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CB40 Final live: Surrey’s strut too much for Somerset
Somerset fall short for a sixth time in three seasons Lord’s: Surrey 189-5 off 27.3 overs (Hamilton-Brown 78) beat Somerset 214 all out off 39.2 overs (Buttler 86; Dernbach 4-30) by 5 wickets (Duckworth/Lewis Method) Marcus Trescothick cut a pale, … Continue reading
CB40 Final live: Surrey regroup after rain break, Lord’s
Kirby strikes two early blows for Somerset Lord’s: Surrey 61-2 off 9 overs; Somerset 214 all out off 39.2 overs (Buttler 86; Dernbach 4-30). Surrey require 125 more runs to win off 21 overs (Duckworth-Lewis method) Jason Roy is the … Continue reading
CB40 Final live: Somerset saved by Buttler, Lord’s
Twenty-one-year-old plays vital innings to post competitive total Lord’s: Somerset 214 all out off 39.2 overs (Buttler 86; Dernbach 4-30) v Surrey So much for the idea that players need rest and detailed preparation for a big game. The two … Continue reading
CB40 Final live: Somerset face another blow-out
Trescothick’s early departure sparks top-order collapse Lord’s: Somerset 66-4 off 15 overs (Compton 15*, Suppiah 0*) v Surrey All the hopes of the West Country thousands and plenty of neutrals who have held Somerset dear as a ‘second’ side had … Continue reading
CB40 Final live: Trescothick fit for final, Lord’s
Surrey’s young lions take on Somerset, the perennial runners-up Thirty years ago Somerset and Surrey met at Lord’s in the final of the now defunct Benson & Hedges Cup. Joel Garner took five for 14 off 11 overs and Viv … Continue reading
Adams reveals backroom secret of Surrey’s success
Cricket analyst Pete Scott has emerged as one of the backroom staff who made a big difference in Surrey’s dramatic surge towards Division Two promotion in the County Championship’s thrilling final weeks. Scott was asked by Chris Adams, the Surrey … Continue reading
Mark Ramprakash: Lord’s final is big moment for Surrey
It is an exciting end of the season for everyone at Surrey, and after what the club has been through during the past six or seven years it is very nice to be able to write those words. Surrey’s … Continue reading
Ramprakash joins a select band: Andrew Hignell
It’s one of the questions you often get in pub quizzes – “list the ten ways you can be given out in cricket”. Most armchair supporters can get to six quite quickly, but the other four more obscure modes of dismissals … Continue reading
Saxelby says Ramprakash dismissal was ‘right call’
Ian Saxelby has no doubts that umpires Nigel Llong and George Sharp made the correct call in deciding Mark Ramprakash was out in extraordinary fashion during in an exciting climax to Gloucestershire’s LV=County Championship match with Surrey at Cheltenham. The … Continue reading
Arafat confident Surrey can gain CB40 success
Surrey’s overseas seam bowler Yasir Arafat is planning to put a disappointing first half to the season behind him in order to drive the Lions to Clydesdale Bank 40 glory. Having suffered a miserable time in the County Championship, where his … Continue reading