unbeaten 83 as a soporific batting surface ultimately had the last word in a match of 1,474 runsand only 24 wickets.

Surrey, who began their second innings 171 runs adrift at the start of the final day, finished on 263-4 with Ben Foakes alongside Pope on 28 not out.

Smith, who struck two sixes and 13 sweetly-timed fours, had scored 132 and 166 in his two previous innings and has now plundered 396 runs from his first four knocks of the Rothesay County C...