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

FLETCHER FOR PRIME MINISTER

Fletch now bowling his 10th over on the reel this morning. Good we're getting our money's worth out of his loan signing!

guildfordbat wrote:Fletch now bowling his 10th over on the reel this morning. Good we're getting our money's worth out of his loan signing!

He's not ours we can break him

Tommy C!!

Olly wrote:

guildfordbat wrote:Fletch now bowling his 10th over on the reel this morning. Good we're getting our money's worth out of his loan signing!

He's not ours we can break him

Btw, well done earlier for not referring to the name of Fletch's fourth scalp. A fine is automatically imposed for any poster doing so and not using the words ''The One and Only'' in the same sentence!

Sorry to be thick guildfordbat, but what's the joke about Fletch's 4th victim's name?

Crucial couple of game-defining (possibly season-defining) sessions coming up. Will it be a re-run of Days 2/3 of the 'likely loss turned into a win' Leics game again - or the 'can't possibly lose from here but somehow did' Glam game?

Olly wrote:Tommy C!!

Guildford your last quip has stumped me I'm afraid

PS 6th wicket down, but Durston still there and, at 23*, within just 124 of his career best

Olly - I hope you appreciate how lucky you are to be so young! Google ''The One and Only song''.

Simon - trust everyone understood and liked your quip - I did! Also trust you've seen my response to your ''Batty'' post.

Burke strikes

Hey JimBob - 2 bowling bonus points already for you - bet you like that!

Please tell me you understand The One and Only reference. I don't want to have to get Goochie out of a meeting!

Viscount!

200 career first class wickets for the Viscount. Described on the cricinfo report as ''trusty warhorse''.

The campaign to get him a county cap continues.

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.

Burke getting some punishment

20 so far for the last wkt give me strength

Batting point for Derbys - guaranteed to upset JimBob!

Too right

Palladino's highest f c score is 106, Footitt's is 30. Just saying!

Lead almost gone again

Last wkt put on 30 lead only 32 now

Woohoo. Derbys all out and we've got a tidy first innings lead of 70, ...erm sorry 60 - no, make that 32.

Memo for second innings (especially if it builds to a tight finish) he may come in at 9, but don't bowl short at the Italian Stallion - he'll smack it to, or over, the fence. Again and again. #stevefinnlegtheory

Only other gripe is the extras in a game this tight it's too many

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......

Zaf plays out a maiden to start off #DIGINSON

Zaf hits a boundary....maid!!! #hotflush

Harinath bowled....a lead of 250 should be the aim on this green top

Zaf now has 3 boundaries at a strike rate of 37.5 #nurse calmdowndear

Olly wrote:Harinath bowled....a lead of 250 should be the aim on this green top

Understand that although 250 is the minimum aim for me. Being greedy - but not ridiculously so imo - we should look to score 268 so as to secure a lead of 300. Feel that gives me a better chance of not chewing off my finger nails!

guildfordbat wrote:Hey JimBob - 2 bowling bonus points already for you - bet you like that!

Please tell me you understand The One and Only reference. I don't want to have to get Goochie out of a meeting!

63/2 now, lead of 95. Zaf also gone. 22 overs still meant to be bowled in the day. Going to be a late one. Not sure if they continue after 7 o'clock.

And with that - off for bad light. From a Surrey viewpoint, probably best for play today to now end and start again in the morning.

Anyway, as always no guarantees applying but we seem to be edging it and certainly in a better position than this time yesterday. Effectively now a one innings game with us batting on a track that isn't brilliant and on 95/2 ... settle for that.

Struggling to keep up! They're back out again. 75/2 now, a lead of 107.

guildfordbat wrote:
Please tell me you understand The One and Only reference. I don't want to have to get Goochie out of a meeting!

Think you may be mistaking your Chesneys.

Easy to do after all one is wimpy looking, blonde and last seen on Masterchef. The other is from the West Indies

What a farce of an afternoon - off for light, on for light, rinse and repeat.

Still if that is the end of the days play - an excellent second day for Surrey

stumps 109 the lead 8 wkts left

LondonTiger wrote:

guildfordbat wrote:
Please tell me you understand The One and Only reference. I don't want to have to get Goochie out of a meeting!

]Think you may be mistaking your Chesneys.

Easy to do after all one is wimpy looking, blonde and last seen on Masterchef. The other is from the West Indies

That was the point going back through several years of posts! Trust Goochie (that's the Surrey poster and not the former Essex and England opener) to go awol today!

Chesney Hawkes - the one and only and Hamish Rutherford.

I'm struggling Guildford

Godfathers - like trying to knit with air on here today!

Olly - Fletch's fourth scalp was The One and Only Chesney H. I'll explain further if necessary during the close season when we'll have seven months to make you understand! Alternatively, PM Goochie!

Just returned from Scottish Borders where eldest offspring got hitched.  

Pleased to see that our makeshift team is still in with a reasonable shout in this game. I fear that with this line up a Surrey batting collapse is never too far away...

corporal, our shared pessimism this morning has quite unexpectedly turned out to be not entirely correct..still plenty of time for this to change...

If you're a glass half full type of bloke, you could say today is an important - and potentially exciting - one for the likes of Sibley and Foakes. Once our walking wounded at the top of the order return, there could be be healthy competition for the top 6. In addition to the much anticipated return of Third Degree and Interesting, it would be nice to see others from this match put their names forward with good scores.

And, of course, big scores from any of the current line up in this game also would give us a better chance of a crucial win!

Poor Guildford! I understood the reference perfectly!
Great bowling spell by Norman Stanley and it looks like Norah is in for his batting
Here's hoping 'Edward' can compose himself (groan!), pick up the baton (!) and score (!) a classical(!) match winning innings today

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.

thegooch7 wrote:Poor Guildford! I understood the reference perfectly!
Great bowling spell by Norman Stanley and it looks like Norah is in for his batting
Here's hoping 'Edward' can compose himself (groan!), pick up the baton (!) and score (!) a classical(!) match winning innings today

Brilliant post, Goochie. Thanks so much. It felt like I was bowling uphill into a force 10 most of yesterday!

Well, those of us who were trying to tease you back felt the same.

I'm not convinced all posters fell into that category! Anyway, a potentially crucial day for our season and far too important to be educating others about one hit wonders of the 1990s! Now let Churchy take the microphone ...

I bet you saw the film it came from

guildfordbat wrote:

Olly wrote:Harinath bowled....a lead of 250 should be the aim on this green top

Understand that although 250 is the minimum aim for me. Being greedy - but not ridiculously so imo - agreed.we should look to score 268 so as to secure a lead of 300. Feel that gives me a better chance of not chewing off my finger nails!

Reckon Churchy's reading this! He's just said a 250 'target 'will be tricky in these conditions' but that we should still be looking to set 300. The Radio Derby commentator Iain O'Brien (ex Middlesex and New Zealand cricketer) agreed.

SimonofSurrey wrote:If you're a glass half full type of bloke, you could say today is an important - and potentially exciting - one for the likes of Sibley and Foakes. Once our walking wounded at the top of the order return, there could be be healthy competition for the top 6. In addition to the much anticipated return of Third Degree and Interesting, it would be nice to see others from this match put their names forward with good scores.

And, of course, big scores from any of the current line up in this game also would give us a better chance of a crucial win!

Sibley/Foakes are now at the crease in a crucial stage of the game. I mentioned earlier in the thread how they need to start producing in potential, and Simon too. Prove us right young uns!

Only just realised that is Ben Foakes, former England U19 and Lions keeper, now at the wicket for you guys. Any chance of him keeping for you guys?

Plus how many keepers (former or current) have played for you this season? Four?