SURREY vs GLOUCESTERSHIRE LV=COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

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A FOURTEEN MAN SQUAD HAS BEEN NAMED FOR THE LV=COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST GLOUCESTERSHIRE AT THE KIA OVAL STARTING ON SATURDAY 27TH JUNE.
Rory Burns is named in the squad having recovered from his collision with Moises Henriques a fortnight ago. Jason Roy returns again    to the squad having helped England beat New Zealand in the recent One Day International and T20 Series.
The Surrey squad to play Gloucestershire in the LV=County Championship at the Kia Oval on Saturday 27th June, Sunday 28th June, Monday 29th June and Tuesday 30th June :
Gareth Batty (capt)
Zafar Ansari
Rory Burns
James Burke
Sam Curran
Tom Curran
Matthew Dunn
Dean Elgar
Ben Foakes
Arun Harinath
Tim Linley
Jason Roy
Dominic Sibley
Gary Wilson
Luke Fletcher has gone back to notts and Aneesh Kapil misses out from the squad named against derbyshire
There is also a return to the squad for Matthew Dunn
yet again Stuart meaker and Vikram solanki miss out
for me younger curran,foakes and sibley to miss out
over to you guys  

Excellent batting display by Surrey - a commanding position. Let's hope we can pickup 3/4 wickets this evening

TC!

Olly wrote:TC!

TOMMY C!!

Olly wrote:

Olly wrote:TC!

TOMMY C!!

TOMMY FRICKIN CURRAN!!!

Olly wrote:

Olly wrote:

Olly wrote:TC!

TOMMY C!!

TOMMY FRICKIN CURRAN!!!

BOW AT HIS FEET PEOPLE WHAT A SPELL TOMMY C!!!!

Olly - well did you make that wager yesterday? Some think Sam's going to be even better!

guildfordbat wrote:Olly - well did you make that wager yesterday? Some think Sam's going to be even better!

I can't find odds anywhere

The Devon destroyer in on the act now!

need a couple more before close

Great work by Curran and Burke. Why though has Burke only bowled 3 overs? We currently have Dunn and Ansari bowling - the two who haven't taken any wickets!

Just come back in.  Wow! Surrey   Cracking bowling by Curran and Burke.  And Norah earlier gave the Surrey innings a bit of much needed impetus.  Never doubted the Surrey tactics   Or at least not much.

Applying the usual minimum requirement of having taken at least 10 wickets, Burke (he's now got 12) must be around the top of the national averages.

Maybe Burke will turn out to be better than Syd Barnes   (No pressure )

And a fifth wicket for Curran, who has currently taken 5 - 17. 

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:And a fifth wicket for Curran, who has currently taken 5 - 17. 

no letting the tail wagg please surrey

jimbobgooner wrote:all out 448
last 3 wkts 5 runs

Cheer up grumpy old jimbobgooner: looked at another way, our last 4 wickets - ie Foakes plus the tail - added 129. That was the difference between  a reasonable middling first innings score and a commanding total to put Glos under immediate pressure to have to bat well to head off the follow on. So far, the subsequent 34 overs have shown what that kind of pressure can do. I agree that our ability to finish off their first innings reasonably quickly tomorrow, ideally well before lunch (...or not ), could be crucial.

Looking forward to coming up to HQ tomorrow for Day 3 - guildford, drop me a line here if you make it there too during the day.

An exceptional days work for the Surrey players today. Adding well over 150 runs for the final five wickets in the morning, and then to take 7 (!) wickets in the final session is great stuff.

Tom Curran gets better and better each week! The ball to dismiss Klinger is verging on abuse it's that good

Olly wrote:An exceptional days work for the Surrey players today. Adding well over 150 runs for the final five wickets in the morning, and then to take 7 (!) wickets in the final session is great stuff.

Tom Curran gets better and better each week! The ball to dismiss Klinger is verging on abuse it's that good

Olly - it took me 3 viewings to figure out how that ball hit Klinger's stump. If not by his bat, he seemed to have the wicket completely covered by his pads! Well done to Churchy for putting it up so soon - he irritates me on occasion by being too gentle in his interviews but he sure does work hard and put in the hours.

Curran deserves all the praise you've given him - fantastic performance. Meanwhile, That's All (gonna plug that one ) more than fully justified his selection.

