DAY two of Worcestershire's LV County Championship Division One clash with Surrey was certainly one for the statisticians.

Amid a barrage of runs from the home batsmen, a succession of records and milestones were broken.

Steve Rhodes' men piled up a massive 701-6 before the declaration was made and Surrey eased to 144-1 at the close.

Vikram Solanki's divine 232, which came from 247 balls and featured 25 fours and seven sixes, was 10 runs better than his previous highest first-class score - the 222 he blasted against Gloucestershire at Bristol last year.

The captain's innings, which saw him add 124 to his overnight 109, really was worth the admission fee alone and it seemed at times that there was nowhere the Surrey attack could bowl to him without the ball disappearing to the boundary.

Rikki Clarke eventually removed Solanki, courtesy of Mark Ramprakash hanging on to a steepler at long-on, with the score on 670 as the hosts' captain was looking to motor to a declaration target.

Steve Davies, who had batted fluently in a 153-run stand with his skipper, took the total to 697-6 before he was stumped by Jon Batty off Chris Schofield for 81.

However, the significance of 697-6 was that it was one run more than Worcestershire's highest ever score, surpassing the 696-8 they made against Somerset in 2005.

Solanki clearly wanted 700 on the board before declaring and Gareth Batty and Kyle Hogg duly obliged as the hosts called time on their innings with the score on 701-6.

One more run would have broken the highest score - by a home or away team - at New Road. Solanki's men now share that accolade with Leicestershire's 1906 team, who amassed 701-4 at Worcestershire's headquarters.

A couple of milestones that failed to go, however, were Graeme Hick passing 30,000 runs for Worcestershire and 40,000 for his career.

Needing 27 and 64 respectively, Hick fell lbw to Ian Salisbury for 15.

In reply, Surrey had put on 80 for the first wicket when Scott Newman was bowled by paceman Kabir Ali.

The opener looked to play an on-drive but Kabir uprooted his leg-stump.

Jon Batty, who was dropped by Davies and Hick, rode his luck on the way to 66, while the in-form Ramprakash was unbeaten on 25 at the close.