Surrey v Durham CC 2025

[Parkside]

Great words from Lees and Campbell.

Apart from the update on Ben Raine.

 

[Raymondo]

I'm pretty chill about it. The pitch was an absolute pudding - even on day 4, there were absolutely no demons -and the ball - the less said, the better.

We batted exceptionally quickly, if it was England everyone would be going on about the wonders of Bazball.

The reality is that Durham were always gonna have at least one huge score in them on that pitch. Declaring on 600, you'd assume Durham would make 450, so no follow on, so time taken out the game again for us to build up a big enough lead (given the pitch and ball, again, youre looking 500+), declare and bowl again.

The only way a victory was in anyway likely was get an absolutely mammoth score and hope scoreboard pressure leads to a collapse.

Not sure how that can be labelled arrogance, to be honest!

If that was the scores you could’ve enforced the follow-on .

But if you’d have declared at 600 with 8 sessions left in the game, there are so many more winning possibilities than those which were left a session later with 800.

I think the arrogance surrounds the decision to bat on to allow Sibley to get 300 AND the fact that you had enough runs a session earlier to ensure you couldn’t lose the game.

Special shout for Alex Lees. Out in the middle for all 5 days in that sweltering heat plus a contribution of 225 runs. Certainly held the 1st innings together without which we might well have folded.

Yes, absolutely, given the criticism he drew for the decision he made at the toss - he more than lead by example with his contribution with the bat. A true captains performance with his team in the sh*te at various stages.

What’s more, you could see how angry he was with himself when he nicked behind in the first innings.

People can question his captaincy ability, but you cannot question his dedication and determination and sheer bloody mindedness to not allow his side to lose that game.

 

[Parkside]

If that was the scores you could’ve enforced the follow-on .

But if you’d have declared at 600 with 8 sessions left in the game, there are so many more winning possibilities than those which were left a session later with 800.

I think the arrogance surrounds the decision to bat on to allow Sibley to get 300 AND the fact that you had enough runs a session earlier to ensure you couldn’t lose the game.


Yes, absolutely, given the criticism he drew for the decision he made at the toss - he more than lead by example with his contribution with the bat. A true captains performance with his team in the sh*te at various stages.

What’s more, you could see how angry he was with himself when he nicked behind in the first innings.

People can question his captaincy ability, but you cannot question his dedication and determination and sheer bloody mindedness to not allow his side to lose that game.

Interestingly, Campbell said Surrey would have bowled if they'd won the toss and, as Potts confirmed, the inserting was a group consensus.

 

[Raymondo]

Apart from the update on Ben Raine.

Anyone know what he’s actually done?

As for Campbell’s comments - it’s interesting that Kasey Aldridge will be returning, given he played for Somerset this week in their Championship game.

Interestingly, Campbell said Surrey would have bowled if they'd won the toss and, as Potts confirmed, the inserting was a group consensus.

I mentioned before the game, that’s their general tactic. I think they share the same opinion as Stokes regarding bowling first.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Apart from the update on Ben Raine.

Seemed to suggest an extended period with Aldridge rejoining us

 

[mackemmover94]

Just read this on Twitter from ‘@JackRuleLD’

April
2024- (Kooka) 1/18 result (5.5%)
2025- (Dukes) 9/18 result (50%)

June
2024- (Dukes) 14/18 result (78%)
2025- (Kooka) 3/18 result (16.7%)

 

[danthemanSAFC]

There is a prominent correlation between large match aggregates and the use of the Kookaburra ball. The top 5 highest match aggregates in Durham’s 35 year history have occurred in the last 3 seasons. I believe that the K ball has been used in 3 of those matches.

 

[bedlington mackem]

I stand by my view of North which has been a long term criticism, not just this season, which numerous people on here can vouch for.

I haven't criticised the players, so you will need to aim that question at other posters. If folk wish to complain, then carry on but I have absolutely no complaints about the team on the pitch at the moment, can't fault their effort, commitment and desire and they have shown that big time over the last 4 days.

We have a very very good coach who is getting the best out the team mv has been handed. We would have crumbled this game under Franklin.

