SURREY VS MIDDLESEX / SOMERSET/ GLAMORGAN/ SUSSEX/ HAMPSHIRE T20 VITALITY BLAST

SURREY HAVE NAMED A SQUAD OF 15 FOR THE LONDON DERBY TRIP TO LORD’S TO FACE MIDDLESEX IN OUR OPENING FIXTURE IN THIS YEAR’S VITALITY BLAST.
England internationals Sam Curran, Tom Curran & Jason Roy are all named in a Surrey squad for the first time this season   after serving their periods of isolation following an early return from the IPL.
Gareth Batty is expected to captain the side while pathway graduate Ben Geddes would make his senior debut for the Club should he be selected.
Rory Burns & Ollie Pope are unavailable as they prepare for the second Test with New Zealand, starting at Edgbaston on Thursday. Ben Foakes continues his recovery from the hamstring injury that ruled him out of that series.  
Jade Dernbach   and Liam Plunkett are both continuing on their back to bowling programmes while Reece Topley is out for up to six weeks due to a side strain.
There is no place in the squad for Gus Atkinson, Conor McKerr, Mark Stoneman or Amir Virdi
FULL SQUAD:
Gareth Batty (c)
Hashim Amla
Jordan Clark
Rikki Clarke
Sam Curran
Tom Curran
Matt Dunn
Laurie Evans
Ben Geddes
Will Jacks
Daniel Moriarty
Jamie Overton
Ryan Patel
Jason Roy
Jamie Smith
Don't understand the Dernbach situation he was fine on Monday to bowl four overs and end up as our best bowler  
Dunn, Geddes, Patel and maybe Clarke to carry the drinks.
Fingers crossed Amla doesn't slow down the run rate  
Over to you chaps  

Cheers, JimBob.

I reckon you're spot on with the four to miss out.

Please, please, please can we start this campaign with a win instead of having to play catch up later on as we've often had to do in recent times.

Btw, heard that Atkinson - who did well in some t20 games last season - has a back injury and is probably out for the season. That would explain why he hasn't been playing for a while although the Club have said zilch.

Squad injury update
someone at the club must have read your message Guildford
Nico Reifer is unavailable due to hand injury sustained recently while playing Second XI cricket earlier this month.
James Taylor is unavailable due to a side strain sustained while playing Second XI cricket in May and, latterly, a viral illness.
Nick Kimber is continuing to recover from a recent viral illness.
Gus Atkinson is continuing to recover from a recent knee injury and, latterly, a viral illness

Middlesex win toss and bowl

Dunn starts Amla doesn't
the other 3 as predicted miss out

Seems one too many bowlers to me

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Seems one too many bowlers to me

totally agree olly no reason to have 8 bowlers

Dunn has produced some good performances for the seconds in t20s this season and so I can understand the desire to get him in the team. However, I didn't see it as very likely and certainly not for a batsman.

I understand Amla is fit and his absence is nothing to do with injury. It's a bold decision for sure. However, I can understand him being left out. Although still a classy batsman, he's not a big hitter, is slow between the wickets and poor in the field. If he was going to be axed though, I would have expected Geddes or Patel to come in.

Dunn must be something like a specialist fielder in this side. Would have rathered Clarke or Amla instead, seems more likely they'd prove useful.

My Amla theory still stands that he is a liability on mega roads - which is what this looks like so far. Obviously not as plugged into Surrey as all on here, but I like leaving him out!

Well Jacks would probably have been at 3 had Amla played so certainly looking like the right move so far!

Think Roy should have taken one for the team there…

JDizzle wrote:Think Roy should have taken one for the team there…

He’s gonna have to get himself a shift on now he’s done that! Jacks was motoring (showing why England are keen on him)

45 off 42 balls, and ran out Jacks. A proper stinker from Roy that

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:45 off 42 balls, and ran out Jacks. A proper stinker from Roy that

Blake Cullen adding a few points to Jason Roy's match rating, as he can't have been as bad as Cullen ended up! Tough night for the debutant.

JDizzle wrote:

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:45 off 42 balls, and ran out Jacks. A proper stinker from Roy that

Blake Cullen adding a few points to Jason Roy's match rating, as he can't have been as bad as Cullen ended up! Tough night for the debutant.

Reminds me (albeit not as bad) as when we played a t20 and one of our U15s had figures of 0-0-2-0 - and couldn’t bowl anymore, two waist high full tosses and whipped out the attack!

Overton playing as just a batsman

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:45 off 42 balls, and ran out Jacks. A proper stinker from Roy that

Great work by Tom Curran and Batty with the ball

same squad for Somerset tonight

jimbobgooner wrote:same squad for Somerset tonight

A good win obviously last night but I'm still not convinced the balance was right. I would bring in Geddes for Dunn.

Somerset will be a tougher outfit than Middlesex for sure.

guildfordbat wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:same squad for Somerset tonight

A good win obviously last night but I'm still not convinced the balance was right. I would bring in Geddes for Dunn.

Somerset will be a tougher outfit than Middlesex for sure.

Agree Guildford, Overton can't be used as just a batsman

Surrey win toss and bowl
team unchanged

This top 4 looks extremely strong, only really rivaled by Lancashire and Yorkshire

The batting lineup, whilst we may think it is one bat short, isn't half powerful when they come off! Total destruction tonight

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:The batting lineup, whilst we may think it is one bat short, isn't half powerful when they come off! Total destruction tonight

Yep, no arguments there, Olly.

On fire tonight. Totally comprehensive win.

