Surrey play host to division one leaders for final outing of the season
Published 18 September 2007
Surrey go into their final LV County Championship match of the season knowing that after a tough period, they are guaranteed safety from relegation and as such will be playing division one cricket next season.
Surrey play host to a Lancashire side in the hunt for LV County Championship honours. The Lightening have made a late surge for the top of the table and they will arrive at the Brit Oval for training this afternoon in the knowledge that victory over the Brown Caps, will guarantee them the title.
Ian Salisbury has been called back into the squad to bolster the spin line-up and together with Murtaza Hussain will be looking to pressurise the Lancashire batsmen. Jade Dernbach is also back in the squad after some fantastic performances in the One Day arena. His pace bowling has been a fantastic back up for Matthew Nicholson, who with 41 scalps is Surrey’s leading wicket taker this season.
The full Surrey squad to take on Lancashire is as follows
Newman
Batty
Ramprakash
Butcher
Walters
Benning
Salisbury
Nicholson
Jordan
Ormond
Dernbach
Hussain
Match information
As always ball-by-ball commentary is available from www.surreycricket.com and highlights of the match can be see on Surrey TV.
To hear Nicholson's thoughts on the eve of Surrey's last match, click here.
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