31 May

30 May
Bicknell joins 1000 club (BBC)

29 May
Ramprakash guides Surrey to their first win (CricInfo)
Bicknell turns hundreds into a thousand (Guardian)

Bicknell haul helps Surrey to win at last after Key falls (Independent)
Key's hard toil all for nothing (Telegraph)
Bookmakers run scared after Surrey get off mark (Times)

28 May
Key keeps Kent on their feet as Batty makes history (Oval World)
Bicknell joy in Surrey win (BBC)

'The Pakistan cap has become worthless' (CricInfo)
Bicknell takes 1000th first-class wicket (CricInfo)
Akram, Nash and Adnan disciplined by the ECB (CricInfo)
Batty equals world record (CricInfo)
Batty has plenty to sing about (Croydon Advertiser)
Mr Khan fits bill for Surrey (Croydon Advertiser)
Nas eyes the future (Croydon Advertiser)

Cricket round up (Evening Standard)
Key can still steal Batty's thunder (Guardian)
Key boosts England hopes in leading Kent's resistance (Independent)
Surrey v Kent Day 4 (Sporting Life)
Rixon hails 'legend' Bicknell (Sporting Life)
Bicknell - Magic 1,000 mark is my dream (Surrey Advertiser)
Key holds up Surrey (Telegraph)
Batty leads from behind to put Surrey in command (Times)

27 May
Kent's hopes rest with Key (Oval World)

Key keeps Surrey at bay (BBC)
Batty equals record (Evening Standard)
Surrey revival held up by Key (Guardian)
Key's rich form gives Kent hopes of safety (Independent)
Surrey v Kent Day 3 (Sporting Life)
Key manages to survive Kent collapse (Telegraph)
Batty smiling after late wickets peg back Kent (Times)

26 May
Ramprakash and Batty put Kent to the sword (Oval World)
Mahmood cuts through Kent (BBC)
Kent hit by bout of vertigo (Guardian)
Ramprakash and Batty lead revival (Independent)

Surrey v Kent Day 2 (Sporting Life)
Ramprakash leads Surrey recovery (Telegraph)
Surrey's senior pair lead by example (Times)

25 May
Surrey recover with style (BBC)
Vandalism adds to Surrey's problems (CricInfo)
Tempers fray away from the limelight (CricInfo)
Cricket round up (Evening Standard)
Fine and ban for Giddins over illegal betting (Guardian)

Giddins banned for five years after betting on county game (Independent)
Surrey v Kent Day 1 (Sporting Life)
Sport around the world (Sun)
Five-year ban for Giddins (Telegraph)
Frizzell County Championship preview (Telegraph)
Giddens banned for betting on one-day match (Times)

24 May
Preview: Surrey v Kent (Oval World)
Newman and Zaheer pave the way (Oval World)
Surrey v Kent (BBC)
Giddins guilty of betting (BBC)
Giddins fined and banned for betting (CricInfo)
Zaheer joins Surrey as amateur (CricInfo)

Newman steers Surrey to first win (Guardian)
Giddins gets belated ban (Sporting Life)
Frizzell County Championship preview (Sporting Life)
Zaheer set for championship debut (Sporting Life)
Warne wreaks havoc (Telegraph)
Essex suffer as Zaheer embarks on odd vacation (Times)

23 May
Newman and Ramprakash chart course for safe waters (Oval World)
Surrey get off the mark (BBC)
Unpaid Zaheer joins Surrey (BBC)
Brown's fightback steadies Surrey (Independent)

Surrey v Essex (Sporting Life)
Surrey show signs of slow recovery (Telegraph)
Stewart finds new perspective on sidelines (Telegraph)
Brown guides Surrey home (Times)

22 May
Preview: Surrey Lions v Essex Eagles (Oval World)
Dalrymple puts Middlesex in an unassailable position (Oval World)

Surrey force draw (BBC)
Nash altercation further sours Batty's bad start (Guardian)
Zaheer likely to play for Surrey (Rediff)
Surrey v Middlesex Day 4 (Sporting Life)
Dalrymple carries fight to Surrey (Telegraph)
Dalrymple punishes Surrey after vandals and rain strike (Times)

21 May
Joyce and Dalrymple put Middlesex ahead (Oval World)
Dalrymple dominates Surrey (BBC)
Oval's cupboard looks bare (Croydon Advertiser)
Spin doctor Salisbury stays calm about present... (Croydon Advertiser)
Practice was key (Croydon Advertiser)
Dalrymple's date to remember (Guardian)
Surrey v Middlesex Day 3 (Sporting Life)
Dalrymple cashes in on Strauss call-up (Telegraph)

Twenty20 set for huge Lord's crowd (Telegraph)
Dalrymple takes chance to savage sorry Surrey (Times)

20 May
Ramprakash and Murtagh lead Surrey fightback (Oval World)
Middlesex battle into lead (BBC)
Sussex deny ball-tampering (Evening Argus)
Middlesex see red as Murtagh rides his luck (Guardian)

Surrey v Middlesex Day 2 (Sporting Life)
Surrey find pride to induce a revival (Telegraph)
My top ten (Telegraph)
Murtagh's fightback frustrates Middlesex (Times)

19 May
Murtagh dents Middlesex (BBC)
Surrey v Middlesex Day 1 (Sporting Life)
Butcher open to captaincy idea (Sporting Life)

Batty determined to lead from all ends (Telegraph)
Clubs review (Times)

