Monday 10 October 2011

2011- Batsman Review





Michael Brown
LVCC- 78 runs @ 15.60
After his torrid season in 2010, where he didn't play a single game, Michael Brown opened the batting in the first game of 2011 against Northamptonshire at the Kia Oval. However, he struggled to get back into the swing of it, and after 3 games, Brown once again picked up an injury, and in June, he sadly retired at the age of 31.

Arun Harinath
LVCC- 7 runs @ 3.50
After having a very good season for the second X1, scoring plenty of high scores, Arun Harinath was picked for the LVCC match at Guildford against Middlesex. Against test bowlers Steven Finn and Corey Collymore, Harinath couldn't cope and after scoring 3 and 4, he wasn't picked again. He continues to show promise in the second X1, but you would feel that if he doesn't make it next year, he might not make it at all.





Tom Maynard
LVCC- 1022 runs @ 40.88
CB40- 481 runs @ 40.08
FLt20- 392 runs @ 43.56
Tom Maynard has had a fantastic first season for Surrey after joining in late 2010 from Glamorgan. Hitting his 1st first class hundred back at the Swalec Stadium, and playing an important role in all forms of the game, he is without doubt one of the players of the season, not missing a single game. A highlight would be his hundred at Guildford against Middlesex, but his best innings was against Derbyshire in the last LVCC game of the season. Surrey needing to get maximum batting points to help the promotion push, Maynard took them there with a fantastic 123, showing patience and skill, which has gained him a place in the England Performance Squad.






Kevin Pietersen
LVCC- 58 runs @ 58.00
FLt20- 30 runs @ 30.00
KP didn't play much this season and after moving house, he might not sign a new contract, However, when he did play, he showed his class, with a score of 58 in his only championship innings, against Essex at Whitgift.








Mark Ramprakash
LVCC-700 runs @ 33.33
After having his awful cruciate knee ligament injury in Novermber 2010, Ramprakash probably had his least productive season for Surrey in 2011, scoring just the one century, far off the 10 in 2006. However, he still showed glimpses of class, scoring his century at Gloucester in the same game he was given out obstructing. He has a contract until the end of next season, and however much it pains me to say it, it could be his last.




Jason Roy
LVCC- 623 runs @ 29.67
CB40- 585 runs @ 45.00
FLt20- 363 runs @ 27.92
2011 was the breakthrough season for the young man from Durban. Power and maturity grew as the season went on, and after scoring his first 1st class hundred, he became a far better player. Even though he didn't push on in the LVCC, he was the first name on the team sheet in both one day competitions, with the ability to change a game at the blink of an eye. He became the first man to score back-to-back one day hundreds since Ali Brown in 2002, and like Maynard, has been picked for the England Performance Squad.



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