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Stuart Meaker has replaced Jade Dernbach in the only change to the last T20 squad for the first 2 of these games, Middlesex tomorrow at home and Essex on Friday at Chelmsford. I am not sure how effective he will be in the format for us but it is excellent to hear he is fit again, how we could have done with him against Gloucestershire. I would imagine the team will be the same except Meaker for Dernbach, although I would be tempted to play Schofield instead of Wilson as he is a better batsman at the moment! I still think we need an extra batsmen though, surely Harinath would be better than Wilson at 6, I know it's not his ideal format but he might surprise people!

I think we need to win 2 out of these 3 matches to keep up our push for the quarter finals.

Just hope Depressed isn't in the portaloos when Schofield hits a 6

Good response, Corporal.

I don't begrudge Ansari his varsity match. I'm just slightly surprised that Adams felt so benevolent. I hope it's not part of some sinister conspiracy to play ''he who shall not be named'' and provoke Depressed ....

bad start 3 for 1

Only 99 to go for Le Roi

The opening partnership that was so good last year is consistently firing blanks this year.

Worth a punt on Roy at the top? with RHB/Davies dropping down to three?

davies just hit depressed in the portaloos

no hundred this time for le roi

here we go again

Well the fact we are a batsmen short is going to be highlighted again by the fall of early wickets.

I can't think of many occasions we have been less than 3 down by 10 overs this year!

tibor spot on this is happening too many times this year

40 for 3 after the powerplay

My theory is that our batsmen are good at going a consistent 6-7 an over, which is very useful for 40 overs. But we fall apart when attempting to go faster than this in T20s. - Could explain our good showing in the 40 over comps this year, but a relatively poor T20 campaign.

On a side note, Gloucestershire are giving our London rivals an absolute mauling so far...

180/0 off 15 overs!

boy do we need wilson to come good now

69 for 3 at the halfway stage

come on the brain this is painfull

Churchy says they keep doing requests over the tanoy at the ground. I hope they don't broadcast one from Depressed!

91 - 3 off 13. Need at least 10 an over from now ....

11 off 24 balls

3 sixes for wine gums so far

100 up

back to back 50's for wine gums

33 balls 4x6 1x4

106 for 3, 5 overs left come on de bruyn

how many balls does de bruyn need to play himself in

123 for 3, 3 overs to go looks like wine gums has to do it by himself

100 partnership

22 from de bruyn

wine gums out for a excellent 76

1 over left 143 for 4 come on surrey make it a big one

thank you so much de bruyn for playing a championship innings in a 20/20 match
25 off 45 balls no boundaries

150 for 4 is that enough?

150 - 4 off our 20 overs.

Disappointing last 2 overs for Surrey. I would have expected The Brain to accelerate the scoring given the time he had been in and that we had wickets in hand. Always easier though from the keyboard.

I wouldn't have thought our total is enough. We're certainly going to have to bowl and field well ....

sorry guildford but 45 balls is enough

Listening to radio it sounds as though pitch is not the easiest to score off - (either that or the Brain was not engaged on the task in hand)

let's hope he can make up for it with his bowling

Nannes ...

We were doing well but then disaster for Meaker! He drops van Jaarsveld off the last ball of Arafat's 5th over and then goes for 15 in his first (the 6th) over!

Now Schofield comes on- oh no, Depressed - don't ....

if meaker had held that catch who knows we might have won as it is that's a crushing defeat

1 over from schofield just the 17 off it i take it depressed injured him after it

a shocker from meaker

Well beaten by 6 wickets with eleven balls to spare.

Never thought 150 was enough. We really should have pushed for more even if it meant losing wickets. As JimBob said earlier, The Brain played a Championship type holding innings which prevented Wilson and Schofield getting a bat. Wilson is dreadfully out of form but Schofield is a basher and we could really have done with him in the last few overs.

I said at the interval that we would need to bowl and field well. Nannes got off to a flyer and had Kent 8 -2. Then the wheels came off despite, for once, good bowling from Arafat. Meaker dropped van Jaarsveld early on and then to compound matters bowled some - at best - ordinary stuff.

As for Schofield - well, I suspect someone who was actually at the ground might be commenting later ....

why he bowled schofield god only knows like you said guildford i would rather just see him in the team for his batting only

Has to be the worst ever T20 batting by De Bruyn
Maynard 76 of 46 balls
Mahmood 49 off 36 balls
van Jaarsveld 62 off 39 balls
de Bruyn 25 off 45 balls
Should've been another 35/40 runs in a 'normal' T20 inns

Performance today serves to strengthen case for giving Ansari a decent run in the team for limited overs matches (despite my willingness to let him play for Cambs as mentioned earlier in the thread).

He top scored for Cambs today batting at No 3 and then bowled 10 overs for 19.

He probably wouldn't have batted today if had been in the Surrey side - but he might well have bowled at less than 17 an over. In which case we might have been in with a shout...

I'm sure I heard Churchy in the commentary today talking about the Brain leaving several deliveries alone - and I'm pretty sure this was in the last third of the innings when we had seven wickets in hand.

Ansari ''might well have bowled at less than 17 an over.''

Like it, Corporal, like it so much ....

well now its time for the viscount

Just noticed a minor classic on the Surrey website, talking in advance about today's match:

"The Lions head into Sunday's tie in good shape, having won their last two matches (in which play was possible) in the competition. Surrey will be keen to continue this rich vein of form when they face the Spitfires on Sunday, as both sides look to make headway in a very competitive Southern Group."

"Winning 2 T20 matches in a row" = a rich vein of form.

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Just noticed a minor classic on the Surrey website, talking in advance about today's match:

"The Lions head into Sunday's tie in good shape, having won their last two matches (in which play was possible) in the competition. Surrey will be keen to continue this rich vein of form when they face the Spitfires on Sunday, as both sides look to make headway in a very competitive Southern Group."

"Winning 2 T20 matches in a row" = a rich vein of form.

Corporal - you must appreciate that this rich vein of form would have continued had it not been for today's ''slip to defeat'' (tonight's website headline) ....

Well we're still in with a shout, only 3 points behind the leaders and played a game less than 3 teams.

Did you lot see Gloucestershire's score today? Mental! I bet our best friend Chris From Stroud is a happy bunny this evening!