Surrey vs Glamorgan LV=County Championship

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Surrey have named a thirteen man squad for the LV=County Championship match against Glamorgan at Colwyn Bay starting on Sunday.
Tillakaratne Dilshan is unavailable having returned to Sri Lanka for their upcoming three match ODI series against South Africa. Arun Harinath, Dominic Sibley, Tom Curran and Chris Tremlett all return to the squad for the trip to North Wales.
there is no place in the squad for stuart meaker   
The Surrey squad to play Glamorgan in the LV-County Championship at Colwyn Bay on Sunday 6th July, Monday 7th July, Tuesday 8th July and Wednesday 9th July:
Gary Wilson (capt)
Zafar Ansari
Gareth Batty
Rory Burns
Tom Curran
Steven Davies
Matthew Dunn
Arun Harinath
Tim Linley
Jason Roy
Dominic Sibley
Vikram Solanki
Chris Tremlett

guildfordbat wrote:Very little sympathy for Wilson from me. Imo, we should have declared a lot earlier and have increased the chances of a draw through batting on too long.

Wilson really should have taken a leaf out of Roy's and Tremlett's books and cracked on with it. If he had done that, it would have improved his chances of a ton and ours of a win. He has no one to blame but himself and is lucky to have been allowed so long to get so near.

  

Simon

With a draw almost certain against Gloucester Hants will jump back above us in the table with a game in hand. Haven't checked their run in to be honest but I wouldn't say it's quite in our hands just yet. Certainly a far better position than I felt we'd be in a month ago however!   

For all my doubts, probably served me right that my computer crashed 30 minutes before the end!

As others have suggested, a very deserved victory as we dominated so much of the game although I still feel we took it closer to the wire than necessary. Anyway, very well done to all - excellent team effort with so many playing a valuable part.

Beehive - if Harinath retains his place (not definite but very harsh if he doesn't), one other option besides leaving out Davies would be to give Solanki the week off to have some more 'family time'. Meant as a genuine thank you and appreciation to him.

Harold knew what he was doing all along!! Inspirational bowling change to chuck the ball to Harinath!

Relax guys, a win is a win is a win.
 
king_carlos,
 
You're right of course but we have momentum. Worcester are surely overdue a flooded ground (preferably not when we play them) and even if Hampshire get a draw today, I reckon they'll only take 8 pts = 1 point above us with their game in hand.
 
Not dissimilar to when we - most improbably - chased down and pipped at the very very last Northants for the 2nd CC2 promotion spot a couple of seasons ago.  If I were Worcs and Hants I'd be looking over my shoulder with a bit of concern. Their two team procession has now genuinely become a potential 2 from 3 to go up, especially if we can keep winning our games.

Remaining fixtures

Worcs                                                                            

Leics -    Worcester                                
Gloucs -  Cheltenham                             
Gloucs -   Worcester                               
Derbys -   Derby                                   
Surrey -   Worcester                
Essex  -   Chelmsford

Hants

Essex -       Colchester
Kent -         Canterbury
Leics -        Ageas Bowl
Kent  -        Ageas Bowl
Glamorgan - SWALEC

Surrey

Kent -       Guildford
Leics -       Leicester
Worcs -     Worcester
Derbys -    Kia Oval

thegooch7 wrote:Harold knew what he was doing all along!! Inspirational bowling change to chuck the ball to Harinath!

Incidentally, the only time I ever saw Harold W in the flesh was at the House of Commons and he was throwing himself catches with his cigarette lighter.... was probably a useful cricketer...  

Cheers for the fixtures Beehive   

I agree that Hants especially will be looking over their shoulders but as Beehive's post shows the run ins for the sides aren't massively dissimilar in challenges and balance of home advantage.

The side have done incredibly well to get themselves into a position to challenge after the start to the season but with a game in hand the top 2 are still favourites in my mind.