SOMERSET SABRES V SURREY BROWN CAPS
at Taunton (Pro 40 League 2), 17 SEPTEMBER 2006
Will this be Surrey's last one-day game of the season, or will tomorrow's
results throw them into the lottery of a play-off against the seventh-placed
team in Division One of the Pro40, which seems likely to be Lancashire? Today's
gritty performance at Worcester would suggest that the "lock-in" after
Tuesday night's defeat to Gloucestershire had the desired effect; but why was
Newman playing ahead of Benning? Anyway, Mark Butcher and his men just have to
dig deep one more time to round the 2006 campaign off in style.
The bad news as far as the Brown Caps are concerned is that they have lost on
six out of their last seven one-day visits to Taunton. That said, Somerset have
had a disappointing season and if Surrey were given the choice of who they would
want to be facing right now, they may well go for the Sabres.
Back in April the Cidermen had high hopes of youngsters like James Hildreth
and Arul Suppiah. They had secured the services of two up-and-coming Aussies,
and with Ian Blackwell unlikely to feature for England they were expecting to
have a settled and challenging side all summer long. Anyway, that was the plan.
The reality has been that Blackwell has hardly played and, in one-day cricket, only Charl Willoughby (21 List
A wickets at 29.09 runs apiece) has been a reliable performer with the ball.
Andy Caddick has gone for more than five and a half runs per over and Richard
Johnson has not been rewarded with the wickets he's deserved. That trio apart,
Parsons, Suppiah and White have been okay, but not much more.
Putting runs on the board has been slightly less of a worry. Matthew Wood
(653 runs at an average of 43.53) has passed fifty on seven occasions in the
C&G Trophy and the Pro40 League. Stand-in skipper Cameron White was
approaching 500 List A runs before returning to "Oz" and Hildreth has
had his moments - like when he made 122 against Derbyshire ten days ago.
None worth a mention - sorry!
No additional worries to those we already know about.
OPPONENT |
DATE |
COMP |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
OPPONENT |
Worcestershire |
16 Sep 2006 |
NL |
Won By 13 Runs |
Worcester |
220-6 (40) |
207-9 (40) |
Gloucestershire |
12 Sep 2006 |
NL |
Lost By 5 Wickets |
The Oval |
278-6 (40) |
282-5 (38.1) |
Yorkshire |
27 Aug 2006 |
NL |
Won By 75 Runs |
The Oval |
277-4 (40) |
202-9 (40) |
Hampshire |
23 Aug 2006 |
NL |
No Result |
Rose Bowl |
- |
- |
Leicestershire |
6 Aug 2006 |
NL |
Won By 33 Runs |
The Oval |
275-7 (40) |
242 (36) |
On paper this should be a no contest, but I can't help thinking that the Taunton
hoodoo will be at the back of everybody's minds. If Benning replaces Newman and
Azhar Mahmood's knee injury holds up through one more outing, I think the Brown
Caps will prove too strong for Andy Caddick's Sabres.
M Wood, A Suppiah, J Hildreth, K Parsons, J Francis, W Durston, P Trego, S
Spurway (wk), R Johnson, A Caddick (capt) and C Willoughby.
Barry Dudleston and Trevor Jesty.
DATE |
COMP |
RESULT |
VENUE |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
SOMERSET |
7
May 2006 |
C&G |
Lost By 26 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
253 (47.5) |
279-5 (50) |
28
Aug 2005 |
NL |
Lost By 5 Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
237-7 (45) |
238-5 (39.5) |
2
May 2005 |
NL |
Lost By 99 Runs |
Taunton |
Surrey |
Field |
226-9 (44) |
325-6 (44) |
28
May 2003 |
C&G |
Won By 6 Runs |
Taunton |
Somerset |
Field |
281-6 (50) |
275-9 (50) |
21
Aug 2001 |
NL |
Lost By 4 Wickets |
Taunton |
Surrey |
Bat |
236-8 (45) |
237-6 (41) |
10
Jun 2001 |
NL |
Lost By 8 Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
68-5 (10) |
69-2 (6.3) |
14
Aug 1999 |
NWT |
Lost By 120 Runs |
Taunton |
Surrey |
Field |
195 (43.3) |
315-8 (50) |
18
Jul 1999 |
NL |
Lost By 2 Wickets |
Guildford |
Surrey |
Bat |
225-9 (45) |
227-8 (43.2) |
23
May 1999 |
NL |
Lost By 6 Wickets |
Taunton |
Somerset |
Field |
184-9 (45) |
185-4 (38.3) |
25
May 1998 |
NL |
Lost By 7 Wickets |
Taunton |
Somerset |
Field |
127 (38.1) |
130-3 (29.5) |
8
May 1998 |
B&H |
Won By 9 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
296-6 (50) |
287 (48.5) |
27
Apr 1997 |
NL |
Won By 3 Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
181-7 (39.5) |
180 (37.4) |
30-31
Jul 1996 |
NWT |
Won By 5 Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
226-5 (52.5) |
225 (59.1) |
5
May 1996 |
NL |
Lost By 53 Runs |
Taunton |
Surrey |
Field |
232 (36.5) |
285-4 (40) |
11
Jun 1995 |
NL |
No Result |
The Oval |
No toss made |
- |
- |
- |
9
May 1995 |
B&H |
Won By 7 Wickets |
Taunton |
Somerset |
Bat |
203-3 (53.1) |
202 (54) |
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