LEICESTERSHIRE
V SURREY at Leicester (LVCC2), 7-10 JUNE 2015
Leicestershire have won a game!
That's right, the Foxes scored their first championship
victory in 992 days last week, beating Essex by 6 wickets at
Chelmsford, where the home side are yet to notch up a batting point
this season. So, it's a case of seventh playing host to second in
Division Two.
Angus Robson, who hit 120 and
shared in a 74-run stand for the eighth wicket with Clint McKay in the
Foxes' first innings against Essex, now has an impressive
499 championship runs at an average of
41.58 this term. Ned Eckersley (484 at 40.33),
Mark Cosgrove (397 at 36.09)
and Niall O’Brien (256 at 42.66) are the other main
dangers with the bat. But
25-year-old South African
Andrea Agathangelou (formerly
of Lancashire), played an important role at Chelmsford and
there's some backbone too, in
the shape of Rob Taylor, Ben Raine and McKay lower down the order.
Leicestershire have a
three-pronged bowling attack - seamers
Charlie Shreck (27 championship wickets at 33.40
runs apiece), McKay (24 wickets at 26.58) and Raine (24 wickets at 30.87).
But perhaps that's the Foxes' main problem still, namely the lack of
other options in order to keep the pressure on the opposition batsmen.
Off-spinner Jigar Naik is currently averaging 44.00 with the ball in
four-day cricket, while Ollie Freckingham, Rob Taylor and Tom Wells
are faring even worse.
Zafar Ansari (1,934) is approaching 2,000
first-class career runs. If he plays, James Burke will be making his
County Championship debut. Turning to Leicestershire, overseas
signing Clint McKay looks set to make his 50th f-c appearance.
Kevin Pietersen and Jason Roy (international duty) step aside while
James Burke, Dominic Sibley, Chris Tremlett and Gary Wilson join the
remainder of the side that drew with Lancashire in the County
Championship last week. For Tremlett, who has been battling a
hamstring strain, it will be only his third appearance of the season,
assuming he starts. Meanwhile, Jade Dernbach (side strain) is on
course to be fit for next weekend's T20s against Somerset and Sussex
and Tim Linley (knee) is now playing regularly for the second eleven.
OPPONENT |
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
OPPONENT |
Lancashire |
31 May - 3 Jun 2015 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
448 & 186-0d |
429 |
Kent |
24-27 May 2015 |
Won By 3 Wickets |
Beckenham |
292 & 196-7 |
282 & 204 |
Northamptonshire |
18-21 May 2015 |
Match Drawn |
Northampton |
499-6d |
309 |
Leicestershire |
10-13 May 2015 |
Won By 7 Wickets |
The Oval |
557 & 218-3 |
292 & 480 |
Essex |
26-29 Apr 2015 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
340 & 95-2 |
610-8d |
The weather is set fair for the next four days and Surrey's recent
record against Leicestershire points to a victory for the Oval
outfit. But will the hosts prepare a pitch as flat as the one
they served up for their curtain-raiser against Glamorgan in April,
or, indeed, the one that thwarted Surrey in 2003, when John Maunders made 171 on the final day to save the game
for the Foxes? Prediction - draw.
M
Boyce, A Robson,
N Eckersley, M
Cosgrove (capt), A Agathangelou,
N O’Brien (wk),
R Taylor, C McKay,
J Naik, B Raine
and C Shreck.
Graham Lloyd and Neil
Mallender..
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
LEICS |
10-13 May 2015 |
Won By 7 Wickets |
The Oval |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
557 & 218-3 |
292 & 480 |
15-18 Aug 2014 |
Match Drawn |
Leicester |
Leicestershire |
Field |
480 & 279-5d |
373 & 232-6 |
22-25 Jun 2014 |
Won By 10 Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
522-9d & 69-0 |
271 & 319 |
23-25 Aug 2011 |
Won By 10 Wickets |
Leicester |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
343 & 111-0 |
167 & 286 |
4-6 May 2011 |
Won By 215 Runs |
The Oval |
Leicestershire |
Field |
294 & 311-6d |
183 & 207 |
24-27 Aug 2010 |
Match Drawn |
Leicester |
Leicestershire |
Field |
483 & Forfeited |
123-0d & 338-8 |
4-6 Jun 2010 |
Lost By An Inns & 60 Runs |
The Oval |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
236 & 183 |
479 |
31 Jul - 3 Aug 2009 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
608-4d |
593-5d & 23-0 |
16-19 Jun 2009 |
Match Drawn |
Leicester |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
329 |
165 & 487-5d |
7-10 Jun 2006 |
Won By An Inns & 158 Runs |
The Oval |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
668-7d |
251 & 259 |
26-29 Apr 2006 |
Won By 99 Runs |
Leicester |
Surrey |
Bat |
370 & 287-7d |
244 & 314 |
21-24 Aug 2003 |
Match Drawn |
Leicester |
Surrey |
Bat |
501 & 117-2 |
166 & 636-4d |
14-17 May 2003 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
560-8d |
200 & 185-8 |
18-21 Sep 2002 |
Won By 483 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
494 & 492-9d |
361 & 142 |
14-16 Aug 2002 |
Won By 7 Wickets |
Leicester |
Surrey |
Bat |
540 & 42-3 |
290 & 289 |
4-7 Jul 2001 |
Match Drawn |
Leicester |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
102 & 478-9 |
165 & 472-8d |
16-19 May 2001 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
190 |
246 & 94-5 |
19-21 Jul 2000 |
Won By 10 Wickets |
Guildford |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
288 & 119-0 |
318 & 87 |
7-9 Jul 2000 |
Won By An Inns & 178 Runs |
Oakham Sch |
Surrey |
Bat |
505 |
143 & 184 |
9-12 Jun 1999 |
Match Drawn |
Leicester |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
501 |
272 & 239-4 |
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