A LITTLE bit of history was created at the Brit Oval last weekend, but not the sort the Brown Caps will want to remember.

With Joe Denly, Rob Key, Martin van Jaarsveld and Justin Kemp all hitting hundreds, Kent became the first side to boast four centurions in a first-class innings against Surrey.

Murtaza Hussain came in for the greatest punishment. His figures of 2-208 were the second most expensive ever conceded by a Surrey bowler.

But the Pakistani was not helped when his fellow spinner, Chris Schofield, was struck down with food poisoning on Saturday night - the result of a dodgy pizza.

The Spitfires' total of 620-7 represented their highest against the Brown Caps, but with only 20 wickets falling in the match the game ended in a draw.

The contest was not without its positives for Surrey, who now decamp to Guildford occupying third spot in Division Two. In the absence of Jade Dernbach (shin) and Andre Nel (hamstring), Pedro Collins was pressed into action for only the second time this season in the championship.

The 32-year-old showed that the six wickets he picked up at Derby back in April were no flash in the pan. The left-arm seamer was Surrey's stand out bowler on what, as Collins admitted himself, was a very flat pitch.

After the match he said: "It was very flat, but we had our plans and areas to bowl to. We tried as much as possible to stick to our plans, but there wasn't much room for error out there.

"I thought the guys put in a really good effort on that wicket. Four guys got hundreds, which speaks for itself, and to be honest I'm feeling pretty knackered now.

"It was my first game in a long time, but I didn't think I did too badly. I would have liked to have picked up more wickets, but that's the way it goes sometimes. Hopefully, if I get the chance to play again, I will have a bit more luck."

The West Indian had two very good shouts for lbw turned down, when Denly shouldered arms to the new ball and when van Jaarsveld did likewise, shortly after Surrey took the replacement.

"Both of them looked pretty much out to me," said Collins, who was quick to add: "But you have to respect the umpires' decisions and move on. They've also got a difficult job to do."

Of the four hundreds, Collins felt that van Jaarsveld's was the most influential.

He said: "I thought that after van Jaarsveld got in, he played pretty well. Key batted well also. They didn't give many chances. The wicket was pretty easy and they just took their time to pick us off.

"At one stage we were 255-3 and they were 252-2. We then we got a couple of wickets to make it 269-4.

"At that stage it was pretty even. I was in a pretty good rhythm and the ball was moving around a little bit, but if we had got the lbw decision against van Jaarsveld it could have been a different game. That said, you have to take your hat off to him. He batted really well and his innings arguably changed the game."

Looking ahead to the current match, against Essex at Guildford, Collins said: "I've been to Guildford, but I have never played there. I was injured when we played there last year. Hopefully I'll get to play there this year and the wicket will give more assistance than this one. With the bat we are capable of putting a big total on the board.

"Mark Butcher has been batting well since he came back into the team. With Mark Ramprakash, who seems to score a hundred in almost every game, and the other guys chipping in we should post a big score."

But Collins admitted that the key for Surrey was seeing the back of Essex's overseas player, South Africa's Hashim Amla, early on. He said: "I have never bowled to Amla before but I know he's a leg-sided player. He's very wristy. So, we are going to watch some videos of him, pick out his weak spots."