If we can’t defend 226 against one of the weakest teams from last season then I really fear for our chances. We HAVE to recruit a bowling all rounder pronto. Having Miles and Sylvester in the same team was never going to end well.

When is Gleeson going to be back, and what about Mousley?

Sub-par fielding by our standards as well. Several boundaries let go that should have been stopped.

At least with such a big score to defend, even though they got off to an absolute flyer they still need to score at over 10 an over.

Andy wrote:

This is the thing with him, he doesn't shape it all so on flat pitches like this he's absolute cannon fodder. Clearly struggles under pressure too.

Yep, I remember him having an over like that last season as well, think it was the last over of the innings. Can’t remember who against but as soon as the first couple of balls go for boundaries the rest seem to as well.

Good recovery to end the powerplay, feel like we can’t lose too many more wickets for a while though

Yes, who could have seen this coming..?!

Seems a bit light in the batting to me.

I think in the past you’ve been able to buy them in the shop on the day? Would be daft if there’s no way to turn up and pay

I can understand the frustration with not winning this one, but I don't think the weather forecast was bad enough to warrant a much earlier declaration. If it was going to be a complete washout on the final day then that would be different, but if we'd declared early and given them something chasable, and then the weather turned out to be better than expected and Worcestershire had won, then people would also have been very upset!

We're in a very good spot after 7 games and aren't a million miles away from the top, which I'm not sure many people saw coming before the start of the season, so I'm pretty happy with how things have gone so far overall.

Malik’s LBW looked marginal as well.

This seems like it should be a good pitch for our seam attack.

Smith given out caught off his shoulder, nice.

We’re scoring slowly, is it a tricky pitch?

Oh boo hoo, how dare teams use their home advantage instead of preparing pitches that are perfectly suited to Surrey! Honestly.

Officially, Booth has an ankle injury.

185 to win. Could be a tricky chase.

Incredible to think that some people had basically written Bamber off after two games!

GerryShedd wrote:

Anyway, my guess is that there will be some play from mid afternoon onwards, just time for OH-D to complete that maiden first-class half century that he covets.

He was denied by the rain!

And right on cue…!

There’s another band of heavy rain not too far away, I think we only need to survive another half an hour or so.

Think we were quite unlucky in that last hour or so

With OHD, Woakes, Hasan Ali, Rushworth, Latham and Bethell all to potentially come in, I think we’re in a good spot.