SURREY V
WORCESTERSHIRE at the Kia Oval (Royal London One-Day Cup), 4
AUGUST 2015
If the Rapids arrive at the
Oval tomorrow still reeling from yesterday's astonishing 21-run
defeat to Northants, Surrey could potentially seal a place in the
last eight with two group fixtures to spare. Worcestershire are yet
to get off the mark in this season's Royal London One-Day Cup. They
will not be presented with a better chance than against the
Steelbacks on Sunday; after Joe Leach took wickets with the first
three balls of the match before Northants inched along to 19 for
six.
Worcestershire simply haven't
fired with the bat in the RLODC. Only Ross Whiteley is averaging
over thirty with the willow. Skipper Daryl Mitchell sits second in
his side's Royal London batting averages, but with a strike rate of
just 51.78. The only other crumb of comfort has been 19-year-old Ed
Barnard's 51 against Somerset at Taunton, where the Rapids fell 56
runs short.
With the ball, Saeed Ajmal has
kept things tight with his re-modelled off-breaks, but without
taking sufficient wickets. The pick has arguably been Barnard, with
seven wickets at 21.85 runs apiece in his three outings in one-day
cricket, rather than Jack Shantry, who, of course, has happy
memories of playing against Surrey. Shantry has chipped in with four
scalps at an average of 24.75 thus far.
Steven Davies is 95 runs
away from 5,000 List A career notches. Given the form Davies is in,
you would have to back him to get to the milestone tomorrow. Jason
Roy (1,948 runs) has 2,000 in his sights. Only one member of
Worcestershire's likely starting eleven has made over 600 List A
career runs - Daryl Mitchell, who has 2,491 at an average of 33.21.
The announcement of just a 12-man squad sees Tim Linley drop out of
the reckoning. Against Derbyshire, on Sunday, Rory Burns came in for
Ben Foakes, which was a bit of a surprise. Why alter a winning
formula? Who knows, perhaps, Foakes picked up a knock at Durham.
OPPONENT |
DATE |
COMP |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
OPPONENT |
Derbyshire |
2 Aug 2015 |
RLC |
Won By 77 Runs |
Guildford |
326-6 (50) |
249 (41.5) |
Durham |
31 Jul 2015 |
RLC |
Won By 49 Runs |
The Riverside |
271-7 (50) |
222 (46.3) |
Yorkshire |
29 Jul 2015 |
RLC |
Won By 6 Runs |
The Oval |
265-8 (50) |
259-7 (50) |
Northamptonshire |
27 Jul 2015 |
RLC |
Won By 220 Runs |
The Oval |
343-5 (50) |
123 (24) |
Leicestershire |
26 Jul 2015 |
RLC |
Abandoned |
Leicester |
- |
- |
Surrey are the red hot favourites and not even I can contrive a
justification for saying that Worcestershire will break their duck
in this year's RLODC tomorrow.
D Mitchell (capt), T Kohler-Cadmore, T Fell, J Clarke, B D'Oliveira,
R Whiteley, B Cox (wk), J Leach, E Barnard, J Shantry and Saeed
Ajmal.
Martin Bodenham and Graham
Lloyd. (Third umpire - Ben Debenham.).
DATE |
COMP |
RESULT |
VENUE |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
WORCS |
1 Sep 2010 |
NL |
Lost By 90 Runs |
The Oval |
Worcs |
Bat |
286 (36.4) |
376-6 (40) |
3 May 2010 |
NL |
Won By 30 Runs |
Worcester |
Surrey |
Field |
191-3 (31) |
235-7 (40) |
16 Sep 2006 |
NL |
Won By 13 Runs |
Worcester |
Surrey |
Bat |
220-6 (40) |
207-9 (40) |
27 Jul 2003 |
NL |
Lost By 79 Runs |
Guildford |
Surrey |
Field |
140 (37.1) |
219-6 (45) |
5 May 2003 |
NL |
Won By 1 Wicket |
Worcester |
Worcs |
Bat |
247-9 (41.3) |
244-5 (45) |
7 Jul 1999 |
NWT |
Won By 5 Wickets |
Worcester |
Worcs |
Bat |
206-5 (46.5) |
204-9 (50) |
28 Jun 1998 |
NL |
Lost By 1 Run |
The Oval |
Worcs |
Bat |
179-9 (39) |
180 (39.1) |
22 Jun 1997 |
NL |
Lost By 7 Wickets |
Worcester |
Worcs |
Field |
149 (37) |
150-3 (31.3) |
14 Jul 1996 |
NL |
Won (Scoring Rate) |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
162-2 (24) |
175 (39.5) |
4 Jun 1995 |
NL |
Lost By 9 Wickets |
Worcester |
Surrey |
Bat |
126 (39.3) |
129-1 (24.4) |
9 Aug 1994 |
NWT |
Lost By 7 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
350 (59.5) |
357-2 (60) |
12 Jul 1994 |
NL |
Lost By 9 Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
221-6 (40) |
223-1 (36.3) |
15 Aug 1993 |
NL |
Lost By 37 Runs |
Worcester |
Surrey |
Field |
157 (44.1) |
194 (48.4) |
14 Jun 1992 |
NL |
Won By 4 Wickets |
The Oval |
Worcs |
Bat |
201-6 (39.2) |
200 (39.5) |
2 Jun 1991 |
NL |
No Result |
Worcester |
Surrey |
Field |
45-0 (8) |
199-4 (31) |
17 Jun 1990 |
NL |
Won By 7 Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
180-3 (38.5) |
177-9 (40) |
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