SURREY V WARWICKSHIRE at the Kia Oval (Royal One-Day London Cup)
7 AUGUST 2022

After gaining revenge over Durham for last summer's semi-final defeat, Surrey might only have opened their Royal London account with a loss and a victory, but the confidence the young guns will have gained at Gosforth puts them in good stead against a Warwickshire team weakened almost as much by The Hundred as the South Londoners.

In fact, no other county is providing more England-qualified players to this year's 100-ball jamboree than Surrey and Warwickshire, who, between them, will be missing a total of 24 during the Royal London (or 22 per cent of all those drafted for The Hundred).

Warwickshire come into this contest with a thumping victory over Gloucestershire at Cheltenham - sealed with more than 10 overs to spare, with Dominic Sibley hitting an unbeaten 106 - under the belts.

Last summer, the Bears finished sixth in Surrey's Royal London group with four wins and four defeats. The batting was led by Matt Lamb, who made 360 runs at an average of 60.00, Rob Yates (282 at 40.28) and Michael Burgess (275 at 39.28).

Arguably the biggest plus was Jacob Bethell's all-round contributions. The slow left-armer took 11 wickets at 27.36 runs apiece as well as averaging 23.50 with the bat to put himself in the shop window for The Hundred.

This year's bowling line-up for the Royal London carries far more experience, with Oliver Hannon-Dalby, who was absent in 2021, firing on all guns in the County Championship right now (46 wickets at 22.08), the inclusion of Indian all-rounder Krunal Pandya, as well as Liam Norwell, who is fit again following a back injury.

Skipper Will Rhodes (who averaged 18.12 with the ball in last summer's Royal London), Ethan Brooks and Craig Miles complete the supporting cast.

Surrey v Warwickshire - List A Records Sheet

Nathan Barnwell is named in Surrey's squad, so could be set to make his professional debut. Similarly, Warwickshire's Hamza Shaikh and Che Simmons might be handed List A debuts. Either way, Matt Lamb (421) and Rob Yates (435) are coming up to 500 List A career runs, while Craig Miles will start with 49 one-day wickets.

Surrey have named an unchanged 12-man squad.

Despite Surrey's magnificent display at Gosforth, it's Warwickshire who will start as favourites, due, no doubt, to the experience they can draw on from the likes of Dominic Sibley, Will Rhodes, Krunal Pandya and Oliver Hannon-Dalby. Curiously, each of the last 6 List A games involving Surrey have been won by the side batting second. Prediction - more eye-catching performances from the hosts' young guns, but the Bears to win the 50th List A meeting between Surrey and Warwickshire. 

R.Yates, D.Sibley, W.Rhodes (capt), M.Burgess (wk), K.Pandya, M.Lamb, E.Brookes, C.Miles, K.Smith, L.Norwell and O.Hannon-Dalby.

Hasan Adnan and Paul Nicholls.

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