surrey vs warwickshire LV county championship

Surrey have named an unchanged fourteen man squad for the LV=County Championship match against Warwickshire starting on Tuesday at Edgbaston.
George Edwards has not been considered for selection due to a continuing ankle problem which is being closely monitored by the medical staff.
The Surrey squad to play Warwickshire in the LV=County Championship match at Edgbaston on Tuesday 17th September, Wednesday 18th September, Thursday 19th September and Saturday 20th September:
Gareth Batty (capt)
Hashim Amla
Zafar Ansari
Rory Burns
Steven Davies
Zander De Bruyn
Jade Dernbach
Gary Keedy
Tim Linley
Stuart Meaker
Dominic Sibley
Vikram Solanki
Chris Tremlett
Gary Wilson
fair to say it's s*** or bust

Thanks, JimBob.

Surrey will be looking to improve the batting and so will probably seek a way to bring Wilson in. As it is ''s*** or bust'' as you say, Keedy might well also get a call up. Several senior heads at risk including Batty, Davies and the Brain.

However, I think it's bust beyond repair already. Team changes probably no more than shuffling deckchairs on the Titanic!

Yes the season's already well and truly gone down the plughole.  As it happens the forecast is not good for Birmingham for most of tomorrow. But I don't suppose that will make any difference.

Warwickshire win the toss and will bowl

Wilson and viscount replace the brain and dernbach

The Brain dropped! !!

The Brain dropped! !! Front page news.

Sibley gone for 0.

18-2 now - this won't last long!

Just been going through the season (depressing) and our average 1st innings score is 290. However, before the interruption for T20 it was 348 - since the resumption it is just 187. Overall for the season, our average partnership for the opening wicket in the 1st innings is just 19, with just 3 partnerships of over 50, and the highest was 69.

Rain stopped play - that may well be it for the day....

Absolutely hosing it down in Birmingham. No chance of any more play.

Curiously, Warks have so far bowled 36 overs but still only used three bowlers.  

Excellent bit of commentary (from the Warks based commentator).

Talking about the Surrey v Warks match at Guildford earlier in the season and the rain that came unexpectedly on the third morning he said:  "That rain came completely out of the blue.  Well, not literally of course"  

100 for Solanki  

afternoon all

Hi Jimbo.  Churchy getting stuck in a rut at the moment!

what's he done now  

Keeps making the same comment about Surrey playing proper cricket shots and picking off a four from most overs without trying any spectacular. Nothing wrong with the comment but it's just the number of times he's made the comment.

But I suppose it's understandable if he has been watching Surrey in the last few weeks! 

 

Hi folks - to be fair to Churchy, he's had a hard time trying to get the 2 guys from Radio Warks to understand it's anything but a formality that we'll get 300!

Two decent partnerships in a row. 

150 to get then 20 wkts  

Good day for Surrey (too late?)

A little word on Hampshire (no other Hants fans on here haha), James Vince with 3 hundreds in as man games, what a talent!

jimbohammers wrote:Good day for Surrey (too late?)

A little word on Hampshire (no other Hants fans on here haha), James Vince with 3 hundreds in as man games, what a talent!

Indeed Jimbo - too late for Surrey.  Vince a talent but lacking in consistency in the cc? (Or at least until now?)

90 more needed  

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:

jimbohammers wrote:Good day for Surrey (too late?)

A little word on Hampshire (no other Hants fans on here haha), James Vince with 3 hundreds in as man games, what a talent!

Indeed Jimbo - too late for Surrey.  Vince a talent but lacking in consistency in the cc? (Or at least until now?)

Corp, Vince struggled the last couple of years in the county championship (seemed to focus more on the one day stuff) but this year he has really stepped up. A really classy player and i think people forget that he is only 22 years old.

150 for solanki    

why is rikki not bowling?

4th batting point gained  

jimbobgooner wrote:why is rikki not bowling?

Jimbob - I assume he must be unable to bowl. 

Getting ready to applaud Davies for a century?  

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:why is rikki not bowling?

Jimbob - I assume he must be unable to bowl. 

Getting ready to applaud Davies for a century?  

 

Davies 100    And then holes out on the boundary.

 

14 more needed  

3 overs left

I wouldn't complain tho as he was trying to move the score along to get last batting point tonight. It's still touch and go on that.

3 needed off the last over

400 

   

What might have been.....

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:I wouldn't complain tho as he was trying to move the score along to get last batting point tonight. It's still touch and go on that.

i will let him off this time corps  

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:What might have been.....

Exactly. Both pleasing and frustrating to have such a good day after all the bad ones that have gone before it.

I've seen Solanki a few times this season. Undoubtedly a very stylish batsman but too often leaving us disappointed. More than once he's made a well crafted 30 or 40 but failed to kick on, typically being dismissed just before or after an interval. Lovely that he made a big century today but I can't help feeling those runs would have had more value recently against Middlesex or, especially, Somerset.

Similarly, Davies has proved he can still bat but left it somewhat late to do so.

jimbobgooner wrote:why is rikki not bowling?

Playing as a batsman only, Jimbo. Injury preventing him from bowling.

Forecast for rain this morning but looks as though it will clear through by 1300 so we might get a bit play later, depending on how wet the outfield has got ...

Morning Corporal and all - if there is play later on, conditions could suit the Viscount. Can't realistically see us taking 20 wickets in the limited amount of time remaining though.

One "left field" (I believe that's what the younger generation might say!) thought would be try and reach agreement with Warks on setting them a one innings target. I was thinking we could gift them 50 runs through joke bowling in their first innings, they then declare and we forfeit our second innings leaving them to get 350. Admittedly, all rather desperate. Don't know if the Bears would play ball - Fists? Thoughts, anyone?

Btw, some bizarre reporting on Cricinfo about our inevitable relegation being "vindication" for Adams. I've torn into that!

Fists of Fury wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:why is rikki not bowling?

Playing as a batsman only, Jimbo. Injury preventing him from bowling.

cheers fists  

play starting at 3
43 overs left

Guildford's right - Wilson and Burns are opening the 'attack'.

kingdaveeagle wrote:Guildford's right - Wilson and Burns are opening the 'attack'.