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]

how the hell did you know that guildford

JimBob - As obvious as a Jordan no ball!

[Corporalhumblebucket]

It's all going pear shaped. Middlesex throw it away, meanwhile Surrey doing a long lingering collapse. Ground to a halt apart from the wickets column.

[jimbobgooner]

intresting poor form continues
river to the wkt

[guildfordbat]

152-5.

270 more to avoid the follow on ....

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Or, more positively, just 420 for a first innings lead....

[Corporalhumblebucket]

I would say that River probably needs a century to have a chance of playing the next match....

[jimbobgooner]

[guildfordbat]

Or, more positively, just 420 for a first innings lead....

I seem to recently recall mentioning your over optimism, Corporal ....

[jimbobgooner]

after 57 overs warwickshire have only conceded 5 extras
as mentioned in a previous thread how many more times will this not be adressed at this club

[jimbobgooner]

burns gone follow on coming up

[Corporalhumblebucket]

[guildfordbat]

I would say that River probably needs a century to have a chance of playing the next match....

River falls a mere 85 short of Corporal's target ....

[guildfordbat]

Game within a game time.

3 wickets left, 33 more needed to get one batting point ....

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Captain's innings from Nora. Hits old-boy Rikki for 10 off three balls....

[guildfordbat]

One batting point achieved. 207-7.

Next target: 250 and a further point.

Pretty desperate state of affairs, mind you ....

[Corporalhumblebucket]

50 partnership Only 352 to take first innings lead...

[Carrotdude]

Meaker and Batty doing a good rearguard job here, impressive performance from Burns again by all accounts - we may well have a star on our hands. Lots of impressive reports of Rankin and Clarke's bowling coming through from Edgbaston too, there was a time I would ridicule anyone suggesting Clarke for England all-rounder status but he has come on massively in the last couple years.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Carrot - I was just getting geared up to ask the question whether anyone had carried their bat through an innings after being dropped first ball. But then he got out. But a good innings.

Meaker has the talent to get his batting average into the 20s I would suggest. (Or at least hope)

[guildfordbat]

Hi Carrot - another useful innings from Meaker. He also got us over the line in the final over at Trent Bridge for a second batting point.

Think Clarke's international chances have been and gone but I take your point. It's his bowling which really seems to have come on. Both Churchy and the Radio Brum commentator were emphasising yesterday just how quick he now is.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Meaker dropped off last ball before tea...

[jimbobgooner]

Meaker dropped off last ball before tea...

[guildfordbat]

Meaker dropped off last ball before tea...

Can we make them pay? Hope so. If not, JimBob might have been a bit premature with his celebrations.

PS JimBob - David Thomas obit on the main Surrey thread along with some observations from the Corporal.

[jimbobgooner]

Meaker dropped off last ball before tea...

Can we make them pay? Hope so. If not, JimBob might have been a bit premature with his celebrations.
not for the first time guildford

PS JimBob - David Thomas obit on the main Surrey thread along with some observations from the Corporal.

cheers guildford will look now

[guildfordbat]

No problem, JimBob.

Getting ahead of myself and probably even jinxing a second batting point, we would do incredibly well to finish tonight having lost no more than nine wickets (first innings wickets, I mean! ) and reached 300 for three batting points.

Very ambitious, I realise. Only 272 short of the Corporal's target ....

[Corporalhumblebucket]

But Batty out straight after tea. Lewis also needs a century...

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Can't see Lewis hanging around long against the new ball. Hits a boundary as I type.....

[guildfordbat]

But Batty out straight after tea. Lewis also needs a century...

I'm actually tempted to do a deal with Chris from Stroud and see if we can swap Lewis for J. Batty ....

[Corporalhumblebucket]

And another.....

[jimbobgooner]

But Batty out straight after tea. Lewis also needs a century...

I'm actually tempted to do a deal with Chris from Stroud and see if we can swap Lewis for J. Batty ....

did you have to mention him guildford i was enjoying my sunday

[guildfordbat]

But Batty out straight after tea.

Barker apparently saying: ''And it's goodnight from him!''.

[guildfordbat]

But Batty out straight after tea. Lewis also needs a century...

I'm actually tempted to do a deal with Chris from Stroud and see if we can swap Lewis for J. Batty ....

did you have to mention him guildford i was enjoying my sunday

I quite like Chris from Stroud!

[Corporalhumblebucket]

"The ball went literally right through Lewis"

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Surrey scrape a second batting point....

[jimbobgooner]

Surrey scrape a second batting point....

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Meaker has the talent to get his batting average into the 20s I would suggest. (Or at least hope)

Churchy just suggested that Meaker has the potential to bat at no 6 or even 5 for Surrey... No doubt it depends on who else is available to play for Surrey!

[jimbobgooner]

i thinky churchy has been letting the sun get to him

[guildfordbat]

Meaker has the talent to get his batting average into the 20s I would suggest. (Or at least hope)

Churchy just suggested that Meaker has the potential to bat at no 6 or even 5 for Surrey...

Meaker's certainly no mug with the bat but I think that's pushing it. I have though heard that some Warks pundits believe Woakes willl go on to be a better batsman than bowler ....

[jimbobgooner]

right on cue meaker goes

[jimbobgooner]

286 all out

[jimbobgooner]

18 overs left tonight

[jimbobgooner]

9 overs to hold out

[jimbobgooner]

38 for 0 at stumps
rain forcast tomorrow

[guildfordbat]

rain forcast tomorrow

Is that in Birmingham or the Algarve?

[Carrotdude]

Good effort from the openers who have a combined total of 16 first class matches to call on as experience! Have to say Ansari is managing to at least hang around for a while and take the shine off the new ball even if he's not making big scores, Burns could potentially make the spot his own but still a massive day tomorrow (again!) hoping for some rain to make it easier!

[Corporalhumblebucket]

I don't think the brief rain stoppages helped our cause today. Don't know whether it was coincidence but it seemed to encourage our middle order to go AWOL.

Good to see that the openers got a start again this evening. Warks seemed convinced that they had got Ansari out caught.

[jimbobgooner]

12 overs lost to rain 84 to survive

[jimbobgooner]

Rory the lion gone
69 overs left

[guildfordbat]

83-1 at lunch.

The far more important things are that we have 9 wickets left and (I think) 62 overs left to survive. That's assuming we don't take the lead which at the current rate of knots looks unlikely. No criticism there. Ansari (27* off 111) and Harinath (0* off 24) are doing exactly what is now required.

Another decent performance from Burns.

Keep grinding, boys ....

[jimbobgooner]

harinath goes for a 28 ball duck
the brain dropped at short leg by westword
45 overs to survive

[guildfordbat]

Brain gone.

Ansari moves to 160 (balls faced, that is) ....

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