SURREY V LANCASHIRE at Guildford (Metro Bank One-Day Cup)
17 AUGUST 2023

Eighth (out of nine) in Group A plays host to sixth, in what will be the first List A meeting between Surrey and Lancashire in ten years.

Both sides have endured a rocky road to this point in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup - so much so that even the winner of this clash will need a miracle if they're going to see anything of the knockout phase, having scored just a single victory apiece (Surrey over Notts at Welbeck, by three runs, with Lancashire's coming at Kent's expense, by 125 runs at Blackpool).

Josh Bohannon (178 runs at 44.50), who made 105 to help gun down the the Spitfires, is a whisker in front of Dane Vilas (174 at 43.50) and skipper Keaton Jennings (171 at 42.75) in terms of Lancashire's leading List A run-makers this term.

The stand-out bowler, seamer Jack Blatherwick (9 Metro Bank wickets at 21.66 apiece), has been supported ably by George Balderson (5 at 20.80), Will Williams (24.80) and 22-year-old slow left-armer Jack Morley (31.60).

Alongside Morley, all-rounder Thomas Aspinwall, 19, and batter Matty Hurst, also 19, are those currently getting to see rare first team action while Lancashire's cream is off playing in The Hundred.

Surrey v Lancashire - List A Records Sheet


Three players will start this contest with 500 List A career runs as a target - Ben Geddes (480), Cameron Steel (488) and Lancashire's George Balderson (385) - while Keaton Jennings (2,965) is closing in on 3,000. If Josh Boyden and Harry Singh get the nod for the visitors, they'll be making be their List A debuts.


Tom Lawes comes into the Surrey squad after being released to play by the Oval Invincibles, but Jordan Clark (hamstring), Matt Dunn (hamstring), Ben Foakes (ankle) and Yousef Majid (hamstring) are all ruled out due to injury.

OPPONENT DATE VENUE RESULT
Yorkshire 15 Aug 2023 York Lost By 1 Wicket
Nottinghamshire 13 Aug 2023 Welbeck Won By 3 Runs (D/L)
Kent 11 Aug 2023 The Oval Lost By 87 Runs
Middlesex 5 Aug 2023 Radlett Abandoned
Leicestershire 3 Aug 2023 The Oval Lost By 5 Wickets


The record of sides batting second in List A matches at Guildford (10 wins out of the last 13) suggests it could all come down to the toss. Both teams have blown hot and cold in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, but as Surrey have shown no small amount of fight in recent outings maybe they have the edge.


G.Bell, K.Jennings (capt), J.Bohannon, D.Vilas, G.Balderson, G.Lavelle (wk), M.Hurst, T.Bailey, J.Blatherwick, W.Williams and J.Morley.


 Ben Debenham and Ben Peverall.

DATE COMP RESULT VENUE SURREY LANCS
9 Jun 2013 NL Lost By 5 Wickets Guildford 264-8 (40) 265-5 (37.3)
19 May 2013 NL Lost By 7 Runs Old Trafford 169 (40) 176-9 (40)
23 May 2010 NL Won By 8 Wickets Old Trafford 166-2 (23.5) 165 (39.3)
25 Apr 2010 NL Won By 2 Wickets Whitgift Sch 285-8 (38.5) 290-6 (40)
22 Jul 2009 NL Lost By 8 Runs Old Trafford 213-6 (40) 221-7 (40)
31 Aug 2004 NL Lost By 48 Runs Old Trafford 196 (40.2) 244-9 (45)
15 Aug 2004 NL Lost By 8 Wickets Whitgift Sch 235-8 (45) 238-2 (38.1)
30 Jun 2002 NL No Result Old Trafford 152-3 (31) -
12 May 2002 NL Won By 6 Wickets The Oval 69-4 (11.5) 68 (20.4)
26 Jul 2000 NWT Lost By 8 Wickets The Oval 210-7 (50) 214-2 (36)
17 Jun 1998 NL Lost By 4 Wickets Old Trafford 182-6 (39) 135-6 (21.3)
27-28 May 1998 B&H Won By 5 Wickets The Oval 206-5 (45.4) 203 (49.4)
14 Sep 1997 NL Won By 5 Wickets The Oval 210-5 (37.1) 206-8 (40)
11 Aug 1996 NL Won (Scoring Rate) Old Trafford 202-7 (40) 128 (31.3)
3 Sep 1995 NL Lost By 6 Wickets The Oval 189-9 (40) 190-4 (37.3)
6 Jul 1994 NWT Won By 125 Runs The Oval 343-6 (60) 218 (49.3)
8 May 1994 NL Won By 1 Run Old Trafford 179-7 (40) 178-6 (40)
6 Jun 1993 NL Won By 165 Runs The Oval 259-9 (50) 94 (25.4)
11 May 1993 B&H Lost By 6 Runs The Oval 230 (55) 236 (54.1)
26 Jul 1992 NL Lost (Scoring Rate) Old Trafford 168-9 (40) 100-2 (22.2)

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