SURREY VS KENT SPITFIRES T20 VITALITY BLAST

Surrey have named a squad of 15, including returning Lions players Rory Burns, Ollie Pope & Sam Curran, for Friday’s Vitality Blast trip to face Kent Spitfires at Canterbury.
Jason Roy misses out through a finger injury   and Tom Curran is still not quite match fit yet.
There is no place in the squad for Stuart Meaker.
FULL SQUAD:
Jade Dernbach (c)
Gareth Batty
Scott Borthwick
Rory Burns
Rikki Clarke
Sam Curran
Aaron Finch
Ben Foakes
Will Jacks
Nic Maddinson
Morne Morkel
Mat Pillans
Ollie Pope
Mark Stoneman
Freddie van den Bergh
Same four to miss out from the game against sussex even though I would rather have Jacks instead of Borthwick.
Over to you chaps  

Cheers, JimBob.

Agree with you about the likely team. I also go along with you about preferring Jacks to Borthwick. For me, it's a no contest - Jacks hits the ball further and is less likely to be a disaster as the sixth bowler.

Win this one and we'll be back in the running with 3 wins out of 5. However, we often struggle against Kent in the white ball game. It would be good if Mad Dog can bite.

As predicted Surrey unchanged

Surrey win toss and bat

250 for 6 WOW

jimbobgooner wrote:250 for 6 WOW

And it starts to rain!

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH

call the police there's been a mugging

jimbobgooner wrote:call the police there's been a mugging  

First time it’s rained in months!

That's very unfortunate! Surrey certainly posted a fairly competitive total! Impressive innings by Rory Burns among others, showing he has become a very realistic choice for T20 rather than someone who could be called upon if there were lots injuries or other absences.

Well that's disappointing

Looking on the positive side.

As JimBob said, we got mugged. Kent supporters will be happier and relieved in knowing they got out of jail. However, we shouldn't overlook that we achieved a fantastic total with some very good and consistent batting. Whilst Finch headlined again, we were not totally dependent upon him. All seven batsmen reached double figures with scoring rates between 160 and 266.

IF we can continue to produce those sort of displays, we must be in with a very decent chance of winning this tournament. However, our losses in the first 2 games and last night's rain mean we can't afford further slip ups.

Our bowlers will also need to be on the money. I assume Borthwick will be benched when Roy is fit and available. I've no problem with that (Badger seems to be a number 8 batsman who can't reach the rope and an emergency bowler we don't want to see with the ball). It does mean though - and unusually for Surrey - that we'll be playing with only 5 bowlers and so all will have to be on form. I'm assuming here that when Tom Curran is also fit and available he'll come in for a bowler, probably an unlucky Pillans.