31 August
Lancashire overcome Surrey (BBC)

New injury blow for Saqlain (BBC)
Saqlain Mushtaq to undergo knee surgery (CricInfo)
Mushtaq faces new knee operation to save career (Evening Standard)
Lancashire v Surrey (Sporting Life)

30 August
Preview: Lancashire Lightning v Surrey Lions (Oval World)
Surrey finally sunk by Afzaal (Oval World)
Surrey tread water before Usman sends them down (Guardian)

Surrey fall through trapdoor (Telegraph)
Surrey condemned to drop (Times)

29 August
Surrey suffer relegation (BBC)
Northants v Surrey (Sporting Life)
Academy opts for fewer rookies (Telegraph)

28 August
Preview: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Surrey Lions (Oval World)

27 August
Rixon rues the one that got away (Croydon Advertiser)
Newman makes the most of openings (Croydon Advertiser)
Selectors back me (Croydon Advertiser)

Season's driving Jonathan Batty (South London Press)
Surrey and Essex all washed up (South London Press)
Clarke back at Academy (Surrey Advertiser)

26 August
Bicknell claims 400th wicket on night of disappointment (Oval World)
Abandoned Essex game suits no-one (East Anglian Daily Times)

Mark gains key advantage (Evening Standard)
Jefferson excels (Telegraph)
Surrey's chances of survival hit by rain (Times)

25 August
Essex v Surrey called off (BBC)
Key agrees new contract (BBC)
Butcher should not be the victim of England's success (Independent)

Key agrees to extend Kent deal (Sporting Life)
Taking Lashings in good cause (This Is Local London)
Regulations on overseas players 'must be tightened' (Times)

24 August
Preview: Essex Eagles v Surrey Lions (Oval World)

23 August
Kent pair frustrate Surrey (Telegraph)

22 August
Dennington and Butler thwart Surrey (Oval World)
England player ratings (BBC)
Butcher the loser in winning team (Observer)

Surrey edging to safety (Telegraph)
Ormond fuels Surrey revival (Times)

21 August
Kent salvage draw (BBC)
Kent v Surrey Day 4 (Sporting Life)
Brown reined in (Telegraph)

Brown produces trickle of runs after downpour (Times)

20 August
Newman and Clinton hand advantage to Surrey (Oval World)

Surrey push on in the wet (BBC)
Another Whitgift Festival to remember (Croydon Advertiser)
Brown focused on the job in hand (Croydon Advertiser)
A missed chance (Croydon Advertiser)

Newman plays the cool hand (Guardian)
Kent v Surrey Day 3 (Sporting Life)
Newman in driving seat for Surrey (Telegraph)
Kent keep plugging away despite rancour (Times)

19 August
Kent's strategy in a spin (Oval World)

Newman keeps Surrey on top (BBC)
£25m to knock the Oval into shape (Evening Standard)
Azhar betters Bicknell to leave Kent in a stew (Guardian)
Fulton makes lone stand for Kent (Independent)
Kent fear losing batting stars (Kent Messenger)
Kent v Surrey Day 2 (Sporting Life)
Shake-up welcomed by big guns (Surrey Mirror)
Fragile Kent undermined by Bicknell (Telegraph)
Azhar and Bicknell make Kent struggle (Times)

18 August
Surrey seamers successful (BBC)
Surrey want Twenty20 finals (BBC)
Kent v Surrey Day 1 (Sporting Life)
Frizzell County Championship Preview (Telegraph)

The Frizzell County Championship this week (Times)
Ward works wonders on and off the field (Times)

17 August
Preview: Kent v Surrey (Oval World)
Kent v Surrey (BBC)

Hollioake's relay world record bid (Sky Sports)
Club bats for Surrey (South London Press)
Kent quartet still unavailable (Sporting Life)

16 August
Chilton and Sutcliffe upstage Hollioake's home farewell (Oval World)

Emergency service only for injured Thorpe (Guardian)
Thorpe a doubt for the Oval (Mirror)
Lancashire spoil party (Telegraph)
Sutcliffe and Chilton hit Surrey with killer blow (Times)

15 August
Surrey stay bottom (BBC)
Thorpe could miss Oval Test (BBC)
Thorpe and Butcher will miss final Test (CricInfo)
Thorpe the perfect man for a crisis (Independent)
Surrey v Lancashire (Sporting Life)
Thorpe breaks finger (Sporting Life)
Old heads needed for young game (Telegraph)

