Surrey vs Derbyshire lv county championship

Surrey have named a thirteen man squad for the LV=County Championship match against Derbyshire at the Kia Oval starting on Thursday.
Fast bowler George Edwards is named in a Championship squad for the first time this season and the Pemberton Greenish Academy batsman Dominic Sibley is also included.
Jade Dernbach is unavailable due to his selection in the England squad for the two NatWest International  T20 games against Australia. Gary Wilson’s inclusion in the Ireland squad for the ODI against England does not allow him to be available for the entirety of the game against Derbyshire and because of this he is not named in the thirteen man squad.
The Surrey squad to play Derbyshire in the LV=County Championship match at the Kia Oval on Thursday 29th August, Friday 30th August, Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September :
Gareth Batty (capt)
Hashim Amla
Zafar Ansari
Rory Burns
Tom Curran
Steven Davies
Zander De Bruyn
George Edwards
Arun Harinath
Tim Linley
Dominic Sibley
Vikram Solanki
Chris Tremlett
sibley,curran and edwards fighting it out over one spot

Hi guys - just back from hols. Durham seems to have been an absolute disaster!

Hi Guildford - yes, dire from winning the toss on day 1.   Wasn't even a stubborn backs-to-the-wall recovery.  In the interview after the match Barnes sounded a beaten man.

I hope at least that you had a good holiday!

wellcome back guildford  

On the test match threads I dutifully went into bat (again) on the line that Tremlett wasn't ready for selection for England.  He then backed up the point by taking 8 wickets in an innings for Surrey!  (All the other Surrey bowlers were of course c**p on a pitch helpful to bowlers)

So three youngsters fighting it out for one spot - other than that it's the same team that out up such a good fight at Durham! Why does Roy not get a chance in the CC?

let's hope the england players have made the wkt better for bowling  

Derbyshire won the toss and will bat

Curran and sibley miss out #sigh

Thanks for the update on the eleven, JimBob.

The Brain will surely have to deliver something in this match to keep his place.

How many overs will the Brain bowl today?

Great minds. Or a no brainer?

A good morning so far for Surrey. Derbys 39-2 with Slater and Madsen back in the hutch. A wicket each for Tremlett and Edwards (playing his first CC match of this season). One more before lunch please ....

Afternoon guys, big game for you this week, best of luck  

Hampshire on the other hand had Lancashire 307-9, 30 mins later and they are on 400/9. Oh, marvelous  

business as usual from the hants bowlers then lol

Yep CF haha, a one day team playing four day cricket

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:On the test match threads I dutifully went into bat (again) on the line that Tremlett wasn't ready for selection for England.  He then backed up the point by taking 8 wickets in an innings for Surrey!  (All the other Surrey bowlers were of course c**p on a pitch helpful to bowlers)

Saw that. Thanks, Corporal. You casted my proxy vote well. With the Surrey batsmen also largely being c**p, Tremlett had the further advantage at Durham of only needing to bowl for one innings!!

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:How many overs will the Brain bowl today?

So far, 5 overs with a return of 0-19. Not the worst analysis of the season but yet again an indifferent one releasing pressure on the batsmen. That pressure had largely been imposed by 'Chicken'* George Edwards with three wickets in his two spells before and after lunch. A wicket each as well for Tremlett and the ever deserving Linley.

Derbys currently 142-5. Ours to chuck away at this stage ....

* Took me a while to understand the constant calls of 'Chick' to Edwards during a recent seconds' match.

middlesex trying there best to lose to somerset  

219 all out - excellent bowling performance. Now we just need the batsmen to get more than 69 to avoid the follow-on!   

Derbys 219 all out. Good team bowling performance. 4 for the Viscount and 3 for Edwards with one each for Tremlett, Batty and Ansari. All pretty economical too.

Our advantage for sure but we all know that we can still blow it from here. 4 overs to bat out tonight ....

jimbobgooner wrote:middlesex trying there best to lose to somerset  

What on earth has got into Middlesex! Performance nearly as bad as ours against Durham....

No wickets lost.....  

Sounds like a disciplined performance.  Maybe it's a pitch that needs a lot of patience.   We do need some batting points - but priority has to be to get some sort of decent lead.

I'm thinking that Ansari having a decent bowl today is the reason why the Brain didn't get many overs.

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:

I'm thinking that Ansari having a decent bowl today is the reason why the Brain didn't get many overs.

Corporal - also, the Viscount did a lot of legwork. He was into his 25th over when Derbys were all out.

Trying not to get too carried away, 3 batting points and a first innings lead of 120 would be very acceptable.

Concerning though - as JimBob and you flag above - that Somerset seem to be finding form. I don't expect an easy ride when we travel to Taunton in a couple of weeks.

guildfordbat wrote:
Corporal - also, the Viscount did a lot of legwork. He was into his 25th over when Derbys were all out.

The cricinfo article on the days play says of the Viscount: "Rarely has a bowler worn the tag of workhouse as proudly, ever willing to steam in, tumble and appeal exuberantly for the cause."

baron gone early  

Amla gone now.  41 - 2

Morning Corporal, JimBob and all - my hoped for first innings lead of 120 currently seems some way off!

Hi Guildford.  Sounds like batting is quite difficult this morning....

Hughes bowls a 6 no ball.  Extras playing a good hand - up to 20.

Hi Corporal - I'm at home today but haven't had a chance to listen so far. Will try and catch the last half hour before lunch.

I believe the cricinfo article commented that the wicket was expected to particularly deteriorate on the third day (when I'm going). If Stewie and Barnes felt the same, Keedy must be miles out of the picture. I'm not saying it's wrong to leave him out but it certainly suggests his signing was at best very questionable, particularly with another year on his contract to run.

81 - 3 as Burns goes....    What can the Brain do?  Solanki is playing a few shots.

The Brain and Solanki bring up the first 50 partnership of the match.

50 for solanki  

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:The Brain and Solanki bring up the first 50 partnership of the match.

And now Solanki gets the first individual 50 of the match. He's often looked stylish when I've seen him this season but has never really kicked on when it's mattered. Can he today? If he can, that lead of 120 could be back on the cards.

Heard Chuchy's Radio Derbys co-commentator say earlier that he looked at the wicket at lunchtime and described it as very dry and rough in parts. All sounds encouraging for us bowling tomorrow but we've been there before, haven't we?!  

The Brain goes for 40. LBW to a long hop.   Partnership of 96.

Davies dropped on 4 by Borrington.  Need to make that count..

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:The Brain goes for 40. LBW to a long hop.   Partnership of 96.

 

200 - 4 and one batting point.

Solanki bowled for 93 via inside edge then trickled back off his boot...  Good innings    Davies has gone right into his shell -  need him to get some runs otherwise the tail might fizzle out for nothing very much.

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Solanki bowled for 93 via inside edge then trickled back off his boot...

 

220 - 5 at tea.  A lead of 1 run.   

Important innings for Ansari.  His first class average is under 19 and he needs to be bettering that in this innings.

Davies gifts his wicket - pulling short ball to short mid wicket.  At 240 -6 lead is just 21.

i think it's best if davies and surrey part company

ansari with a tribute to the brain  

jimbobgooner wrote:i think it's best if davies and surrey part company

Jimbob - a bit drastic?!

corporal one hundred all summer from a man with so much talent is not good enough

Scrape a second batting point at 255 - 6.   Ansari reaches double figures.

Batty out for 35.  Valuable partnership of 47.  Useful lead of 68.

Tremlett out for a duck...  Ansari may need to up the pace a bit, or the Viscount will need to hang around. But as I write the Viscount bowled first ball....