surrey vs Derbyshire county championship division 2 1st cup final

First topic message reminder :

right on to the 1st of the cup finals this week and Chris Adams has named an unchanged squad for Surrey's decisive final game of the LV= County Championship season against Derbyshire at the Kia Oval.
The full Surrey squad to play Derbyshire at the Kia Oval is:
Rory Hamilton-Brown (Captain)
Steven Davies (Wicket Keeper)
Mark Ramprakash
Zander de Bruyn
Tom Maynard
Jason Roy
Gareth Batty
Chris Jordan
Stuart Meaker
Pragyan Ojha
Tim Linley
George Edwards
zafar ansari
same 11 as last time then

The "swinging Willey" is out. !

Northants may not get to 350 or even 300!

jimbobgooner wrote:

thegooch7 wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:just 30 needed to see surrey promoted

Do you know something we don't Jimbob??!!

i had a dream gooch

I don't like the past tense of your post!!

Come on lads, 18 measly little poxy runs
How rubbish must Le Pew be if Viscount bats ahead of him?!

meaker with a lovely shot through the covers
14 to get

6 needed

You'd be forgiven for thinking Footitt was the one we signed for next season, doing us a massive favour here!

meaker caught off a no ball again

Cheers Mr Footitt - 7 in no balls and 11 in total off the over

Tibor wrote:You'd be forgiven for thinking Footitt was the one we signed for next season, doing us a massive favour here!

come off it tibor with him at one end and the river at the other how the hell we be able to bowl 96 overs in a day

4 needed

3

This is unbearable!

thegooch7 wrote:This is unbearable!

well it is a cup final gooch

After all his wickets this season, it comes down to Linley's batting!

We'll be 399 overnight!

400!

and Vaas has gone!

to Lewis no less!

yesss 400 up

Brilliant! That's part one done!

guildfordbat wrote:400 and the fifth batting point look a long way off for us at the moment.

I would be happy to settle for 370 ....

Oh me of little faith!

Great fighting performance .... 400-8 from 12-2

And I'll be there tomorrow

and that's enough excitement for one day i'm off for a roast and mrs jimbob get ready for some

I pity mrs jimbob if the Árse win tomorrow night as well!

some of the worst outcricket at 1st class level from derbyshire 45 extras mostly byes and no balls dropped cathes, overthrows,misfields thank you derbyshire

jimbobgooner wrote:some of the worst outcricket at 1st class level from derbyshire 45 extras mostly byes and no balls dropped cathes, overthrows,misfields thank you derbyshire

Meantime, Chris's Gloucs didn't bowl a single wide or no ball in 96 overs against Northants ....

jimbobgooner wrote:

ChrisfromStroud wrote:

jimbobgooner wrote:4 for 3 now what a disgrace

Leics 178-4
Surrey 178-4

Now who's a disgrace?

You are to the Jon batty fan club

(1) Jon Batty has a fan club??

(2) Northants 316-9.... 'fraid I can't see Gloucs giving them a good wotsitting from this position.

(3) What's with all these bonus points you got today? ( ) Is anything resolved yet?

ChrisfromStroud wrote:
(1) Jon Batty has a fan club??


(2) Northants 316-9.... 'fraid I can't see Gloucs giving them a good wotsitting from this position.


(3) What's with all these bonus points you got today? ( ) Is anything resolved yet?

Chris,

As JimBob appears to have other activities planned this evening, I'll attempt to answer questions (2) and (3).

(2) Agreed, Gloucs probably won't give Northants ''a good wotsitting from this position''. However, Northants will now almost certainly end up with less batting points from their final match than us. That means we're promoted IF (still a very bif ''if'' but not as huge as when the Corporal almost confined me to barracks for suggesting it a fortnight ago! ) we get full bowling points against Derbys and end up beating them.

(3) Nothing resolved yet but - as a Gloucs follower - I'm sure you'll appreciate us heaving a big sigh of relief that we haven't mucked everything up on day one of this game.

As for question (1), I'll upwardly delegate that to the Corporal. He's probably currently on a security patrol of national and international importance but I'm sure he'll respond fully after that.

did anyone see glen chapple earlier?

he had to come off like 5 steps to bowl, cos he could hardly walk properly..

