SURREY V SOMERSET at Guildford (SSCC1), 3-6 JUNE 2019
Sixth plays host to second in
Division One of the County Championship. Guildford is the venue, as
it was for the corresponding fixture last year, when it was a clash
between the top
two. Yes, what a difference a year makes
for Surrey. Somerset have three victories from four, while the South
Londoners notched up three draws before crumbling to defeat
at the hands of Warwickshire (who lifted themselves off the bottom of the table by
embarrassing the reigning champions).
It might seem premature, in the first week of
June, to suggest that Surrey’s chances of retaining their County
Championship crown will be decided in the next fortnight, but both
of the teams heading to Guildford to play them are already threatening to turn the second half of this year’s
title race into a three-horse gallop for the winning post.
Somerset, who are currently second behind
Hampshire, and Yorkshire, in third, really will test a Surrey side
that slipped to 65-5 in their first innings against Kent at
Beckenham, and then found themselves 92-6 in their first dig at
Edgbaston last
Monday; not to mention 93-7 at the second time of asking.
The Cidermen, like Surrey last year, have found
that a winning formula goes hand in hand with having a core of homegrown
players; unlike Hampshire, whom they beat convincingly to lift the
Royal London One-Day Cup recently, in what could well be the last
50-over final ever to be played at Lord’s.
The visitors' attack possess three of the country's leading wicket-takers - all-rounder Lewis
Gregory (24 poles at 14.25 runs apiece), Craig Overton (16 at 20.25) and
slow left-armer Jack Leach (15 victims at an average of just 14.73).
Unfortunately for them, Gregory is out due to the injury he picked
up while bowling in the Royal London final.
Somerset's four-day batting has been less spectacular, but
it hasn't really needed to be yet. That said, the west countrymen
won't want to persevere with a top three who are averaging
9.50 (Marcus Trescothick), 18.50 (Azhar Ali) and 24.00 (James
Hildreth) for much longer. How soon, one wonders, will room be made
for the
brilliant Tom Banton, who is yet to feature in the County
Championship this term?
Surrey v
Somerset - First-Class Records Sheet
Ben Foakes is set to make his 100th first-class
appearance and Morne Morkel (1,956) continues to edge closer to
2,000 f-c career runs. Somerset's Steven Davies will start with 499
first-class catches and Tom Lammonby, if he plays, is on the brink
of making his professional debut a day after his 19th birthday.
The only change to the 14-man Surrey squad that travelled in vain to
Birmingham is slow left-armer Freddie van den Bergh replacing seamer
Gus Atkinson; which means Sam Curran (hamstring), Jade Dernbach
(calf) and Conor McKerr (heel) all remain sidelined.
OPPONENT |
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
OPPONENT |
Warwickshire |
27-30 May 2019 |
Lost By 130 Runs |
Edgbaston |
188 & 141 |
293 & 166-9d |
Kent |
20-23 May 2019 |
Match Drawn |
Beckenham |
439 & 280 |
294 & 352-8 |
Somerset |
14-17 May 2019 |
Match Drawn |
Taunton |
380 & 255-8 |
398 |
Essex |
11-14 Apr 2019 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
395 & 324-6d |
448 & 0-0 |
Essex |
24-27
Sep 2018 |
Lost By 1 Wicket |
The Oval |
67 & 541 |
477-8d &
134-9 |
Tough. It's Guildford (where Surrey have only had one Champo win in
16 attempts) and, more pertinently, the hosts look less like
reigning champions and more cut out to be among this year's
championship strugglers. Still, Notts have been really poor, so far,
so I won't mention the R-word. Weather-wise, days three and
four could well see some precipitation. If they do, Woodbridge Road
is a notoriously slow-drying ground. Given Surrey's recent form, it
would be very optimistic to predict a victory,
so I'm going: "Draw".
M.Trescothick, Azhar Ali, J.Hildreth, T.Abell (capt),
G.Bartlett, S.Davies (wk), C.Overton, J.Brooks, J.Overton,
T.Groenewald and J.Leach.
Paul Baldwin and Peter Hartley.
