Sunday 8 April 2012

Surrey clinch First Division One Win in 5 years



Surrey have won their first game in the LVCC Division one since September 2007, after beating Sussex by 86 runs this morning.

Luke Wells started the morning on 97, looking for his 4th First Class hundred. However, before he could get there, Jon Lewis got Anyon to drive, and his edge was taken by sub fielder Jason Roy in the slips. Wells then completed his hundred, with a boundary of Dernbach. It had been a fantastic innings, full of skill and temperament, and he has a big future ahead of him.

However, after frustrating the Surrey bowlers for nearly an hour this morning, the hosts got the final wicket, when Wells popped a catch back at Lewis for his 3rd wicket.  Sussex 255 all out, and Surrey winning by 86 runs.

It was a thoroughly professional performance by our boys, who fought back a couple of times in the game when Sussex were on top, most notably the skippers wonderful innings, in which without, the result could have been different.

Several players come out of the game well. Lewis had a good debut, picking up 4 wickets, and picking up the first in both of Sussex’s innings. Stuart Meaker bowled quickly as usual, and Jade Dernbach already looks better than he did in the Championship last year. RHB finally found some form in the 2nd innings, and Tom Maynard looked good in both. Jacques Rudolph and Mark Ramprakash look a bit rusty, so will need a couple of games to get into the swing of things, and even though he impressed with the ball, it is likely Chris Jordan will either be dropped from the team, or dropped down the order, with Steven Davies coming back next week.

Surrey pick up 21 points and sit top of Division 1, and even though it’s early days, who says we can’t stay there. We now travel to Lords for the London derby against Middlesex, starting Thursday, with some revenge needed, as they have come out on top in the last two years.

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