SURREY VS SUSSEX SHARKS NATWEST T20 BLAST

SURREY HAVE NAMED A FOURTEEN MAN SQUAD FOR THE NATWEST T20 BLAST GAME AGAINST THE SUSSEX SHARKS AT HOVE ON FRIDAY.
Dwayne Bravo will make his Surrey debut having joined up with the squad this week after playing in the Indian Premier League for the Gujurat Lions. Azhar Mahmood is unavailable for selection due to the calf strain he sustained in the game against Glamorgan.
Mark Footitt,Jade Dernbach,Ravi Rampaul and Matthew Dunn remain on the treatment table.
Aaron Finch will arrive in july.
The Surrey squad to play the Sussex Sharks in the NatWest T20 Blast at the 1st Central County Ground on Friday 3rd June :
Gareth Batty (capt)
Zafar Ansari
Dwayne Bravo
James Burke
Rory Burns
Sam Curran
Tom Curran
Steven Davies
Ben Foakes
Stuart Meaker
Mathew Pillans
Jason Roy
Kumar Sangakkara
Gary Wilson
meaker,burns and foakes to miss out won't be disappointed if that's not the three.
over to you chaps

Thanks, JimBob. About time, mind!

I agree with you about Meaker definitely missing out again. Then I reckon that two of Burns, Foakes and Burke will join him on the bench. My hunch is that it'll be Foakes who plays.

In today's Surrey Ad, Spills suggests that Azhar's calf strain is a bad one. I'm going to a members' forum at the Oval next week and will try to get an update for those on the treatment table.

Surrey win toss and bat

Burke, Foakes and Meaker miss out

Davies gone for 3

Roy's been nicking the strike though and already has 35 at the other end.

Mon Jase

92-1 OFF 10, Roy has 50

127-1 off 13

180+ on the cards here

29 ball 50 for Sanga

60 ball 100 from Roy

Could this be the innings to kick start his season?

Bravo taking Mills to the cleaners

205-4 off 20 overs for the Rey

109 off 67 for Le Roi, 54 off 31 for Sanga and 30 off 14 for Bravo the standouts

YAS Sam Curran gets Nash 3rd ball

Very pleasing. Roy near to top form, a decent score from Sanga and, maybe best of all, Bravo with real oomph in the closing overs. Great to have that from Bravo rather than the likes of Wilson and Burns pootling it around for 16 from 4 overs.

Mind you, go steady on the celebrations - Sussex scored 220 odd at Hove in their last t20.

Jason Roy

TC strikes

Baby face is 18 today no bullying him Sussex

jimbobgooner wrote:Baby face is 18 today no bullying him Sussex

No more jug avoidance for babyface!

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:Baby face is 18 today no bullying him Sussex

No more jug avoidance for babyface!

Good start with the ball as well. Sussex 35/2 off 6. They'll need to average more than 2 runs every ball to win from here.

Roy very impressive, very classy hundred (Sussex fan in peace), we're struggling here but not out of it quite yet...

90/2 off 10. The spinners get some tap. Looks like we'll get 4 overs each from Bravo, TC and Sam leaving 8 from a combination of Batty, Ansari and Pillans. The combo not looking too clever atm ....

Son of Boris gets Wright

Son of Boris again 4 down

Match winning over from Zaf removing Wright and Taylor, surely Surrey will close this one out now

In the bag for you guys now I feel...

Feel that 13th over from Ansari will get us the win - got both batsmen who were well set and just a single conceded.

75 off 5 overs for Sussex

Gregers wrote:In the bag for you guys now I feel...

Should be Gregers but we are rather good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

54 off 18 balls

jimbobgooner wrote:

Gregers wrote:In the bag for you guys now I feel...

Should be Gregers but we are rather good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

After 2 fantastic performances we've gone back to our usual method tonight!

46 needed off 12 balls surely we must win now

Gregers wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:

Gregers wrote:In the bag for you guys now I feel...

Should be Gregers but we are rather good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

After 2 fantastic performances we've gone back to our usual method tonight!

You there Gregers? What was up with Wright tonight? Very slow out the blocks unusual for him

39 needed off 6 balls

Looked like he was out of sorts, wasn't picking it up like he was the other night. Still recovery from injury

Having said that bravos two overs really killed our chase

Gregers - only followed by being in and out of cricinfo but that 13th over from Ansari seemed to massively tip the game back to Surrey when you were in with a chance. The Pillans/Batty/Ansari combo just about got away with 2/85 off 8 overs. However, without Ansari's golden over, it was a far more worrying 0/84 off 7.

Man of the match Rory Burns

I'd agree that ansaris over won it but it was set up by Bravo, we were always chasing the game after that. Had to attack ansari after that

What is the Surrey view if batty? What does he offer? He's an awful bowler and wasn't impressed by his captaincy either!

Gregers - understood about Bravo, he had a good game - just hope he's one of our signings that stays fit!

Batty's tactical captaincy is ordinary at best but he's a very supportive individual and in turn he appears to have the backing of the team. He's done a lot of good for the Club off the pitch as well. He's normally a pretty canny and streetwise bowler but I accept his figures don't suggest that tonight.

In unhelpful conditions (particularly a cold and damp April), I think Ansari's spin presence is sufficient and that Batty also being in the eleven creates an imbalance. That's the main reason I'm uncomfortable with him skippering. The question then though (with Sanga off to the Caribbean soon) - is who does the job and I'm not sure of the answer.

The Currans are better bowlers than Jordan.

Hi Jetty - my opinion is that they probably are although we need a bit more time to fully judge, especially in the case of Sam.

Travelling at the time, so didn't catch up with the match until after the finish, but a much needed bit of relief from the gloom of our cc performances. Sounds like a cracking century from Roy A few more would be in order this season!