14 August
Preview: Surrey Lions v Lancashire Lightning (Oval World)
Friday the thirteenth sets up tense sequel (Oval World)

Surrey give Rixon reasons to be cheerful (Guardian)
Cork's century is scant consolation for Lancashire (Independent)
Cork century fails to halt Surrey romp (Telegraph)
Cork's quick century not enough to slow Surrey advance (Times)

13 August
Ramprakash takes centre stage (Oval World)
Surrey thrash Lancashire (BBC)
Surrey regain the strut (CricInfo)
Kent batsman holds Key for Surrey (Croydon Advertiser)
Hollioake is caught out as Lions are outfoxed (Croydon Advertiser)
Getting fit for winter (Croydon Advertiser)
Ramps puts the skids under Lancs (Guardian)

Surrey swagger returns (Independent)
Hollioake bids farewell to county cricket (South London Press)
First phase at Oval completed (South London Press)
Surrey v Lancashire Day 3 (Sporting Life)
Ton machine Ramps holds key to survival battle (Surrey Advertiser)
Headmaster receives six of the best (Telegraph)
Ramprakash turns screw on ailing Lancashire (Times)

12 August
Lancashire fail test despite doing their homework (Oval World)
Surrey show their class (BBC)
Ramprakash teaches Lancashire a lesson (CricInfo)
Lancashire plunge in new-ball freefall (Guardian)
Lancashire bamboozled by Bicknell's rich seam (Independent)
Lancs win toss - but still struggle (Manchester Evening News)
Surrey v Lancashire Day 2 (Sporting Life)

Surrey show their class (Telegraph)
Hollioake steps down as the best captain we never had (Telegraph)
Returning Bicknell gives Surrey boost (Times)

11 August
Surrey leave Lancs in daze (BBC)
Surrey thrive in the school atmosphere (CricInfo)
'I've got no complaints and no regrets' (CricInfo)
Surrey v Lancashire Day 1 (Sporting Life)
The Frizzell County Championship this week (Times)

10 August
Preview: Surrey v Lancashire (Oval World)

Surrey v Lancashire (BBC)
Thorpe talks up England (BBC)
Surrey finally lose it (South London Press)
Butcher out of Lancashire clash (Sporting Life)
Thorpe glad of lucky break (Sporting Life)

9 August
Rain forces Hants game off (BBC)

Hollioake's record relay attempt (BBC)
County climax: Championship relegation (BBC)
Twenty20 ponders extension (BBC)
Big noise at Edgbaston (Birmingham Post)
Butcher to face tough winter test (Evening Standard)
Hodge helps himself as Snape masters Hollioake's dark arts (Guardian)
Twenty20 Cup in review (Sky Sports)
Hollioake looks away from cricket (Sporting Life)
Hollioake's mask slips to leave Surrey in sorry state (Times)

8 August
Preview: Hampshire Hawks v Surrey Lions (Oval World)

History repeats as Foxes deny Surrey (Oval World)
Roary is a 'cheetah' (BBC)
Hodge a striking hero at the last (Independent)
Foxes lift Twenty20 Cup in style (Leicester Mercury)
Lancs fall short again (Manchester Evening News)
Snape adds winning power to Foxes' potion (Observer)
Hodge is the hero as Leicestershire lift cup (Telegraph)
Brutal Hodge flattens Surrey (Times)
Counties eye up Jones (Wales On Sunday)

7 August
Ormond digs deep to hand Surrey second win (Oval World)
Hodge hammers Surrey (Ananova)
Hodge thrilled with win (BBC)
Foxes take Twenty20 Cup (BBC)
Hollioake proud in defeat (BBC)
All the action as it happened (BBC)
Twenty20 Cup final photo gallery (BBC)
Surrey pip Lancashire (BBC)
Butcher remains doubtful (BBC)
Hodge hammers Surrey (Birmingham Post)
Batty's best but Pears beaten (Birmingham Post)
Butcher doubtful for third Test (CricInfo)
So how was Twenty20 for you? (Guardian)
Hollioake hoping to go out with bang (Independent)
Super Hodge sinks Surrey (Sporting Life)
Hodge hails Leicestershire spirit (Sporting Life)
Surrey grab thrilling victory (Sporting Life)
Butcher set to miss out again (Sporting Life)
Hollioake could make surprise return (Sporting Life)
Ormond's efforts see Surrey home (Telegraph)
Hollioake can bow out on high note (Telegraph)
Hollioake facing challenge to his kingdom (Times)
Ormond's best keeps Surrey hopes alive (Times)
Unlucky Butcher to miss Test (Times)

