Surrey vs Derbyshire LV=COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

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SURREY HAVE NAMED A THIRTEEN MAN SQUAD FOR THE LV=COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST DERBYSHIRE IN DERBY STARTING ON SUNDAY.
South African Test batsman Dean Elgar will make his Championship debut having joined up with squad on Saturday. Tim Linley is named in the squad having returned from his loan spell with Sussex and Luke Fletcher returns as part of the loan agreement with Nottinghamshire. 17 year old Sam Curran is included in a Championship squad for the first time.
meaker and solanki pay the price for glamorgan OUCH
no idea why dunn isn't included
The Surrey squad to play Derbyshire at the 3aaa County Ground on Sunday 21st June, Monday 22nd June, Tuesday 23rd June and Wednesday 24thJune :
Gareth Batty (capt)
Zafar Ansari
James Burke
Sam Curran
Tom Curran
Dean Elgar
Luke Fletcher
Ben Foakes
Arun Harinath
Aneesh Kapil
Tim Linley
Dominic Sibley
Gary Wilson
depending on the wkt will batty step down if not younger curran and either kapil/burke to miss out
over to you chaps

THE DEVON DESTROYER

batty gone

Batty goes for a very handy 37, and a potentially match winning partnership of 83 with the Devon destroyer

monster six from burke

new ball due soon need to cash in now

lead goes past 300

new ball taken

Need to sign up 'extras' - doing very well for us.

Well we know with these two it'll be entertaining and quick...

thegooch7 wrote:Extras fidgets nervously at the crease as he moves on to 49, and the New Seekers fan guildfordbat does the same as Surrey extend their lead to 259. Specialist batsman Norah has now eeked(!) out 67 runs in this low scoring (at the moment) match

Goochie - if we ever have a 606v2 quiz night, I want to be in your team!

Olly wrote:

guildfordbat wrote:

Olly wrote:

guildfordbat wrote:A lead of 245 now meaning Derbys have to score the highest innings total of the match in the fourth dig to win. Certainly not impossible but never easy. If we weren't Surrey, I would say we're favourites ....

We are favourites - as you've pointed out many times, not often the highest score of the game comes in the fourth innings

Sorry for any repetition. Unfortunately I found out at Guildford that I had to say the same thing several times before it was accepted ...

I'll never accept any views bar my own uneducated ones

I suspect many became well aware of that during the Guildford game.

100 for footitt

tc run out

ffs burke gone

Is it too early to call Burke the next Flintoff...........

348 to win

Useful last wicket partnership.

Love the Crinfo profile for Luke Fletcher.  "He looks something of a throwback: a burly, old-fashioned county seamer liable to grumble his way eccentrically through his most frustrating spells."

Olly wrote:

guildfordbat wrote:178/9. A tremendous fight back. I do though think it's fair to politely ask - as we enter the 61st over with all our bowling having been done by seamers - whether we wouldn't have been better off with Batty's place going to a recognised batsman like Solanki. I doubt the wicket will ever turn into a spinner's paradise and, in any case, we have Ansari if some slow stuff is wanted for Derbys' second dig.

Tbf Batty probably scored more runs than Solanki would've done anyways......

...

Somewhat unexpectedly (certainly by me!), Batty is our highest aggregate run scorer in this match.

Excellent effort with that bat - we are firm favourites now

Have hopes for the Viscount bowling last on this track ....

no doubt burke will miss out in the next game for kapil

31 overs left in the day

Derby 24 -2 - an early wicket each for Curran and Fletcher.

24 - 3 Another wicket for Norman Stanley!

try and sneak out a couple more before close

Olly wrote:Is it too early to call Burke the next Flintoff...........

No

One more before close and we are through the established batsmen and into Poynton then the tail.

viscount

There it is

48/5 with White in ahead of Poynton again - I'd missed that in the first innings.

king_carlos wrote:There it is

48/5 with White in ahead of Poynton again - I'd missed that in the first innings.

10 overs left

81 - 7 with another wicket for Curran and another for Batty.

extra half hour taken 8 more overs

batty again
2 to go

and again

Almost there ... if it hits a pad now, scream for all your worth. Umpires like a day off as much as anyone.

corporal get ready

and to think some people wanted solanki to play instead of him

3 overs left

yessssssssssssssssssssssssss

#faith #backtheboys #promotion2015

An extra days rest for the seamers #excellent

guildfordbat wrote:Following on from Simon's post, day 3 is sometimes referred to as 'moving day'. It should be mighty interesting to see where we end up tonight.

Mighty interesting and mighty good. Just the one for me please, Corporal - I want to savour this.

Well what a win that is for that young side.

That win puts a bit of light between ourselves and everyone else but Glamorgan in the table. Lancs are still way out in front having played as many games as us. Glamorgan are 32 points behind us with two games in hand and are looking in a reasonably strong position after day 2 vs Leicestershire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/county-championship-division-two/table

Whisper it quietly given how far there still is to go in the season but those are the sort of wins that successful sides manage to pull off. Away from home with a lot of quality missing for varying reasons, a lot of young players in the side and a captain under pressure.

Very, very good effort. The stand in batting did enough, the young bowlers performed well as a unit, with more than a little helping hand from Norah to finish things off: he had a great game.

Realistically, Div 2 looks now as if two from three will go up: Lancs, Glam and us, although of course sudden slumps or rises in form can change things dramatically. Our penultimate game - away at Lancs - could be decisive for the hopes of all three of us. By my calculation, this starts the day after England's season ends (14 Sept) - so maybe no Jimmy or Jos for Lancs, but can we rely on mid-September Manchester weather if we need a result?

SimonofSurrey wrote:Very, very good effort. The stand in batting did enough, the young bowlers performed well as a unit, with more than a little helping hand from Norah to finish things off: he had a great game.

Realistically, Div 2 looks now as if two from three will go up: Lancs, Glam and us, although of course sudden slumps or rises in form can change things dramatically. Our penultimate game - away at Lancs - could be decisive for the hopes of all three of us. By my calculation, this starts the day after England's season ends (14 Sept) - so maybe no Jimmy or Jos for Lancs, but can we rely on mid-September Manchester weather if we need a result?

A draw away at Lancs is probably better than everyone else will do this season...(If you look at it from that angle).

Yes Glamorgan have games in hand but always rather have the points on the board

I love Batty !!!!

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Excellent performance by Surrey today. Important not to underestimate contribution from Sibley's batting in the second innings. Delighted to see Burke excelling with bat as well as ball. It was a surprise when he was recruited on a two year contract from Somerset, but so far the signs are very promising.  

And Batty confirmed the faith all posters on this site had as to his importance to the Surrey team on a green wicket like this. The old pro has 6400 first class runs and 562 first class wickets.

 The bar in the mess is open