Surrey travel to Southampton this evening to take on a depleted Hampshire Hawks at the Rose Bowl in their vital LV County Championship match starting tomorrow.

Due to injury and international commitments Hampshire are going to have to field a weakened outfit in the match against Surrey starting tomorrow. Shane Warne is having to miss out with a suspected fractured rib, whilst Kevin Pietersen, Chris Tremlett and Dimitri Mascarenhas are all part of England’s One Day international set-up.

Surrey are currently in a relegation battle, four points behind Kent on 113 points and 18 points behind Warwickshire, making this match against Hampshire starting tomorrow a huge match.

Surrey will be looking to transfer their winning form from the NatWest Pro40 into the LV County Championship. They have won their last three matches, with Scott Newman striking the ball beautifully. The tall left-handed opening batsman is in some superb form and he will be looking to capitalise on this during Surrey’s match this week.

Injury news

Surrey medical staff are pleased to announce that the squad are all reporting fit.

The full Surrey squad to take on Hampshire is as follows

Newman
Batty
Ramprakash
Butcher
Walters
Benning
Schofield
Nicholson
Singh
Jordan
Ormond
Akram
Spriegel

Match information

As always ball-by-ball commentary will be available from www.surreycricket.com. Highlights of the match can also be seen on Surrey TV.

Surrey supporters are advised that the due to the floodlit match at the Rose Bowl tonight, session times for the Hampshire v Surrey LV County Championship match have been altered and are as follows:

Day 1
11.30 - 1330
Lunch
1410 - 1610 (or 32 overs remaining)
Tea
1630 - 1830
Close
Day 2
1030 - 1300
Lunch
1340 - 1610 (or 32 overs remaining)
Tea
1630 - 1830
Close
Day 3 and 4
Normal hours of championship play

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