surrey vs kent & sussex twenty/20

First topic message reminder :

after the great win today its back to twenty/20 and the final two games in the group a win tomorrow and friday might hopefully get us a quarter final tie at home but the main thing is we win tomorrow to ease the pressure of having to win at hove.
team news:
Jade Dernbach is included in a squad of thirteen to face both Kent and Sussex in the Friends Life t20, on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th July.
also returning is gary wilson after playing for ireland vs scotland
chris tremlett will not be allowed to play along with kevin pietersen england orders i'm afraid
also left out of the squad is matthew spriegel
The full Surrey Lions squad to face the Kent Spitfires at the Kia Oval on Thursday 14th July and the Sussex Sharks at Hove on Friday 15th July is:
Rory Hamilton-Brown (Captain)
Jason Roy
Steven Davies (Wicket Keeper)
Tom Maynard
Zander De Bruyn
Zafar Ansari
Gary Wilson
Yasir Arafat
Chris Schofield
Gareth Batty
Stuart Meaker
Jade Dernbach
Dirk Nannes

WARNING - THIS POST MAY UPSET THOSE OF A DEPRESSED NATURE

To me, Arafat seems far worse than Schofield.

Goochie - you can play the Corry recording now ....

Didn't Meaker once hit a rapid 150 for the seconds

A no ball

Christ lads this is looking bad and I'm not talking about the game Kent fans all around me chucking beer while holding on to there other pints and mobiles

Corporal - yes, he did.

Goochie - might be worth pressing the pause button for Corry ....

JimBob - business as usual then!

jimbobgooner wrote:Christ lads this is looking bad and I'm not talking about the game Kent fans all around me chucking beer while holding on to there other pints and mobiles

Corporal - if you look (not now obviously but a bit later) at the lunchtime posts you'll see the protocol documented for behaviour at a t20 game ....

Cunning shot by Ansari through Jones legs....

What a bummer Sussex a must win game now as you know we don't like to make things easy for ourselves now where's my tin helmet

And the Goochie presses play on his Corry recording ....

Good bowling at the death by Nannes and especially Dernbach. Excellent fielding from Roy and then a very fine knock although we really needed him in for at least a couple of overs more. Nothing particularly standoutish from anyone else other than an absolutely dreadful performance in all areas of the game from Arafat.

JimBob - hope you still enjoyed it!

Just before I watch Corry Guildford, can I just say that if Arafat ever plays for Surrey again it'll be too soon! The Brain would've been a better option, and Schofield (sorry Depressed) has got to play tomorrow, and we can't afford Meaker either, so get Wilson (or another batsman) in!

Apart from the result guildford it was a top night and praise the lord I did not have to sit through one of those moronic Mexican waves.

Gone past 10,000 cricket posts on this site. I think the honour goes to Guildford for his last post ....

Big game tomorrow lads, should be a close one between you and us. Unfortunately I'm at my parents near Salisbury in wiltshire so cannot go.

Best of luck to both teams. Once again it shows that the south dominates the north in twenty20 cricket. Although I'm biased, fingers crossed, I think we'll edge it. Maybe due to the Prior effect? Would prefer you to get through along with us into the 1/4'ers than Kent or Essex but what can you do!

As long as a southern team wins the whole competition I'll be happy, ecstatic if its us mind!

sussex have won the toss and will bat

Hi JimBob - mobile phone and pint of lager at the ready, I hope

Schoey in for Arafat. Good call given the named squad ....

Good evening to anyone that is out there....

Unfortunately I was at the big football game in Belfast last night so missed the game against Kent. This leaves a must win tonight against a strong Sussex team at Hove but as I always say T20 anything can happen.

no need for that tonight guildford just a nice to start with before squeeky bumtime later
as for arafat he did look like a broken man last night so no surprise that he was left out

I see Meaker Plays I think we could have played an extra batsman instead of him nut I have been saying this all season, I suppose whether we qualify or not we show who knows best myself or Adams.

depressed are you looking foward to schofield bowling?

Jimbob the thought of Schofield bowling always brings me to tears hopefully they are already 20 for 5 when he comes on

still not fair that prior is allowed to play and tremlett is not

Wright run out I think???

11 for 2 Dernbach bowled Vincent

Evening Depressed - don't worry yet. Schofield may not even bowl. I'm sure he's been mainly picked as a number 6 biffer ....

depressedsurreyfan wrote:11 for 2 Dernbach bowled Vincent

3 more wkts and then schofield can come on

excellent bowling from nannes and jade 20 for 2 after 4 overs

come on meaks

and its 500 up for me i'm not one to blow my own trumpet mainly because i dont have one but here goes

depressed can you please come back to this thread please

what did the viscount do wrong?

Jimbob 500

Meaker was, sadly, as expensive as predicted....

I've been posting on the wrong thread lol

Probably for the best actually as I have had to get a

depressedsurreyfan wrote:I've been posting on the wrong thread lol

Probably for the best actually as I have had to get a

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Jimbob 500

Meaker was, sadly, as expensive as predicted....

cheers corporal

I'm leaving for 20 mins see if it makes a difference.

Ditto - just off to get a glass of wine from the officers' mess - I'll see if that helps.....

was it something i said?

it worked batty has got prior 88 for 3 after 10 overs. dont come back you two for the next 10 overs then the game is in the bag

must get goodwin out

We're looking at a target of 190?

all them bowlers and only 2 are doing well

batty finishes with 1 for 35

Well at least Batty is less than 10 an over!

meaker

Yep, we have 2 good bowlers and everyone else gets thumped! I am very bitter that Prior is allowed to play and Tremlett is not, no way that should be happening at all imo and is very unfair and stinks of double standards.

The bowling that I saw last night was very poor in general, when Kent bowled they stuck everything yorker length which made the spinners in particular very hard to hit. Batty, on the other hand. gave them length which they could get underneath and smack him out of the park. I assume the same is happening again.

Master stroke - Meaker bought back on to bowl

how the hell does linley not get into this team?