Surrey return to The Kia Oval to face Hampshire in the Vitality County Championship.
Rory Burns’ side will be looking to build upon last weekend’s 24-point victory away at Kent.
Play will get underway at 11:00am every day, with gates open at 10:00am. Tickets for all four days can be purchased here.
SURREY SQUAD
The Three Feathers name a 12-player squad for the visit of Hampshire.
Ollie Pope and Gus Atkinson return to the fold this week.
Tom Lawes is unavailable due to a heel injury sustained in the victory against Kent.
Ben Foakes misses out as part of the ECB workload management of centrally contracted players.
HOW CAN I KEEP UP WITH THE GAME?
The game will be broadcast live on Surrey’s YouTube channel. A link to the stream will be placed on the Surrey Match Centre and social media channels.
Surrey Cricket’s social media channels will provide live updates from The Kia Oval, with match updates and clips posted throughout.
At the end of play on each day, a written report with highlights and reaction will be published.
A live text commentary section will be available on the Match Centre.
LAST TIME OUT
Surrey picked up their first victory of the 2024 season, beating Kent by an innings and 37 runs – picking up a full-quota of 24 points in the process.
Tom Lawes and Cam Steel picked up three wickets as Surrey dismissed Kent for 244.
Surrey responded with a mammoth 543/7 declared, with openers Rory Burns (69) and Dom Sibley (150) putting on 147 for the opening stand, before Dan Lawrence (112) scored his first Surrey century. Jamie Smith added 58, before contributions from Ryan Patel (30), Cam Steel (43*) and Jordan Clark (40) took Surrey to a commanding lead.
Surrey reduced Kent to 139/6 early on the fourth day before an 85-run partnership between Joey Evison (53) and Matt Parkinson (39) frustrated the Three Feathers. Tom Lawes got the big wicket of Evison before Cam Steel came on to take his 19th and 20th wickets of the season to take him clear at the top of the County Championship wicket taking charts.
HAMPSHIRE
Captain: James Vince
Head Coach: Adi Birrell
2023 finish: Third (Division One)
2023 highest run-scorer: James Vince (1,007)
2023 highest wicket-taker: Mohammad Abbas (53)
Batter Ali Orr moved down the coast from Sussex over the winter as Hampshire look to push on from three third-placed finishes in a row. Hampshire won eight games last year – the same as Surrey but will look to find consistency in order to win their first Championship in over 50 years.
Hampshire have drawn two of their three games – at home to Lancashire and away at Warwickshire. Their opening game at Durham was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
LAST TIME OUT VS HAMPSHIRE AT THE KIA OVAL
Surrey beat Hampshire in a four-day thriller in April 2023, as Ollie Pope’s unbeaten century late on the final day secured a famous win for Rory Burns’ side.
Tom Lawes took four wickets as Surrey dismissed Hampshire for 254. Ben Brown scored a batting 95 as Surrey’s seamers wreaked havoc.
In response, Ollie Pope scored 91 and new recruit Sean Abbott showed his batting capabilities that would shine throughout 2023 as Surrey posted a narrow lead with 270.
Nick Gubbins scored 84 as Hampshire posted 258. Dan Worrall continued his fine form from 2022 with 5/40.
Surrey required 243 runs to win in a session and a half – an uphill task for most. Ollie Pope scored one of Surrey’s great centuries, as his 122 not out took Surrey to a nine wicket victory late on Day Four. Despite the winning margin, the game incredibly close for three and a half days, with the result setting Surrey up to attack their County Championship crown.
