"The Big Show" lived up to his nickname with some thrilling batting in an otherwise lacklustre Australia side.
At the close, the England wicketkeeper Bob Taylor went into the Australia dressing room with some bats for them to sign, only to be told: "Fuck off with your fucking bats".
Rory Burns and Arun Harinath each collected their first first-class wicket but Neil Dexter hit 59 and all the visitors were left with was time for some batting practice.
The former Yankee Jim Leyritz, who is awaiting trial on a vehicular manslaughter charge from 2007, met with some Yankees during batting practice.
We've seen some desperately poor bowling, umpiring and ground maintenance to go along with some thrilling batting already and we're barely halfway through this match.
And with some glorious batting performances, most notably by Younus Khan, the invisible colossus, who scored three hundreds in four innings and whose career, untelevised and beyond the immediate attention of the major nations, has thrived beneath the radar in recent years.
However, opener Carberry (50) was fluent as he led the run-chase with some stylish batting before becoming rookie leg-spinner James Muirhead's second victim when he holed out to substitute fielder Daniel Hughes.
A collapse would have opened up the possibility of a Surrey victory, but Petersen and Buttler snuffed out the danger with some disciplined batting in a partnership that took up 30 overs.
The way the contest finished would have hurt the West Indies after Keiron Pollard (28) and team-mate Marlon Samuels (48) had revived the hopes of their side, who were 104-4, with some brutal batting.
"None of it would have been possible with some superb batting in the morning as Hogg, Chapple and an excellent contribution from Simon Kerrigan knocked all hope of winning out of Essex".
