Yesterday, Tom Maynard recorded his maiden first-class century, not to mention his highest score in all forms of cricket. But the Welshman was by no means the only Surrey player to pile the pressure on Glamorgan, who, needing 426 to avoid the threat of following-on, had been reduced to 95-4 by stumps on day two by another 22-year-old, Stuart Meaker, who picked up 3-34.

Meaker, who has agreed a two-year extension to his Surrey contract, keeping him at the Kia Oval until the end of 2013, bowled magnificently - so much so that Jade Dernbach's absence, after sending down four tidy overs with the new ball, was inconspicuous.

Meaker struck first in the 13th over of Glamorgan's reply, when Alviro Petersen, looking to whip a full-pitched ball through mid-wicket, became Meaker's 50th first-class victim. The manner of Will Bragg and Mike Powell's dismissals, in the 27th and 31st overs, were like action replays of each other - Meaker defeating both with deliveries that skidded on.

Only Gareth Rees showed any real composure with the bat. The 26-year-old left-hander cut Yasir Arafat for four in the sixth over. The 18th over saw Rees bring up the hosts' fifty when he pulled a short delivery to the rope at mid-wicket. The very next ball, again from Arafat, was drilled through cover. But, eight overs later, Gareth Batty followed up his unbeaten 52 by having Rees, looking to paddle sweep, plumb lbw, which prompted the home side to press Huw Waters into action as a nightwatchman.

Earlier, Surrey added a further 125 to their total in the morning session and a merciless 164 between lunch and tea. In the eighth over of the day, Zander de Bruyn drove Graham Wagg, who was operating around the wicket, past mid-on for four to bring up the 150 partnership between him and Tom Maynard. Eight overs later, de Bruyn went to 150 himself with a cover driven boundary off Dean Cosker.

Maynard's first boundary of the day did not arrive until 12.22pm. But in the next over, the 117th of the innings, Maynard's reverse sweep for three off Robert Croft took the fifth wicket stand to 200. De Bruyn celebrated it by slog sweeping Cosker for six, but five overs later the South African fell to a catch at long-on.

De Bruyn had made 172 off 311 balls in 399 minutes and his alliance with Maynard - worth 216 in 61 overs - set a new record for Surrey's fifth wicket against Glamorgan; beating Andrew Sandham and Robert Gregory's 183 at Cardiff Arms Park in 1928.

Maynard cut Cosker for four to move into the nineties and duly reached his maiden first-class ton just before lunch. It had taken him 190 deliveries and included ten fours and a six. Maynard departed in the sixth over following the break, stumped off Cosker for 123, but there was to be no respite for the Glamorgan attack, which was then taken for 133 in 24 overs by Schofield and Batty.

Batty had only been at the crease for four overs when he lifted Cosker over long-off for a maximum. Two balls later, cutting, Batty, on 9, was dropped at slip by Petersen off the unlucky Cosker.

The 147th over saw Chris Schofield bring up his half-century with a wonderfully executed cover drive for four off Waters. Two deliveries later, the former England leg-spinner picked Waters up over the mid-wicket fence for six.

Batty's fifty was 66 balls in the making, but immediately after he completed it Schofield, on 83, was put down at long-off by Bragg off Cosker. In the 159th over, Schofield moved to 95 with a slog swept maximum off the slow left-armer.

On the stroke of tea, however, Schofield, who, at lunch, had been 13, was stumped for 99 when he went to sweep Cosker and, thinking the ball had deflected away off a pad, set off only to find that the ball had barely left the crease.

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