6 August
Ramprakash and Ormond set up victory charge (Oval World)
Surrey out of drop zone (BBC)
Cup final day arrives (BBC)

Ormond puts twist in tale (Birmingham Post)
Sluggish Surrey limp to victory (CricInfo)
Zaheer is 'injury-fit' (CricInfo)
Ramps is back on happy ground (Croydon Advertiser)
Scene set for perfect Whitgift festival (Croydon Advertiser)
Red Rose county still to show true colours (Croydon Advertiser)
England stars stand in the way of final appearance (Croydon Advertiser)

I'm fit for Twenty20 (Croydon Advertiser)
Hollioake banks on final salvation (Evening Standard)
Butcher threatens Key with the chop (Mirror)
The knock-on effect (South London Press)
Surrey v Worcestershire Day 4 (Sporting Life)
Tudor back, Adam out (Surrey Advertiser)
Ormond puts Surrey in charge (Telegraph)
Ormond swings in to banish Surrey blues (Times)

5 August
Worcestershire needed Moore (Oval World)
Surrey set up win chance (BBC)

Fingers crossed for Foxes (Betting Zone)
Ramprakash gives Surrey a winning chance (CricInfo)
Broadcasters bid for Twenty20 (Evening Standard)
Injury forces Hollioake to opt for early retirement (Evening Standard)
Surrey v Worcestershire Day 3 (Sporting Life)
Butcher hoping to return (Sporting Life)
Surrey ease out Hollioake (Telegraph)
Hollioake to concentrate on day job (Times)

4 August
Clinton makes storming start (Oval World)
Tudor back in Surrey groove (BBC)
Hollioake quits Championship (BBC)
Batty's talent a message to Lara (Birmingham Post)
Tudor leads Surrey's survival bid (CricInfo)
What happened to the black cricketer? (CricInfo)
Freddie's gunning for Surrey (Manchester Evening News)
Surrey v Worcestershire Day 2 (Sporting Life)
Hollioake retires early (Sporting Life)
Hollioake to retire early (Telegraph)
Clinton signs on with a flourish (Telegraph)

Surrey finally see the light as Clinton storms to prominence (Times)
Flintoff is let off the leash for Edgbaston showpiece (Times)
Baron tops the list for leading role for Lord's (Times)

3 August
New boy Clinton denied ton (BBC)
Lancs duo set for Twenty20 (BBC)
Twenty20 visions (BBC)
Hollioake made for Twenty20 (BBC)

Ramprakash rides the lightning (CricInfo)
Surrey face relegation scrap (CricInfo)
Butcher ruled out of Worcestershire match (CricInfo)
Butcher injury hits England's recall hopes (Evening Standard)
Surrey v Worcestershire Day 1 (Sporting Life)
Softly, softly strategy for Lee's comeback (Sydney Morning Herald)
Lee's squad call a blow for Surrey (Telegraph)
Frizzell County Championship Preview (Telegraph)
Lee returns for one-day series (Times)

2 August
Preview: Surrey v Worcestershire (Oval World)
The saga of Surrey's season continues (Oval World)
Butcher misses county match (BBC)

Surrey v Worcestershire (BBC)
Lee returns for Australia (BBC)
Brett Lee named in one-day squad (CricInfo)
Love hurts as Surrey fall again (Guardian)
England left on a treadmill by ECB's need for cash (Independent)
Tudor in Surrey squad (Sporting Life)
Duo return for Pears (Sporting Life)
Rixon confident Surrey will stay up (Sporting Life)
Surrey slipping towards drop (Telegraph)
Love adds to Surrey's list of woes (Times)
England's progress underpinned by veteran Thorpe (Times)
Atherton fury re-ignites Jones county snub row (Western Mail)

1 August
Surrey sink to new low (Oval World)
Northants take first win (BBC)
Jones gets Glamorgan return (BBC)
Northamptonshire v Surrey Day 4 (Sporting Life)
Northants bow to Wessels (Telegraph)
Let's hand power back to the ECB (Telegraph)
Surrey target Glam ace (Wales On Sunday)

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