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[the other bob wilson]

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Amla dropped off a bit of a gimme at slip.

In a mirror opposite of this match Lancs beat Hants by one run at Liverpool. Think the championship is their’s now unless Warks beat Somerset.

Just been watching the finish of the Lancashire match, tremendous stuff.

SomerSet have had their fill of batting disasters lately, but a draw has to be favourite.

[Alex!]

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As a Surrey member this is some tedious cricket, but nowhere near as bad as a game in 2017 against Hampshire where Rory Burns spent all 4 days bar 20 minutes or so on the field

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

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what the hell is about this wicket at the Oval? Pretty dire to watch and a total non event.

[the other bob wilson]

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If I was Surrey now I’d declare. I say that thinking about this infamous game in the early nineties when we were scored 562-3 and then were bowled out for around a hundred in losing by ten wickets

http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1993/ENG_LOCAL/CC/R10/GLAM_MIDDX_CC_01-05JUL1993.html

The way Glamorgan have been batting, there might be a bit of a panic if we were to lose a few early wickets.

I’m sure Surrey will just keep on batting though.

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

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If I was Surrey now I’d declare. I say that thinking about this infamous game in the early nineties when we were scored 562-3 and then were bowled out for around a hundred in losing by ten wickets

http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1993/ENG_LOCAL/CC/R10/GLAM_MIDDX_CC_01-05JUL1993.html

The way Glamorgan have been batting, there might be a bit of a panic if we were to lose a few early wickets.

I’m sure Surrey will just keep on batting though.

551/2 at lunch, you're probably right about Glammy hashing it up if they batted again.

[Alex!]

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If I was Surrey now I’d declare. I say that thinking about this infamous game in the early nineties when we were scored 562-3 and then were bowled out for around a hundred in losing by ten wickets

http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1993/ENG_LOCAL/CC/R10/GLAM_MIDDX_CC_01-05JUL1993.html

The way Glamorgan have been batting, there might be a bit of a panic if we were to lose a few early wickets.

I’m sure Surrey will just keep on batting though.

Only declaration that would happen for us would be if we somehow had a lead of 150 or so before tea and having a wild stab at it.

Can't see anything other than handshakes

[Alex!]

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Carlson and Chris Cooke taking the new ball, Hogan keeping wicket in short sleeves

I love county cricket

[The Bloop]

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Carlson and Chris Cooke taking the new ball, Hogan keeping wicket in short sleeves

I love county cricket

11 bowlers used by Glamorgan - you dont see that very often. If this was a 3 day game there would have been some debatable part time bowling and a contrived run chase. Those were the days.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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4 full days play with (I think) no rain breaks and only 10 wickets! That's a very flat pitch.

[the other bob wilson]

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The game turned out to be the equivalent of a team being bowled out for 1300 with four wickets falling on the “hard” first batting day and two each on the following days - Surrey should be giving any members who attended all four days a refund.

Does Ollie Pope’s knock make him any more likely to be in England’s team for the First Ashes test? It shouldn’t, because that wasn’t a worthwhile cricket match.

[Alex!]

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Does Ollie Pope’s knock make him any more likely to be in England’s team for the First Ashes test? It shouldn’t, because that wasn’t a worthwhile cricket match.

I don't see anyone else jumping up to beat him to a spot at #5. For what it's worth, I think a lot of our younger players like him, Crawley, Lawrence will fare better in Australian conditions

[The Bloop]

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I don't see anyone else jumping up to beat him to a spot at #5. For what it's worth, I think a lot of our younger players like him, Crawley, Lawrence will fare better in Australian conditions

If Ben Stokes comes back in at 6 then I can only see room for one of those 3 to play at number 5. As it stands I think Pope is the best equipped of those to fulfill that role.

[Alex!]

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If Ben Stokes comes back in at 6 then I can only see room for one of those 3 to play at number 5. As it stands I think Pope is the best equipped of those to fulfill that role.

The idea of Stokes travelling to Australia seem as remote as ever, don't think we'll be seeing him in England shirt until the home summer next year at the earliest

[the other bob wilson]

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If Ben Stokes comes back in at 6 then I can only see room for one of those 3 to play at number 5. As it stands I think Pope is the best equipped of those to fulfill that role.

Poor players don't hit two hundred and sixty odd in a test innings, so I'd say Crawley definitely has something and his test career is far from over in my view, but I think it would be an admission of defeat in a way to pick him for the Ashes tour with him not really having scored the volume of runs for Kent since being dropped from the test team to demand a recall. I'm not as convinced by Lawrence, but he seems to have the character to succeed as an international player. I agree that Pope is the one of the three best suited at the moment to be included. Although it seems daft to ignore a score of 274 when considering someone for a test place, I definitely would do so in this case - everyone knew Ollie Pope's record at the Oval was very good before this innings,, but there've been times this year in international cricket where he's looked all at sea technically.