SURREY vs NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LV=COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

First topic message reminder :

For the final time this season
SURREY HAVE NAMED A THIRTEEN MAN SQUAD FOR THEIR FINAL LV=COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE SEASON AGAINST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AT THE KIA OVAL STARTING TOMORROW.
Zafar Ansari is unavailable for selection due to the thumb injury he sustained in the game against Lancashire. Left arm spinner Freddie van den Bergh is named a Championship squad for the first time this season. happy corporal
The Surrey squad to play Northamptonshire in the LV=County Championship at the Kia Oval on Tuesday 22nd September, Wednesday 23rd September, Thursday 24th September and Friday 25th September:
Gareth Batty (capt)
James Burke
Rory Burns
Sam Curran
Tom Curran
Steven Davies
Matthew Dunn
Ben Foakes
Arun Harinath
Jason Roy
Kumar Sangakkara
Freddie van den Bergh
Gary Wilson
harinath and burke to miss out again imo
over to you chaps it's been emotional

Decent start for both sides this morning. Lancs well on course to reach 300 quickly, while Currans CCC take three early wickets for us, including both overnight batsmen. This could yet go down to the wire. Got a feeling that Essex may well fold in their second innings so we may need to mop up Northants realtively early in order to chase chase down a - hopefully - not too challenging target.

Simon - I think the chances of Lancs getting any propsect of victory today are on the far side of remote.  With the dismissal of Prince, it looks in any case as though Lancs are now accumulating runs steadily rather than doing a mad dash for 300. With promotion already secured I doubt that Lancs would see the prize of going up as champions as justifying doing anything too far beyond the realms of normal cricket.

Thanks for your reassurance , Corporal. But I am still a little nervous, especially as long as Rossington continues to belt us all around the park, belying his 2015 CC2 batting average of just under 30 at a strike rate of around 70 (...Matt Coles, anyone?).

Scores now level with Northants 5 wickets down.

Lancashire going for it now a run out and a stumping

lancashire not declaring

...and with Northants looking like they could still be batting come next season, our Championship hopes now appear to hang on Essex neither collapsing nor offering Lancs a sorting declaration. Not ideal.

essex one down already

dunn with 3 quick wkts

make that 4

Bizarre the pattern of wickets in Northants second innings!  

The chance of Lancs winning their match is on the low side of negligble.  Pretty much inconceivable that Essex would decide to declare after tea.  The Essex lead is already over 100 and overs remaining is already down to about 40.

50 partnership for the last wkt

4 of their batsmen have made about 450 between them - 6 of the others have 7 between them. This is where we're a bowler (at least) short and something that still needs to be addressed for next season, especially if we start getting England call-ups for Ansari or a Curran..

215 to win, 33 overs left 6.5 an over
no chance of that so fingers crossed essex don't collapse

jimbobgooner wrote:215 to win, 33 overs left 6.5 an over
no chance of that so fingers crossed essex don't collapse

 We can forget about Essex - there is no way Lancs are going to win that match!

We did manage a similiar total in around 20 overs earlier in the season when Roy and Davies smashed the ball all over the place.  Whether Surrey have the inclination to attack this total to finish off the season in style, I wouldnt like to say... They certainly don't need to if they don't feel like it.

you called it corporal if these go early shut up shop

Run chase KLAXON! with Roy and Davies opening.  I agree they may well call off the chase quite early on if they lose quick wickets.

davies gone first ball

I didn't quite have in mind calling off the chase after one over!

essex have declared..........

kumar gone close up

jason doesn't know the meaning

jimbobgooner wrote:essex have declared..........

38 - 3 Burns out for a duck Hmm!

lancashire have given up our to lose now

Roy casually going along at a strike rate of 195

Essex v Lancs MATCH DRAWN Surrey are the champions. 

Hope Guildford has got his tin helmet on if he's watching Jason Roi!

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Essex v Lancs MATCH DRAWN Surrey are the champions. 

Never in doubt

(Sorry about the pessimism earlier, chaps.)

Jason his celebrating his new contract in some style!

99 - 4 Harinath bowled.  Come on chaps - surely there is someone out there who can keep an end up for Roi  at the other end!

