If Smith isn't gonna keep he'll be missing out you'd think.

He was already doing that for us though in the Blast. Just everybody knows about it now because he did it in the Hundred.

To echo what's been previously said, he looks like a bit of a 'bits and pieces' cricketer in red ball at the moment, he can give you some ok overs, he's probably not good enough to bat in the top 5 but he's a nice player to have coming in at 6 or 7 so...

Feel like the Hundred hinders him, feel like he'd benefit hugely from batting in the top 4 for us in the ODC and building an innings. Instead he goes the Hundred, faces a few balls and barely bowls...

Having said this he has huge potential and he he does strike me as the sort of player who once he does get that first ton might get on a bit of a roll.

Seems to get out bowled or LBW a lot which suggests that if you just bowl straight at him he'll miss one.

He's down the pecking order for our 4day side for now though...

Is in some select XI squad to play v Zimbabwe at Grace Road in a 4day match.

I do think he has a bit of a way to go with the gloves...I'm not for one second saying he's looked bad but he has looked a bit untidy at times. Burgess looked the same when he first arrived and he ended being terrific though...

Think they stuck at it really well on an absolutely lifeless, pudding pitch. Webster is such a useful cricketer being able to bowl seam and spin, great option. The day was drifting until Simmons managed breathe some fire, that short ball barrage was pretty hostile and he showed good pace to extract some bounce and life out of the pitch. Days like today do Yates a lot of good in terms of his development as a spin bowler, he's definitely improving and seems to bowl well and get wickets on these type of surfaces and in these type of situations (ie, runs on the board, in/out field etc), gets good overspin.

Encouraging signs just think psychologically we needed them following on tonight.

Do we know why Kai Smith isn't keeping?

Lively from Simmons.

Why has Davies got the gloves?

Has signed til the end of the season.

Thought it at the toss this Surrey XI looks a good deal weaker than anticipated. But yes this pitch looks incredibly docile, no pace in it whatsoever, will probably turn a bit after lunch tomorrow. There does seem to be a couple of particularly flat wickets over that side of the square, remember Northants at home 2022? This looks flatter than even that did.

Hain has had a quiet season but I don't think he'll get dropped...only way I see Bethell get in this line up is if Latham takes the gloves and Kai Smith sits out.

Latham giving everyone a lesson, when you get in on these sort of pitches you go big, you be greedy.

I feel like us and Kent have the most. Kent definitely had the most last season.

Terrible news

BosworthBear wrote:

Surrey assuming pitch is dead again. Resting a bowler and bowling first. Just hope we can apply scoreboard pressure. Lacking a spinner again if we need variety.

Given the heartening results it’s a shame if Edgbaston is hampering us.

Totally agree.

Think Troughton was a regular and Bamber was in 1 episode. Or the other way around.

LeicesterExile wrote:

Be interesting to know if his father has ever been in the same film/play as David Troughton.

There is something from the 80's when this happened, can't remember the name of it unfortunately. Was a series I think.

Miles record v Surrey is pretty good, couple of 5fers for us v them.

Yeah I remember there being a big thing made of this when he broke into the Middlesex side.

Isaac Maddy