Just seen on the Club website that Hyphen was awarded his county cap today. Didn't know that earlier.

Many congratulations

Honourable mentions as well to Davies and Maynard who both today achieved one thousand CC runs for the season.

Thanks for clarifying, heaving and delegating, Guildford.

What really counts is whether you (or we) muck things up on day four!

ChrisfromStroud wrote:Thanks for clarifying, heaving and delegating, Guildford.

What really counts is whether you (or we) muck things up on day four!

Chris - yep, you don't win until then but you can still lose it much earlier!

From another sport - the wise words of Bobby Locke, Tony ''Champagne'' Lema and many others - ''Drive for show, putt for dough.''

fantastic performance from the boys today!.. managed to hear a bit of the commetary from churchy late afternoon & heard Meaker get out twice to noballs, once clean bowled & then caught at leg slip I think... weather forecast is promising... may be a few showers tomorrow...

looking forward to hearing the Corporal's comments once he's back from his duties!

Highlights are up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj9m1QOpEb8&feature=youtu.be

Feel a bit sorry for Jason Roy, looked set to finally get another score over 50 and then got undone by some excelent fielding and an ill-fated step out of his crease. This is currently our 4th highest score of the summer and only the 2nd over 400 since the 5th game of the season. Timely to say the least!

Evening all! Great effort by Surrey today.

Unless I am mistaken, if Northants don't manage a further last wicket partnership of 84 off 14 overs then Surrey's fate is in their own hands + the weather.

Particularly impressive performance by Meaker, targeting his dismissals from no balls.. And good stuff too from Wine Gums and several other of our batsmen.

Batty's fan club? I think membership is rather select - (eg as in the Bullingdon). It's recently become a bit more select as Chris has, sadly, let his membership lapse!

It would be fitting if the Viscount takes a hatful of wickets tomorrow. Guildford you'll need to get there early in case of crowd congestion

guildfordbat wrote:

.....That means we're promoted IF (still a very bif ''if'' but not as huge as when the Corporal almost confined me to barracks for suggesting it a fortnight ago! ) we get full bowling points against Derbys and end up beating them.

= 3 slices of humble pie for doubting the suggestions of more than one Surrey posters (Guildford, Simon of Surrey....others?) that Surrey promotion was a realistic proposition, albeit long shot.

Btw, hope we are all working on our entries for the competition to win a Kent shirt. (If you were a cricketer who would you be and why.) The best I can think of so far is "Jon Batty, a model, long-serving county pro, sadly under-appreciated by the supporters until it was too late..."

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:Unless I am mistaken, if Northants don't manage a further last wicket partnership of 84 off 14 overs then Surrey's fate is in their own hands + the weather.

Corporal - You are not mistaken. You are entirely correct.

Leaving shortly to beat the congestion!

im very suprised that surrey scord 400 in a day!

I think we're all very surprised Surrey scored 400!

Northants need 8 runs in three overs to get a fourth batting point.

Keep it tight Jon!

Hi Gochie and all,
Bit of pitchside commentary
Meaker and Viscount now looking to up the pace. Good stuff after a sedate start. Can see Viscount being stumped off Durston ....

Even if they do Tibor, we'll be level on points, but cos we've got one more win than them, that would put us ahead

that's true gooch,

But any advantage we can get will ease the old nerves!

And they don't make it 350!

Lewis already paying his way for us!

morning all 50 partnership for meaker & viscount

Yay - Lewie knocks 'em over, 343 ao, so we do have a 1 point lead over Northants now
Good to hear from you Guildford!

A 55 run 9th wicket partnership...................it's unheard of for Surrey!!

guildford i hope the congestion was not too bad

Now just the small matter of trying to force the follow on and then winning.

Easy...

jimbobgooner wrote:guildford i hope the congestion was not too bad

Congestion at the bar is Guildford's only worry now! cheers!

Tibor wrote:Now just the small matter of trying to force the follow on and then winning.

Easy...

At least it's in our hands now Tibor.................we'll probably drop it then!!

Anyone else think we should declare now?!