GLAMORGAN V SURREY at Cardiff (LVCC2), 29 MAY - 1 JUNE
2010
Glamorgan might be top of Division Two, but Surrey
are coming off an impressive turnaround at Northampton. Furthermore,
the Brown Hatters have only lost once to the Welshmen in 15
championship meetings.
Glamorgan, who were 12-1 at the start of the
season to win Division Two, owe their lofty position to their
bowlers. James Harris is currently their leading wicket-taker with
31 championship victims at a cost of 17.87 runs apiece this summer.
Jim Allenby is topping the averages with 23 at an average of 15.86.
With David Harrison and slow left-armer Dean Cosker also taking key
wickets, Surrey have picked the ideal time to press Younis Khan into
action.
With the bat, Gareth Rees (461 championship runs
in ten completed innings), James Allenby, Ben Wright and Mark
Cosgrove have all been amongst the runs for Glamorgan, while skipper
Jamie Dalrymple has also registered a championship ton this term.
But the Welshmen have had issues finding someone to come in at
number six - Michael Powell has only managed to hit one half
century, so his place has been claimed by 21-year-old Tom Maynard.
Usman Afzaal has a better average against
Glamorgan than even Mark Ramprakash. Afzaal has taken 998
first-class career runs at an average of 62.37 off the Welshmen,
including four hundreds, compared with Ramprakash who averages
52.53, also with four tons. With the ball, Chris Tremlett has
enjoyed a fair amount of success against the Dragons - 19 f-c
wickets at a cost of 16.84 each.
Steven Davies goes into this contest with 4,974 first-class career
runs, while Chris Tremlett has 295 f-c wickets. For Glamorgan, David
Harrison enters this game with 248 f-c career wickets.
Younis Khan looks set to make his Surrey debut, with Matthew
Spriegel making way, and will almost certainly open the batting with
Arun Harinath. Gareth Batty (hamstring), Stuart Meaker (left ankle)
and Chris Tremlett (right shoulder) are all fit and available again.
Two of them will take the place of Tom Jewell, who deputised at
Northampton, and Andre Nel, who is nursing a sore glute ahead of the
Twenty20's - sorry, is serving the first of the two-match ban served
on him by Surrey.
OPPONENT |
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
OPPONENT |
Northamptonshire |
24-27
May 2010 |
Won By 7 Wickets |
Northampton |
386
& 241-3 |
397
& 229 |
Middlesex |
17-20
May 2010 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
490
& 207-3d |
324
& 189-3 |
Gloucestershire |
4-6
May 2010 |
Lost By 77 Runs |
The Oval |
178
& 222 |
229
& 248 |
Worcestershire |
21-24
Apr 2010 |
Match Drawn |
Whitgift Sch |
493
& 239-8d |
465
& 170-8 |
Sussex |
15-18
Apr 2010 |
Lost By 10 Wickets |
Hove |
205
& 243 |
416
& 33-0 |
With rain expected to have a major say on day one, this could well
become a three-day contest, which makes the draw a strong
possibility. Four out of the last seven meetings between these two
sides have also ended in stalemate - for that reason I am going to
say this will be another draw, though a far from boring one.
G Rees, M Cosgrove, J Dalrymple (capt), B Wright, J Allenby,
T Maynard, M Wallace (wk), J Harris, D Cosker, D Harrison and H
Waters.
Michael Gough and David Millns.
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
GLAMORGAN |
23-26
Sep 2009 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
430
& 309-7 |
702-8d |
6-9
Jun 2009 |
Match Drawn |
Cardiff |
Glamorgan |
Field |
368
& 82-3d |
271 |
30
Aug - 1 Sep 2006 |
Won By 218
Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
433
& 309-5d |
269
& 255 |
20-23
Jun 2006 |
Match Drawn |
Swansea |
Surrey |
Bat |
348
& 448-8d |
410
& 168-2 |
11-14
May 2005 |
Won By 276
Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
444
& 425-4d |
345
& 248 |
27-30
Apr 2005 |
Won By 5
Wickets |
Cardiff |
Glamorgan |
Bat |
248
& 178-5 |
250
& 173 |
12-15
Sep 2001 |
Match Drawn |
Cardiff |
Glamorgan |
Bat |
701-9d |
258
& 69-1 |
8-11
Aug 2001 |
Lost By 3
Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
281
& 141 |
223
& 201-7 |
4-5
Aug 1999 |
Won By An
Inns & 124 Runs |
The Oval |
Glamorgan |
Bat |
309 |
101
& 84 |
1-3
Jul 1998 |
Won By 6
Wickets |
Swansea |
Glamorgan |
Bat |
199
& 214-4 |
197
& 212 |
2-5
Sep 1997 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
204
& 487 |
438
& 107-3 |
12-16
Sep 1996 |
Match Drawn |
Cardiff |
Glamorgan |
Bat |
471-9d
& 205-7 |
364
& 442-9d |
22-26
Jun 1995 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Glamorgan |
Bat |
397
& 302-9 |
450
& 329 |
2-6
Jun 1994 |
Match Drawn |
Swansea |
Surrey |
Bat |
429 |
77-2 |
10-14
Jun 1993 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Glamorgan |
Field |
282
& 310-6d |
166
& 93-4 |
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