18 May
Preview: Surrey v Middlesex (Oval World)
Surrey v Middlesex (BBC)
Saqlain setback for Surrey (BBC)
Star duo absent for Surrey (Sporting Life)

Butch stays three 'n easy (Sun)
My Sport: Graham Thorpe (Telegraph)

17 May
Another defeat puts reigning champions in relegation zone (Oval World)
Straight talking stumper (CricInfo)
Four in a row for Glamorgan (Telegraph)
Surrey's slide continues (Telegraph)
Ramprakash fails to halt Surrey's slump (Times)

16 May
Another collapse undoes Butcher's hard work (Oval World)
Gloucs keep Surrey winless (BBC)
Butcher supports experience (BBC)
Giddins faces ECB hearing over gambling allegations (CricInfo)
Butcher's consolation show (Independent)
Gloucestershire v Surrey (Sporting Life)
Pretorius swings back fortunes (Telegraph)
Batty has a thankless task at Surrey (Telegraph)

Surrey slump to another defeat (Times)

15 May
Preview: Gloucestershire Gladiators v Surrey Lions (Oval World)
Butcher follows Batty's lead (Oval World)
Surrey slump to Edgbaston loss (BBC)
Butcher beefs up Surrey resistance (Guardian)

Warwickshire v Surrey Day 4 (Sporting Life)
Batty leads Surrey in fightback (Telegraph)
Stylish Butcher takes his lead from commitment of captain (Times)

14 May
Batty fighting for more than just pride (Oval World)
Butcher on form for Surrey (BBC)
Youngsters push their claim (Croydon Advertiser)
Ireland defeat forces a Surrey reality check (Croydon Advertiser)
Hardly a good start (Croydon Advertiser)
Hearty Warwicks up and running (icBirmingham)
Hogg washes over sad Surrey (Guardian)
Hogg century heaps misery on to Surrey (Independent)
Adam's last stand (South London Press)
Warwickshire v Surrey Day 3 (Sporting Life)

Suffering Surrey flogged by Hogg (Telegraph)
Batty left alone on the burning deck (Times)

13 May
Warwickshire live high on the Hogg (Oval World)
Hogg makes Surrey suffer (BBC)
Fluent Hogg repays faith (icBirmingham)
Troughton exposes old Surrey failings (Guardian)
Surrey's poor run continues at Edgbaston (Independent)

Warwickshire v Surrey Day 2 (Sporting Life)
New-look leagues welcomed (Surrey Mirror)
Troughton dispels doubt (Telegraph)
Indisciplined Surrey forced to toil again (Times)

12 May
Surrey stutter again (BBC)
Dreadful start leaves Surrey stars stumped (Evening Standard)
Rixon promises Surrey changes (Guardian)

England Test men return for Surrey (Independent)
Warwickshire v Surrey Day 1 (Sporting Life)
Frizzell County Championship (Times)

11 May
Preview: Warwickshire v Surrey (Oval World)
Warwickshire v Surrey (BBC)
Giles returns (icBirmingham)
Giles rare outing for county (icCoventry)
Almost a slip-up at Northampton - Ward (Sky Sports)

England duo back to bolster Surrey (Sporting Life)
Frizzell County Championship preview (Sporting Life)

10 May
Surrey still searching for first win (Oval World)
Thorpe relishing challenge (BBC)
Surrey's big guns spiked (Telegraph)
World XI to play at New Road (This Is Worcester)
Formidable spell from Pretorius exposes Surrey (Times)

9 May
Surrey crash to latest loss (BBC)
How we beat surrey! (Belfast Telegraph)
Warwickshire v Surrey (Sporting Life)

8 May
Preview: Warwickshire Bears v Surrey Lions (Oval World)
Knives out for Batty as Surrey seek answers (Times)

7 May
Irish cricket hits new high (Belfast Telegraph)
Early season's a real shower (Croydon Advertiser)
Ramprakash admits he'd have loved the captaincy (South London Press)
Master coach Arnold working on next generation... (Surrey Advertiser)
Irish jig on home as Surrey reel (Telegraph)
Underdogs have their day as Surrey are humbled (Times)

6 May
Ireland want league place (BBC)
Irish leave Surrey in shock (BBC)
Irish are heading for exit (Belfast Telegraph)
Surrey crash to humiliating defeat against Ireland (CricInfo)
Unfancied Ireland shock Surrey (Guardian)
Molins - We're looking up (Sporting Life)
Surrey stunned by Ireland (Sporting Life)
Ireland v Surrey (Sporting Life)
Surrey face embarrassment (Times)

5 May
Morgan under pressure in ECB chairman challenge (Evening Standard)
Ireland v Surrey (Sporting Life)

4 May
Preview: Ireland v Surrey (Ananova)
Stewart opposes Zim tour (BBC)
Surrey's battle of nations (Evening Standard)
Morgan facing challenge for ECB leadership (Guardian)
Four missing for Surrey (Sporting Life)
Fletcher seeks answers (Sporting Life)

3 May
Surrey CCC Supporters' Club 'walkers' present £5,000 cheque
Fletcher opens door to Butcher (Sporting Life)

2 May
Preview: Surrey Lions v Hampshire Hawks (Oval World)

Surrey reward the optimists (Oval World)
Newman illuminates a gloomy day (Independent)
Newman's talent shines (Telegraph)

1 May
Newman ton lights up final day (Ananova)

Patient Newman earns reward (BBC)
Surrey v Northamptonshire Day 4 (Sporting Life)

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