Author: Marcus Hook

Two wins out of two sounds great, but it’s a question, now, of carrying that momentum into the clashes with Hampshire and Kent, both of whom are yet to get off the mark in the Vitality Blast.

Surrey’s Sam Curran celebrated his recall to England’s white-ball fold with figures of 4-14 as the South Londoners made it back-to-back victories to start the Vitality Blast.

Laurie Evans says that qualification for the knockout phase of the Vitality Blast is a must for Surrey, who have only progressed from their group in two of the last seven seasons in the domestic T20.

Surrey remain top of Division One despite not playing in last week’s round of County Championship games, which will no doubt fill them with confidence going into the Vitality Blast.

Surrey have confirmed that the former West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard will be reunited with fellow Trinidadian Sunil Narine for this summer’s tilt at the Vitality Blast, a competition the South Londoners have not won since the inaugural tournament in 2003.

Rain had the final say at Beckenham last week, but Surrey now swap their whites for coloured clothing still atop of Division One in the County Championship, which makes way for the Vitality Blast for much of the next seven weeks.

Rain on the last day against Kent may have denied Surrey the chance to record their first away win in this season’s County Championship, but the Oval outfit still head into a week off atop of Division One – 20 points ahead of second-placed Lancashire, who have a game in hand.

It speaks volumes in terms of Surrey’s strength in depth that the Oval outfit were able to turn in another impressive display against Northants, without the likes of Ollie Pope, Jamie Smith and Reece Topley, and maintain their 100 per cent home record this season.

Richard Bedbrook, the regional director of women’s cricket for South East Stars, is to leave Surrey County Cricket Club to take a new role with England Cricket.

Even though the weather had the final say at Bristol, the outcome was beyond any doubt long before the rain arrived on day four. I’m sorry, but 12 wickets in three days doesn’t make for good cricket – as was reinforced by rows of empty seats at Nevil Road even on the one day when the sun did shine.

Gareth Batty’s assessment is that there have been far more positives than negatives for Surrey, who remain top of Division One in the County Championship despite drawing with Gloucestershire at Bristol last weekend.

Surrey remain top of Division One in the County Championship following a runfest against Gloucestershire that yielded just 12 wickets before the west country weather put paid to the fourth and final day at Bristol, along with any chance of engineering a result.