Surrey Royal London One Day Cup at Woodbridge Road Guildford Loss

GUILDFORD FESTIVAL SERVES UP A FIESTA OF SIXES

as Ryan Patel blows Outlaws away and has locals in fear for life and property

In front of a large crowd at Guildford yesterday,Surrey beat Notts by 33 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method. With a perfect playing surface with no terrors, a small playing area, which slopes down fromthe square, the match was littered with sixes and boundaries. After a three hour delay caused by rain, the two teams smashed a total of 548 runs in 52overs. The difference between the teams came down to the quality of the respective bowling, Surrey hitting 23 sixes to Notts 8. Despite the high protecting meshing, cars and pedestrians were at the their peril on the adjacent Woodbridge Road. Towards the end one old lady had four attempts to throw back the ball, before she could clear the fence [on TV it appeared to be a old gentleman - but the jearing from the beer tent was unfair and unnecessary HBD]. Leading the way for the home side was Ryan Patel with 131 off 70 balls (7x4, 10x6), supported by young tall keeper Jamie Smith with 54 off 19balls (2x4, 6x6). Apart from Brett Hutton (6-0-27-2), the Notts bowlers served up some dross with too many half volleys and full tosses. Notts managed to keep up with the 10 per over asking rate for nearly half the reply. A furious innings from Sol Budinger (45 off 21 balls; 7x4, 2x1) led the charge. Ben Slater hit 69 off 48 balls (8x4, 1x6) to support the chase. Wickets inevitably tumbled as the rate got higher, but in the death throes, Evison (54 off 39balls) and Dane Schadendorf (44 not out off 28 balls) added 80 in 7.4 overs for the 7th wicket to add more respectability to Notts’ brave reply.

Notts won the toss and elected to bowl with dark skies overhead. Fletcher, who had replaced James (Pavilion End) and Hutton (Railway End) were the opening attack. In the 6th over, Amla (14) was strangled down the leg side as keeper Schadendorf took the catch off Hutton, 21 for 1. Torrential rain stopped play at 1137 with Surrey on 29 for 0 off 8 overs with Stoneman on 9 and Patel on 2. The game was to dramatically recalibrate following a prolonged break.

Play recommenced at 1444, the game was now a 30 overs a side. Paterson and Montgomery were now assigned the bowling duties as the sun was now well and truly out. The scoring rate increased as Paterson was bowling too short. In the 13th over, Patel hit Montgomery for a straight six. In the off spinner’s next over, Patel launched him for three consecutive sixes over mid wicket and then two straight, the Surrey100 coming up in the 16th over which cost 25. Evison replaced Paterson for the following over. Trego bowled the 18th over, Patel hit him for 4 through midwicket to bring up the 100 partnership between himself and Stoneman, two sixes followed as Trego sole over went for 19. Hutton then replaced the captain from the Railway End. Patel launched Evison for three consecutive sixes and then a single brought up his ton in 58 balls, 21 off the over. Hutton removed Stoneman for 43, 173 for 2 in the 22nd over. The second wicket raised 152 in 16 overs, but unbelievably the scoring rate was to further increase.

David had a let off when on 3 when his was given ‘out”leg before to Patterson-White's first ball, but it was a no ball as there were insufficient players in the circle. To rub salt in the wounds, 13 came off the over. David launched the returning Paterson for a huge six, but trying to repeat the shot was caught at deep mid wicket by Evison for 13, 203 for 3. Patel then hit Paterson for 6 over extra cover, 17 off the over. Patel (131) smashed Patterson-White for a six over mid wicket but perished next ball caught by Evison going for a repeat shot, 221 for 4.Fletcher returned and he was hit for 6 over extra cover by Smith. Two balls later Smith hit Fletcher for 6 over mid wicket. Smith then cover drove to the Bomber to the boundary. Reifer then hit him for a straight six, 23 off the over. Patterson-White was then hit for a 4 through extra cover by Smith, thencame 2 consecutive leg side sixes and then a straight six, 25 off the over. Reifer (6)was caught at deep extra cover by Trego off Paterson for 45, 270 for 5.Smith got to his 50 in 16 balls, ten off the 28th over. Smith was bowled by Evison for 54, 281 for 6. A full toss from Evison was hit for a leg side sixby Clarke, who then repeated the shot, 16 off the over. Atkinson was dropped on 1 by Trego at deep extra cover, the next two balls were hit for consecutive sixes. Atkinson was caught next ball by Trego to depart for 15, 309 for 7.There was a run out of the last ball following a direct hit by Liam Patterson-White , 311 for 8 off 30 overs. Surrey had scored 282 runs in 22 over after the rain break, with Evison conceding 55 on 4 overs and Patterson-White47 in 3 overs.