So good to have 2 wins out of 2. Normally at this stage we're playing catch up!

What games do we lose Roy and the Currans?

jimbobgooner wrote:What games do we lose Roy and the Currans?

Good question, JimBob. That's one for Olly!

What a (nother) great win, off only 16 overs as well. Only got the result, how come Moriarty only bowled 2 overs?! Him and Batty appear to be our best bowlers

guildfordbat wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:What games do we lose Roy and the Currans?

Good question, JimBob. That's one for Olly!

The England white ball stuff starts on 23rd June, so providing they are selected I would imagine they’ll play the three games next week and then that’ll be that

Same squad for Glamorgan Monday

jimbobgooner wrote:Same squad for Glamorgan Monday  

Same team as well I would have thought. Balance isn't quite right but you can't argue much with 2 out of 2.

You going tomorrow? I'll be there.

guildfordbat wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:Same squad for Glamorgan Monday  

Same team as well I would have thought. Balance isn't quite right but you can't argue much with 2 out of 2.

You going tomorrow? I'll be there.

sadly not Guildford , was hoping for Thursday but the forecast looks grim  

Unchanged side, Surrey bowling first

Batty not bowling his full 4 overs always baffles me - he’s one of our best t20 bowlers, him and Moriarty bowling 8 overs is our main bowling weapon. Bowl your full allotment Gareth!!

At least we didn't bring Dunn back to bowl
167 to win, certainly in our compass

Another solid win! And Guildford got to see his boy Andrew Salter in the flesh too, what a night

Well Dunn
Another good win, slow bowling really is our strength, we need to recognise that! Outrageous knock from Roy, good from Evans, and well marshaled by Smith at the end

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Another solid win! And Guildford got to see his boy Andrew Salter in the flesh too, what a night

Olly - good memory there!

guildfordbat wrote:

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Another solid win! And Guildford got to see his boy Andrew Salter in the flesh too, what a night

Olly - good memory there!

Can't remember what I've organised for myself on Friday night, can remember the favourite county cricketers of posters on an internet forum from years ago. The brain works in weird ways

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:

guildfordbat wrote:

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Another solid win! And Guildford got to see his boy Andrew Salter in the flesh too, what a night

Olly - good memory there!

Can't remember what I've organised for myself on Friday night, can remember the favourite county cricketers of posters on an internet forum from years ago. The brain works in weird ways

For sure. Much to her disgust, I can still tell Mrs Bat the England and Rest of the World sides from the series here in 1970 but not where I put the car keys half an hour ago. Can normally just about remember where the car is though!

thegooch7 wrote:Well Dunn
Another good win, slow bowling really is our strength, we need to recognise that! Outrageous knock from Roy, good from Evans, and well marshaled by Smith at the end

Very much as Goochie says. From early on in our innings, it always seemed that Glamorgan needed to take at least one more wicket and bowl a dry over to get back in it. Fairly comfortable in the end.

I agree with Goochie and Olly that slow bowling is the way for us to go (usually at least anyway) and that Batty should have bowled his full allocation. I do feel he mixes up the bowling a bit too much. Whilst keeping the batsmen wondering is understandable, there's also benefit in letting a bowler keep his rhythm and hopefully exploit things when he's on top.

Just to add - Smith kept well, nothing flashy but consistently reliable. Also, for such a big guy, Overton is surprisingly nimble and pulled off some fine boundary stops.

Unchanged squad for Sussex

Rory Burns will be available for selection on Monday 21st June for the visit of Essex Eagles after being given an extended break following the Test series v New Zealand.

Ollie Pope will not be available to play cricket until the 24th of June having had contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. He will now have to self-isolate until that time.

Unchanged squad for Hampshire

Match abandoned 1 point each

Did you get along last night, JimBob?

Only 5 overs but still some good entertainment. The Mills over consisted of a dropped catch, 3 sixes and 2 fours all struck by Jacks together with a couple of wides.

However, even topping that, was the catch and celebration of 16 year old Archie Lenham (great name) to dismiss Roy. Superb take running backwards at speed. I don't think it's on the Surrey site but it is on the Sussex site and rightly bigged up there. I can't attach from here but well worth a look.

guildfordbat wrote:Did you get along last night, JimBob?

Only 5 overs but still some good entertainment. The Mills over consisted of a dropped catch, 3 sixes and 2 fours all struck by Jacks together with a couple of wides.

However, even topping that, was the catch and celebration of 16 year old Archie Lenham (great name) to dismiss Roy. Superb take running backwards at speed. I don't think it's on the Surrey site but it is on the Sussex site and rightly bigged up there. I can't attach from here but well worth a look.

Was there Guildford that catch was right in front of me I was willing for him to drop it
Such a shame these last two games have been ruined, and now sadly we lose the England trio

jimbobgooner wrote:

guildfordbat wrote:Did you get along last night, JimBob?

Only 5 overs but still some good entertainment. The Mills over consisted of a dropped catch, 3 sixes and 2 fours all struck by Jacks together with a couple of wides.

However, even topping that, was the catch and celebration of 16 year old Archie Lenham (great name) to dismiss Roy. Superb take running backwards at speed. I don't think it's on the Surrey site but it is on the Sussex site and rightly bigged up there. I can't attach from here but well worth a look.

Was there Guildford that catch was right in front of me I was willing for him to drop it
Such a shame these last two games have been ruined, and now sadly we lose the England trio

Yeah, but 8 points out of 10 is much better than where we usually are. Also, maybe a chance to see your boy Geddes.