Surrey vs Sussex

Sussex make a trip to the capital this weekend to face Surrey in the Rothesay County Championship.

With 1,337 runs scored in the match last week at Headingley, it was unsurprising that the clash against Yorkshire ended in a draw. With four batting bonus points and one bowling bonus point, Sussex added 13 points to their tally, keeping them in 4th place in Division One.

There were plenty of positives to take for Paul Farbrace; John Simpson scored his first century of the season, while Tom Haines, Tom Price, Tom Clark and James Coles all scored half-centuries. Captain Ollie Robinson scored 81 unbeaten runs in the match, too!

Team News

There was an injury scare for Farbrace, as Tom Price went down with an ankle injury on day three. He batted in Sussex's second innings, but with Jack Carson as his runner. Despite this, Price has been named in an unchanged 14-player squad.

Squad: Carson, Clark, Coles, Crocombe, Haines, Hudson-Prentice, Hughes, Ibrahim, Lamb, Leaning, Price, Robinson (c), Simpson, Tear

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The Opposition

It's been three draws from three matches so far for Surrey. Perhaps their bowling bonus points tally tells a story in its own right, having picked up just four points from a possible nine.

Nearly 4,000 runs have been scored across the three matches they have been involved in this season at Warwickshire and at home to Leicestershire and Essex.

England wicket-keeper Jamie Smith is the County Championship's second-top run scorer, with 401 runs scored in three matches at an average of 80.2. He is expected to take the gloves for Surrey this week, too, following an injury to Ben Foakes.

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