Surrey CCC 2019 Discussion Thread

[SimonofSurrey]

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After over 10000 views and 310+ articles spread over seven pages (which you have to scroll thro one by one on an i-phone) I've decided it's time we moved  on from the 2016 thread to this year. Here we go...

Cheers all,

Simon

[Voice of the Beehive]

Joe Root set to play for Yorkshire in the Blast quarter final.

[king_carlos]

Joe Root set to play for Yorkshire in the Blast quarter final.

I've been wanting Root to play more T20 for ages. There's a fantastic T20 player in there. From his best performances there thus far I'd say he's got more talent in the shortest form than Williamson or Smith for instance but Root just hasn't played it that much.

[alfie]

Not sure I want to see Root play t20 at all , to be honest. He is so vital to England in the other two formats , and even he needs to take a break now and again , surely , with the packed programme they face these days.

Up to him I guess whether he wants to have a fun outing in the Blast ; but I won't be surprised if he elects to chill out and watch this one...

[jimbobgooner]

Joe Root set to play for Yorkshire in the Blast quarter final.

Where did you see this Beehive, Yorkshire have named a squad of 14 and he isn't included

[Voice of the Beehive]

In this excellent article but maybe Root has decided to put his feet up.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/surrey-vs-yorkshire-one-of-the-great-county-rivalries-stripped-of-all-that-s-good-about-the-game-1323204

[JDizzle]

Amir Virdi has been loaned to Somerset for their match against Lancashire, as Jack Leach is unavailable. Would imagine Somerset might push for him permanently if Leach is going to be with England and Virdi remains out of favour with Surrey - he is an undoubtedly talented bowler.

[Voice of the Beehive]

I’m not sure Virdi has any future at Surrey while Stewart is in charge. I hope I’m wrong because quality spinners are in short supply these days.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Sounds like Kemar Roach will return as overseas - to be announced later this week

[jimbobgooner]

Sounds like Kemar Roach will return as overseas - to be announced later this week

this might mean bad news for McKerr

[Voice of the Beehive]

Anyone heard anything about Jordan Clark ? He’s being missed.

[jimbobgooner]

Anyone heard anything about Jordan Clark ? He’s being missed.

was expected to be back after the t20 ended so it's not looking good

[guildfordbat]

Anyone heard anything about Jordan Clark ? He’s being missed.

was expected to be back after the t20 ended so it's not looking good

I'm going next week and will see if I can find anything out.

[guildfordbat]

Sounds like Kemar Roach will return as overseas - to be announced later this week

Now confirmed - excellent call, Olly. I had heard his name mentioned more than once recently but thought we were still trying to get Abbott.

[guildfordbat]

Sounds like Kemar Roach will return as overseas - to be announced later this week

this might mean bad news for McKerr

Maybe not great news for Moriarty either. With McKerr almost certainly replaced by Roach, can a spot for Moriarty still be found?

[jimbobgooner]

Sounds like Kemar Roach will return as overseas - to be announced later this week

this might mean bad news for McKerr

Maybe not great news for Moriarty either. With McKerr almost certainly replaced by Roach, can a spot for Moriarty still be found?

Him, Geddes, Steel and Virdi playing for the stiffs today against Kent so not looking good Guildford

[Voice of the Beehive]

Are Surrey going to have to abandon the rotation policy for the fast bowlers due to lack of options apart from Roach coming in ? or is TC going to be able to bowl a limited amount of overs ?

[jimbobgooner]

Are Surrey going to have to abandon the rotation policy for the fast bowlers due to lack of options apart from Roach coming in ? or is TC going to be able to bowl a limited amount of overs ?

good question that beehive, I thought TC would be playing for the seconds today so there must be a chance he will be in the squad for Essex tomorrow wherever he can bowl is another thing.

[jimbobgooner]

Rory Burns available for the one day cup, while Jordan Clark joins the northern superchargers

[guildfordbat]

Surrey play Bucks at High Wycombe today in a 50 over warm up game for the RL50.

The eleven are all on the staff but most are second teamers.

Team in my guessed batting order:
Patel
Steel
Geddes
Reifer
Blake (wkt)
McKerr
Kimber
Barnwell
Dunn
Virdi
Yousef Majid.

Bowler heavy, batter light. 

Steel to probably skipper. No Burns although he's likely to play against Leics at Guildford on Tuesday. Believe Lawes is unwell. Don't know what is going on with Moriarty - the short term contract given to left arm spinner Yousef Majid from the Surrey Academy suggests Moriarty may not be involved in the RL50.

[Voice of the Beehive]

My sole interest in that other thing is to see which Surrey players are in it so I checked the squad lists and Moriarty is in the Southern Brave squad.

[guildfordbat]

My sole interest in that other thing is to see which Surrey players are in it so I checked the squad lists and Moriarty is in the Southern Brave squad.

Thanks, Beehive. As per my earlier post, didn't know that. So Moriarty hardly plays for Surrey in the Blast but gets a Hundred contract - hmmm.

[jimbobgooner]

Geddes given the captaincy wonder if that will be all through the competition?
Maybe have Foakes available for the first four games ?

[jimbobgooner]

Guildford calls it right about being Bowler heavy, batter light as Surrey collapse from 178 for 1 to 268 all out  

[guildfordbat]

I don't know why Geddes is persisting with Steel.

Whoever wins - and it looks like it'll be Bucks - is going to do it in well under 50 overs. So let McKerr, Dunn and Majid (who's having a decent debut) bowl out now.

