SURREY V MIDDLESEX at the
Kia Oval
(Royal London One-Day Cup), 5 MAY 2017
Fifth in the South Group plays
host to third. While Surrey appear to be favoured by the bookies for
this one, no one can be anything but impressed with the way
Middlesex disposed of Hampshire down at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday.
Other than Steve Finn and Toby
Roland-Jones, the north Londoners have struggled to take wickets
this season in both the County Championship and the Royal London.
But, when you've got Roland-Jones turning in an opening spell of
7-2-10-4, you're almost certainly going to win more one-day games
than they lose.
If it feels strange to be
heading into a List A London derby at the Kia Oval, it's probably
because tomorrow's one-day clash will be only Surrey's second
against Middlesex at the Oval since 2001. In 2007 the game was
abandoned without a ball being bowled. A year later, Andrew Strauss
took full advantage of Chris Lewis's decision to come out of
retirement, by hitting 163 to tee-up a 58-run Middlesex victory.
Since the return of the 50-over game to county
cricket in 2014, Middlesex have not finished higher than 6th in
their group, which is somewhat surprising given
the tools at their disposal. Even though
Dawid Malan is yet to make his mark on this season's Royal London,
the north Londoners' batting - at the centre of which are Nick
Gubbins (130 runs at an average of 43.33) and overseas player Adam
Voges (165 at 55.00) - looks more than capable of proving a test for
Surrey's attack.
With the ball, Roland-Jones (6
wickets at 9.33 runs apiece) needs to be seen off in the hope of
making up the runs against the likes of James Fuller, Ryan Higgins,
spinner Ravi Patel and all-rounder James Franklin.
These days the latter is just as
much of a threat as a quick-scoring batsman as he is with the ball.
Few batters succeed in getting after his left-arm seam. In the last
three years, he averages just over 25 runs per victim in one-day
cricket and invariably concedes less than five an over.
Surrey v
Middlesex - List
A Records Sheet
Middlesex's John Simpson is
two away from reaching 1,000 List A career runs.
Yet again, Surrey named the same 13-man one-day squad. On this
occasion, will they be tempted, with Rory Burns averaging 19.00 and
Dom Sibley 21.33, to freshen up the batting by activating reserve
keeper-batsman Ollie Pope?
OPPONENT |
DATE |
COMP |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
OPPONENT |
Essex |
2 May 2017 |
RLC |
Lost By 1 Wicket |
The Oval |
210 (47.4) |
212-9 (49.2) |
Glamorgan |
30 Apr 2017 |
RLC |
Won By 8 Wickets |
Cardiff |
183-2 (24) |
239 (48.3) |
Somerset |
28 Apr 2017 |
RLC |
Lost By 4 Wickets |
Taunton |
290-8 (50) |
291-6 (43.5) |
Warwickshire |
17 Sep 2016 |
RLC |
Lost By 8 Wickets |
Lord's |
136 (40.1) |
137-2 (30.2) |
Yorkshire |
28 Aug 2016 |
RLC |
Won By 19 Runs |
Headingley |
255-7 (50) |
236 (48.5) |
All three of Surrey's Royal London games to date have been won by
the side batting second. That said, 8 out of the last ten List A
contests at the Oval have been won by the team posting a total. The
key to the clash will be whether the hosts' top order can make
amends for Tuesday by coming to the party against the likes of
Roland-Jones, Helm and Fuller. Prediction - like against Essex,
another entertaining finish, but with Surrey emerging victors on
this occasion.
N.Gubbins, D.Malan, S.Robson, A.Voges, J.Simpson (wk), J.Franklin
(capt), R.Higgins, T.Roland-Jones, J.Fuller, T.Helm and R.Patel.
Steve Garratt and Ian Gould.
DATE |
COMP |
RESULT |
VENUE |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
MIDDX |
2 Aug 2016 |
RLC |
Won By 5 Wickets |
Lord's |
Surrey |
Field |
105-5 (15.2) |
101-8 (16) |
31 Jul 2014 |
RLC |
Lost By 6 Wickets |
Lord's |
Surrey |
Bat |
286-6 (50) |
292-4 (44.5) |
19 Jul 2009 |
NL |
Lost By 9 Wickets |
Guildford |
Middlesex |
Field |
213-7 (40) |
217-1 (35.1) |
4 May 2008 |
FPT |
Won By 5 Wickets |
Lord's |
Middlesex |
Bat |
236-5 (47) |
233-8 (50) |
20 Apr 2008 |
FPT |
Lost By 58 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
248 (43) |
315-6 (50) |
5 Aug 2007 |
NL |
Lost By 6 Wickets |
Lord's |
Surrey |
Bat |
238-8 (40) |
239-4 (38.2) |
13 May 2007 |
FPT |
No Result |
The Oval |
No toss made |
- |
- |
- |
11 Jun 2006 |
C&G |
Lost By 108 Runs |
Southgate |
Middlesex |
Bat |
149 (33.4) |
257-9 (50) |
6 Aug 2002 |
NL |
Lost By 65 Runs |
Whitgift Sch |
Surrey |
Field |
209 (38.1) |
274-8 (45) |
7 Jul 2002 |
NL |
Won By 8 Wickets |
Southgate |
Surrey |
Field |
197-2 (40.2) |
194-8 (42) |
28 Apr 2002 |
B&H |
Lost By 8 Wickets |
Lord's |
Middlesex |
Field |
123 (38) |
124-2 (30.2) |
1 May 2001 |
B&H |
No Result |
The Oval |
Middlesex |
Field |
146-2 (35) |
- |
6 Aug 2000 |
NL |
Won By 5 Wickets |
Lord's |
Middlesex |
Bat |
170-5 (39.1) |
167-8 (45) |
21 May 2000 |
NL |
No Result |
The Oval |
No toss made |
- |
- |
- |
21 Apr 2000 |
B&H |
No Result |
Southgate |
No toss made |
- |
- |
- |
7 Sep 1999 |
NL |
Won By 69 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
243-5 (45) |
174 (41.2) |
31 Aug 1999 |
NL |
Match Tied |
Lord's |
Middlesex |
Bat |
252-9 (45) |
252-5 (45) |
19 Jul 1998 |
NL |
Won By 1 Run |
Guildford |
Middlesex |
Field |
223-9 (40) |
222 (40) |
3 Aug 1997 |
NL |
No Result |
Lord's |
Surrey |
Bat |
74-7 (23) |
- |
7 Jul 1996 |
NL |
Won By 8 Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
132-2 (28.4) |
131 (33.2) |
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