SURREY VS NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

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AND WE'RE BACK
SURREY HAVE NAMED A THIRTEEN MAN SQUAD FOR THEIR OPENING SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AT TRENT BRIDGE STARTING ON SUNDAY.
Mark Footitt and Ravi Rampaul are both named in a Surrey Championship squad for the first time and Jason Roy is included in the squad having returned from the World T20 with England.
Rory Burns has been appointed the official Vice Captain for the 2016 season.
There is no place in the squad for james burke or Dominic sibley while jade dernbach,stuart meaker and son of boris remain on the treatment table.
The Surrey Squad to play Nottinghamshire in the Specsavers County Championship at Trent Bridge on Sunday April 10th, Monday April 11th, Tuesday April 12th and Wednesday April 13th :
Gareth Batty (capt)
Rory Burns
Sam Curran
Tom Curran
Steven Davies
Matthew Dunn
Ben Foakes
Mark Footitt
Arun Harinath
Ravi Rampaul
Jason Roy
Kumar Sangakkara
Gary Wilson
tough to call the two to miss out so i'll go for wilson and dunn
over to you chaps

I'm guessing that Di Venuto will be telling the batsmen that they now just need to approach this the same as they would batting first on day 1.

- In the first session worry about little but blunting the new ball, keeping the scoreboard slowly ticking over and not losing wickets. Try to get to lunch only one down.

- In the middle session wait for the change bowlers to be used more then start accelerating with middle order players using their stroke play to build on the platform

It's a real opportunity for Burns and Harinath to cement their place at the top before Zaf returns.

Seam department well disciplined. Fielding ok, but some chances went down. Not sure this pitch is that tough to bat on, though TB always swings, probably be tougher this time round.

Surrey just have to set a target of batting the day. If they can manage that, they can reassess what would be awkward.

Morning all! Hope everyone's well
Great start in both disciplines - but the bowlers have really let us down. Bowling first at Trent Bridge on the first day of the season and going for 446 is appalling. Hopefully this heavy defeat is the kick up the pants we deserve to realise the work needed in this Division, if not, this is going to be a long 'summer'

Hiya Goochie - great to have you back. Now we're even more solid as Church would say!

Morning probably wiped out today. Probably justifies Reads decision to bowl again, gives his bowler some rest, when they get on, conditions might help swing and less time in the game.

Think there's meant to be some rain about tomorrow. On our showing in the first two days, we certainly don't deserve a draw but it might still be possible. Have to try for it anyway.

On and off apparently. Though conditions should favor us when on

Inspection at 1:25

Should be fine this afternoon. Early lunch as suspected

Players warming up so looking promising.

14.00 start

And Burns falls LBW almost straight away...

Nice start for Ball. Few more to make up for lost time would be wonderful

Award now if harinath does well will he miss out for son of Boris?

jimbobgooner wrote:Award now if harinath does well will he miss out for son of Boris?

Surely early season it'd make sense for Zaf to come in for Batty?

Judging by the text updates it seems that Sanga is in typically fluent form - is anyone listening into the radio commentary who can expand?

Sam Curran may not be available for the next game after this so Zaf would likely come in for Pitt the even younger still. Roy spent most of last year batting at 6 in CC cricket so 5 is a move up. Zaf at 5, Roy at 6 and Foakes at 7 would look more stable.

Then if a 4th seamer was wanted one could be plucked from the battalion, probably to replace Batty.

50 partnership between Sanga and Baron

50 for kumar

50 off 62 balls for Sanga

Kumar is really putting his foot down. Showing his experience and forcing Notts to rethink their plans.

The Baron is playing a sensible foil to his stroke play as well it seems.

Hi Carlos and all - just tuned into the commentary. As the scoreboard suggests, both said to be playing well. Sounds like Sanga is the more fluent of the two but the Baron still prepared to play aggressively when the opportunity arises. The outfield is apparently slow from the earlier rain which has kept our scoring rate down a bit (contrast that with all Notts' boundaries on day one).

Glorious weather in my neck of the woods but gloomy and chilly at Trent Bridge. Light could be a factor before all the scheduled overs are bowled today.

Anyway, fine effort so far by these two.

Availability and selection for the next game will be intriguing.

100 partnership

Good afternoon guildford,

100 partnership up between Sanga and Baron.

Surrey really need both these guys to still be here in 20 minutes for the tea break.

50 for the baron :

Sanga taking Patel downtown and showing him the ropes

Luke Fletcher on commentary is fantastic.

If he gets frustrated with a lack of CC opportunities again then I'd happily have him back at The Oval anytime.

Pleasant surprise to come in and find Surrey at 154 - 1.

Tea 58 behind could we posibly win it

Hi again Carlos - yep, thought exactly the same about Fletch.

If Sanga and Baron can get Surrey to even with them without another down then the game opens up a bit.

Surreys next 3 can score quickly but are also capable of silly mistakes under pressure. Hopefully we get through a decent number of overs after tea as an evening session of day 3 with both sides looking to push the game on is usually a very enjoyable point in a county championship game.

Read will be telling Notts that they have a long batting order so shouldn't fear a day 4 chase.

I expect both sides will come back out with a positive mind set. Problem for Surrey is that if an early wicket goes down the pressure is all back on them, especially if it's Sanga.

jimbobgooner wrote:Tea  58 behind could we posibly win it

Stranger things have happened but I would still happily take the draw.

Sanga goes to his first ball after tea without adding to his 83.

The worst possible start for Surrey.

Drat it!

Read snaffles Sanga and continues his usual pesky form against Surrey.

Ok, JimBob, rearrange these three words to form a usual Surrey phrase -

COMING OFF WHEELS

Sounds like Steve Davies is paying the penalty giving interviews about playing for England again!

Surreys only two batsmen with significant first class experience above Div 2 level both gone in quick succession.

Time for Roy to prove me wrong as to my lingering doubts about his technique and temperament in the longer form.

Good knock from Sanga, followed by a Davies failure leaves us in a bad position again.

Need Roy/Foakes to come in, and score runs to get us up above Notts quickish

Not the best start to the season from Third Degree and Interesting. Neither have furthered any potential england claims this game

guildfordbat wrote:Ok, JimBob, rearrange these three words to form a usual Surrey phrase -

COMING OFF WHEELS

Roy has succeeded in scoring more 'non-boundary' runs than last innings with a single.

The Baron is sounding increasingly fluent - coming Arun, make it count!

Scores are level

It's gone so quickly that I missed it but 50 partnership for Roy and Harinath as well.

Harinath onto 84 with a crunched 4 through cover then a short ball splatted away for another 4.

The Baron is doing well to get boundaries away to keep the board ticking but could do with rotating the strike a bit more just to prevent pressure building. Only a small gripe given how well he is playing but something I've thought is a weakness of his game in the past.

Jason please calm down

Right on cue

Why do we want him to calm down? He scores runs quickly, just how he naturally plays

Olly wrote:Why do we want him to calm down? He scores runs quickly, just how he naturally plays

Le Roi adds another score in the 20/30s at more than a run a ball.

I think he's a huge talent and a player I really enjoy watching play - his clips through the leg side and straight driving are fantastic at times. Until he further develops his technique and learns some shot selection he will remain a guy who occasionally scores spectacularly but usually against poor attacks on roads. A score of substance, under pressure, on day 3 against Notts at Trent Bridge needs to be more than 37 from 36 balls.

If he wants to be more than a one day specialist he needs to turn that start into so much more than that.

Baron on 99

Yessssss 100 for harinath