SURREY VS GLOUCESTERSHIRE LV= INSURANCE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

First topic message reminder :

CRICKET IS BACK
SURREY HAVE NAMED A 14-MAN SQUAD FOR THE FIRST LV= INSURANCE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH OF 2021 CAMPAIGN, A TRIP TO BRISTOL TO PLAY GLOUCESTERSHIRE FROM THURSDAY APRIL 8TH TO SUNDAY APRIL 11TH.
Club captain Rory Burns, batsman Ollie Pope, wicket keeper Ben Foakes and off spinner Amar Virdi are all available, having travelled with England to India over the winter and there is also a spot for seamer Reece Topley, who recently returned from international duty with the white ball.
Rikki Clarke, having been unable to train last Thursday, was deemed not match ready for the Middlesex warm up game and unfortunately hasn’t been considered for this game either.
There is no place in the squad for Ryan Patel, Jade Dernbach , Laurie Evans or Liam Plunkett.
Conor McKerr remains on the treatment table whilst Kemar Roach misses this game due to quarantine laws.
Jason Roy and the Curran brothers are at the IPL.
FULL SQUAD:
Rory Burns (c)
Hashim Amla
Gus Atkinson
Jordan Clark
Matthew Dunn
Ben Foakes (WK)
Will Jacks
Daniel Moriarty
Jamie Overton
Ollie Pope
Jamie Smith
Mark Stoneman
Reece Topley
Amar Virdi
Possibly Dunn ( Guildford) , Moriarty and Atkinson to miss out,
Over to you chaps

jimbobgooner wrote:15 runs for the last 5 wkts

To add another - Atkinson's first delivery in Gloucs' second innings is a no ball. Add that to the six he sent down in their first dig and that's 14 runs gifted to the opposition. We can't afford that.

thought half a hour before lunch we would get a Draw

jimbobgooner wrote:thought half a hour before lunch we would get a Draw

Don't give up hope, JimBob - not just yet anyway!

2 down now and all results possible. Do fear the light may prevent either side getting the win but very interesting atm ....

guildfordbat wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:thought half a hour before lunch we would get a Draw

Don't give up hope, JimBob - not just yet anyway!

2 down now and all results possible. Do fear the light may prevent either side getting the win but very interesting atm ....

7 bowled on the reel by Topley. Unfortunately he can't stay on until stumps. Virdi might though.

Need Clark and Overton to step up to the plate

jimbobgooner wrote:Need Clark and Overton to step up to the plate

Absolutely, JimBob. You just beat me to that comment.

Van Buuren has tonked Virdi out of the attack although I would have stuck with him for an over or two more. Virdi's always in with a chance of taking a wicket and especially when someone's after him.

As feared, no control in the attack - going at nearly five runs an over through the first twenty

Only the weather can save us now

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:As feared, no control in the attack - going at nearly five runs an over through the first twenty

Yep. The support bowlers pretty toothless and also expensive. 10 overs in total so far from the Atkinson/ Overton / Clark combo for a return of 0/59.

The hosts need about 115 more with 8 wickets left and 40 overs to go provided the light holds. We're going to have to put Dent and van Buuren in the hutch quickly to keep in this.

First ball after tea and Virdi bowled a no ball. He's now bowled two more since then. Totally unprofessional and raises questions about the team's preparation.

Well bowled lads, superb effort on a 4th day pitch

jimbobgooner wrote:Only the weather can save us now

JimBob with his rain dance a serious MotM contender.

Nice try JimBob but rain now stopped and play to resume at 5:20.

Can't complain. All in all, we don't deserve to escape with a draw.

Gloucestershire win by 8 wkts
To chase that down so easily is rather embarrassing

When Gloucs were 36/2, the game was - or should have been - in the balance. Hats off to van Buuren and Dent who both batted very well but we badly let it slip out of control.

Evening all. Shocking performance. As with every year, we seem very short in the bowling department. I know we're missing Roach and both Currans but the latter was to be expected.

guildfordbat wrote:Nice try JimBob but rain now stopped and play to resume at 5:20.

Can't complain. All in all, we don't deserve to escape with a draw.

Yep a poor performance with the ball all game - bar Topley (and even he was hardly in total control), everyone was going at far too many runs per over to build up any pressure, the no ball stuff is just embarrassing at a professional level. We have seen over the Morgan era with the England white ball sides how easy it is to not bowl front foot no balls, it's ridiculous that we bowled so many in this game.

Batting was poor in the first innings too.

Very concerning performance to start the season.