SUSSEX V SURREY at Hove (LVCC2), 15-18
APRIL 2010
In their pomp, between 1996 and 2002,
Surrey used to make short work of Sussex, but the Oval outfit
haven't tasted success against the Martlets in the championship
since 2004. Both sides started the season as joint favourites for
the Division Two title, but whereas Sussex confirmed their
favouritism by beating Glamorgan by 201 runs, Surrey were on the end
of a similar hiding at the hands of Derbyshire.
If Chris Nash can make 1,298
championship runs in a season in a struggling side in Division One,
heaven only knows how many he is capable of racking up in Division
Two this term. Michael Yardy and Murray Goodwin were slightly below
par with the bat last term, but against the less testing attacks in
Division Two, they too should be forces to be reckoned with. The
departures of Hamilton-Brown (to Surrey) and Hopkinson (to
retirement), mean that Joe Gatting is likely to be given every
chance to establish himself as a middle-order regular.
With the ball, however, only the
arrival of Monty Panesar from Northants, peps up Sussex's four-day
attack, which continues to look infinitely more attuned to the
abbreviated versions of the game. In last week's game at Cardiff all
of the bowlers, with the exception of James Anyon, chipped in. The
arrival of Rana Naved now gives them a spearhead, though.
Mark Ramprakash's last seven f-c
innings against Sussex read: 152, 97, 12, 266*, 123, 178 and 43, but
during his 178, the last time he faced up to the Martlets,
Ramprakash he got into an animated on field row with Goodwin, which
led to the former Middlesex man being slapped with a two-match ban.
Rao Iftikhar Anjum is poised to make his Surrey debut. Mark
Ramprakash has 109 first-class hundreds, furthermore, with 27,431,
he is closing in on Graham Gooch's record of 27,571 runs in the
County Championship. Sussex's Murray Goodwin has 59 f-c career
hundreds and Luke Wright starts the match with 2,436 f-c career
runs.
No movement on the injury front - Brown, Jordan and Tremlett are
still sidelined, but the official line on Michael Brown's complaint
has changed from "minor muscular problem" to
"arm". More ominously, the Daily Telegraph is saying that
Browney is suffering from tennis elbow. Stuart Meaker has been
dropped, while Rao Ifthikar Anjum and Chris Schofield have been
added to the eleven that lost to Derbyshire to make up the 12-man
squad for Hove. Expect Ifthikar to make his debut in county cricket
in place of Meaker. Schofield's ability with the bat could see him
get the nod in place of Dernbach or Linley.
OPPONENT |
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
OPPONENT |
Derbyshire |
9-12
Apr 2010 |
Lost By 208 Runs |
The Oval |
352
& 165 |
451
& 274-6d |
Glamorgan |
23-26
Sep 2009 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
430
& 309-7 |
702-8d |
Northamptonshire |
9-12
Sep 2009 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
376
& 282-9d |
492 |
Gloucestershire |
2-5
Sep 2009 |
Lost By An Inns
& 1 Run |
Bristol |
183
& 339 |
523-7d |
Kent |
28-31
Aug 2009 |
Lost By 6 Wickets |
Canterbury |
423
& 293 |
517
& 200-4 |
If Surrey had not been without Rao Iftikhar Anjum and had held on to
their catches it would have been interesting to see how the game
against Derbyshire would have turned out. Sussex already appear to
be the cream in Division Two, but the pitches at Hove have not been
kind to bowlers in recent years. All three results are possible, but
my gut feeling says that this will end in a hard fought draw.
M Yardy (capt), C Nash, J Gatting, M Goodwin, L Wright, M Thornely,
A Hodd (wk), R Martin-Jenkins, R Naved-ul-Hasan, M Panesar and C
Collymore.
Mark Benson and Jeff Evans.
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
SUSSEX |
20-23
Aug 2008 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
455
& 171-7d |
328
& 154-3 |
30
Apr - 3 May 2008 |
Match Drawn |
Hove |
Surrey |
Field |
400-5d |
475
& 13-0 |
21-24
Aug 2007 |
Abandoned |
The Oval |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16-19
May 2007 |
Match Drawn |
Hove |
Surrey |
Bat |
626-3d |
365
& 372-3 |
3-5
Aug 2005 |
Lost By 5
Wickets |
Hove |
Surrey |
Bat |
248
& 254 |
378
& 125-5 |
13-16
Apr 2005 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Sussex |
Bat |
402-5d |
370 |
16-19
Sep 2004 |
Won By 37
Runs |
Hove |
Surrey |
Bat |
283
& 311 |
271
& 286 |
16-19
Apr 2004 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
304
& 254-9 |
493 |
30
Jul - 2 Aug 2003 |
Match Drawn |
Hove |
Sussex |
Bat |
355
& 114-1 |
429
& 302-5d |
30
May - 2 Jun 2003 |
Won By 113
Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
480
& 233-3d |
307
& 293 |
8-11
Aug 2002 |
Lost By 4
Wickets |
Hove |
Sussex |
Field |
193
& 296 |
203
& 288-6 |
19-22
Apr 2002 |
Won By 10
Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
575-8d
& 116-0 |
308
& 379 |
18-21
Aug 1999 |
Won By 207
Runs |
Hove |
Surrey |
Bat |
224
& 315-7d |
115
& 217 |
30
Jul - 1 Aug 1998 |
Won By An
Inns & 69 Runs |
The Oval |
Sussex |
Bat |
364 |
125
& 170 |
28-30
Aug 1997 |
Won By An
Inns & 101 Runs |
Hove |
Sussex |
Bat |
400-7d |
137
& 162 |
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