surrey vs warwickshire match thread

[jimbobgooner]

First topic message reminder :

Team Director Chris Adams has named a thirteen man squad for the LV=County Championship match against Warwickshire starting at Edgbaston on Friday.
Jade Dernbach returns to the squad having recovered from a side strain that has kept him out of action for the past three weeks.
Arun Harinath is included in a Championship squad for the first time this year. Chris Tremlett is unavailable due to injury.
also left out is Matthew Spriegel after numerous chances
The Surrey Squad for the LV=County Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston on Friday 27th July, Saturday,28th July, Sunday 29th July, Monday 30th July:
Gareth Batty (capt)
Zafar Ansari
Rory Burns
Arun Harinath
Zander de Bruyn
Steven Davies
Jason Roy
Chris Jordan
Stuart Meaker
Murali Kartik
Jade Dernbach
Tim Linley
Jon Lewis
harinath to open with burns i would imagine.
the viscount must start so jordan and dernbach/lewis to miss out

[jimbobgooner]

sadly the brain cant take advantage of being dropped TWICE
he really has been poor this year to say the least

[guildfordbat]

JimBob - do you know how many overs we have to face today? Cheers.

[jimbobgooner]

JimBob - do you know how many overs we have to face today? Cheers.

33 guildford

[jimbobgooner]

50 for son of boris

[guildfordbat]

Cheers, JimBob.

We're holding out well so far but a couple of quick wickets would make it look very different ....

[jimbobgooner]

Cheers, JimBob.

We're holding out well so far but a couple of quick wickets would make it look very different ....

this will be a good test for roy to reign himself in

[guildfordbat]

this will be a good test for roy to reign himself in

Exactly, JimBob. Good tactics to bring on a dibbly dobbly bowler like Maddy to toss some up at him. Roy might be caught in two minds (and on the boundary! ) - hope not ....

[jimbobgooner]

roy dropped by the keeper guildford off patel that's 3 catches put down off his bowling

[Carrotdude]

Highest FC score for Ansari

[jimbobgooner]

and that's tea
28 overs left 15 untill the new ball
21 overs lost to rain

[guildfordbat]

roy dropped by the keeper guildford off patel that's 3 catches put down off his bowling

Johnson batted well but seems to be having a poor time behind the stumps ....

[guildfordbat]

Highest FC score for Ansari

Wecome aboard, Carrot.

Yes, well done to Ansari for his highest FC score although to judge this innings just in terms of runs doesn't really do it justice.

The end is in sight. Keep going ....

[jimbobgooner]

22 overs left

[jimbobgooner]

last hour 16 overs left

[jimbobgooner]

match drawn
take a bow zaffer the gaffer 257 balls
also well done burns and roy

[Carrotdude]

Comfortable draw in the end, very impressive performance from Ansari against that attack and under pressure, nice to see Roy play sensibly too. Ansari now has more runs from 4 innings than Jordan has from 12 and Ramps made from 10!

[jimbobgooner]

hopefully we will see Spriegel, dernbach and linley in for notts away

[guildfordbat]

As JimBob and Carrot have said, a tremendous performance from Ansari.

Good as well for Roy to play an innings built upon concentration rather than dashing strokeplay.

Over all, and being as kind as I can, a mixed four days. We can probably all look forward to a small sherry in the officers' mess when the Corporal issues his customary invitations for drinks tonight - however, I don't believe we deserve to celebrate with a full blown session (sorry, JimBob ).

Burns was a definite plus. Harinath probably just in credit for his knock first time round - and at least he took over half an hour for his second innings duck.

Major concerns for me relate to the deteriorating form of de Bruyn, Jordan and Lewis. Spriegel, Linley and Dernbach need to at least be in contention next time out.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Evening all - will have to be a quick half before the officers' mess closes...

Good to see Ansari bat for a very long period. Jury has to be be out on whether in the longer term he is cut out to be an opener. But that was a formidable effort of concentration. And given recent record of Surrey failing to knuckle down in difficult situations I certainly won't be complaining at slow scoring rate.

Pleased to see Le Roi adapt to the situation as required....

[Carrotdude]

One thing mentioned in interviews is that Ansari and Burns both want to open which is something I don' think any of the others every really have, definitely encouraging signs and a show of a classy temperament fro Ansari today - he has even been compared to Justin Langer by George Dobell on Cricinfo!

[Corporalhumblebucket]

At last, a policy of selecting a consistent opening pair is in operation and so far it is working pretty well.

In the interview of Surrey website Ansari referred to the situation as being "gratifying" - got to be captaincy material if he can use long words like that.

[chichestersurryfan]

well played, lads its going to go down to the wire.. next week, away to Durham

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