Author: Marcus Hook

Burns’ decision was soon called into question when, in only the sixth over, the Bears’ skipper Alex Davies launched Jordan Clark over long-on for a second six.

Foakes was central to the South Londoners preserving their unbeaten record this season.

The South Londoners’ domination of the County Championship in recent years has been driven by their seam attack.

Surrey now have a week off after leaping up the table in the County Championship, thanks to their eight-wicket win over Somerset.

The latest accolade to come the Aussie seamer’s way is being one of Wisden Almanack’s five cricketers of the year, along with team-mates Gus Atkinson and Jamie Smith.

Marcus Hook’s latest Surrey CCC column.

The hosts’ noses were in front for most of the game but Nick Gubbins and Toby Albert’s fifth-wicket stand of 143 on the last day frustrated Surrey’s seam attack, who frequently beat the outside edge of the bat on a pitch that improved as the contest unfolded.

Marcus Hook kicks off our coverage of Surrey’s 2025 cricket season.

After lifting the County Championship trophy for the third time in as many years, Rory Burns rated this summer’s defence of Surrey’s crown as the toughest.

Back in June, they also came up short in the final of the 20-over Charlotte Edwards Cup.

After Surrey were confirmed as county champions for a third successive season, head coach Gareth Batty hailed Rory Burns as one of the great county captains, alongside the likes of Adam Hollioake and Stuart Surridge.

Surrey’s ten-wicket victory over Durham places them on the verge of clinching a third consecutive County Championship title.

Marcus Hook previews the T20 Finals Day – as Surrey bid for long-overdue glory in the competition.

As the next round of matches coincides with the end of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka and the start of the white-ball series with Australia, the South Londoners will be without all of their England players.

The South Londoners’ five-wicket victory over Durham on Tuesday night hung in the balance when Curran junior joined Sibley in the middle, with the Oval outfit still needing 110 in 13.4 overs after Durham had recovered from a poor start to post 162-8.

The South Londoners’ innings and 63-run County Championship victory sees the gap between them and the chasing pack increase from 23 to 35 points with four matches to go in Division One.

It has been widely reported that Surrey are on the brink of signing the former England seamer Matthew Fisher from Yorkshire.

The game was still in the balance until Saqib Mahmood took three wickets in six balls to rip the stuffing out of Brave.

Blake, who hit a maiden century, found a useful ally in 19-year-old Sykes (87 not out from 56 balls), making only his second appearance for Surrey, to complete a rebuild after his side had slumped to 53-3.