As some here know, I always like to look out for the support acts and credit them as well. In that regard, Batty's half-century shouldn't be overlooked. Not only valuable runs but also useful impetus towards the end of our innings (as the Corporal mentioned earlier). Another couple of wickets as well for Burkey - he's doing his utmost to cement his team place.

Well well well, that's one in the eye to us grumpy old pessimists!
Norah again chipped in with useful runs after That's all(nice one mrs bat!) answered his critics!
Absolutely brilliant spell by young Curran, ably supported by Burkey.
Obviously need to finish the job yet, but it couldn't have gone better after lunch (despite the weather!)

TOM CURRAN IS GOOD AT CRICKET

Ruthless display this morning. Tight skilful bowling to which the Glos tailenders had no answer. But Marshall looked like he could bat till Judgement Day. So, having enforced the follow-on, we'll need all our bowlers to come to the party second time around to wrap this up: it could yet be a 500+ pitch if top order batsmen dig in.

Superb bowling figures for Curran: 15 overs 7 maidens 7 wickets for 20 runs.

It's worth emphasising again the degree of application showed by Surrey batsmen in reaching nearly 450 - also that Gloucs did drop a number of catches in the Surrey innings.

Dunn and Zaf pickup two wickets before luncheon.

Another excellent session for Surrey

Come on Surrey bottle it like always!

Well done to Tom Curran. Needs a haircut though

Air of controversy to the Klinger dismissal: ball flew very fast to BF @ short leg. Bowler's end ump gave it, fielders in no doubt, decision confirmed once umps had compared notes. The reluctantly departing batsman stayed long enough to exchange views with fielders &, so it looked, at least one of the two umps as well. Be interesting to see if there are any disciplinary 'afters'.

Vicious lifter from Tom C does for Marshall

SimonofSurrey wrote:Air of controversy to the Klinger dismissal: ball flew very fast to BF @ short leg. Bowler's end ump gave it, fielders in no doubt, decision confirmed once umps had compared notes.  The reluctantly departing batsman stayed long enough to exchange views with fielders &, so it looked, at least one of the two umps as well. Be interesting to see if there are any disciplinary 'afters'.

I know the day's of 'walking' are long gone, but if the ump actually gives you out, you've surely got to just take it on the chin and respect their decision, no matter how wrong and angry you might feel it is. All sounds a bit unsavoury, but adds to the day's 'entertainment' eh Simon?!

NickisBHAFC wrote:Come on Surrey bottle it like always!

hello is this chris from stroud

Absolutely right, tg7. It was an oddly testy moment in an otherwise gentle day's play. I don't know if the fielders had been chirruping or what but Happy Bunny he most certainly was not.

Tell him to sling his hook Simon

Zaf gets Cockbain

110-4 now - seems the spinners are settling in for a long spell, especially my personal fav GB who is so far proving a better batsman than bowler in this match. Sorry, but I used to hate it at school and club level when the captain bowled himself all day!

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120-6 as Zaf gets Howell lbw. ZA has bowled very nicely and deserves his wickets. GB has huffed and puffed tidily but bowled rather fewer grenades than his demeanour and frequent anguished cries suggest. Surrey smelling blood (and another day off on the sunshine) as Burke replaces the captain.

Wow!!  #ansariforengland takes his fourth. Handy figures of twelve overs four wickets for nineteen.  

jimbobgooner wrote:

NickisBHAFC wrote:Come on Surrey bottle it like always!

hello is this chris from stroud

  Sadly, Gloucs no longer have the option of relying on a grinding, strokeless innings from Jon Batty - someone else will need to fill that role.

