DERBYSHIRE V SURREY at Derby
(LVCC2), 22-25 APRIL 2009
Other than Tom Lungley proving a tad expensive and their front-line batsman
failing to turn decent starts into big scores, Derbyshire will probably have
come away from last week's championship visit to Chelmsford feeling upbeat.
However, the continued absence of Chris Rogers, whose work permit application is
still being processed, means that once again they will be without their star
batsman and captain; although it does mean that Stuart Law will see some more
four-day action. That is the sort of news the visitors will have been dreading -
Law averages 63.09 against Surrey and of his 25 innings against them he has been
dismissed in single figures on just three occasions.
With the ball, the star of Derbyshire's opening championship match of the
season was undoubtedly Ian Hunter, who took 5-46 followed by 2-42. Jonathan
Clare and Greg Smith also enjoyed some success. But Graham Wagg, who was their
leading wicket-taker in first-class cricket last term did not bowl a ball
against Essex due to a strained hip flexor muscle, which he sustained when
batting. Spinners Mark Lawson and Jake Needham have been placed on standby in
case Wagg is unfit to line-up against the Brown Caps.
More like trivia - Never before have Surrey started a County Championship
fixture against Derbyshire at Derby in April. Also, tomorrow's contest will only
be the second between the two sides to start before the end of May since 1936 -
the other being in 1997.
Scott Newman returns to the Surrey line-up after being left out against
Gloucestershire - for what were rumoured to be disciplinary reasons - and it is
just as well for Newman has a good championship record against Derbyshire. In
four visits to the crease he has so far never failed to make a half-century
against them. Newman will replace either Evans or Spriegel. The other change to
the Brown Caps' eleven that started the season is Murtaza Hussain making way for
Pedro Collins or, as seems more likely, Alex Tudor.
OPPONENT |
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
OPPONENT |
Gloucestershire |
15-18
Apr 2009 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
160 & 64-2 |
333 |
Nottinghamshire |
17-19
Sep 2008 |
Lost By An Inns & 143 Runs |
The Oval |
267 & 122 |
532 |
Hampshire |
9-12
Sep 2008 |
Lost By An Inns & 122 Runs |
The Oval |
210 & 148 |
480-8d |
Kent |
4-7
Sep 2008 |
Match Drawn |
Canterbury |
307-9d |
160-1 |
Lancashire |
27-30
Aug 2008 |
Match Abandoned |
Blackpool |
- |
- |
Seven out of the last eight of the Brown Caps' last championship visits to Derby
have produced a positive result, so I can't sit on the fence this time. As
Surrey have only scored three batting points in their last three championship
matches, one senses that confidence remains low. Derbyshire, on the other hand,
racked up 326 in their first dig last week against the same Essex attack as the
one that dismissed Gloucestershire for 155 today. So, sadly, the recent form
points to the Brown Caps' winless championship run continuing.
S Stubbings, G Park, S Law, D Redfern, W Hinds, G Smith, D Pipe (capt, wk), G
Wagg, J Clare, T Lungley and I Hunter.
Trevor Jesty and John Steele. See also The
Dreaded Finger
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
DERBYSHIRE |
20-23
Sep 2006 |
Won By 5 Wickets |
Derby |
Derbyshire |
Bat |
275-8d
& 273-5 |
385 &
162-8d |
19-22
Apr 2006 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Derbyshire |
Bat |
308 &
476-8d |
492 |
16-17
Aug 2000 |
Won By An Inns & 45
Runs |
The Oval |
Derbyshire |
Bat |
260 |
118 &
97 |
7-9
Jun 2000 |
Lost By 7 Wickets |
Derby |
Surrey |
Bat |
138 &
218 |
191 &
167-3 |
24-27
Aug 1999 |
Won By 9 Wickets |
Derby |
Derbyshire |
Field |
350-9d
& 1-1 |
154 &
196 |
6-8
Aug 1998 |
Won By 226 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
333 &
238-9d |
139 &
206 |
7-10
May 1997 |
Match Drawn |
Derby |
Surrey |
Bat |
267 |
158-3 |
30
May - 3 Jun 1996 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Derbyshire |
Field |
477 &
345-3d |
469 &
246-9 |
24-26
Aug 1995 |
Won By 7 Wickets |
Derby |
Derbyshire |
Field |
350 &
167-3 |
181 &
333 |
12-16
May 1994 |
Won By An Inns & 138
Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
570-6d |
208 &
224 |
19-21
Aug 1993 |
Lost By 6 Wickets |
Ilkeston |
Derbyshire |
Field |
205 &
332 |
438-9d
& 100-4 |
2-4
Jun 1992 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Derbyshire |
Bat |
253-9d
& 69-3 |
249 &
244-1d |
21-24
Jun 1991 |
Lost By 3 Wickets |
Derby |
Derbyshire |
Field |
137 &
184-4d |
80-3d
& 242-7 |
6-8
Jun 1990 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
152-2d
& 161-0 |
275 &
144-0 |
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