HAMPSHIRE
V SURREY at the Ageas Bowl (LVCC)
26-29 SEPTEMBER 2023
Third in Division One plays host to the County Championship
leaders. Surrey go into the final game of the season knowing a
smattering of bonus points (or weather frustrating Essex’s bid for
a maximum 24-point victory at Northampton) will be enough to clinch
a second successive championship title and a third in the space of
six summers.
In the first week of May, when Hampshire lost for a second time,
their coach Adi Birrell wrote off his side’s chances, suggesting
it was impossible to win the championship with two or more defeats
from 14 games. It seemed defeatist, but events have borne Birrell
out – Surrey have only lost once in this summer's Champo, at home
to Lancashire.
But, as Hampshire proved at Chelmsford last week, when they did
the Oval outfit a massive favour by ending Essex's run of six
consecutive victories, this will be a tough assignment for Surrey.
James Vince (937 championship runs at an average of 49.31 this
term), Nick Gubbins (931 at 49.00) and Liam Dawson (793 at 41.73)
have all excelled with the bat, plus the combination of new-ball
pair Kyle Abbott (43 wickets at 20.95 runs) and Mohammad Abbas (48
at 20.97), backed up by Dawson's slow left arm spin (which has
produced 40 championship wickets at 22.07), have, yet again, made
the south coast outfit a force to be reckoned with.
Surrey v
Hampshire - First-Class Records Sheet
If he plays, Josh Blake
will be making his first-class debut. Jordan Clark (2,954) is
closing in on 3,000 f-c career runs. In terms of this summer, Clark
along with Dan Worrall will both start the game with 47 first-class
wickets in 2023. Of the Hampshire contingent, Kyle Abbott (596)
needs four more wickets for 600 in f-c cricket, while Nick Gubbins
(931) and James Vince (937) are both in with a chance of recording
1,000 first-class runs for the season.
Surrey are expected to be unchanged from the
draw with Northants, but Josh Blake and Matt Dunn, neither of whom
have featured in this year's County Championship, make the final
squad of the 2023 season.
OPPONENT |
DATE |
VENUE |
RESULT |
Northamptonshire |
19-22 Sep 2023 |
The Oval |
Match Drawn |
Warwickshire |
3-6 Sep 2023 |
The Oval |
Won By An
Inns & 97 Runs |
Somerset |
25-27 Jul 2023 |
Taunton |
Won By 10 Wickets |
Middlesex |
19-22 Jul 2023 |
Lord's |
Won By 8 Wickets |
Nottinghamshire |
10-13 Jul 2023 |
The Oval |
Match Drawn |
Should Surrey beat Hampshire it will be their
fourth home and away double in this season's championship, having
already overcome Kent, Middlesex and Warwickshire twice this summer.
The last time the Oval outfit scored four doubles in a County
Championship campaign was back in 2002. But with weather around, the
draw seems the most likely outcome, especially as Hampshire have a
suspended 20-point deduction hanging over them for next season,
after preparing an inadequate pitch for Essex's visit to the Ageas
Bowl at the end of July.
F.Middleton, T.Albert, N.Gubbins,
J.Vince (capt), T.Prest, F.Organ, L.Dawson, B.Brown (wk), J.Fuller,
K.Abbott and Mohammad Abbas.
Peter Hartley and Martin Saggers.
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
HAMPSHIRE |
13-16
Apr 2023 |
Won By 9 Wickets |
The Oval |
270 & 247-1 |
254 & 258 |
14-16
Apr 2022 |
Won By An Inns & 17 Runs |
The Oval |
467 |
223 & 227 |
4-7
Jul 2021 |
Match Drawn |
Rose Bowl |
72 & 122-8 |
488 |
29
Apr - 1 May 2021 |
Won By An Inns & 289 Runs |
The Oval |
560-7d |
92 & 179 |
15-18
Aug 2020 |
Lost By An Inns & 52 Runs |
Arundel |
172 & 74 |
298 |
10-12
Sep 2019 |
Lost By 272 Runs |
Rose Bowl |
162 & 151 |
149 & 436 |
18-21
Aug 2019 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
579-7d |
367 & 253-5 |
9-11
Jun 2018 |
Won By An Inns & 58 Runs |
Rose Bowl |
368 |
135 & 175 |
20-23
Apr 2018 |
Won By 139 Runs |
The Oval |
211 & 407-9d |
147 & 332 |
5-8
Sep 2017 |
Match Drawn |
Rose Bowl |
200 & 280-4 |
290 |
3-6
Jul 2017 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
483 & 166-3d |
648-7d |
6-9
Sep 2016 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
329 & 248-3 |
582-9d |
17-20
Jul 2016 |
Won By An Inns & 13 Runs |
Rose Bowl |
637-7d |
423 & 201 |
28
Jun - 1 Jul 2014 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
474-8d & 13-0d |
354 |
27-30
Apr 2014 |
Match Drawn |
Rose Bowl |
99-2 |
400-6d |
9-12
Sep 2008 |
Lost By An Inns & 122 Runs |
The Oval |
210 & 148 |
480-8d |
14-17
May 2008 |
Match Drawn |
Rose Bowl |
278 & 229-8d |
227 & 247-8 |
30
Aug - 2 Sep 2007 |
Won By An Inns & 37 Runs |
Rose Bowl |
556 |
221 & 298 |
25-28
Apr 2007 |
Lost By 35 Runs |
The Oval |
203 & 467 |
481 & 224-1 |
24-27
Aug 2005 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
378 & 302 |
361-6d |
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