SURREY VS SOMERSET SURREY VS GLAMORGAN SURREY VS ESSEX ROYAL LONDON CUP

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SURREY HAVE NAMED A 13-MAN SQUAD FOR THE TRIP TO TAUNTON AND CARDIFF AND THE HOME MATCH AGAINST ESSEX THAT MARKS THE START OF THE ROYAL LONDON ONE DAY CUP.
Both wicket-keeper batsman Ollie Pope and seamer Ravi Rampaul have been included in a first team squad for the first time this season and will be hopeful of earning selection in the XI tomorrow morning.
Mark Footitt misses out throughi njury .
FULL SURREY SQUAD:
Gareth Batty (c)
Scott Borthwick
Rory Burns
Sam Curran
Tom Curran
Jade Dernbach
Ben Foakes (wk)
Stuart Meaker
Ollie Pope
Ravi Rampaul
Kumar Sangakkara
Dominic Sibley
Mark Stoneman
Ravioli and either Pope or Sibley to miss out tough to call that one as Pope has done well in the second XI this week.
Over to you chaps

10 overs bowled which means there will definitely be a positive result.

So far, looking good for Surrey on 61/1. Sanga some way to making up for his very ordinary game at Taunton.

104/1 off 15.

Rocky punching as hard as Sanga.

Coasting it. Get the keys, JimBob!

50 for rocky

guildfordbat wrote:104/1 off 15.

Rocky punching as hard as Sanga.

Coasting it. Get the keys, JimBob!

50 for Kumar

100 partnership

Rocky goes for a excellent 74

Excellent win

Never in doubt once Rocky and Sanga got going. Not sure how well we would have coped if they had fallen for about 20 each but I'll leave those concerns for another day. Open the bar, JimBob!

Despite being utterly screwed by the ever baffling Duckworth Lewis system, a stroll for our red hot top order! Has a bat ever had the start to a career at his new club like Stoneman has at Surrey?

Following other comments about today's Surrey v Essex fixture being on the general RL 50 thread, I've posted my review of the game there.

Cardinal sin not to bat your 50 overs out it cost us in the end
Have to say Jade was excellent again with the ball let's just say he wasn't best pleased with ravioli when harmer came back for a second run to keep the strike when there should never have been one. Lots of from him.
Pope might be due a game Friday as burns and Sibley struggled again
And maybe a chance for virdi.
We really are missing son of boris in the middle overs and Batty doesn't seem willing to give Borthwick the ball.

jimbobgooner wrote:Cardinal sin not to bat your 50 overs out it cost us in the end
Have to say Jade was excellent again with the ball let's just say he wasn't best pleased with ravioli when harmer came back for a second run to keep the strike  when there should never have been one. Lots of from him.
Pope might be due a game Friday as burns and Sibley struggled again
And maybe a chance for virdi.
We really are missing son of boris in the middle overs and Batty doesn't seem willing to give Borthwick the ball.

Some good and interesting points there, JimBob.

The risk of bringing in Virdi is that if he goes for a few early doors, you've still got to bowl him for 10 overs or in a combo with Borthwick.

As you say, Ansari being gone is the real problem. He brought a good all round balance to the side.

Someone on the Supporters' club forum suggested Rampaul had been doing all his training in the Kennington Tandoori!

guildfordbat wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:Cardinal sin not to bat your 50 overs out it cost us in the end
Have to say Jade was excellent again with the ball let's just say he wasn't best pleased with ravioli when harmer came back for a second run to keep the strike  when there should never have been one. Lots of from him.
Pope might be due a game Friday as burns and Sibley struggled again
And maybe a chance for virdi.
We really are missing son of boris in the middle overs and Batty doesn't seem willing to give Borthwick the ball.

Some good and interesting points there, JimBob.

The risk of bringing in Virdi is that if he goes for a few early doors, you've still got to bowl him for 10 overs or in a combo with Borthwick.

As you say, Ansari being gone is the real problem. He brought a good all round balance to the side.

Someone on the Supporters' club forum suggested Rampaul had been doing all his training in the Kennington Tandoori!