SURREY VS KENT LV=COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

First topic message reminder :

SURREY HAVE NAMED AN UNCHANGED THIRTEEN MAN SQUAD FOR THE LV=COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST KENT AT BECKENHAM STARTING ON SUNDAY.
The Surrey squad to play Kent in the LV=County Championship at The County Ground, Beckenham on Sunday 24th May, Monday 25th May, Tuesday 26th May and Wednesday 27th May :
Gareth Batty (capt)
Zafar Ansari
James Burke
Rory Burns
Tom Curran
Steven Davies
Matthew Dunn
Luke Fletcher
Stuart Meaker
Jason Roy
Kumar Sangakkara
Dominic Sibley
Gary Wilson
will dunn come in for meaker or curran?

12 to win. Le Roi    50 (Surrey's first half century of the match).

afternoon all

10 to win

9 to win

3 to win

Roy reverse sweeping the spinner obviously

Hi Jimbob  

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Hi Jimbob  

yessssssssssssssssssssssssss what a win

Jason Roy wins the match.  Cracking innings and a fascinating game.

Phew!
Another win - well played lads

corporal get the drinks ready

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Jason Roy wins the match.  Cracking innings and a fascinating game.

Once more the Corporal just beat me to it! Open up the mess, Corporal!

Overall, a fine and battling performance from Surrey, the result especially commendable considering we only had two front line fast bowlers for most of the match.

jimbobgooner wrote:corporal get the drinks ready  

The bar is open guys. (You'll have to excuse the mess though as there are builders in the barracks!)

i'm sure the viscount would have loved to bowl on this wkt

kp has just tweeted that he is playing sunday

guildfordbat wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:have i told you about my thoughts about sibley opening

Have I told you about needing a definite decision about Pietersen before it happens

we have our answer

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Overall, a fine and battling performance from Surrey, the result especially commendable considering we only had two front line fast bowlers for most of the match.

'especially commendable' also as:

1/ we lost a potentially crucial toss - the pitch was never going to get easier for batting
2/ two of our young hopefuls played key roles - #ansariforengland and Le Roy
3/ we didn't rely on an overseas Galactico (a rare x2 failure for Sanga)
4/ only Sanga and Interesting came to Surrey as proven talents, the rest were either 'home grown' or returnees (Norah) and
5/ we discovered a Superstar night watchman in Clive

jimbobgooner wrote:kp has just tweeted that he is playing sunday

It was against Lancs (although at Guildford) that Pietersen hammered a double ton and ripped Kerrigan apart.

Suspect that will put your masterplan of Ansari moving down the order on hold, JimBob. I'm assuming Sibley will drop out. If so, difficult to see who else could move up to partner Burns.

Guess Norman Stanley will be back in the prison hospital. Meaker, Burkey and maybe the Viscount will be hoping to be in contention for Sunday.

Second thoughts.

Mind you, JimBob, I don't know when Sanga is unavailable - that would allow Sibley back in.

SimonofSurrey wrote:

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Overall, a fine and battling performance from Surrey, the result especially commendable considering we only had two front line fast bowlers for most of the match.

'especially commendable' also as:

1/ we lost a potentially crucial toss - the pitch was never going to get easier for batting
2/ two of our young hopefuls played key roles - #ansariforengland and Le Roy
3/ we didn't rely on an overseas Galactico (a rare x2 failure for Sanga)
4/ only Sanga and Interesting came to Surrey as proven talents, the rest were either 'home grown' or returnees (Norah) and
5/ we discovered a Superstar night watchman in Clive

Whatever his cricketing future holds, it'll be wonderful for Clive to be able to look back on the times he batted with Pietersen and Sangakkara.

guildfordbat wrote:Second thoughts.

Mind you, JimBob, I don't know when Sanga is unavailable - that would allow Sibley back in.

17th june is the first test against pakistan so sibley could open against glamorgan on the 15th

jimbobgooner wrote:

guildfordbat wrote:Second thoughts.

Mind you, JimBob, I don't know when Sanga is unavailable - that would allow Sibley back in.

17th june is the first test against pakistan so sibley could open against glamorgan on the 15th

Thanks, JimBob. That's the match at Guildford. Sanga will be pig sick to miss that.

One thing Alec Stewart is really impressive about when he speaks is his instant knowledge of fixtures and dates together with any expected unavailability of players. I'll see if I can get him to spill any beans on Monday.

cheers guildford

Excellent win despite Guildford's best efforts to jinx us

Bl**dy teenagers!

A belated first post of the summer for me! Great win for Surrey today against one of our bogey teams... What a contrast with our previous efforts against Kent in recent years! Not working this afternoon so spent a very nervous 45mins of so listening to the commentary online! Great batting from Roy...lots to be cheerful about me thinks without getting too carried away... Sounded like a great bowling performance from Ansari... corporal...did you get to any of the day's play?

Hi Chichester - no I didn't get to this match, but I agree that it gives considerable cause for optimism - not least with "Clive" Dunn, Curran and Ansari all starting to form an effective bowling "unit" as Church would say.

The bar is open guys. (You'll have to excuse the mess though as there are builders in the barracks!) [/quote]

Hi Corporal, hope the builders in the barracks are doing their stuff...What about the big screen TV? Hope that is working better than the one at the Bull?

Chichester - as it happens our TV is out of action as well - but hopefully we're coping with that situation better than Kenton at the Bull!  Building works going well at the moment - on or even ahead of schedule so far.

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Chichester - as it happens our TV is out of action as well - but hopefully we're coping with that situation better than Kenton at the Bull!  Building works going well at the moment - on or even ahead of schedule so far.

And people say I risk jinxing things!

Corporal & Chichester - PM to follow.