County Championship
Rory Burns’ side finished second in the Rothesay County Championship missing out to Nottinghamshire who claimed the trophy for 2025. Nonetheless, the season still showcased some impressive performances, testament to the strength and depth the Three Feathers have to offer.
BEST BATTING PERFORMANCE – Dom Sibley’s 305 vs Durham
Dom Sibley hit 305 of Surrey’s record-breaking 820 first innings runs against Durham – the Club’s highest score in first class cricket.
Sibley batted for 607 minutes, facing 475 runs and put on three separate century partnerships, including a mammoth 334 run partnership with Dan Lawrence (178). His 300 included two sixes and 29 fours.
He became the eighth player to reach 300 in the Three Feathers, finishing with the seventh highest score in the Club’s history.
Captain Burns and Sibley got Surrey underway with a 95-run partnership. Number four Sam Curran (108) and Sibley put on 170 for the third wicket, taking Surrey to 278 before Curran fell.
Lawrence and Sibley put on 334 runs for the fourth wicket – with Lawrence departing for 178 from 149 balls, which included four sixes and 19 fours. Will Jacks came in and continued the big hitting, smashing 119 from 94 balls. Sibley moved to his maiden triple century score in the 150th over before eventually falling an over later for 305.
Surrey drew the match with Durham but put pressure on the visitors after bowling them out for 362. Surrey couldn’t make inroads in the second innings as Emilio Gay (156*) and Alex Lees (100*) stood firm to lead their side to a draw.
BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCE – Nathan Smith 6fer vs Worcestershire
Nathan Smith returned to his old stomping ground to remind the New Road faithful of his talents as he took six wickets for 38 runs to help Surrey to a win inside two and a half days in Worcester.
Smith took one first innings wicket as Worcestershire were bowled out for 214 on the first day. Half-centuries by Patel (61), Sibley (73) and Lawrence (52) helped Surrey to 291 in a game that was fast moving.
It took just five balls of Worcestershire’s second innings before Smith struck, as Gareth Roderick was caught at first slip by Jacks. Smith struck with his seventh ball of the innings as fellow Kiwi international Henry Nicholls was given out lbw without playing a shot for 0.
Smith returned to get the fifth wicket as nightwatchman Ben Allison departed caught at deep square to leave the hosts 112/5. Adam Hose then departed in Smith’s next over as he top edged to fine leg to leave the hosts 113/6. Singh was caught behind by stand-in keeper Rory Burns to hand Smith his maiden Surrey five-wicket haul in the 36th over before Smith wrapped up the innings as Jacob Duffy was caught behind a ball later to Worcestershire 125 all out.
Smith and Fisher tore through the Worcestershire tail, taking six wickets for 13 runs to leave Surrey requiring 49 runs for victory, which they completed by nine-wickets with a Rory Burns six.
BEST FIELDING MOMENT – Dan Lawrence at Square Leg
Dan Lawrence’s screamer at square leg to remove James Rew was a moment that left Ben Foakes with his hands on his head, as Surrey blew Somerset away on the third day at the Kia Oval.
Surrey’s best day of cricket was on Sunday 27th April. Gus Atkinson started the day off with some fireworks with the bat as Surrey were bowled out for 367 in response to Somerset’s 283. With the ball, Surrey started like a team possessed. The visitors were reduced to 0/1 as Worrall dismissed Vaughan with the sixth ball of the innings. Somerset went into lunch on 25/2. But, what happened after lunch showed the level Surrey could get to.
Tom Abell was dismissed to leave Somerset 34/3, before Davey departed two balls later. Then, Worrall took a brilliant low catch off his own bowling to reduce Tom Banton to leave the visitors 37/5! Worrall ran off in celebration in a similar vein to when he reduced Banton with a leg cutter last September as the Peter May Boys started to go crazy.
Aldridge was bowled by Clark to leave Somerset 38/6 before Lawrence’s incredible diving catch at square leg removed the dangerous batter without troubling the scorers. Rew must have thought he had four. His flick was timed perfectly. Lawrence however dived to his right and amazingly took the catch. Surrey’s foot was firmly on Somerset’s throat at 38/7. Pretorius made sure Surrey would bat again, smashing 54 from 45 balls before the West Country outfit were eventually dismissed for 119, leaving Surrey requiring 35. Jamie Smith knocked off the winning runs to give Surrey their first victory of the season.