CORPORAL START THE BAR

5 wkts for ansari

yessssssssssssssssssssssss

Olly wrote:CORPORAL START THE BAR

....and Zafer picks up a Michelle courtesy of a smart catch close to the bat by 3rd Degree. Big LBW shout off TC turned down, followed by an air shot outside off stump them a thump down the ground for four then Norwell is yorked but the ball misses leg stp. (Who would have thought such a non-contest could be so entertaining!) Hang on - Fuller falls over attempting to sweep a straight one and the crumpled heap is given out LBW. Surrey win by an innings and 180 Zafer finishes up with 6-30

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Cannot wait to see Zaf 34* off 172 balls at tea in the first test in the UAE against Pakistan this winter

I was very impressed today by the unexaggerated natural looking empathy among the Surrey team today. There's a long, long way to go but this young squad has possible echoes of our great team of 15 years ago: Ally Brown -> Jason Roy; Third Degree the modest but effective accumulator a la Ian Ward; Matt Dunn maybe, in time, the new Martin Bicknell and - long shot but you never know - the Currans to develop into our Mk II Hollioakes? While this side has no Alec Stewart or Graham Thorpe, it has in Ansari the kind of batting front line spinner our great sides always lacked and another genuine all rounder prospect in Burke. Happy days (may be) here again soon?

Only regret not seeing it and catching up with Simon. Gloucs were 7 down when I finished in town and I figured (rightly) the match wasn't going to last long enough for me to get to the last rites!

Crushing performance brilliantly executed. More than one headline act and several fine performances from members of the supporting cast. Credit also on the team selection which surprised most of us but worked incredibly well.

Corporal - I don't know what you're serving but make mine a double!

Magnificent effort by a largely young and inexperienced team. Obviously Tom and Zaf take the headlines, but it was also fantastic batting display, underpinned by what appears to be 'a plan' as hinted at by the corporal. And as captain, Norah must take credit for this, as he must have a good chunk of input to instigate this (while whiners like me were moaning about batting bonus points!). So congrats to all, we win as a team, and lose as a team! Come on the 'rey!!!!

SimonofSurrey wrote:I was very impressed today by the unexaggerated natural looking empathy among the Surrey team today. There's a long, long way to go but this young squad has possible echoes of our great team of 15 years ago: Ally Brown -> Jason Roy; Third Degree the modest but effective accumulator a la Ian Ward; Matt Dunn maybe, in time, the new Martin Bicknell and - long shot but you never know - the Currans to develop into our Mk II Hollioakes? While this side has no Alec Stewart or Graham Thorpe, it has in Ansari the kind of batting front line spinner our great sides always lacked and another genuine all rounder prospect in Burke. Happy days (may be) here again soon?  

I like that post a lot, Simon.

Possibly though Alex Tudor rather than Martin Bicknell when seeking a past echo for Matt Dunn. Dunn has the pace of Tudor which can at times be devastatingly effective. However, I'm not sure Dunn will go on to have the reliability and consistency of Bicknell. Happy if I am proved wrong here - I do value our current speedster.

One other aspect. A considerable part of our success 15 years ago was attributable to the strength of the reserves we could bring in, particularly when regulars were on England duty, and some of the performances they produced. Unsung heroes like Jason Ratcliffe, Nadeem Shahid and Darren Bicknell. The likes of Arun Harinath, Ben Foakes and Dom Sibley will be hoping that Surrey's history records them as more than decent reserves but you may consider that sort of analogy also applies currently.

It's also worth noting that Curran and Ansari, who starred here, were the two players rested for the T20 played in Cardiff the evening before the start of this match. Obviously we can't know what would have happened if they had played in that match, but the selectors are entitled to feel a bit smug!

Cracking performance by the team.  Hope you've been helping yourselves from the bar!

Cracking performance!.tactics and team selection spot on!

Morning all.

Due to work commitments I've been unable to follow the recent games more than checking scorecards, reading BBC reports and checking in on the view of the board so don't have much to add.

On the broader note I'd like to mimic the thoughts of most about selection. Many on the boards, myself certainly included, are very quick to criticise and never forgot poor selections. On that note I'd like to praise a good one.

When I saw Burke as a 3rd seamer with Dunn/Curran as inexperienced spear heads I definitely raised an eyebrow. Similarly I had doubts over Norah and That's All (great work by Mrs Bat there!). However all 5 worked from efficiently to outstandingly in contributing to a brilliant win.

A firm second in the table just 6 points behind Lancs, who have a game in hand, and 33 points ahead of Glamorgan, who have 2 games in hand. As Olly said after the win at Derbyshire I'd take points on the board at this stage.

On the point of this team developing and moving forward. It has a long way to go no doubt but winning in trying circumstances is the sign of a good team and one with character. Missing many players for various reasons over the last couple of weeks and with a captain under pressure for his place this side has produced two excellent wins.