GLOUCESTERSHIRE
V SURREY at Bristol (LVCC)
28 APRIL - 1 MAY 2022
Ninth plays host to the early-season pace-setters. Surrey remain
top of Division One following back-to-back victories at home to
Hampshire and Somerset. But Gloucestershire have endured a rocky
start to the campaign, losing to Yorkshire and Lancashire after
drawing with Northants.
The Bristolians welcome back seamer David Payne for this clash,
who will be looking to form an all left-arm partnership with new
overseas signing Pakistan's Mohammad Amir.
Payne, who averaged 21.14 with the ball in last year's
championship, and Amir will need to hit the ground running given
that Gloucestershire have found wickets hard to come by. Last
summer, Ryan Higgins averaged 22.41, now he's averaging 34.50; and
Graeme van Buuren's stock has fallen from 17.00 to 62.50.
James Bracey (326 champo runs at 54.33), Marcus Harris (57.00)
and Ryan Higgins (49.60) have enjoyed early season form with the
bat, but now it's time for Chris Dent (31.25), Tom Lace (29.83) and
Miles Hammond (16.16) to put their hands up.
Arguably the Surrey player to look out for is Ben Foakes. Proof that he is more than just a world-class wicketkeeper,
Foakes is averaging 144 with the bat three outings in. What's more,
his career average against Gloucestershire reads 619 runs at 103.16,
including 4 of his 12 first-class centuries.
Surrey v
Gloucestershire - First-Class Records Sheet
Hashim Amla (18,907) and
Rory Burns (10,904) are closing in on 19,000 and 11,000 first-class
runs respectively. Meanwhile, Colin de
Grandhomme (197) and Jamie Overton (196) both have 200 f-c wickets in
their sights. Gloucestershire's
skipper Graeme van Buuren, who has 97 first-class career wickets, will be
making his 100th f-c appearance, while Chris Dent (9,836) and Tom Lace
(1,909) will be hoping for time in the middle to notch-up 10,000 and
2,000 first-class runs respectively.
The visitors welcome the arrival of New
Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme (who replaces Kemar Roach as
Surrey's second overseas player) and seamer Dan Worrall. Both are
seemingly set to make their debut for the Oval outfit. James Taylor
(bruised toe) drops out, but with Gus Atkinson and Amar Virdi in the
South Londoners' 14-man squad it will be interesting to see who
makes the cut.
OPPONENT |
DATE |
VENUE |
RESULT |
Somerset |
21-24 Apr 2022 |
The Oval |
Won By 3 Wickets |
Hampshire |
14-16 Apr 2022 |
The Oval |
Won By An Inns & 17 Runs |
Warwickshire |
7-10 Apr 2022 |
Edgbaston |
Match Drawn |
Glamorgan |
21-24 Sep 2021 |
The Oval |
Match Drawn |
Essex |
12-15 Sep 2021 |
The Oval |
Match Drawn |
With day four predicted to be wet, I'm saying
draw, which, on one hand, seems somewhat pessimistic given that the
form and confidence of each side is heading in opposite directions.
But, on the other, let's not forget Surrey have not won an away
championship game starting in April since Leicester in
2006.
M.Harris, C.Dent, J.Bracey (wk),
M.Hammond, G van Buuren (capt), R.Higgins, T.Lace, Shaw, M.Taylor,
D.Payne and Mohammad Amir.
Mike Burns and Hasan Adnan.
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
GLOS |
27-30
May 2021 |
Won By An Inns & 47 Runs |
The Oval |
473 |
158 & 268 |
8-11
Apr 2021 |
Lost By 8 Wickets |
Bristol |
220 & 333 |
326 & 229-2 |
21-24
Aug 2015 |
Match Drawn |
Bristol |
349-6 |
233 |
27-29
Jun 2015 |
Won By An Inns & 180 Runs |
The Oval |
448 |
113 & 155 |
9-12
Jun 2014 |
Match Drawn |
Bristol |
626-6d |
112 & 506-6 |
11-14
May 2014 |
Won By 4 Wickets |
The Oval |
132 & 267-6 |
168 & 230 |
27-30
Jul 2011 |
Won By 2 Wickets |
Cheltenham |
423 & 186-8 |
286 & 320 |
19-21
Jun 2011 |
Lost By 4 Wickets |
The Oval |
225 & 195 |
261 & 161-6 |
13-16
Sep 2010 |
Won By 10 Runs |
Bristol |
186 &180-3d |
106-5d & 250 |
4-6
May 2010 |
Lost By 77 Runs |
The Oval |
178 & 222 |
229 & 248 |
2-5
Sep 2009 |
Lost By An Inns & 1 Run |
Bristol |
183 & 339 |
523-7d |
15-18
Apr 2009 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
160 & 64-2 |
333 |
6-9
Sep 2006 |
Match Drawn |
Bristol |
288 & 470-9 |
459 & 329-8d |
3-5
May 2006 |
Won By An Inns & 297 Runs |
The Oval |
639-8d |
207 & 135 |
16-19
Aug 2005 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
463 |
350 & 294-6 |
8-11
Jul 2005 |
Match Drawn |
Bristol |
603 & 84-3 |
288 & 494 |
18-21
Jun 2004 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
598 |
368 & 255-9 |
2-4
Jun 2004 |
Lost By 6 Wickets |
Bristol |
298 & 213 |
406 & 106-4 |
13-16
Apr 1999 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
342 & 229-7d |
213 & 209-5 |
22-24
Jul 1998 |
Lost By 2 Wickets |
Cheltenham |
297 & 135 |
167 & 266-8 |
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