SURREY VS SOMERSET SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

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SURREY HAVE NAMED A 14 MAN SQUAD (guildford )FOR THE SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AGAINST SOMERSET AT THE KIA OVAL STARTING ON SUNDAY.
Zafar Ansari returns to the squad having recovered from the thumb injury he sustained in the game against Lancashire last season at the Emirates Old Trafford. Mathew Pillans in included in a Championship squad for the first time but Sam Curran is unavailable for selection having returned to school for the summer term.
There is no place in the the squad for james burke this time.
stuart meaker and jade dernbach remain on the treatment table.
The Surrey squad to play Somerset in the Specsavers County Championship at the Kia Oval on Sunday 24th April, Monday 25th April, Tuesday 26th April and Wednesday 27th April:
Gareth Batty (capt)
Zafar Ansari
Rory Burns
Tom Curran
Steven Davies
Matthew Dunn
Ben Foakes
Mark Footitt
Arun Harinath
Mathew Pillans
Ravi Rampaul
Jason Roy
Kumar Sangakkara
Gary Wilson
ravioli if not over ankle injury wilson and Pillans to miss out, if ravioli makes it then batty (which will please olly )
over to you chaps

Mon the rey- rack em up and stick em in and get yourself full points (a boy can dream can't he?)

Olly wrote:Mon the rey- rack em up and stick em in and get yourself full points (a boy can dream can't he?)

Glad to see you've got the lingo, Olly! Is that shouted out in a Norfolk accent?

Davies is struggling

Yay! Davies off the mark. Up and away now!

Olly wrote:Do we reckon we can build enough of a lead to give ourselves about 50 overs to bowl Somerset out?

I think we gotta at least give it a shot, considering Somerset are likely competition for relegation with ourselves

Sorry Olly but I'm with JimBob.

50 overs is very unlikely to be enough to bowl them out. However, if Somerset are set a target of 250 they could go for that at 5 per over with the likes of Tresco, Hildreth and Trego in their line up and then just shut up shop if wickets fell. A no win situation for Surrey imo. Disappointing but I go back to my posts this morning with Goochie - our main chance came and went when they were 239/7. Sadly I think we have to accept that rather than chase what might have been.

guildfordbat wrote:

Olly wrote:Mon the rey- rack em up and stick em in and get yourself full points (a boy can dream can't he?)

Glad to see you've got the lingo, Olly! Is that shouted out in a Norfolk accent?

Corr blast me Guildford me ol buh - tass says in a good ol naaaarfolk accent

50* partnership - hopefully starting to play Davies into some better form.

71 - 3 as Davies stumped off Leach for 26. Lead 181 with still 70 overs remaining. Important not to do anything stupid!

Wilson in for Davies next game

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:71 - 3 as Davies stumped off Leach for 26.  Lead 181 with still 70 overs remaining. Important not to do anything stupid!

Hi Corporal and all - anyone listening to commentary at the time? Was Davies trying to kick off in line with Olly's hopes or was he just deceived by a decent ball?

See out the next session and the draw will be secured

I'm not listening to commentary for fear that will spark a collapse. 113 - 4 with Roy having gone fairly cheaply. Lead 223 with 60 overs remaining.

Get son of Boris or kumar and Somerset wil fancy their chances

Relax fellas

50* for Sanga. What a player....

Olly wrote:Relax fellas

Yep, game going nowhere for both sides. Pretty sure Norah and Buck knew that at the start today.

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:50* for Sanga.  What a player....

Yep, he can play a bit, can't he.

Thought it safe to switch on commentary.  Church reporting that Leach is getting sharp turn.  Which suggests that, if the circumstances had panned out differently, it could have been very handy for Surrey to have Batty and Ansari bowling in tandem on the last day.

Ansari LBW. 263 ahead with 50 overs remaining. Possible that Surrey could be looking to declare soon, given there is turn on offer.

Corporal - Leach taken out of the attack though following a six from Sanga. Van der Merwe isn't bowling either so maybe not a spinner's complete paradise despite Churchy's earlier comments.

I reckon we'll bat on for a bit yet, especially as Footitt won't be out there. Churchy said earlier that he went down like a sack of spuds yesterday and will have scan in the next 48 hours. I was surprised it wouldn't be sooner.

Another couple overs then declare and have a dart at them I reckon - won't do any harm

Thinking about it, we might as well let Sanga try and bring up his second ton of the match ....

Yes - game drifting, with Somerset over rate probably sinking down towards single figures.

Sanga falls for 71. Lead 276.

Somerset now big favorites

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Yes - game drifting, with Somerset over rate probably sinking down towards single figures.  

Sanga falls for 71. Lead 276.

Hmm ... reckon Sanga might be looking for a quick two the next time he finds himself on (1)70

Meanwhile, if we get rolled over/declare in the next 5-10 overs it could bae an interesting finish.

guildfordbat wrote:Thinking about it, we might as well let Sanga try and bring up his second ton of the match ....

We have our first proper jinx of the summer - congrats Guildford Sanga was out pretty much straight after posting this

SimonofSurrey wrote:

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Yes - game drifting, with Somerset over rate probably sinking down towards single figures.  

Sanga falls for 71. Lead 276.

Hmm ... reckon Sanga might be looking for a quick two the next time he finds himself on (1)70

Meanwhile, if we get rolled over/declare in the next 5-10 overs it could bae an interesting finish.

... or, more likely imo, exceedingly tedious.

Olly wrote:

guildfordbat wrote:Thinking about it, we might as well let Sanga try and bring up his second ton of the match ....

We have our first proper jinx of the summer - congrats Guildford Sanga was out pretty much straight after posting this

Thanks, Olly. I was disappointed to look in here a couple of minutes ago and have no recognition for that.

180-7 now - not a good performance but hopefully enough ahead.

Curran gone this is pathetic

Batty goes

jimbobgooner wrote:Batty goes

And Ravioli stays inside the pavilion for an early tea forcing the declaration!

Time for Gareth Barrylidaran to spin us to victory

Ravioli

We must be feeding Ravioli well

Any chance you can turn up in this match Tom

Son of Boris gets rid of bangers

Somerset now under a spot of pressure...

Barring something spectacular very soon, I would expect them to be shaking hands and heading for the bar shortly.

Any thoughts about a quick snifter in the mess, Corporal?

Disappointed we weren't more attacking today personally (know I'm in the minority here) - think we could've given Somerset a proper scare even a bowler down

Buck Rogers gone into the tail

Olly - although I'm not with you, you're not alone in wishing we had been more attacking today.

As Alec Stewart has said to me (you like that, Corporal?! ) and others, ''It's a game of opinions, sir.''

Just seen the two ansari wickets - a great catch by Roy for the first and a huge turner it seems to dismiss Rogers

3rd wkt for son of Boris

And that one to Van Der Merwe kept low too

(I am going off sketchy videos so this isn't gospel!)

Should have played a 3rd spinner, Olly....

Zaf keeping it more interesting than I thought it would be but we're running out of time and it's raining now 25 miles south of the ground.

Olly - you're spot on about the wickets, just watched on Surrey twitter.

Cook Ansari Compton Root Hales Stokes Bairstow Ali Broad Finn Anderson

The draw confirmed. Encouragement and frustration.