Notts required 300 to win via the DLS calculation as Atkinson (Railway End) and Dunn (Pavilion End) opened the bowling. Atkinson's second over went for 30 including two no balls, four boundaries and a six over square leg all scored by Budinger. The 50 came up in the 4th over as Dunn conceded 11. McKerr bowled the 5th over, then Atkinson switched ends. Budinger hooked him for 6, but fell for 45 caught by McKerr off Atkinson off 21balls , 71 for 1 in the 6th over. Trego was caught behind by Smith off McKerr for a 2 ball duck, 72 for 2. Rikki Clarke came on for the 8th over.Hameed (4) was caught on the point ropes low down by Patel off McKerr, 91 for 3in the 9th over. Next over, Dan Moriaty came on bowling slow left arm a boundary for Montgomery bring up the 100. Clarke switched to the Railway End. Twelve came off the 15th over bowled by Clarke including two boundaries for Montgomery. Slater hit Moriaty for 6 over mid wicket. Montgomery (29) was caught at short third man low down by Moriaty off the first ball of Dunn's spell, 151 for 4. Patterson-White was caught at mid off by substitute Ben Geddes off Dunn for 0, 151 for 5. McKerr came back for 20th over and had Slater caught at mid wicket by Dunn for 69, 164 for 6. Schadendorf hit McKerr for a leg side 6. Evison hit Dunn for a straight 6 in the 23rd over. Schadendorf hit Clarke for 6 into the Woodbridge Road as Notts reached 200 in the 24th over. Evison hit Atkinson over long on for 6.

Next over, Schadendorf hit Moriaty for 6 over midwicket. Evison reached 50 off 27 balls with a boundary off Atkinson. Evisonfell on 54 caught on the point ropes by Atkinson off Moriaty, 244 for 7.Clarke bowled the last over as Notts closed on 266 for 7. The game finally ended at 1902 with a near capacity crowd including John Major having enjoyed a day where, aided by a near inaudible PA system, the feature was the backdrop of a crowd constantly in conversation. A throwback to the festival days of old.

Lyndon James with a slight tweak is likely to return for the Somerset clash at Welbeck on Friday. MAG

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Have a couple of Notts lads saved the Hundred last night? That remains to be seen but today it is back to Nottinghamshire playing cricket, not some prefabricated "team" playing a meaningless tournament against other prefabricated collectives - just wait until the England Test players abandon ship to be infilled with unfamiliar county players from counties with no affliation to the city host ("I'm only here for the ££££"). Yes they're professionals but none have chosen to represent a particular franchise.

The potentially bad news is that showers are forecast and the South has had quite a bit of rain in recent days. I don't suppose Woodbridge Road has a hover cover or state of the art drainage but we'll keep our fingers crossed that we will get a meaningful game not washed-out or ruined by DLS.

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In spite of the drain on playing resources, the almost total monopolisation of the the media's attention and the zero tolerance of freedom of expression with regards to the unnecessary existence of the new competition, the Hundred has failed to eclipse the Royal London One Day Cup for entertainment, meaningful cricket, passion and value for money so far this week.

A second century in a week for Haseeb Hameed at Edgbaston and Yorkshire's young keeper Harry Duke leading a chase at Grace Road with a century and not forgetting a five-fer for Lyndon James - a far greater significance than anything that has been achieved advertising crisps. Those feats came just on Sunday, before that we had the team spirit of the youthful Sussex Sharks and teenager Archie Lenham's 4 wicket haul on his 17th birthday last Saturday - these would be headlines in the cricket press had it not been for the Hundred. Compare those acts of brilliance with the Birmingham franchise's fightless rolling over at Old Trafford - 87 runs in 84 balls, "Every. Ball. Counts." as it says all over the hosting venues - except when the ball is never bowled. The Manchester chase was pedestrian, no real tension, void of excitement or explosion. 

Compare that Hundred flop to the similar scenario when Outlaws restricted Worcestershire Rapids at Trent Bridge last month, Rapids at least stuck in and batted out their overs, showing some fight to reach 86/8 in 120 balls. Outlaws then raced to their target in only 38 balls, explosive, brutal, exciting and value for money. click or swipe for report

So Notts Outlaws travel down to Guildford to play Surey on Tuesday, a small ground surrounded by trees with church towers beyond. Surrey state that it's a sell-out to non-members, that there is no car parking at the ground and that there is a four can limit to be enforced by the Gestapo - all very unwelcoming. It's almost like they don't want people to go there.

Secret Squirrel has decided to take the same squad that travelled to Edgbaston.

Ben Slater
Haseeb Hameed
Matthew Montgomery
Peter Trego c
Sol Budinger
Lyndon James
Joey Evison
Liam Patterson-White
Dane Schadendorf x
Brett Hutton
Luke Fletcher
Toby Pettman
Tom Barber
Dane Paterson