SURREY VS SOMERSET SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

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SURREY HAVE NAMED A THIRTEEN MAN SQUAD FOR THE SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST SOMERSET AT TAUNTON STARTING ON SATURDAY.
Zafar Ansari returns to the Championship squad having recovered from the thumb injury he sustained in the Durham game earlier in the season. Dominic Sibley is named in a Championship squad for the first time this season but Jason Roy is unavailable for selection due to a wrist injury that is being monitored by the medical staff. Matthew Dunn has a low grade hamstring strain and continues with his rehabilitation programme.
Ravi Rampaul,Mark Footitt and Jade Dernbach remain on the treatment table.
Sam Curran has detention
THE SURREY SQUAD TO PLAY SOMERSET AT TAUNTON IN THE SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP ON SATURDAY 28TH MAY, SUNDAY 29TH MAY, MONDAY 30TH MAY AND TUESDAY 31ST MAY :
Gareth Batty (capt)
Zafar Ansari
James Burke
Rory Burns
Tom Curran
Steven Davies
Ben Foakes
Arun Harinath
Stuart Meaker
Mathew Pillans
Kumar Sangakkara
Dominic Sibley
Gary Wilson
probably go for burke and sibley to miss out
over to you chaps

I'm sure we can let the number 10 get a fifty

Norah gets Clodagh! 73-4

Batty on fire

5 wkts for Batty

thegooch7 wrote:Norah gets Clodagh! 73-4

That was the one we so much wanted. Trapped like a Jack in the Box! Goochie should understand.

3td wkt for Meaker should we enforce the follow on?

6th wkt for Batty

Gareth Batty 7 wkts

Superb Guildford! I'll wager some thought I was being sarcastic when I mentioned the follow on at 46-0

jimbobgooner wrote:I'm sure we can let the number 10 get a fifty

In the second innings

Follow on not enforced everybody happy with that?

thegooch7 wrote:Well if their slowey can take 4 for very little on the first day, just think what our 2 aces Batty and Ansari will do on a  Taunton sticky dog?! The follow on  beckons!

Just returned from two weeks away in places where the internet doesn't shine.  Horrendous performances by Surrey in recent weeks - the matches against Glam and Lancs being abject.  But what a perfomance today by Batty - and Meaker.  I had pretty much given up hope of Meaker ever again representing a bowling threat for Surrey.

If we've not enforced the follow on, could this be to give Ansari time to recover from his thumb?

I suppose so jimbob, 7 1/2 sessions left, so no time pressure on the batsmen. Just hope the wicket doesn't flatten out too much now!

Welcome back corporal it's only fair that you have to take some of the blame for being away

Welcome back, Corporal.

At risk of jinxing, I was just about to post saying I hoped you had left the keys to the officers' mess with Chichester. This is the closest we've been this season to having the chance of celebrating a CC win!

I'm normally all for enforcing the follow on but am ok with the decision to bat again. Conditions will [edit] probably be at their trickiest 4th dig and, as the Corporal says, Zaf should hopefully be fine then. Also, weather wise, it's a good batting day in Taunton and there's plenty of time left in the game. Tough to pick fault with the skipper after that performance - let him do what he wants!

Leach - the slow left armer - coming on for the fifth over. I wonder whether the pitch inspector will be making a call!

Leach first innings: 19 overs 4 wickets for 36
Batty first innings: 9 overs 7 wickets for 32

Whole heartedly agree with the decision to bat again - 11 wickets for the spinners already, gotta think the pitch will only assist them more as the game goes on, so want to avoid batting 4th (even if we'd only be chasing 100 odd)

Corporal - just to say it was 190 odd for 4 shortly before tea yesterday when we seemed reasonably set batting wise.

Even if we're bowled out for around 100, Somerset will need to score the highest amount in the 4th innings of the game

As Guildford always says, not something that is often done!

Harinath gone already - although his score of 13 was more than most of the Somerset batsmen managed....

Another wicket to the spinner!

What is going on out there today? Have they transported a pitch from Mumbai to Taunton??

Like harinath but it's time to give Sibley a run

Sad to say our openers aren't good enough

3 down already

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Even if we're bowled out for around 100, Somerset will need to score the highest amount in the 4th innings of the game

As Guildford always says, not something that is often done!

Glad to see you have been reading your notes and doing your revision, Oliver.

The old pitch inspector already on his way down to Taunton I reckon....

Guildfords fav Lizzie Ammon replied to my tweet asking about the wicket saying it's turning a lot - but not pitch inspector bad yet

Surrey lead inches past 200 and partnership between Wilson and Davies reaches dizzy heights of double figures ...

Davies gone

16 wkts have fallen today so far ecb have to look at this

Should we just declare now and finish it today?!

Should have enforced the follow on for that olly

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Guildfords fav Lizzie Ammon replied to my tweet asking about the wicket saying it's turning a lot - but not pitch inspector bad yet

Good of her to reply and interrupt her Selfridges Food Hall shopping list.

Wilson gone

Wilson hasn't exactly impressed in his limited t20/first xi games this year so far

Curran gone

Need the tail to wag

guildfordbat wrote:Welcome back, Corporal.

At risk of jinxing, I was just about to post saying I hoped you had left the keys to the officers' mess with Chichester. This is the closest we've been this season to having the chance of celebrating a CC win!

I'm normally all for enforcing the follow on but am ok with the decision to bat again. Conditions will [edit] probably be at their trickiest 4th dig and, as the Corporal says, Zaf should hopefully be fine then. Also, weather wise, it's a good batting day in Taunton and there's plenty of time left in the game. Tough to pick fault with the skipper after that performance - let him do what he wants!

Corporal - you might want to hold off using those keys.

Could do with someone getting a quick 20/30 here (Batty is usually good for something like that)

https://twitter.com/somersetccc/status/736944942791036928

Look at the turn from Leach! Hope Ansari is fit to bowl...

Poor technique olly, Guildford would have hit that for six

Guildford - if we lose this, we'll definitely need Simon of Surrey (Jnr) to pour some fairly rapid pints!

We're making 102 look a good score

Foakes so far has scored 4 from 42 balls.  It's not at all clear what are the right tactics for batting on this pitch....

But, looking on bright side, this partnership has finally crept into double figures.

thegooch7 wrote:We're making 102 look a good
score

Ansari reaches 10.

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Could do with someone getting a quick 20/30 here (Batty is usually good for something like that)

Was thinking exactly the same and about Batty. Potential problem is that Somerset have a few (Trego, the Overtons) who can give it a quick biff - hopefully, we'll be too much ahead for it to change the game but I'm not resting easy atm.

Foakes reaches 10 from 70 balls.

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Foakes reaches 10 from 70 balls.

Excellent effort from that's all and son of Boris