2014 Hampshire Thread

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2.10 start

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2.10 start

Nope, 2.20 apparently.

We've lost the toss and will bowl. Given that there's been rain around, that's surely not the worst outcome ever?

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80 overs today

Surrey : Burns, Ansari, Solanki, Dilshan, Davies, Roy, Wilson, O'Brien, Batty, Dunn, Linley

No Tremlett is a nice surprise.

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Brad Taylor replaces Bates, and Briggs in for Balcombe

Wheater is the WK

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MA Carberry, JHK Adams*, WR Smith, JM Vince, AJA Wheater†, SM Ervine, BJ Taylor, MT Coles, KJ Abbott, DR Briggs, JA Tomlinson

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80 overs today

Surrey : Burns, Ansari, Solanki, Dilshan, Davies, Roy, Wilson, O'Brien, Batty, Dunn, Linley

No Tremlett is a nice surprise.

Indeed. Very 'interesting' bowling attack all around. I knew Meaker and Dernbach were injured (or recovering from injury, in Meaker's case), but for there to be no Tremlett as well is nice to see.

Just two out-and-out seamers (in Championship cricket, O'Brien is nothing more than a part-time seamer), and one and a half out-and-out spinners (Ansari is only a half, in my book, whilst Dilshan and Roy are nothing more than part-timers).

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Well this has to be the same wicket as yesterday, if Taylor is starting with Briggs (and Surrey are playing various spinners of various ability levels).

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I wonder if Benks/White knows what they are doing with the academy...Taylor had a good debut last year, and then before the Worcs game another spinner was promoted ahead of him, and now Taylor is back in.

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I think we can safely say that Taylor will be batting at 11, not 7. Slightly worrying to see Coles up at 7. We were able to bat him down at 9 earlier in the season.

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3-1 already, and it does sound like a top start with the ball. There was an edge in the previous over which fell short of slip.

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I think we can safely say that Taylor will be batting at 11, not 7. Slightly worrying to see Coles up at 7. We were able to bat him down at 9 earlier in the season.

I think its fairly clear Bates was intended to play before last night, and Taylor was drafted in late.

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Back off for rain already.

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Good to see Tommo with the wicket, would be nice to get his bowling average under 30.

I have thunder where I am, hope it doesn't travel across.

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Still a glorious day down here.