[jimbobgooner]

I don't know why Geddes is persisting with Steel.

Whoever wins - and it looks like it'll be Bucks - is going to do it in well under 50 overs. So let McKerr, Dunn and Majid (who's having a decent debut) bowl out now.

Sadly your man Dunn has gone off the field after bowling his 2nd ball of his 6th over

[guildfordbat]

I don't know why Geddes is persisting with Steel.

Whoever wins - and it looks like it'll be Bucks - is going to do it in well under 50 overs. So let McKerr, Dunn and Majid (who's having a decent debut) bowl out now.

Sadly your man Dunn has gone off the field after bowling his 2nd ball of his 6th over

Couldn't make it up.

[jimbobgooner]

Shocking from Steel and Virdi

[jimbobgooner]

Majid showing up the other two

[jimbobgooner]

Virdi comes back on to confirm the win.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

No match thread? #Jimbobout

[guildfordbat]

No match thread? #Jimbobout

He got this one off for bad behaviour. 

[James100]

https://twitter.com/ToppersSnr/status/1579190987750256640?t=CiiUvm9YP6A1SXokETH8Og&s=19

Topley's dad has said that Topley has "basically a white ball Surrey contract with some red ball incentive."

[jimbobgooner]

Surrey sign Dan Lawrence from Essex on a 3 year deal.
not sure how I feel about this, do we really need him either way it's bad news for Patel and Geddes

[thegooch7]

Surrey sign Dan Lawrence from Essex on a 3 year deal.
not sure how I feel about this, do we really need him either way it's bad news for Patel and Geddes

Blimey! Where will he bat in this current line up? Lathom is here for another 4 matches....unless of course, we've signed him for his bowling!

[guildfordbat]

Surrey sign Dan Lawrence from Essex on a 3 year deal.
not sure how I feel about this, do we really need him either way it's bad news for Patel and Geddes

Blimey! Where will he bat in this current line up? Lathom is here for another 4 matches....unless of course, we've signed him for his bowling!

Keep calm, Goochie! He's not joining until start of next season.

[thegooch7]

Surrey sign Dan Lawrence from Essex on a 3 year deal.
not sure how I feel about this, do we really need him either way it's bad news for Patel and Geddes

Blimey! Where will he bat in this current line up? Lathom is here for another 4 matches....unless of course, we've signed him for his bowling!

Keep calm, Goochie!  He's not joining until start of next season.

Aaaah that explains it Guildford!

[guildfordbat]

Two wickets for Matt Dunn on his return for Surrey seconds against Middlesex at New Malden. If any player in the world deserves a break, it's him.

After yesterday was largely washed out, Surrey declared on 331/8 with Patel top scoring on 101 whilst Steel and Blake bagged fifties. Middlesex finished the day on 65/2.

[jimbobgooner]

Mark Stoneman scored 106, and was batting well until 15-year-old debutant Alex French bowled his first over and found the edge of the England international, getting him caught by Geddes at wide slip.
Any idea on him Guildford?

[guildfordbat]

Mark Stoneman scored 106, and was batting well until 15-year-old debutant Alex French bowled his first over and found the edge of the England international, getting him caught by Geddes at wide slip.
Any idea on him Guildford?

Sorry, JimBob. He's a new name to me. Good start and first wicket for sure though.

[king_carlos]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQE3xu7HBRo&ab_channel=PaulP

One hell of an artefact there that just popped up in my recommended watches on YouTube.

5 over match between Surrey and Essex in 2005 due to rain. Tim Murtagh still at Surrey. Irani whacking it. Early T20 bowling pioneer Nyan Doshi getting a hammering. Andre Adams promoted above ten Doeschate as a pinch hitter. Brown and Benning opening the batting. Azhar against Danish Kaneria looking like he's basically bowling seam by the end of the over. Adams and Bopara both bowling off a few paces. Azhar runout and it not even being looked at.

Such an odd period in the game to look back on. Some saw T20 and where it could go clicked quickly. Many others just having a laugh.

[jimbobgooner]

club confirm Reifer and Kimber have left the club the latter to do some soul searching.

[guildfordbat]

club confirm Reifer and Kimber have left the club the latter to do some soul searching.

Particularly feel sorry for Reifer. He was too often pulled out of Saturday league cricket to act as a 12th man where he always seemed to give his best fielding around the Oval boundary. Given very little opportunity by Surrey. He let no one down the only time he was in a first class fixture. Scored 69 in his one innings at Guildford last year against Sri Lanka Development XI. If he doesn't get another club (Northants?), that's an impressive career average. Good luck to him and Kimber whatever the future holds.

[guildfordbat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQE3xu7HBRo&ab_channel=PaulP

One hell of an artefact there that just popped up in my recommended watches on YouTube.

5 over match between Surrey and Essex in 2005 due to rain. Tim Murtagh still at Surrey. Irani whacking it. Early T20 bowling pioneer Nyan Doshi getting a hammering. Andre Adams promoted above ten Doeschate as a pinch hitter. Brown and Benning opening the batting. Azhar against Danish Kaneria looking like he's basically bowling seam by the end of the over. Adams and Bopara both bowling off a few paces. Azhar runout and it not even being looked at.

Such an odd period in the game to look back on. Some saw T20 and where it could go clicked quickly. Many others just having a laugh.

Hi Carlos - Lovely Blast from the past although I thought it was just me who needed to get out more!

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