surrey vs somerset T20 Blast

Surrey have named a thirteen man squad for the NatWest T20 Blast South Division game against Somerset at Taunton on Sunday
Zafar Ansari returns to the squad having missed the two wicket defeat against the Sussex Sharks due to an elbow injury.
The Surrey squad to play Somerset at Taunton in the NatWest T20 Blast on Sunday 18th May:
Graeme Smith (capt)
Zafar Ansari
Rory Burns
Tom Curran
Steven Davies
Jade Dernbach
Matthew Dunn
Aneesh Kapil
Kevin O’Brien
Azhar Mahmood
Robin Peterson
Jason Roy
Gary Wilson

Thanks, JimBob. At least one of your teams has won some silverware this season!   :

I reckon Ansari will replace Burns - he seemed a bit of a spare part on Friday going in after Peterson and batting at 8, only being required to face one ball. Possibly Dunn to come in for Kapil - should strengthen the bowling options although Smith will need to watch better the penalties for a slow over rate.

Surprised Curran is still involved. He's in the middle of exams. Must affect his concentration on the game.

Lose this one and it's a long way back ....

morning guildford or is it afternoon   

Hi Jimbob - hung over?

Little bit of seam movement for Nannes

Afternoon all!!

Hi Olly - no magic yet from the Great Alfonso!

57-1 off the power play

Good start, now comes the spin test

Roy 25 off 17 and looking good .....

84-1 off 8 overs

In danger of posting a good score here

Jason Roy should open the batting for England.

137/4 after 16. Fear we're not going to get enough with it being a small boundary and batting day ....

Tailed off towards the end, gotta think that's below par at Taunton

Dirk Nannes didn't bowl very well.

Surrey may have enough, early wickets are key and don't let Dernbach bowl the final over.

20/30 runs short. Really slowed down into the back end of the innings.

Nick, no he shouldn't....

I think he is class Jim! Him and Hales opening up could work.

He shows flashes off class, but think there would be quite a few ahead of him.

Not convinced by this WASP thing.

I've said for about 4 years that Roy is a massive batting talent and stand by that. Tremendously powerful hitter. He does though need to bring greater concentration and consistency to his game. Also, he's an outstanding fielder. You guys could do a lot worse than having him in your Dream Team.

Very naive batting from Compton, got to give yourself a chance to get these runs, silly batting

Impressed by young Curran, went for a few off his first over and came back to bowl his next three at a run a ball and picked up a wicket. Shows good mental resilience.

Ansari bowled beautifully as well

Lets hope its not a repeat of the last over on Friday night 

Olly - yes, I like Ansari. Clever thinking cricketer, calm and unflappable. Decent bat as well - plays according to the circumstances and team needs; often like a rock in CC cricket but can get on with it in the ond day game. A mistake imo for him to go in after Peterson.

This time Dernbach's final over a good deal more economical....   

Good contributions from Curran and Ansari helped rein back the scoring after Somerset threatened to run away with the match.  Interesting how both teams tailed off in the second part of their innings.

Like Guildford, I'm pleased to see le Roi     putting together some scores.

Came back well there. Thought we were 20 runs light. Lot of media concentration on Dernbach's last over but the main damage had been done by then - great effort by Ansari in particular. Curran's raw but - as Olly said - stuck at it and came back well.

Still things to learn and improve but we'll certainly take that result!

Essex to win the whole tournament

guildfordbat wrote:Hi Jimbob - hung over?

hic