Last 10 overs: Surrey 98-3!

roy goes for 77

105 needed off 20 overs

Wonder whether Surrey will shut up shop now.  There's still 21 overs, potentially, to be bowled, so the required scoring rate is not too problematic at this stage. I suppose Wilson and Foakes could consider playing more circumspectly now, but if they manage another 30/40 at, say, four an over without losing a wicket they could resume the chase.

less then a 100 to win

CORPORAL I think that's a good assessment - we have some lower order biffers if we need quick runs near the end

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Wonder whether Surrey will shut up shop now.  There's still 21 overs, potentially, to be bowled, so the required scoring rate is not too problematic at this stage. I suppose Wilson and Foakes could consider playing more circumspectly now, but if they manage another 30/40 at, say, four an over without losing a wicket they could resume the chase.

They have to give it a go, surely. If they swing to a win, what a great end to the season. If they go down in a blaze of glory, we're still up, and up as Champions. And what a game it would be with the first 10 wicket haul in an innings by a pair of brothers for 144 years; Tom Curran's first 10 wicket match (I think); and a win for a side who followed on 300 behind!! (another CC record?).

It's all happening at the Oval: don't let's see this great season for us creep out quietly towards next year's Wisden.

SimonofSurrey wrote:

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Wonder whether Surrey will shut up shop now.  There's still 21 overs, potentially, to be bowled, so the required scoring rate is not too problematic at this stage. I suppose Wilson and Foakes could consider playing more circumspectly now, but if they manage another 30/40 at, say, four an over without losing a wicket they could resume the chase.

They have to give it a go, surely. If they swing to a win, what a great end to the season. If they go down in a blaze of glory, we're still up, and up as Champions. And what a game it would be with the first 10 wicket haul in an innings by a pair of brothers for 144 years; Tom Curran's first 10 wicket match (I think); and a win for a side who followed on 300 behind!! (another CC record?).

It's all happening at the Oval: don't let's see this great season for us creep out quietly towards next year's Wisden.

...what do I know. We've given up the chase and accepted a draw. Why, why, why???

Eh who cares we're champions!

christ the surrey faithful have been robbed of a exciting finish there still 18 overs left and the run rate under six very poor from surrey that

Olly wrote:Eh who cares we're champions!

Yeah, but in a slightly anticlimactic way, giving up on the run chase with two set frontline batsmen and one or two tonkers still to come. Sums it up for me that we were confirmed as Div 2 Champions while Churchy was away from the mike 'powdering his nose'.

Ok. Enough of the grumpiness: WELL DONE SURREY, CC2 CHAMPIONS 2015!!!!! Get that bar open at once

Bit surprised they finished at the point, with both sides in with a fair chance of winning.  I expect both teams fancied putting their feet up and having a few  together after a tough three days of cricket at the very end of the season.

SimonofSurrey wrote:

SimonofSurrey wrote:

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Wonder whether Surrey will shut up shop now.  There's still 21 overs, potentially, to be bowled, so the required scoring rate is not too problematic at this stage. I suppose Wilson and Foakes could consider playing more circumspectly now, but if they manage another 30/40 at, say, four an over without losing a wicket they could resume the chase.

They have to give it a go, surely. If they swing to a win, what a great end to the season. If they go down in a blaze of glory, we're still up, and up as Champions. And what a game it would be with the first 10 wicket haul in an innings by a pair of brothers for 144 years; Tom Curran's first 10 wicket match (I think); and a win for a side who followed on 300 behind!! (another CC record?).

It's all happening at the Oval: don't let's see this great season for us creep out quietly towards next year's Wisden.

...what do I know. We've given up the chase and accepted a draw. Why, why, why???

madness if we were going to do that there was no reason to open with roy and davies

Right   The bar is open to celebrate Surrey as Div 2 champions!

Been dipping in and outa bit today, work permitting!..sounds an amazing day at the Oval..hope GB got to see it..Like others, slightly puzzled why we didn't carry on a bit longer rather than accepting the draw..unless the players couldn't wait to get to the champagne!..Congratulations  to Surrey..what a great season

By the way, churchy reporting that at today's  Jumblesale at the Oval, someone paid £50 for Rory Burn's jockstrap... Was that you GB?

chichestersurreyfan wrote:Been dipping in and outa bit today, work permitting!..sounds an amazing day at the Oval..hope GB got to see it..Like others, slightly puzzled why we didn't carry on a bit longer rather than accepting the draw..unless the players couldn't wait to get to the champagne!..Congratulations  to Surrey..what a great season

By the way, churchy reporting that at today's  Jumblesale at the Oval, someone paid £50 for Rory Burn's jockstrap... Was that you GB?

    Hope it was clean!

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Right   The bar is open to celebrate Surrey as Div 2 champions!

Easy, Corp - some of us have to drive this weekend. Watch out for a season's end thread early next week, otherwise there are barely 200 days to CC1 2016, and a new adventure for us Surrey faithful.