Last Saturday was the CB40 final. This is usually the game that brings the curtain down on the domestic cricket season. However it's rather more than that to me this year as Surrey are in the final.
What a week its been, I was lucky enough to spend Monday and Tuesday at the Oval watching the first two days of Surrey v Derbyshire, needless to say on Day 3 Surrey had the game wrapped up and were promoted to Division 1 for next season. It's been a fantastic last month , victory after victory propelled the team towards promotion.,
Meanwhile a victory over Sussex in the CB40 ensured a place in the final. For once football was sacrificed on a Saturday. A decision was taken to buy "posh seats" and we were off to Lords. We stayed the night before in Tooting, which made the journey much easier, and although the weather was changeable, the seats in the Upper Grandstand offered a spectacular view not only of the ground but also the London skyline, and as a bonus they were both under cover and padded !
I should have known it was going to be our day when Matt Spreigel had Marcus Trescothick stumped before he could do serious damage. Somerset never built a dominant partnership and 214 seemed gettable. However when the rain came Surrey were 46-2 and Steve Davies and Jason Roy were back in the pavilion, Roy on the last ball before the umpires took the players off.
Enter Duckworth/Lewis who revised the target, in what was to become a 30 over game.
The Surrey innings was dominated by Rory Hamilton-Brown and he got the team within striking distance before being run out. It was that to Spreigs to get the final runs, and the Cup was ours, and as soon as the lap of honour was completed, we made our way home in the rain !
What a week its been, I was lucky enough to spend Monday and Tuesday at the Oval watching the first two days of Surrey v Derbyshire, needless to say on Day 3 Surrey had the game wrapped up and were promoted to Division 1 for next season. It's been a fantastic last month , victory after victory propelled the team towards promotion.,
Meanwhile a victory over Sussex in the CB40 ensured a place in the final. For once football was sacrificed on a Saturday. A decision was taken to buy "posh seats" and we were off to Lords. We stayed the night before in Tooting, which made the journey much easier, and although the weather was changeable, the seats in the Upper Grandstand offered a spectacular view not only of the ground but also the London skyline, and as a bonus they were both under cover and padded !
I should have known it was going to be our day when Matt Spreigel had Marcus Trescothick stumped before he could do serious damage. Somerset never built a dominant partnership and 214 seemed gettable. However when the rain came Surrey were 46-2 and Steve Davies and Jason Roy were back in the pavilion, Roy on the last ball before the umpires took the players off.
Enter Duckworth/Lewis who revised the target, in what was to become a 30 over game.
The Surrey innings was dominated by Rory Hamilton-Brown and he got the team within striking distance before being run out. It was that to Spreigs to get the final runs, and the Cup was ours, and as soon as the lap of honour was completed, we made our way home in the rain !
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