Marcus Hook’s Surrey CCC column: Jamie Overton set to be key man in the T20
A key man in terms of Surrey’s T20 hopes is Jamie Overton who impressed again against Kent, taking 3-33 in the Spitfires’ first dig across three hostile spells.
Read MoreA key man in terms of Surrey’s T20 hopes is Jamie Overton who impressed again against Kent, taking 3-33 in the Spitfires’ first dig across three hostile spells.
Read MoreRain had the final say at Beckenham last week, but Surrey now swap their whites for coloured clothing still atop of Division One in the County Championship, which makes way for the Vitality Blast for much of the next seven weeks.
Read MoreRain on the last day against Kent may have denied Surrey the chance to record their first away win in this season’s County Championship, but the Oval outfit still head into a week off atop of Division One – 20 points ahead of second-placed Lancashire, who have a game in hand.
Read MoreIt speaks volumes in terms of Surrey’s strength in depth that the Oval outfit were able to turn in another impressive display against Northants, without the likes of Ollie Pope, Jamie Smith and Reece Topley, and maintain their 100 per cent home record this season.
Read MoreRarely have I seen a Surrey bowling attack opt to dispense with a frontline spinner and yet look as if they had all bases covered.
Read MoreSkipper Rory Burns set the tone with his first hundred of the season and Surrey’s battery of seamers completed the job by dismissing Northants for 194 and 202.
Read MoreRichard Bedbrook, the regional director of women’s cricket for South East Stars, is to leave Surrey County Cricket Club to take a new role with England Cricket.
Read MoreEven though the weather had the final say at Bristol, the outcome was beyond any doubt long before the rain arrived on day four. I’m sorry, but 12 wickets in three days doesn’t make for good cricket – as was reinforced by rows of empty seats at Nevil Road even on the one day when the sun did shine.
Read MoreGareth Batty’s assessment is that there have been far more positives than negatives for Surrey, who remain top of Division One in the County Championship despite drawing with Gloucestershire at Bristol last weekend.
Read MoreSurrey remain top of Division One in the County Championship following a runfest against Gloucestershire that yielded just 12 wickets before the west country weather put paid to the fourth and final day at Bristol, along with any chance of engineering a result.
Read MorePatel followed up half-centuries against Warwickshire and Hampshire with a fluid 102 as the hosts reeled in a victory target of 237. Only Patel looked in any touch until he was joined in the middle by Ben Foakes, who eventually guided Surrey home with an unbeaten 48.
Read MoreSo it’s immensely encouraging to see different players stepping up for the South Londoners when the chips have been down, especially when they have found themselves a bowler light.
Read MoreDe Grandhomme, who has played 28 Tests with a batting average of 38.60 and bowling average of 33.08, as well as 86 white-ball internationals, has previously played county cricket for Hampshire and Warwickshire, scoring 174 for Hampshire against Surrey at the Ageas Bowl in July last year.
Read MoreIt has been a frustrating winter for Surrey’s Curran brothers, with both Sam and Tom sidelined since the end of last season with back injuries.
Read MoreSo, week three and for Surrey it’s a case of top versus bottom. Now who, at the start of the season, could possibly have envisaged the South Londoners topping Division One at this stage with perpetual bridesmaids Somerset propping it up?
Read MoreTheir convincing innings and 17-run victory over the early leaders was completed on Saturday with a bowler down, after West Indies’ quick Kemar Roach had to be helped from the field with a torn hamstring early in Hampshire’s first innings.
Read More‘The County season has already started you know…’ If mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun, it should be added that, in April, and where cricket’s involved, they go equipped with at least five layers of clothing and a flask of soup.
Read MoreNew Surrey head coach, Gareth Batty was encouraged by the positive starts the Oval outfit made with both bat and ball in the opening game of the season.
Read MoreAlec Stewart has defended the County Championship, in terms of it being a finishing school for future England Test players. Surrey’s director of cricket was also quick to point out that its critics only seem to pipe up when England are struggling, rather than when everything’s rosy.
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