Back to the Metro Bank Women’s One Day Cup for Surrey tomorrow as they travel to Chelmsford to take on Essex in their final 50-over game before the start of the Vitality Blast.
Surrey will take on Essex at Chelmsford tomorrow where play will begin at 10.30am.
Surrey Squad
Amy Hunter returns to the squad alongside new Surrey signing Rachel King. The two feature to offer depth and cover ahead of international duties and injury.
How can I keep up with play?
The match will be broadcast live on Essex’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 Chelmsford, with clips and highlights posted throughout the day. A written report and highlights will be available at the end of each day’s play.
Last time out
Surrey are yet to face Essex in the Metro Bank Women’s One Day Cup having played every other tier one team so far.
Surrey return to 50-over cricket after a convincing win over Hampshire Hawks in the Vitality County Cup T20s with interim skipper Kira Chathli scoring a dominant 95 runs off 47 balls.
Prior to that, Surrey faced The Blaze in the Metro Bank Women’s One Day Cup where each side scored 346 runs and ended the day with a tie. One of the most exciting games of the season, Surrey showed unwavering resilience as they chased with Alice Capsey at the helm. Hitting an outstanding 125 runs off 96 balls, Capsey’s innings was undoubtedly the shinning star in what was already a very populated game.
ESSEX
Previewed by Jon Batham – ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
Captain: Grace Scrivens
Head Coach: Andy Tennant
The big question: Arguably, Essex have the most settled line-up of the Tier One sides having largely kept together the Sunrisers’ Rachael Heyhoe Flint winning team from last season. That success came after three seasons of huge struggles, so having found a winning formula can this already bonded group repeat the trick?
Player to watch: Sophie Munro. Only Phoebe Turner took more than Munro’s 22 wickets in 50-over cricket last term. The 23-year-old seamer excelled after arriving on loan from The Blaze, proving especially adept towards the back end of an innings including the ‘death overs’. Munro made the move south from Nottingham permanent last September.
Young gun: Sophia Smale. Winning sides tweak, so the fact Smale is the only new addition is intriguing. The slow left-armer fills the void left by Mady Villiers’s departure to Durham, complementing the right-arm leg-spin of both Jodi Grewcock and Abtaha Maqsood in a powerful bowling unit. Only 19, Newport-born Smale has huge potential.
Final thought: Essex will bowl opposition sides out, so the challenge will be scoring enough runs, particularly when setting a target. Skipper Grace Scrivens will lead from the front, and it may need Cordelia Griffith to follow up on her four fifties in the last five games of last season if they are to regularly post totals in excess of 250.
Squad: Grace Scrivens (captain), Maddie Blinkhorn-Jones, Amara Carr, Kelly Castle, Kate Coppack, Ariana Dowse, Jo Gardner, Eva Gray, Jodi Grewcock, Cordelia Griffith, Esmae MacGregor, Lissy Macleod, Abta Maqsood, Flo Miller, Sophie Munro, Sophia Smale.
