SURREY VS YORKSHIRE LV= COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Surrey have named a 15 man squad for tomorrow’s LV= County Championship match with Yorkshire at the Mickey Stewart oval.
Ollie Pope and Ben Foakes return from international duty. Jamie Overton also returns from a foot injury sustained in July.
Will Jacks, Sam Curran and Reece Topley are in Pakistan for the seven match IT20 series.
There is no place in the squad for Josh Blake, Dan Moriarty or Amir virdi.
Connor McKerr has joined Kent on loan for their final two matches.
Jason Roy is resting up for next year
Full Squad:
Burns(c)
Amla
Atkinson
Clark
T Curran
Foakes
Geddes
Lawes
Overton
Patel
Pope
Roach
Smith
Steel
Worrall
Barring any injuries in the morning the team picks itself, so Atkinson, Geddes, Lawes and Smith will be sharing drink duties.
Over to you chaps

Cheers Jimbob

Agree with you on Atkinson, Geddes and Lawes, reckon the final spot will come down to Smith or Steel—I imagine that if they were expecting the pitch to take spin then they'd have put at least one of the specialists in the squad.

Cheers, JimBob. I understand James' thinking that Steel could be edged out by Smith but I'll go with your eleven. Besides a bit of spin, Steel provides - at least on paper - balance and I reckon we'll want to stick with that as we have all season.

Again on paper, Yorks looking the weaker side with Root, Bairstow and Malan all missing.

Remarkably curran is the man to miss out for lawes

Yorkshire win toss and bowl

I didn't watch any of the stream last week - for anyone who did, how was Curran's bowling? Figures were tidy but no wickets, was he nonthreatening enough to deserve a drop today?

James100 wrote:I didn't watch any of the stream last week - for anyone who did, how was Curran's bowling? Figures were tidy but no wickets, was he nonthreatening enough to deserve a drop today?

They looked like they were managing his overs last week to me - and I wouldn't be shocked if his absence today is injury related. A big long term injury he was coming back from!

Patel loves being dismissed softly around a session break doesn't he

James100 wrote:I didn't watch any of the stream last week - for anyone who did, how was Curran's bowling? Figures were tidy but no wickets, was he nonthreatening enough to deserve a drop today?

He was our best bowler on the 3rd evening!
If he's carrying an injury, why is he in the squad? Strange goings on at Surrey considering we could win the championship

50 for Pope off 57 balls

What would Pope need to get to (not out) to take his Oval average back over 100?

102 ball century for Pope - got through the nineties with a ramp over third man for six, and then reverse sweep off Bess's first ball for four. Playing a different game to the Surrey bats here!

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:102 ball century for Pope - got through the nineties with a ramp over third man for six, and then reverse sweep off Bess's first ball for four. Playing a different game to the Surrey bats here!

At the ground. As Olly says. Credit as well though to Clark. He’s clearly the junior partner but has aided Pope in performing the senior role. More tonight.

dummy_half wrote:What would Pope need to get to (not out) to take his Oval average back over 100?

good question

TC now the second player this season to have been dropped after scoring a hundred

Pope goes for a excellent 136

The mute button needed for these commentators
Where the hell is churchy?

Fabulous from the classy Pope and, as guildford says, ably supported by Clark, pity the light has stalled our charge, but Hampshire 54-7 is a bonus!

Shame that Ben Mike could not have bowled from both ends

jimbobgooner wrote:Shame that Ben Mike could not have bowled from both ends

Ben Mike still gives me hope that I could make it as a professional cricketer.

Shame to lose some early wickets today, but some good last wicket biffing from Worrall and Lawes got us beyond 300 and upto 333 all out. Good effort from 130-5, and maybe importantly we get to have a bowl in the morning session and hopefully can make inroads before lunch.

I have absolutely no idea how Bean has survived against Worrall so far

Full bowling points as Yorkshire are bowled all out for 179 in 58.4 overs - wickets shared around with Lawes the pick with a four wicket haul.

Looks like the follow on has been enforced - not usually a move I'd agree with, but with potential weather around Friday and issues with bad light likely towards end of days play, it does seem to be the best way to get a result for us in this game.

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Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:I have absolutely no idea how Bean has survived against Worrall so far

An old friend I was with yesterday was adamant that Bean is the worst opening batsman he's ever seen on the county circuit.

Two days of entertaining and engrossing cricket.

Looked like it was all going pear shaped when Patel was out on the brink of lunch - he's so frustrating atm, promising to go on but not delivering - and compunded when Foakes and Steel fell in the same over to leave us 136/5. Excellent rescue act and more from Pope looking both classy and confident. Fine support as well from Clark who played a near pefect foil.

Patterson and Coad were good and on the money consistently for the visitors but their back up bowling wasn't up to scratch. Mike was especially dreadful whilst Bess looked a mess and didn't bowl much better.

I would have liked a few more runs yesterday morning but at least we didn't hang about. Impressive bowling as a unit with all getting something in the end column and spearheaded by Lawes who has gone a long way to cementing a regular place. I did like Burns' captaincy in giving Steel 2 overs in which he took a cheap wicket and then taking him straight off to allow the seamers to nab the final wickets and enforce the follow on. That was always going to be the decision with Friday's forecast looking poor.

Out elsewhere today. Fortunately not driving as one eye will be on the Oval and the other on Southampton! 

Superman gets a wkt in the first over of the day

Comms is much better now Adam Collins is back from the ODI yesterday

Fraine and Lyth removed within three balls of each other, Yorkshire teetering at 116-5, still 38 in arrears

MAGNIFICENT!

The Rey! Guildford - get the bubbly going

Brilliant. Not only to win the Championship but to win it with a game to spare having lost so many players to international calls throughout the season.

Congratulations to the whole squad. A fine blend of home grown talent and quality signings. Young Tom Lawes has been mightily impressive in his debut season whilst Dan Worrall has turned round the doubters of which I was one.

Of the other staff, massive credit to Gareth Batty as interim head coach who must surely now lose the ''interim'' tag. Even more praise perhaps to head groundsman Lee Fortis. Remember that just a year ago at this time it was 800 versus 700 at the Oval as we took on Glamorgan. This season Fortis has consistently produced wickets offering a fair contest between bat and ball, albeit little being there for spinners as instructed.