2021 Team

[ytsejam1]

We’ll win tonight, Surrey are decimated with absentees. You heard it here first!!

There you go!!!......A good and professional performance tonight from the team, well done.

[bwildered]

 Professional performance tonight, after the mauling yesterday. Early wickets after electing to field, but then on the back foot and never recovered, excellent spell of bowling by Cook.
 Maiden fifty by Buttleman, and with Pepper also in at the end, both hopefully learnt, got to be in it to win it, rather than brief innings previous.
 Could not have got worse  than yesterday, so full credit in turning it around quickly, with a comprehensive victory of their own.

[sixNout]

JasonP: day matches tend to have 60min available, evening games only 30 extra minutes as most grounds have restrictions for the use of floodlights. The Oval have to turn off lights by 22:00, so overs lost tonight.

[Reddevil]

I didn’t even know that Essex were playing tonight.

When I read the result my first thought was - are you having a laugh?. Not possible.

However all was put into perspective by the strength or weakness through absentees of the Surrey team.

One can only beat what is in front of you. Good win maybe, but a loss tonight would have surely been a new low, given the 3rd XI they were playing.

One swallow does not a Summer make.

I see We are playing Middx next  at Lords, who believe it or not are playing worse than us, so we might actually win two successive games. Don’t clunt on it though.

I confidently predict we will finish in bottom two this season.

I look forward to anyone putting forward a compelling argument otherwise.

[SirChef26]

Feel sorry for Surrey fans in a warped way. The most members in the country but are forced to watch a reserve team in an easily winnable Blast game due to being decimated by their players basically being too good for county cricket. This is why we’ll never have a scenario in English cricket like you get in football where the team with the most fans and/or most money dominates for years and years because they are playing international cricket all through the season. Unless a transfer window is ever brought into domestic cricket where a county can buy all the best players who can’t get into the England setup.

[Perov]

Not a bad 3rd eleven, as they fielded 5 International players. 

You can only beat what is in front of you and we did well.
Glad to see Plom dropped ( I don't rate him)  and  our overseas "star" relieved of bowling duties. I think Allison would do a better job than Snater.

[nat]

Not a bad 3rd eleven, as they fielded 5 International players. 

You can only beat what is in front of you and we did well.
Glad to see Plom dropped ( I don't rate him)  and  our overseas "star" relieved of bowling duties. I think Allison would do a better job than Snater.

Agreed on all points.

[bwildered]

Yesterday we played Kent, match was supposed to start at 2.30, it started at 3.30 and was still a 20 overs per side match.  Today the match was due to start at 6.30 but like yesterday it was put back an hour to 7.30.  Todays game however is a 17 overs a side match.  How does that work?  You can't have different rules for afternoon games and evening ones, surely, when teams don't play an equal number of them.

All games have a cut off time JP.  By starting at 7-30, had to reduce to 34 over match to finish by cut off time. Cut off time is determined by  local restrictions and overs by hour already determined in match rules.
What was baffling, was that power play was 5.1 overs .

[smandlej]

We decided to listen to the match, despite it being Topley commentating (not to mention the irritating Surrey commentator) and were glad we did - a wicket off the first ball at least gave some hope.

However, we wish someone would tell Don Topley how to pronounce our player's names correctly.  He's always called Chopra 'Veran' and last night it was 'Jack Plum'.  Or Dan Tipley, as Steve re-christened him.

Lynda and Steve

[JasonP]

Feel sorry for Surrey fans in a warped way. The most members in the country but are forced to watch a reserve team in an easily winnable Blast game due to being decimated by their players basically being too good for county cricket. This is why we’ll never have a scenario in English cricket like you get in football where the team with the most fans and/or most money dominates for years and years because they are playing international cricket all through the season. Unless a transfer window is ever brought into domestic cricket where a county can buy all the best players who can’t get into the England setup.

Surrey are used to it to some extent and plan for it.  The problem they had last night was that their overseas player, Abbott, was injured.  Also Pope was missing due to a COVID contact, Foakes injured, Plunkett, injured, Evans ill.  Put those players in and it’s a strong side still.

[Valentines Park]

Nobody else should be able to beat them on budget, A Fine Tickle, as I can't think of any county who spends more.

Surrey don't just buy in talent so that makes them better than Notts at least.

[dazedpenguin]

Essex won the toss and will field against Middlesex.

Porter in for Snater.

[kingstonj1]

Conspiring to cock it up. if we win and we should have won one of those earlier in the comp when we were walking it, we would actually be in a good position!

[kingstonj1]

Oh dear

[kingstonj1]

Never in doubt...