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SURREY LIONS V
DURHAM DYNAMOS at the Brit Oval (TSL2), 30 MAY 2005
After four away trips, Surrey find themselves hosting a
totesport League game for a change. With just one win out of their first five in
the 45-over competition - and that against bottom-of-the-table Scotland - it is
a question of how they can get the nine victories they need out of their last 13
fixtures to even think about promotion.
Thanks to the suicidal tendencies of Kent's batsmen today, Durham are
yet to beaten in Division Two, though
with two abandonments the Dynamos' lead at the top of the table is probably less than
it would have been otherwise.
One of the secrets of Durham's success is that someone
normally chips in with a score around which the rest of the innings can be
built. So far this summer six of their batsmen have made one-day half-centuries.
Top of the Dynamos' batting averages is 22-year-old Gordon Muchall, who has made
93 runs in three knocks for once out. However, their leading run-maker is not
Mike Hussey, but Nicky Peng. Hussey will be missing tomorrow, but it's not all
good news - his replacement will be Nathan Astle, who has only made over 6,000
runs in one-day internationals for New Zealand!
Ashley Noffke will be making his second competitive appearance of
the summer for Durham. During the Queenslander's time with Middlesex he had a
creditable limited-overs record of 15 wickets at 29.26 runs apiece and an economy
rate of 4.27. But the Dynamos will continue looking to all-rounders Dale
Benkenstein and Paul Collingwood plus the future England star Liam Plunkett to
do the damage with the ball.
Can we have Harbhajan now? Without him, I have to say I don't fancy our chances
- simply because Durham bat all the way down. What Surrey would give right now
for an all-round pair like Benkenstein and Collingwood. After eleven straight
limited-overs victories against the Dynamos, I'm afraid my head says it will be
a third successive defeat at the hands of the Riverside outfit.
Apparently, following today's news about his action Harbhajan Singh was planning
to get straight on a plane bound for London. Whether he plays tomorrow remains
to be seen. One thing that does look a certainty, however, is that Ian Salisbury
will not be making a rare one-day appearance, so Tim Murtagh will get the nod.
N Astle, J Lewis, N Peng, P Collingwood, P Mustard (wk), D Benkenstein (capt), G Muchall,
G Breese, A Noffke, L Plunkett and N Killeen.
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DATE |
COMP |
RESULT |
VENUE |
TOSS |
DECISION |
SURREY |
DURHAM |
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24 Apr 2005 |
NL |
Lost By 138 Runs |
Chester-le-Street |
Surrey |
Field |
86 (30.1) |
224-8 (45) |
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10 Sep 2000 |
NL |
Lost By 59 Runs |
The Oval |
Durham |
Bat |
192 (40.3) |
251-5 (45) |
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6 May 2000 |
NL |
Won By 66 Runs |
Chester-le-Street |
Durham |
Field |
230-7 (45) |
164 (41.3) |
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29 Aug 1999 |
NL |
Won By 2 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
221-7 (45) |
219-8 (44) |
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18 Apr 1999 |
NL |
Won By 3 Runs |
Chester-le-Street |
Surrey |
Bat |
175-7 (26) |
186 (25.4) |
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13 Sep 1998 |
NL |
Won By 101 Runs |
Chester-le-Street |
Surrey |
Bat |
237-6 (40) |
136 (32.1) |
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10 Aug 1997 |
NL |
Won By 7 Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
190-3 (38.3) |
189-9 (40) |
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24 Jun 1997 |
NWT |
Won By 5 Wickets |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Field |
251-5 (48.5) |
247-7 (60) |
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23 Jun 1996 |
NL |
Won By 59 Runs |
Stockton |
Durham |
Field |
268-8 (40) |
209 (35.4) |
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14 May 1995 |
NL |
Won By 7 Wickets |
The Oval |
Durham |
Bat |
190-3 (35.1) |
189-8 (40) |
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3 Jul 1994 |
NL |
Won By 2 Runs |
Darlington |
Durham |
Field |
222-8 (40) |
220-9 (40) |
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4 Jul 1993 |
NL |
Won By 36 Runs |
The Oval |
Surrey |
Bat |
205-9 (50) |
169 (48.3) |
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2 Aug 1992 |
NL |
Won By 100 Runs |
Durham University |
Durham |
Field |
330-6 (39) |
230-7 (39) |
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