Surrey -A -2026

[golden duck]

So the two 3rd place teams end up playing the winners of their own groups, bonkers.

[nat]

So the two 3rd place teams end up playing the winners of their own groups, bonkers.

It's all bonkers. three days between end of group games and QF. Then another three days until Finals Day. Hopefully there will be small crowds for QF/Finals and then the counties kick up a fuss.

[golden duck]

Yep, awful scheduling.

Another point, Wiaan Mulder's team in USA play their last game tonight and are confirmed eliminated. Could we get him back over for a few days and if so, should we?

[JasonP]

Fantastic win and not nervy at all in the end. Well played Pepper.

Are Northants confirmed as the opponents in the quarter finals?

Hampshire vs Essex. 4.30 start

Thanks Nat. Better than Northants I guess.

Is it?  We?ve lost our last five matches at the Rose Bowl.  There and Taunton are the grounds we always struggle at.  We were thrashed at Northants a couple of weeks ago, I know.

[Crisp]

Outstanding victory at the Oval, poor and very QUIET crowd, you cant see from the stands but it looked like Surrey picked the wrong team, there tail started at 6?

The wicket appeared to spin a bit for us and we used 10 overs with spinners and they just included Lawrence who was there most accurate bowler and hardly bowled, good to see Pepper bat properly and Cox bat to win the game rather than perish going for glory.

As a guy said behind me, "why have they got a teenager like Bennett and we have a trundler like Curran?", the answer is they have Alex French who is England U19, but will never play for Surrey, this is one thing that a small squad gives you, it gives kids a chance.

[Craig]

Great 8 wicket for Essex aganist Surrey. excellent bowling and good run chase. well done Michael Pepper . very pleased we have reached the quarter- finals. lets us hope we end a poor record at Hampshire.

[dazedpenguin]

Is it?  We?ve lost our last five matches at the Rose Bowl.  There and Taunton are the grounds we always struggle at.  We were thrashed at Northants a couple of weeks ago, I know.

Fair point, I was thinking of the potential momentum from the last game at Chelmsford rather than the away game. Plus the Northants game was so awful that it stuck in my mind. The team is looking a lot more confident though and since no one expected them to qualify for the quarter final, maybe there will be a lot less pressure on Essex than Hampshire? Straw clutching, I know.

[Crisp]

Is it?  We?ve lost our last five matches at the Rose Bowl.  There and Taunton are the grounds we always struggle at.  We were thrashed at Northants a couple of weeks ago, I know.

Fair point, I was thinking of the potential momentum from the last game at Chelmsford rather than the away game. Plus the Northants game was so awful that it stuck in my mind. The team is looking a lot more confident though and since no one expected them to qualify for the quarter final, maybe there will be a lot less pressure on Essex than Hampshire? Straw clutching, I know.

The biggest improvement is Critchley being bowled and the fielding.

[JasonP]

Is it?  We?ve lost our last five matches at the Rose Bowl.  There and Taunton are the grounds we always struggle at.  We were thrashed at Northants a couple of weeks ago, I know.

Fair point, I was thinking of the potential momentum from the last game at Chelmsford rather than the away game. Plus the Northants game was so awful that it stuck in my mind. The team is looking a lot more confident though and since no one expected them to qualify for the quarter final, maybe there will be a lot less pressure on Essex than Hampshire? Straw clutching, I know.

The biggest improvement is Critchley being bowled and the fielding.

He's bowled very well.  He and the whole team have been helped by the fact that neither Hampshire or Surrey had a single left hander between them, which is very strange in these days of matchups and short boundaries in T20 cricket. 

Unfortunately the way he's playing at the moment there's a more than realistic chance of him becoming a replacement player if one is needed in the hundred.  We've barely got any batsmen as it is for the 50 over comp.

[bwildered]

 Good to see Pepper getting some decent runs . And Cox, one incredible shot creamed for six and then got kippered by a slow delivery , that?s the competition in a nutshell.