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
SOMERSET |
14-17
May 2019 |
Match Drawn |
Taunton |
Surrey |
Bat |
380
& 255-8 |
398 |
18-21
Sep 2018 |
Match Drawn |
Taunton |
Surrey |
Bat |
485 |
146
& 168-3 |
20-22
Jun 2018 |
Won By An
Inns & 69 Runs |
Guildford |
Uncontested |
Field |
459 |
180
& 210 |
19-22
Sep 2017 |
Won By 6
Wickets |
The Oval |
Somerset |
Bat |
433
& 146-4 |
269
& 306 |
7-10
Aug 2017 |
Match Drawn |
Taunton |
Uncontested |
Field |
345 |
436 |
28-30
May 2016 |
Lost By 1
Wicket |
Taunton |
Surrey |
Bat |
264
& 138 |
102
& 301-9 |
24-27
Apr 2016 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
463
& 181-8d |
353
& 122-4 |
11-14
Sep 2013 |
Lost By 7
Wickets |
Taunton |
Surrey |
Bat |
195
& 197 |
260
& 133-3 |
17-20
Apr 2013 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Somerset |
Bat |
366-9d |
384
& 251-9d |
28-31
Aug 2012 |
Match Drawn |
Taunton |
Surrey |
Bat |
317
& 360-5d |
294 |
16-19
May 2012 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Somerset |
Bat |
388
& 239-7 |
512-9d
& 180 |
12-15
Aug 2008 |
Match Drawn |
Taunton |
Surrey |
Field |
406-9 |
401-3d |
30
May - 2 Jun 2008 |
Lost By 8
Wickets |
Whitgift Sch |
Somerset |
Field |
326
& 227 |
446
& 111-2 |
19-22
Jul 2006 |
Match Drawn |
Guildford |
Somerset |
Bat |
717 |
688-8d |
14-16
Jun 2006 |
Won By 4
Wickets |
Bath |
Surrey |
Field |
266
& 356-6 |
342
& 276 |
3-6
Jul 2002 |
Match Drawn |
Taunton |
Somerset |
Field |
608-6d
& 324-5d |
554
& 329-7 |
24-27
May 2002 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
220
& 332 |
253
& 45-1 |
23-26
Aug 2001 |
Match Drawn |
Taunton |
Somerset |
Bat |
278
& 294-6 |
373
& 311-6d |
6-9
Jun 2001 |
Won By 6
Wickets |
The Oval |
Somerset |
Bat |
403
& 210-4 |
377
& 234 |
14-16
Jun 2000 |
Won By An
Inns & 213 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
548 |
145
& 190 |
SURREY AT GUILDFORD:
OPPONENT |
DATE |
RESULT |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
OPPONENT |
Somerset |
20-22
Jun 2018 |
Won By An
Inns & 69 Runs |
Uncontested |
Field |
459 |
180
& 210 |
Essex |
9-12
Jun 2017 |
Lost By 8
Wickets |
Uncontested |
Field |
399
& 288 |
435
& 253-2 |
Warwickshire |
2-4
Jul 2016 |
Lost By 10
Wickets |
Surrey |
Bat |
273
& 177 |
449
& 5-0 |
Glamorgan |
15-18
Jun 2015 |
Lost By 7
Wickets |
Surrey |
Bat |
406
& 277 |
437
& 247-3 |
Kent |
20-23
Jul 2014 |
Lost By 89
Runs |
Surrey |
Field |
398
& 213 |
408
& 292 |
Warwickshire |
5-8
Jun 2013 |
Match Drawn |
Warwickshire |
Bat |
274
& 234-4 |
631-9d |
Lancashire |
11-14
Jul 2012 |
Match Drawn |
Surrey |
Field |
430-5 |
485-7d |
Middlesex |
20-23
Jul 2011 |
Lost By 6
Wickets |
Surrey |
Field |
117
& 379 |
308
& 190-4 |
Sussex |
9-12
Aug 2010 |
Match Drawn |
Surrey |
Field |
292 |
217
& 275-6d |
Essex |
15-18 Jul
2009 |
Match Drawn |
Essex |
Bat |
352-8d |
401
& 201-3 |
Durham |
16-19
Jul 2008 |
Lost By 10
Wickets |
Surrey |
Bat |
220
& 323 |
410
& 134-0 |
Worcestershire |
25-28
Jul 2007 |
Match Drawn |
Surrey |
Bat |
369 |
217
& 307-5 |
Somerset |
19-22
Jul 2006 |
Match Drawn |
Somerset |
Bat |
717 |
688-8d |
Kent |
20-23
Jul 2005 |
Lost By 4
Wickets |
Surrey |
Bat |
452-8d
& 350 |
572
& 232-6 |
Warwickshire |
21-24
Jul 2004 |
Lost By 7
Wickets |
Surrey |
Field |
331
& 412 |
537
& 207-3 |
Middlesex |
23-26
Jul 2003 |
Match Drawn |
Middlesex |
Field |
411
& 94-0 |
385 |
Yorkshire |
24-27
Jul 2002 |
Won By 6
Wickets |
Yorkshire |
Bat |
382
& 237-4 |
172
& 446 |
Northamptonshire |
18-20
Jul 2001 |
Won By An
Inns & 55 Runs |
Northants |
Bat |
368 |
120
& 193 |
Leicestershire |
19-21 Jul
2000 |
Won By 10
Wickets |
Leicestershire |
Bat |
288
& 119-0 |
318
& 87 |
Hampshire |
14-17 Jul
1999 |
Won By 156
Runs |
Surrey |
Bat |
171
& 482 |
322
& 175 |
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