Surrey 428 for 8 declared (Foakes 132*, Patel 75, Pope 58, Clark 50, Hannon-Dalby 4-78) and 43 for 0 drew with Warwickshire 531 (Burgess 178, Lamb 106, Hain 78) Weather interference and an excellent pitch for batting combined to sentence the LV=Insurance County Championship clash between champions Warwickshire and Surrey …
Read More »Matthew Lamb gambols along as champions Warwickshire grind for the draw
Warwickshire 293 for 7 (Lamb 106) trail Surrey 428 for 8 dec by 135 runs Immediately after the Grand National delivered yet another heartwarming story, Warwickshire and Surrey trooped back onto the field at Edgbaston after a rain delay. The Championship is far too earnest these days to suggest that …
Read More »Ben Foakes’ unobtrusive hundred forces England to take note
Warwickshire 16 for 2 (Yates 10*, Briggs 0*) trail Surrey 428 for 8 dec (Foakes 132*, Patel 75. Pope 58, Clark 50) by 412 runs The three rivals for the England wicketkeeper’s position were in the news and, habitually these days, only one of them was playing in the LV= …
Read More »Rory Burns torment continues as shot-happy Ryan Patel tests champions’ mettle
Surrey 168 for 3 (Patel 75) vs Warwickshire England’s collection of opening batters might be unproductive when it comes to runs, but they can certainly be relied upon to provide a rich seam of interest for a psychoanalyst. Mike Brearley even tried to do both, so did remarkably well to …
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