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

Cheers, boys. Haven't even left my seat for a coffee yet, Goochie!

I think a Meaker 50 and 450ish should be the declaration point.

It will be a massive psychological advantage for us if Derbyshire know that they need to get past 300 just to avoid the follow-on.

Also Meaker getting a half-century can't do any harm to his bowling confidence.

and extras brings up a well deserved 50

I reckon we will declare when Meaker gets 50 ....

And then open with S&M while his confidence is sky high!

Poor Guildford, I've already had 3 cuppa's this morning

Guildford calls it right! Viscount stumped!

thegooch7 wrote:Guildford calls it right! Viscount stumped!

nice to see that he wants meaker to get a 50

50 for meaks

Meaker does indeed reach 50, 460-9 now this is very impressive stuff, definitely looking at trying to force a follow on now.

morning carrot

Now for a coffee - and a wicket before lunch ....

Morning jimbob and everyone, Ojha just out and now we get a nice 40 odd minutes to bowl at them before lunch.

Viscount strikes 3rd ball!

71 and counting!!!

Player of the season strikes again

Pick up your coat Guildford...

Hey guys, I'm new here but always follow the Surrey boys..

Hopefully Linley will keep this form up. What a star...

hi mickybee welcome to the mad house

A second for Viscount! What a start this is!

make that 72...

Stick around, Mickey. Stick around ....
72 and counting!

Mickey is our lucky mascot! 10-2

guildfordbat wrote:Stick around, Mickey. Stick around ....
72 and counting!

Haha will do.. I've played a bit of cricket with Linley back in Australia.. So great to see him doing well.

2 already!

Hi Mickey, you're so pretty!
Sorry, forget that, bad joke/old pop song for Goochie!
More seriously, Mickey, did you post on the old 606 towards the end of last season about having played with the Viscount in Australia? If you are the guy I remember, you liked his nickname and agreed with me that Viscount would be a fine captain of our seconds if he didn't make it at first eleven level. Well, he certainly has made it this season. Almost 73 - LBW shout against Durston turned down, probably for height although looked good to me ....

guildfordbat wrote:Hi Mickey, you're so pretty!
Sorry, forget that, bad joke/old pop song for Goochie!
More seriously, Mickey, did you post on the old 606 towards the end of last season about having played with the Viscount in Australia? If you are the guy I remember, you liked his nickname and agreed with me that Viscount would be a fine captain of our seconds if he didn't make it at first eleven level. Well, he certainly has made it this season. Almost 73 - LBW shout against Durston turned down, probably for height although looked good to me ....

Hey mate,

yes that was me! Good memory!

It's been great that he has been able to a) establish himself in the team, and b) play like the star that we all knew he could be with a bit of luck.

I was out with Clapham South with him and Meaker and Saturday, he says that all the hard work is paying off, and he feels like he can put the ball wherever he wants. Very happy for him!

Trying to see if he can get me some cheap tickets for the CB40 final!

Le Pew comes to the party! 17-3 Woooohooooo!

another wicket!

Mickey - yes, I normally have a good memory for all things cricket. Just can never rember where I put the car keys!

in the last over before lunch as well

In other news, "drinks carrier" Wilson is currently 54* for Ireland on day 1 of their match against Canada. Not the most testing of bowling attacks you would imagine but well done all the same!

[quote="guildfordbat"]Mickey - yes, I normally have a good memory for all things cricket.

and 80's pop songs!!

BREAKING NEWS

County caps just awarded on the pitch to Steven Davies and Gareth Batty. Well done guys!
Davies is an obvious award. Batty less so but he still brings something to the team. Surprised at myself by being impressed by him this season (more his attitude than ability and stats).

guildfordbat wrote:BREAKING NEWS

County caps just awarded on the pitch to Steven Davies and Gareth Batty. Well done guys!
Davies is an obvious award. Batty less so but he still brings something to the team. Surprised at myself by being impressed by him this season (more his attitude than ability and stats).

Sorry for my ignorance, but what does this mean? I thought you were 'capped' on your first game?

warwicshire have been going slowly this morning, and their now strategy has come into question as it is now falling down with rain at the rose bowl.

Mickey,
Trying to eat a pork pie, drink first pint and watch Viscount and Ojha (who at times seems to have the ball on a piece of string) bowl - so trust you'll excuse me ducking your questIon. Hopefully Goochie or Carrot will answer soon for you. If not, I will this evening.
Cloudier since the morning session ....

Warwickshire were a bit cocky i think cricketfan, assuming they would get bowling points against us.

mickeybee In cricket, there are two types of caps. Firstly, there is the international type.Some countries also award a domestic type generally known as a "county cap". The latter system is most commonly applied in English county cricket. Most counties do not automatically award caps to players on their first appearance; instead, they have to be "earned" through good performances. Indeed, one can play at the highest domestic level for several years, and have a quite significant career in first-class cricket, without ever winning a cap.

Mickey - you have to 'earn' a county cap these days. You could play for years without earning one - Davies and Batty have been with us a couple of years now and only just got their's

3rd wkt for the viscount 28 for 4
rain stopped play

lancs off to a flyer 35-0 in quick time

Linley has now taken the most FC wickets in a season for Surrey for 17 years! Go the Viscount! Back out after rain now.

looks like that ball that is used in 2nd division is helping the seamers


lol im only kidding cos the mighty dave masters has 93 wickets for essex!

come on masters and essex!

Who was the previous highest Carrot? Saqlain or Martin Bicknell I would've thought

Good grief - 'Richard' Whiteley has just hit Le Pew for 6 Go get him PP

thegooch7 wrote:Who was the previous highest Carrot? Saqlain or Martin Bicknell I would've thought

No idea, all I know is that the next one up is Benjamin with 76, before my time though I'm afraid. Raining again and looks bad apparently

it looks like we have to take this on the

While we sit around, Gloucs are collapsing at Northampton...

Currently 133/6...

Northants now level on points with us!

I'm desperately trying to think of something funny but not smutty as Willey bowls to Cockbain!

RE: the weather

Where I am currently, about 50 miles directly west of London, the shower that is hitting the oval now only lasted about 30-45mins, so should stop soon if not already. Right now it is gloriously sunny, so can't see any more interruptions after this.

Will let you know if it starts chucking it down here aain though!