WARWICKSHIRE BEARS V SURREY LIONS at
Edgbaston (TSL1), 9 MAY 2004
With the exception perhaps of Mark Wagh, the present Warwickshire side
appears to have been built with one-day cricket in mind. Consequently, this
punter backed them to win this summer's first division title at 10-1. After
losing their opening to games you can now get the Bears at 18-1! Not
surprisingly, Surrey's price to win the competition has also lengthened since
their opening day defeat to the Glamorgan Dragons. Currently, it is 11-2, but
another loss tomorrow would probably cause that to double overnight.
If the Lions are concerned that their batting has failed to click, they can
think on. Only one Warwickshire batsman - Ian Bell - has struck a limited-overs
half-century in the opening few games of the season. With Penney and Ostler
failing to make any impression, it has been somewhat surprising that Jim
Troughton has not been activated.
On the other side of the coin, the Bears appear to have a very settled
five-man attack in Pretorius, Carter, Wagg, Brown and Hogg with Bell's medium
pace up Nick Knight's sleeve just in case. The pick of their bowlers has been
the ever-youthful Dougie Brown (seven wickets at 14.57 runs apiece); only Graham
Wagg has genuinely been "got after".
Top of the list of approaching landmarks is Mark Butcher's 150th one-day
appearance for Surrey; and Butcher needs one more wicket for fifty in the
limited-overs arena.
The Lions have won three out of their last four limited-overs meetings
with Warwickshire, however they have lost on their last two visits to Edgbaston.
There is little doubt that the Bears will be seeking to avenge the drubbing they
were handed in last year's Twenty20 Cup final, and with morale likely to be rock
bottom in the Surrey camp following their recent C&G Trophy exit any
sensible person would have to say: "Warwickshire win".
Surrey's squad shows a number of changes following the debacle against
Ireland in midweek. Out of the twelve go Benning, Murtagh, Salisbury and Shahid,
while in come Mark Butcher, Rikki Clarke, Scott Newman and Graham Thorpe.
N Carter, N Knight (capt), M Wagh, I Bell, J Trott, T Penney, D Brown, B
Hogg, T Frost (wk), G Wagg and D Pretorius.
19
Jul 2003 |
T20 |
Won By 9 Wickets |
Trent Bridge |
13
Jul 2003 |
NL |
Lost By 6 Wickets |
Edgbaston |
4
May 2003 |
NL |
Won By 25 Runs |
The Oval |
30
Aug 2001 |
NL |
Won By 123 Runs |
Whitgift School |
29
Jul 2001 |
NL |
Lost By 3 Wickets |
Edgbaston |
9
Aug 2000 |
NL |
Won By 103 Runs |
Whitgift School |
23
Jun 2000 |
NL |
Won By 7 Wickets |
Edgbaston |
26
Apr 1998 |
NL |
Lost By 8 Wickets |
The Oval |
6
Jul 1997 |
NL |
Lost By 48 Runs |
Edgbaston |
1
Sep 1996 |
NL |
Won By 2 Wickets |
The Oval |
10
Jul 1996 |
NWT |
Won By 88 Runs |
Edgbaston |
7
May 1995 |
NL |
Won By 47 Runs |
Edgbaston |
17
Jul 1994 |
NL |
Lost By 13 Runs |
Guildford |
7
Jun 1994 |
B&H |
Lost By 4 Wickets |
The Oval |
20
Jun 1993 |
NL |
Won By 18 Runs |
Edgbaston |
19
Jul 1992 |
NL |
Lost By 6 Wickets |
The Oval |
23
Jun 1991 |
NL |
No Result |
Edgbaston |
7
May 1991 |
B&H |
Lost By 1 Run |
The Oval |
8
Jul 1990 |
NL |
Won By 15 Runs |
The Oval |
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