Batty trumps Bell in battle of wills
Ian Bell's accession to the Warwickshire captaincy was not meant to turn out like this. Instead of an anticipated title challenge, he is now haunted by vague fears of relegation, unthinkable in April
13/08Result
Specsavers County Championship Division One at Birmingham, Aug 13-16 2016
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![Surrey]( "Surrey")
252 & 390 -
![Warwickshire]( "Warwickshire")
247 & 169 (78 ov)
13/08Result
Specsavers County Championship Division One at Birmingham, Aug 13-16 2016
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![Surrey]( "Surrey")
252 & 390 -
![Warwickshire]( "Warwickshire")
247 & 169 (78 ov)
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Surrey , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
13,14,15,16 August 2016 (4-day match)
Umpires
Points
Surrey 21, Warwickshire 4
Scorecard Summary
SURREY 252 (90.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Kumar Sangakkara47 (96)
- Rory Burns50 (153)
- Rikki Clarke3/46 (19)
- Jeetan Patel4/58 (26)
WARWICKSHIRE 247 (78.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Ian Westwood45 (92)
- Keith Barker62 (82)
- Tom Curran2/61 (20.5)
- Sam Curran5/44 (19)
SURREY 390 (106.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Kumar Sangakkara88 (126)
- Sam Curran62 (56)
- Chris Wright4/75 (21)
- Jeetan Patel3/126 (36.3)
WARWICKSHIRE 169 (78 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Tim Ambrose*27 (135)
- Ian Bell32 (104)
- Gareth Batty2/27 (21)
- Mark Footitt2/17 (10)
END OF OVER:78 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | WARKS: 169/9
- Tim Ambrose27 (135b)
- Gareth Batty21-8-27-2
- Mark Footitt10-2-17-2
77.6
W
Batty to Hannon-Dalby, OUT,
OJ Hannon-Dalby lbw b Batty 0 (4m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
77.5
1
Batty to Ambrose, 1 run,
77.4
0
Batty to Ambrose, no run,
77.3
0
Batty to Ambrose, no run,
77.2
0
Batty to Ambrose, no run,
77.1
0
Batty to Ambrose, no run,
Match Coverage
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