Fair play to Lees and Gay today and particularly Lees as he was consistantly good in both innings.....but consistancy is the crux of the matter with Durham . i really hoped that Durham could give it a real go in this game but in truth we only performed to the same level as Surrey on the final day of 4 and we cant expect to really compete with the likes or Surrey unless that ratio increases

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Fair play to Lees and Gay today and particularly Lees as he was consistantly good in both innings.....but consistancy is the crux of the matter with Durham . i really hoped that Durham could give it a real go in this game but in truth we only performed to the same level as Surrey on the final day of 4 and we cant expect to really compete with the likes or Surrey unless that ratio increases

Lees must be knackered mind. He's spent a lot of time on the field during that game and it was over 30 degrees most of the time. Agree about the consistency it's very frustrating but I can't fault the effort in what was a very tough first few days. Hopefully we can kick on as a couple of tough games to come.

 

[danthemanSAFC]

DURHAM CC 2025 STATS AFTER SURREY DRAW (A):


Most Runs - Alex Lees - 741 (+225)
Most Balls Faced - Alex Lees - 1,279 (+402)
Most Minutes At Crease - Alex Lees - 1,702 (+540
Highest Batting Strike Rate - Jake Ball - 108 (+0) & Ollie Robinson - 73 (+0)
Highest Average - Graham Clark - 58.2 (-2.1)
Most 50s - Ollie Robinson - 3
Most 100s - Emilio Gay & Alex Lees - 3 (+0)
Most 4’s - Alex Lees - 94 (+32)
Most 6’s - Matty Potts - 5 (+0)
Durham Overs Bowled - 1,474.1 (+161.3)
Most Overs Bowled - Ben Raine - 297 (+10)
Durham Maidens - 232 (+8)
Most Maidens - Ben Raine - 76 (+3)
Most Runs Conceded - Ben Raine - 832 (+32)
Durham Wickets - 135 (+9)
Most Wickets - Ben Raine - 30 (+1)
Best Economy Rate - Callum Parkinson - 2.36 , Ben Raine - 2.80
Durham Dot Balls Bowled - 6,279 (+519)
Most Dot Balls Bowled - Ben Raine - 1,407 (+50)
Durham No Balls - 40 (+1)
Most No Balls Bowled - Brendan Doggett & Brydon Carse - 9 (+0)
Durham 4s Conceded - 643 (+85)
Most 4s Conceded - Ben Raine - 122 (+6)
Durham 6s Conceded - 28 (+12)
Most 6s Conceded - George Drissell - 14 (+8)
135 Wickets - 73 Catches (54%) - 34 Bowled (25%) - 28 LBW (21%) - 0 Stumpings (0%) - 0 Run Outs (0%)
Highest Partnership - 2nd Wicket v Yorkshire (H) - Gay* & Lees = 279
Most Runs In a Game - Colin Ackermann - 240 v Notts (A)
Points Gained - 108 (+11)
Point Deductions - 0 (+0)
Runs Scored - 4,624 (+624)
Runs Conceded - 5,179 (+820)
Avg 1st inns Score - 385.4 (-3)
Results - Won 2 - Drew 4 - Lost 3
Declarations - 1 (+0)
Most Catches - Ollie Robinson - 29 (+2)
Extras For - 266 (+18)
Extras Against - 286 (+14)
Fastest 50 - Colin Ackermann - 46 Balls (Strike Rate = 109)
Fastest 100 - Emilio Gay - 98 Balls (Strike Rate = 102)
Tosses - Won 7 - Lost 2 - No Toss - 0

 

[bedlington mackem]

Lees must be knackered mind. He's spent a lot of time on the field during that game and it was over 30 degrees most of the time. Agree about the consistency it's very frustrating but I can't fault the effort in what was a very tough first few days. Hopefully we can kick on as a couple of tough games to come.

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Yeah it is frustrating…take Gay for example… brilliant yesterday but it would have been so much better for the team had he scored big ( eg 80 runs ) in both innings ( like Lees did ) rather than his usual all or nothing knocks as demonstrated in this match and others