Surrey host Bears at the Kia Oval in final standalone fixture ahead of Women’s Finals Day.
Surrey will play finals day contemporary, Birmingham Bears, in their last group match of the Vitality Blast on Friday. Play will begin at 6.30pm.
Surrey Squad
Bryony Smith’s side continues its charge of dominance with these fourteen players –
How can I keep up with play?
The match will be broadcast live on Surrey’s YouTube channel with a link posted on the Surrey Match Centre and social media channels.
Surrey Cricket’s social media channels will provide live updates from Birmingham, with clips and highlights posted throughout the day. A written report and highlights will be available at the end of each day’s play.
THATCHERS GUESS THE SCORE COMPETITION
Surrey County Cricket Club and Thatchers are giving two lucky winner the chance to win a case of twenty-four 440ml cans of Thatchers Gold or Thatchers Zero by trying to correctly predicting how many runs Surrey Men’s and Surrey Women’s team will score in their respective match’s, or being the closest to it, in a home T20 Vitality Blast match at the Kia Oval.
Last time out
Surrey have taken on the Bears twice already this season, each time emerging victorious.
Most recently, Surrey visited the Birmingham side, bowling them all out for 139 in the final over with a three wicket haul going to Alice Davidson-Richards, and the rest shared around the bowling attack equally.
Leading with the bat, Emma Jones made a nifty 46 on what proved to be a difficult batting wicket. Skipper Bryony Smith and Jones partnered 47 before the two feel to respective Bear attacks.
The Three-Feathers crossed the line in style with two identical paddle shots to score the winning runs.
Regardless of Friday’s result, the Bears will return to the Kia Oval on Sunday the 27th and play The Blaze in the semi-final of the Vitality Blast where Surrey will take on the winner.
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Bears
Previewed by Brian Halford, ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
Captain: Georgia Davis
Overseas players: Laura Harris (Australia, full competition)
Key winter moves: Warwickshire entered the new era needing to keep up without the Joneses (Amy and Eve) after they departed to The Blaze and Lancashire respectively. That drained the top order of experience which the signing of Laura Harris is designed to rectify while Sterre Kalis is on a season’s loan from Yorkshire.
The big question: Consistency has proved elusive for the Bears in the early weeks of the season so can they find enough to be contenders for the T20 title? They have individuals capable of match-winning exploits, and have pulled off some eye-catching run chases in the 50-over comp, but is the group good enough to challenge?
Wildcard watch: Amu Surenkumar, a highly talented, 18-year-old all-rounder from Rugby School who can change games with bat or ball. Played for England Under-19s earlier this year has the ability to make a big impact if her chance arrives after the important matter of her A Levels are out of the way!
Final thought: A fast start is always a massive asset in a group campaign and Warwickshire have been handed a very tough opening with away games at The Blaze and Essex. Emerge from that double-header with at least one win and who knows what might happen for a team whose highly-talented spin trio – Georgia Davis, Hannah Baker and Charis Pavely – can put any side under pressure?
