surrey vs essex county championship division 2

First topic message reminder :

Chris Adams has named an unchanged squad for Surrey's LV= County Championship match against Essex at Chelmsford, starting on Wednesday 7th September.
The full Surrey squad to play Essex at Chelmsford is:
Rory Hamilton-Brown (Captain)
Steven Davies (Wicket Keeper)
Mark Ramprakash
Zander de Bruyn
Tom Maynard
Jason Roy
Zafar Ansari
Gareth Batty
Chris Jordan

Stuart Meaker
Pragyan Ojha
Tim Linley
George Edwards

and just for cricketfan
Essex have named a 12-man squad for their final match of the season when they entertain Surrey at The Ford County Ground in the LV= County Championship.
Tymal Mills and Reece Topley are added to the side that were beaten by Kent last week, although Maurice Chambers is omitted.
Essex squad to face Surrey:

James Foster (7) (Captain & wicket-keeper)
Billy Godleman (34)
Tom Westley (21)
Owais Shah (3)
Jaik Mickleburgh (32)
Adam Wheater (31)
Ryan ten Doeschate (27)
Graham Napier (17)
David Masters (9)
Reece Topley (6)
Tom Craddock (20)
Tymal Mills (5)
i'm not sure if the number next to them is there average

Cant stand Owais Shah, Foster and Bopara

See you have a 250 lead

Ervine with a 100

at the moment it looks like i owe river a apology

Jimbob

and thats lunch 227 for 6 a lead of 289

confident that we can chase this down

100 for the brain 50 for the river 100 partnership and the lead past 300

Yorkshire and Worcestershire struggling, come on Hampshire

jimbohammers wrote:Yorkshire and Worcestershire struggling, come on Hampshire

good luck jimbo

Cheers Jimbob

Surrey doing well, especially Jordan

332 the lead maybe 350 then declare

meaks gone 335 the lead viscount to the wkt

381 all out trail by 7 runs.

surrey all out for 286 jordan finishes on 79 not out
so essex need 349 to win

And well done to masters who finishes with 93 wkts for the season

Come on Hants, we need some wickets! Im gonna predict a fiver-fer for Danny Briggs

well done dave masters

i would back us to chase this score down.

50 for 2 at tea 2 more to the viscount

Hants struggling, see your game is in the balance

Essex 96 for 5 3rd wkt for the viscount 2 wkts for ojha

jimbobgooner wrote:50 for the brain the lead goes past 200
and 1,000 posts for me

Well done the Brain for a fifty which became a ton and even more you Jimbob !

Get ready to applaud the Corporal for the same achievement (1,000 posts, not a Surrey century ) this evening ....

Meanwhile, all looking good for Surrey. As well as the Brain's century, another 70 odd for Jordan (River awash with runs ), three more wickets for the Viscount (69 and counting!) and a couple for Ojah. Let's hope the weather holds ....

Cheers guildford off for bad light with Essex needing 207 to win and more importantly us needing 5 wkts

Well another good day for Surrey thanks to River, Brain, Vscount and Ojha. Assuming the weather holds out I won't feel comfortable until we get 1 more wicket, after that hopefully Meaker can come on and blow the tail away again but these 2 are very good at this level.

Another good day for the lads - just wondering why Nora has been ignored in the bowling department?! Anyway, like Carrot, I just want this stand broken then I think we'll go and on win it..............just worrying me that these two look quite comfortable!

Probably not the time to mention that Foster was dropped fairly early in his innings by the Brain off Meaker ....

That is very annoying! After his hundred though I'll let him off and at least shows we created the chance. If it is a dry day I think we'll win. It is a very odd feeling being confident in a Surrey bowling attack (some of them anyway!).

I am quite excited about the prospect of having 2 new ball bowlers who are both very capable of taking wickets in Linley and Lewis, could be a very potent attack if it ends up Linley, Lewis, Dernbach, Meaker and Ojha with Tremlett potentially available more often than this season as well.

damn things not going to plan for essex

Yeah, it would be great if we can keep Ojha for next season, although I think we also need to get in a top batsman to shore up the batting.

how much has rory hamilton brown bowled in the cc this season?

Carrotdude

Although that bowling attack sounds great, Meaker at seven may put some pressure on our batting

Hi guys just to let you know its my birthday today so feel free to buy my plenty of drinks

Yes, although on paper our 6 batsman policy works quite well with two experienced quality players sandwiched between exciting youngsters. However Ramps lack of form has exposed us sadly and Roy/Maynard/Hyphen seem unable to build an innings and value their wicket enough. Hopefully they will learn these lessons in time and come back stronger. I said before that it wouldn't surprise me if young James Taylor from Leics is a target although potentially he will be playing for England for then next 10 years so possibly a bit pointless. Unfortunately I don't think we have anyone coming through or in the seconds who is good enough to step up at CC level with Spriegel, Harinath and Wilson the main contenders.

jbd349 wrote:Carrotdude

Although that bowling attack sounds great, Meaker at seven may put some pressure on our batting

Yes, very true! Unfortunately there isn't a lot you can do when your 5 best bowlers are all bunnies with the bat!

lol happy birthday jimbob

cricketfan90 wrote:lol happy birthday jimbob

Thanks cricketfan

Shall we expect a late night (or early morning) appearance from you in here jimbob?

Many happy returns my friend!

Carrotdude wrote:Shall we expect a late night (or early morning) appearance from you in here jimbob?

Many happy returns my friend!

And from me, JimBob!

cheers carrot & guildford on the day I pass 1000 posts as well I must admit I do fear the worst tonight

jimbobgooner wrote:I must admit I do fear the worst tonight

I believe I heard Mrs JimBob say the same thing!

guildfordbat wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:I must admit I do fear the worst tonight

I believe I heard Mrs JimBob say the same thing!

The West Country wishes you a Happy Bidet JimBob!!

Please feel free to invite all the Surrey, Middx & Leics squads round tonight for a celebratory round or five .... I gather you have a good local Drinks Carrier.

oi what about essex lol

r u guys impressed with ojha?

Yes and he is in my IPL squad

cricketfan90 wrote:oi what about essex lol

The West Country was rather hoping that Essex were teetotal and therefore not extremely hungover tomorrow...

But they can join in the celebrations after they have scored another 207 runs if they wish.

Morning all - frustrating that the internet was down for 24 hours at a crucial time in the season!

Congratulations on Jimbob for his tenth century of the season! And happy birthday too - a day late delayed).

Forecast for today has changed completely from when I said it looked good. There's a real chance of it being rained off....

Fantastic performance from River - Well done Adams for ignoring us posters!

ChrisfromStroud wrote:The West Country wishes you a Happy Bidet JimBob!!

Please feel free to invite all the Surrey, Middx & Leics squads round tonight for a celebratory round or five .... I gather you have a good local Drinks Carrier.

Chris - I am sure Jimbob will rise above this lavatory humour

essex need to pull something out of the bag today

come on essex!

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Morning all - frustrating that the internet was down for 24 hours at a crucial time in the season!

Congratulations on Jimbob for his tenth century of the season! And happy birthday too - a day late delayed).

Very well done to you as well Corporal upon now reaching 1,000 posts! Perhaps a small mid morning sherry in the mess to toast your achievement?

Being stuck on 998 posts last night with the internet down and the world logged in hoping to glimpse your one thousandth post, you must have felt like Hanif Mohammad being run out on 499 (you're too young, Carrot!) ....

Viscount strikes early, 157-6
Belated Happy Birthday Jimbob!