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Surrey 260 for 6 (Burns 101) v Hampshire Scorecard Right now, it takes a fair bit to get Surrey fans to grumble. They are a team on the up, with a cup final a week Saturday and their relegation fears all but eased. They have much of the brightest talent in the land, and a seam attack suddenly the envy of the shires. Here, they had a pretty good day on a pitch that was lively from ball one. One of those young thrusters scored a ton and, having been invited to bat without the tossing of a coin, they are on their way to carving out a match-shaping score.But grumble they sure did. They grumbled because three times, on a gloomy but cricketable late season Tuesday, the umpires took the players from the field for bad light. Each time, the floodlights were on. On the first two, the conditions appeared fine and the umpires remained on the field with the conditions barely seeming to have improved. The third, at around 5.15 and with the new ball due, proved terminal.As always, the Oval had a healthy crowd (that should not be taken for granted) and their grumbling - and the booing, and the heckling - was not without reason. These were people who pay their money to watch cricket. Vital points, for both sides, were at stake. At a brilliantly equipped Test ground, with the floodlights on, neither did batting feel dangerous (on the first two occasions, Liam Dawson was bowling his left-arm orthodox), nor did a fielder fail to pick up the ball.Umpiring is a thankless and tricky task, and fans are generally understanding of this, but taking a generous light reading shortly after lunch on the first day - and thus setting the benchmark for the rest of the match - is self-destructive. Those fans grumbled that they would not be going off if the game was on TV, and were quick to remind the umpires that they had paid for this displeasure. Some announced loudly that they would not be returning on Wednesday because well, whats the point?It seemed one of those regular reminders that through all its troubles, county cricket often fails to help itself. Sixteen unbowled overs may not seem much, but if this is the set precedent, then fans of the county game should not expect to see too much cricket this September.Through the gloom shone Rory Burns, who made his second Championship century of the season, after a far simpler one came in the reverse fixture at the Ageas Bowl in July. There are many reasons why Surrey have flown up the table - the end of Sam Currans schooling and Stuart Meakers relocated zip among them - but the elegant solidity Burns, the vice-captain, has offered from the top of the order has proved vital.These were tough runs. The pitch was fresh and the humidity helped the ball move in the air; Gareth Batty, Burns believed, would have bowled first, and 350 seems a very fine score.It took Burns 16 balls to score a run and he appeared relaxed about regularly being beaten outside off-stump. Burns unorthodox, crouched stance - unlike Eoin Morgan, that crouch seems to get deeper the better he bats - with a little glance to midwicket as the bowler approaches the crease, may seem peculiar, but it produces an array of stylish strokes. He pulls and cuts powerfully and with placement (Hampshire, just as they had at the Ageas, fed these strengths), while his work off his pads is brutal.His century came shortly after the second delay for light, with a pull for six beating the three men set for the stroke (a heart in the mouth moment, he said) followed by a scampered single to mid-off. Another pull, this time with a tamer top-edge, found one of those three men.Burns last and most fruitful stand - 76 - was with Ben Foakes, who was capped by Surrey at lunch played beautifully straight for his unbeaten 47, but four others had come and gone before. A brilliant legside catch by Lewis McManus did for Dominic Sibley, a ball after he was hit amidships, while both Kumar Sangakkara and Steven Davies fell to balls that got big just as they were beginning to purr. Arun Harinath carelessly slapped to square-leg.Late on, Sam Curran became Dawsons first wicket, caught off bat and pad. The left-arm spinner, who seems increasingly likely to tour the subcontinent with England even though that was just his 13th wicket of the season, toiled hard but without great flight or marked turn. With a red ball, consistency is his currency and he seldom leaks runs; whether that is enough remains to be seen. 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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Los Angeles Rams return home after two straight road wins, the latest a comeback victory in the desert.The Arizona Cardinals move on from their latest disappointing defeat with a short week of practice and without starting quarterback Carson Palmer.The Rams improved to 3-1 with their 17-13 victory over the Cardinals on Sunday, their best start since 2006, when they won four of their first five.After playing three of their first four games on the road, they go back to Los Angeles tied with Seattle for first in the NFC West.Its huge, Rams coach Jeff Fisher said. Were going home. We get the chance to play in front of our fans, seems like its been forever.Tavon Austins 47-yard punt return set up Case Keenums 4-yard touchdown pass to Brian Quick for what proved to be the winning score with 2:36 to play.We really felt like we were going to get a punt return at some point during the game, Fisher said, and we got it.Next up for Los Angeles is a home game against Buffalo.I think the Coliseum will be rocking, Keenum said.The Cardinals (1-3) have already lost as many games as they did all of last season. Now Palmer almost certainly wont be available after his head slammed to the turf on a sack by Aaron Donald late in Sundays game. Palmer was in the concussion protocol, and coach Bruce Arians doubted if theres any way the quarterback would be ready for Thursday nights game at San Francisco.Probably not, Arians said. Well be very, very careful with this injury. It is not like a sore wrist or a sore shoulder.Here are some things to consider from Los Angeles victory over the Cardinals.QUICK SUCCESS: Quick caught just 10 passes for 102 yards last season and there was some question as to whether the Rams would stick with the wide receiver.Fisher said Quick has shown development in practice.You can see it. He really has had a really solid couple of weeks on the practice field making those kind of plays, Fisher said. In Brians case, the game has started to slow down for him, Now you can just go and make those plays.Keenum praised Quicks work.He has really good ball skills, Keenum said, so its fun to throw him the football.ddddddddddddQuick also scored the first Rams TD, a 65-yard pass play in the first quarter.LOSING THE CLOSE ONES: The Cardinals home losses have come down to the wire.In the season-opening loss to New England, Arizona missed what would have been a winning 47-yard field goal in the final seconds. On Sunday, it was the long punt return. We made a living winning close games for a long time, Arians said, and this year, right now, we are not making the plays to win them, and that is the difference this season.CASE IN POINT: Nobody seems to doubt the decision to start Keenum ahead of No. 1 pick Jared Goff anymore.As you can tell by my voice, Im pretty tired, Keenum said. Anytime you go fight like that, and I think we fought in all phases, every phase had a big part in the win. Anytime you fight like that and come out victorious, it feels really sweet.Fisher said Keenum and Goff root for each other.Case is not looking over his shoulder, Fisher said. Hes winning games.BROWNS BREAKOUT: Arizona wide receiver John Brown had gotten off to a slow start after missing most of the preseason with a concussion. He had eight catches in the first three games.But on Sunday, Brown caught 10 passes for 144 yards.I feel good, he said. The receiving coach comes to me like, `Were trying to put the ball in your hands. We need you to do this and do that. It just made me push harder to get back where I want to be.STANTON TIME: The Cardinals got the ball twice after Palmer was hurt but werent able to do much with it.Backup Drew Stanton threw two interceptions, the last on a Hail Mary on the games final play.Now the team will turn to Stanton to try to get a victory in San Francisco.Its unfortunate were coming off a short week, Stanton said, but thats the way the leagues built. You have to be able to go in and, especially somebody in my role, you have to be able to go in there and have success, and that didnt happen today.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL. ' ' '