BEST WIN ON THE ROAD – Surrey’s Five-Wicket Win in Chester-le-Street
Surrey’s best win on the road came in the North East in the five-wicket victory at Durham.
The Three Feathers went on a northern road trip, first stopping at Scarborough for a game that without multiple long rain interruptions, could have fallen in the Three Feathers’ favour.
Durham, who won the toss and elected to bat, were bowled out cheaply for 153 as Surrey’s seamers did the damage. Dan Worrall (4/31) and Sam Curran (3/22) were the pick of the Surrey bowlers.
Ryan Patel (58), Dan Lawrence (88) and Jordan Clark (82) scored important half-centuries as Surrey responded with 322. A vital 85-run sixth wicket partnership between Lawrence and Clark was followed up with a crucial 70-run seventh wicket partnership between Clark and Steel (27) to put Surrey into a strong position.
The home side came back fighting, with Emilio Gay falling one short of a second successive century against Surrey. But it was Indian spinner Sai Kishore who was the star of the show, taking 5/72 from 41.4 overs in his second match for Surrey to put the visitors in control of the match.
Surrey knocked off the required 176 runs with five wickets remaining to take the points after a hard fought two weeks on the road in the North East.
County Cup
Surrey’s County Cup campaign was an exciting start to the T20 season. Making it to the final of the competition, the Three Feather’s showcased a dominant approach to the quick and exciting format.
Best Batting Performance – Kira Chathli’s Career Best v Hampshire
Surrey’s County Cup campaign started with a bang.
Led by Kira Chathli, the wicketkeeper-batter began her innings at Beckenham by hitting England’s opening bowler Lauren Bell for three consecutive fours before taking apart the rest of Hampshire’s attack.
Chathli’s aggressive start signalled a career best performance.
Dominating around the ground, Hampshire’s attack could do nothing to slow Chathli as she struck five fours off the bowling of Linsey Smith and 15 from Freya Davies in the following over.
Making 95 off 47 balls with 19 fours and one six, Chathli was on fire for Surrey’s opening game of the Vitality County Cup.
Five runs short of what would have been a maiden century, the Surrey batter fell to Millie Taylor, caught at mid-on.
Surrey sealed a convincing win, with Chathli top scoring.
Best Bowling Performance – Kalea Moore’s 4/27 V Lancashire
Kalea Moore delivered the standout bowling performance for the County Cup taking 4/27 in a valiant fight against competition winners, Lancashire, in the final.
Her spell began with two wickets in a single over. First removing Seren Smale, then ending Tilly Kesteven’s rampant 77 with a perfect delivery through the gate, halting Lancashire’s charge.
Returning for the final over, the offspinner sent Fi Morris back to the changing rooms having played directly into Moore’s field setting and was caught at backward point by Tilly Corteen-Coleman.
The final wicket came three balls later. This time England international Sophie Ecclestone was caught once again at deep mid-wicket.
Kalea Moore’s break was a defiant stand against a Lancashire team that stood in good form.
Best Fielding Moment – ADR Bullet Arm
Clinical in the field as ever, Alice Davidson-Richards runout against Durham is the County Cup’s best fielding moment.
Poised at mid-on, Bess Heath looked to run a single to the arm of Davidson-Richards. Charging at the ball, ADR swept it up, and in one fell swoop, unloaded with pin-point precision.
At the stumps, Tilly Corteen-Coleman watched as Heath dove fully outstretched, only to fall short.
The early breakthrough proved decisive, setting the tone for Surrey’s sharp fielding display that kept Durham under constant pressure.
Best Win on the Road – Surrey V Bears Semi-final
Surrey’s standout win on the road came in their semi-final clash against Birmingham Bears in Taunton.
After winning the toss, Bryony Smith opted to bowl and handed the new ball to left-arm pacer Alexa Stonehouse.
Stonehouse struck with the final delivery of her first over, bowling Davina Perrin through the gate, and repeated the feat later in her second over with Abby Freeborn caught at mid-on.
Ryana MacDonald-Gay followed suit, bookending her first over with wickets as Surrey’s attack restricted the Bears to 133/9.
Chasing the target, Surrey’s top order faltered, leaving Kalea Moore and MacDonald-Gay to shine in the middle order.
Their game changing 58-run partnership carried Surrey to victory in the final over with three wickets in hand and sealing a place in the final.
