YORKSHIRE V SURREY at Headingley (LVCC1), 30 JULY - 2 AUGUST 2008
For all their lack of achievement this summer, Surrey have had to endure
their fair share of injuries. Mark Butcher is still out of the reckoning for a
while, but it would appear that Matt Nicholson has made a miraculous recovery
from knee cartilage trouble. Moreover, it is the Brown Caps' opponents who
appear to have the greater injury concerns. Yorkshire are likely to be without
Matthew Hoggard (shoulder), Anthony McGrath (hamstring) and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
(neck) for the clash at Headingley Carnegie starting tomorrow.
Nevertheless, the Tykes possess two batsmen with championship batting
averages over forty this season and both are fit. Jacques Rudolph has led the
way with the bat this term with 751 runs at an average of 53.64 and four
hundreds. For the most part he has been backed up by Andrew Gale (616 runs at
41.06), but in their most recent outing, against Notts at Trent Bridge, Adam
Lyth contributed a valiant 132 as the visitors sunk to their third championship
defeat in a row.
With the red cherry Tim Bresnan (34 wickets at 27.29 runs apiece) has been
the man Yorkshire have turned to when the conditions have suited seam, while
Adil Rashid has continued to impress when the pitches have turned. If he plays,
watch out for 24-year-old seamer Steven Patterson, who has seven wickets at an
average of 20.57.
To follow... But, off the top of head, I recall something about Mark Ramprakash
being one hundred away from a famous landmark.
Chris Jordan, who injured a calf against Glamorgan last week, is in Surrey's
squad of thirteen, as are Nicholson (knee), Ramprakash (food poisoning) and
Saqlain (spinning finger), all of whom missed the Brown Caps' most recent LV
County Championship clash, which was with Durham at Guildford.
OPPONENT |
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
SURREY |
OPPONENT |
Durham |
16-19
Jul 2008 |
Lost By 10 Wickets |
Guildford |
220 & 323 |
410 & 134-0 |
Nottinghamshire |
11-14
Jul 2008 |
Match Drawn |
Trent Bridge |
403 |
218 & 372-6 |
Kent |
29
Jun - 2 Jul 2008 |
Lost By 4 Wickets |
The Oval |
397 & 130 |
270 & 260-6 |
Somerset |
30
May - 2 Jun 2008 |
Lost By 8 Wickets |
Whitgift Sch |
326 & 227 |
446 & 111-2 |
Yorkshire |
21-24 May
2008 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
466-8d &
299-6d |
525 |
With rain forecast on all four days, there's one thing you can be sure of at
Leeds this week and that's the cloud cover synonymous with a swinging ball; and
when the ball swings at Headingley, oh boy does it swing. Pedro Collins and Jade
Dernbach are potentially the visitors' key performers. If they can get amongst
the Tykes, who knows, those of us who have been thinking of backing Surrey to go
throughout the season winless in the champo might just be proved wrong. But,
having said all that, I'm going to sit on the fence and say there won't be
enough time, with the rain, for either side to force a result.
J Sayers, C Taylor, A Lyth, J Rudolph, A Gale, G Brophy (wk), A Rashid, T
Bresnan, D Gough (capt), D Kruis and S Patterson.
Richard Illingworth and Jeremy Lloyds.
DATE |
RESULT |
VENUE |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
YORKSHIRE |
21-24
May 2008 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
466-8d
& 299-6d |
525 |
20-23
Jul 2007 |
Match Drawn |
Headingley |
Yorkshire |
Bat |
229 |
307 &
2-1 |
18-21
Apr 2007 |
Lost By 346 Runs |
The Oval |
Yorkshire |
Bat |
344 &
170 |
494-9d
& 266-7d |
24-27
Jul 2002 |
Won By 6 Wickets |
Guildford |
Yorkshire |
Bat |
382 &
237-4 |
172 &
446 |
24-26
Apr 2002 |
Won By An Inns & 168
Runs |
Headingley |
Surrey |
Field |
510 |
140 &
202 |
5-8
Sep 2001 |
Won By An Inns & 46
Runs |
The Oval |
Yorkshire |
Bat |
516-9d |
235 &
235 |
1-4
Aug 2001 |
Match Drawn |
Headingley |
Surrey |
Bat |
278 &
281 |
204 &
244-2 |
30
Aug - 2 Sep 2000 |
Match Drawn |
Scarborough |
Yorkshire |
Field |
356 &
89-3d |
158 &
68-0 |
12-15
Jul 2000 |
Won By 203 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
226 &
345-8d |
242 &
126 |
15-18
Sep 1999 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
128 &
57-4 |
115 &
213-9d |
1-4
Sep 1998 |
Lost By 164 Runs |
Headingley |
Surrey |
Field |
147 &
135 |
250-9d
& 196-4d |
12-16
Jun 1997 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
549 &
153 |
387 &
115-4 |
6-10
Jun 1996 |
Lost By 221 Runs |
Middlesbrough |
Yorkshire |
Bat |
197 &
274 |
305 &
387 |
10-14
Aug 1995 |
Won By 1 Run |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
409 &
175 |
366 &
217 |
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