KENT V SURREY at Beckenham (Royal London One-Day Cup),
1 JUNE 2018
Fifth in the South Group plays
host to eighth in what will be a make-or-break game in terms of the
hopes both have of moving forward to the last six in the Royal
London, where the group winners will automatically qualify for the
semi-finals and the second and third-placed teams in each group
contest knockouts to determine who joins them.
Both Surrey and Kent go into
this contest in decent form. The Oval
outfit’s last three reads two victories followed by an
abandonment against Sussex; while the Spitfires,
who also started with two defeats, have gone on to record wins over
Glamorgan, Hampshire and Somerset.
Kent's strength lies in
their batting, which is just as well as all-rounder Darren Stevens
is not getting any younger. Stevens remains economical with the
ball, but Henry is the man Kent look to for wickets in the Royal
London. So far, he has grabbed 10 at an average of 23.80.
Talking of the batting, which
is headed by Daniel Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly (both of whom have
made 219 Royal London runs thus far), the aforementioned plus Heino
Kuhn and Sean Dickson are all currently averaging over forty.
Only two current Surrey players have ever hit
half-centuries against Kent in List A one-day cricket - Jason Roy,
who struck 112, when the Oval outfit knocked the Spitfires out at
the quarter-final stage in 2015; and Ben Foakes, who made 82 not out
in the corresponding fixture last year.
That said, last year's championship fixture at Beckenham produced
1,453 runs for the loss of 20 wickets; that averages out at 72.65!
Surrey v
Kent - List
A Records Sheet
If he plays, Scott
Borthwick will be making his 100th List A appearance. Rikki Clarke (145)
is approaching 150 one-day career wickets. In the other dressing
room, Daniel Bell-Drummond has 2,931 List A runs to his name, Heino
Kuhn has 3,974 to his and Darren Stevens will start with 146 one-day
victims with the ball.
With Sam Curran drafted into the England squad for the Second Test at
Leeds (owing to a Ben Stokes hamstring), Mathew Pillans has been named
in the Surrey party for Beckenham. With Dean Elgar's stint as overseas
player also having ended, expect Morkel and Stoneman to see action for
the first time in this year's Royal London.
OPPONENT |
DATE |
COMP |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
OPPONENT |
Sussex |
29 May 2018 |
RLC |
Abandoned |
The Oval |
- |
- |
Essex |
27 May 2018 |
RLC |
Won By 6 Wickets |
Chelmsford |
295-4 (45) |
294-9 (50) |
Gloucestershire |
23 May 2018 |
RLC |
Won By 6 Wickets |
The Oval |
286-4 (45.4) |
282-6 (50) |
Hampshire |
21 May 2018 |
RLC |
Lost By 4 Wickets (D/L) |
Rose Bowl |
262-7 (44) |
227-6 (32.5) |
Somerset |
18 May 2018 |
RLC |
Lost By 8 Wickets |
The Oval |
129 (35.2) |
131-2 (21.3) |
Let's hope the weather proves to better than forecast, but on a
small ground Surrey's bowling will be key - led by Morne Morkel. In
2007, he played at Beckenham - in a T20 game for Kent against
Surrey; taking the wicket of Alistair Brown and conceding a miserly
2.25 runs per over. No bad, not bad at all!
D.Bell-Drummond, J.Denly, H.Kuhn, S.Billings (capt, wk), A.Blake,
S.Dickson, D.Stevens, C.Haggett, M.Henry, H.Podmore and M.Claydon.
Rob Bailey and Alex Wharf.
DATE |
COMP |
RESULT |
VENUE |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
KENT |
12 May 2017 |
RLC |
Won By 44 Runs (D/L) |
The Oval |
Kent |
Field |
251-7 (41) |
204 (35.4) |
5 Jun 2016 |
RLC |
Lost By 1 Wicket |
Beckenham |
Surrey |
Bat |
255-8 (50) |
260-9 (49.5) |
27 Aug 2015 |
RLC |
Won By 17 Runs (D/L) |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
273 (49.5) |
233 (37.4) |
5 Aug 2014 |
RLC |
Match Tied |
The Oval |
Kent |
Bat |
314-9 (50) |
314-8 (50) |
27 Aug 2009 |
NL |
Lost By 8 Runs (D/L) |
Canterbury |
Surrey |
Field |
110-5 (19.4) |
167-6 (27) |
2 Sep 2008 |
NL |
Lost By 142 Runs |
The Oval |
Kent |
Bat |
172 (31.4) |
314-6 (40) |
18 May 2008 |
FPT |
Lost By 17 Runs |
Canterbury |
Surrey |
Field |
320 (49.4) |
337-3 (50) |
5 May 2008 |
FPT |
Lost By 90 Runs |
The Oval |
Kent |
Bat |
192 (42.4) |
282-7 (50) |
4 Sep 2007 |
NL |
Won By 1 Wicket |
Canterbury |
Kent |
Bat |
160-9 (40) |
159-8 (40) |
22 Apr 2007 |
FPT |
Won By 3 Wickets |
The Oval |
Kent |
Bat |
274-7 (48.5) |
271 (46.2) |
23 Jul 2006 |
NL |
Won By 6 Wickets |
Guildford |
Kent |
Bat |
232-4 (37) |
229-9 (40) |
1 May 2006 |
C&G |
Won By 1 Run |
Canterbury |
Surrey |
Bat |
223-5 (30) |
222-6 (30) |
22 Aug 2005 |
NL |
Abandoned |
The Oval |
No toss made |
- |
- |
- |
7 Aug 2005 |
NL |
Won By 5 Wickets |
Canterbury |
Kent |
Bat |
212-5 (41.2) |
211 (45) |
18 Jul 2004 |
NL |
Won By 4 Wickets |
Canterbury |
Surrey |
Field |
193-6 (33.4) |
192-8 (34) |
13 Jun 2004 |
NL |
Lost By 5 Wickets |
The Oval |
Kent |
Field |
230-8 (45) |
234-5 (43.5) |
3 Sep 2003 |
NL |
Won By 5 Wickets |
Canterbury |
Kent |
Bat |
143-5 (37) |
142 (31.4) |
18 May 2003 |
NL |
Won By 6 Runs |
The Oval |
Kent |
Field |
322-7 (45) |
316-7 (45) |
4 May 2002 |
B&H |
Won By 44 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
257-9 (50) |
213 (45.3) |
14 Aug 2001 |
NL |
Lost By 43 Runs |
Canterbury |
Kent |
Bat |
164 (38.1) |
207 (42) |
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