Team for Surrey?

Sibley
Yates
Rhodes
Hain
Hose
Lamb
Burgess
Stone
Norwell
Pandya
OHD

About 40 mins after the game finished there was a very long conversation in the middle between Farbrace and Gary Barwell. I’m not suggesting it was acrimonious, but I do hope the groundstaff aren’t being made scapegoats. They were obviously asked to produce ‘a result wicket’ and they did.

The difference between the 2 sides? Overseas players? Our injury list? Confidence? Is the dressing room happy? If I was Farbrace I’d be asking a lot of people questions - starting with Robinson.

Yes, I was there today. As I posted yesterday, I think the current 2nd XI would give the first team a run for their money. You’ve mentioned the bowling and I agree, there seems to be a shocking lack of confidence. Also, I’d question why Yates can’t get in the team; why Benjamin is batting at 3; why Davies is opening/playing; why is Sibley playing?

Also, why did Graeme Welsh leave? Do Hampshire really offer him more of an opportunity? Really.

Where’s the leadership? Poor Will Rhodes has been totally deskilled by the current regime. Is Mark Robinson Mr Motivator? Matt Mason didn’t even turn up for the first quarter of the season. It just smells like something is wrong. But I haven’t really got any answers...apart from, ‘let’s get behind them’.

However, let’s hope a bit of inspiration can be installed tonight!

Is it me, or does anyone one else think the 2nd XI at Notts is a stronger XI than the team playing Kent? I know it’s only cricket, but I do wonder what’s going on behind the scenes.

...has been released. IPL (which has lost 35% of its TV viewers) will last 4 months! Also the only ECB tournament included in the plan is The Hundred. No mention of The Blast at all. WOW!!!! I do wonder how the guardians of our game (including county chairs and CEOs) sleep at night.

Highveld, Are you assuming that Miles and Brookes are fit? Or are you certain?

To be fair, Northants only scored quickly due to the lighting quick outfield. If the ball didn’t go directly to the fielder it became a boundary. I lost count of how many edges flashed through for 4. Yesterday the outfield was very slow paced.

I’m not sure today was as bad as people are intimating.

If the stumps had been removed from the lush green strip, it would have been impossible to pick out today’s track; the wind blowing from the pavilion end was ridiculously strong all day; the incredibly fast outfield was like glass, and was also very uneven; the track was as flat as a freshly laid M6.

Let’s wait until both teams have batted and PS Craig Miles took the catch of the century!

Unfortunately I think Stirling has changed the dynamic. His whole demeanour seems to say, ‘I don’t care’.

I’m not sure about the conditions not being challenging. The cloud hardly lifted all day, Yorkshire were aggressive throughout and there was a particular spell from Hall and Revis with the new ball which had Hain on his back as well as the pair of them bobbing and weaving like boxers for about 15 minutes. Yorkshire were up for this but perhaps made the mistake of starting the day believing - as their crowd did - that the result was in no doubt.

The Yorkshire players were welcomed onto the pitch this morning as a team that had already won. Odd really. However, this was one of the best day’s cricket I’ve witnessed for quite a while....maybe since last September!!

I watched open mouthed as Davies smashed Thompson for 8 in the first over, only to see him caught at mid on a few balls later. Pathetic really. However, I thought Rob Y batted responsibly before falling to a slower ball.

I think the CC break has come at the right time for Davies, otherwise he’d be dropped.

I can’t make up my mind about McAndrew - quick and aggressive, but oh so expensive. Still, I suppose this is what the coaching staff get paid to put right. However, I always thought the overseas player was brought in to be the experienced leader?

I understand what you say about the toss, however, the forecast was for the cloud to lift, which it did.... but not until the 4 wickets had fallen. This morning was very chilly and the ball was flying all over the place, the afternoon was T-shirt and shorts weather under blue skies.

The overhead conditions will still have a big say in this game.

An club email newsletter was sent out several weeks ago. Essex, Lancs and someone else!

At the AGM in 2019....or was it 2020......they stated that the club would eventually have more car parking space than there was at the time.

👍

How long was it?

He’s such a lovely bloke. Deserves much better luck than this.

The email has landed 👍👍

Thanks for that Coop. I’ve now come across several people who tell me the same story.

However, I’ve still not had the email!! I’ve sent emails and ventured to the ticket office at various intervals during the game yesterday and was given all sorts of excuses - one was that they didn’t have my email address, wish is simply tosh!

I’m not a happy bunny!

Where have you seen this, Coop?