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Surrey keen to break Guildford drought on return to Woodbridge Road

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Ryan Patel lit up the ground in 2021, Surrey's last victory there, and Rory Burns's Metro Bank One Day Cup team will want to put a fallow five years since...

23.07.26 5 Min Read Richard Spiller

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Picture Gallery: Take a look at our eighth collection of the season

More Surrey cricketing images for you to enjoy from the camera of Rupert Scotland, the man responsible for much of the outstanding photography on show right...

24.07.26Features
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Adam Thomas stars in fine team performance as Surrey kick off One Day Cup in style

Even as The Hundred launched its 2026 version at the Kia Oval, most Surrey supporters' eyes would have been firmly fixed on the heroics being performed up in...

21.07.26News
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Changing of the guard in the air as Surrey digest T20 campaign

Richard Spiller writes reflectively on a Vitality Blast effort that came up short while also previewing the Metro Bank One Day Cup, in which Surrey will look...

18.07.26Opinion
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"We couldn't adapt to conditions quickly enough": Johann Myburgh on semi-final exit

Listen to Mark Church's verdict on Surrey Women's Vitality Blast Finals Day disappointment, as head coach Johann Myburgh laments a failure to post a defendable...

18.07.26News

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Stars on Sunday: when the John Player League ruled the roost

20.07.266 Min ReadMark Sands

A fascinating and nostalgic book by author Mark Sands recalls the days when county cricket's biggest audiences flocked to the Sunday League, and when Surrey...

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Emma Calvert Column: Still areas to improve for us on Finals Day

The Surrey Women's director of cricket, writing exclusive columns for The Rey this summer, looks ahead to the Vitality Blast Finals Day at the Kia Oval and the...

16.07.26Features
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Ollie Pope: "We weren't good enough in the final stages"

Surrey's stand-in T20 skipper pays tribute to Jason Roy's 76, and his opening stand of 101 with Laurie Evans in a 164-run chase, but bemoans a lack of support...

15.07.26News
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Quarter-final against Nottinghamshire needs to sharpen up Surrey

Richard Spiller looks ahead to Wednesday's Vitality Blast quarter-final at Trent Bridge, and a requirement to up their game, after Surrey's qualification from...

13.07.26News

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Picture Gallery: More Surrey images from this cricketing summer

Photographer Rupert Scotland has produced another collection of pictures for The Rey, with his exclusive series of galleries - published every couple of weeks...

01.07.26Features
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Picture Gallery: An off stump goes flying, and other images

Photographer Rupert Scotland presents his latest batch of pictures, published every fortnight or so, with each gallery building into an exclusive collection...

15.06.26Features
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Picture Gallery: Laurie Evans waiting to bat headlines our latest collection

More images from the camera of photographer Rupert Scotland, who is providing exclusive selections of Surrey cricket pictures every fortnight or so for...

28.05.26Features

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Gareth Batty Column: Future planning continues apace alongside silverware hunt

08.07.264 Min ReadGareth Batty

In his latest exclusive column for The Rey, Surrey head coach Gareth Batty talks about the signing of Henry Crocombe for 2027 and Ralphie Albert's selection as...

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Surrey Women land psychological blow ahead of Finals Day by beating Hawks

Ryana MacDonald-Gay took three for 13 in a devastating new ball burst to spearhead a convincing victory against Hampshire in their last group game before next...

12.07.26News

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Connected by a love for Surrey, but also by the sadness of having to say goodbye

Former Surrey all-rounder Cameron Steel pays a personal tribute to his former housemate James Taylor, who earlier this week announced that he will be leaving...

11.07.26Features
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Chris Jordan hails "the perfect bowling performance" as Surrey thrash Kent

Qualification for the Vitality Blast quarter-finals was clinched by a crushing victory by nine wickets over a hapless Kent Spitfires, bowled out for 102 in...

11.07.26News

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Retro Night fireworks at the Kia Oval as Jason Roy hammers out some greatest hits
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Jason Roy, the 'Beckenham kid' of 2010, still thrilling fans 16 years on
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Ben Stokes was an England great, but I can't forgive him for what happened at Trent Bridge
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Kia Oval double-header provides huge Blast opportunities

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Reece Topley leading the charge with the ball as Surrey target T20 quarter-finals

Wins against both Sussex and Essex, following the resumption of the Vitality Blast last week, has given Surrey all-important momentum with only another four...

02.07.26News
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Fast bowler Henry Crocombe signs to join Surrey for 2027

Cash-strapped Sussex have been unable to keep the fast-improving paceman at Hove beyond the end of this summer, and his off-season arrival at Surrey will...

01.07.26News
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Will Jacks stars at Hove but Surrey's T20 teams have mixed fortunes on a red-hot Friday

Jacks and new overseas player signing Josh Philippe, interviewed by Mark Church afterwards, steered home the men in a seven-wicket floodlit win against Sussex...

26.06.26News

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 08: Bryony Smith of Surrey looks on ahead of the Vitality Blast Women's match between Surrey and Durham Cricket at The Kia Oval on June 08, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Ben Hoskins/Getty Images for Surrey CCC)
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Victory at Taunton boosts Finals Day hopes for Bryony Smith's T20 team

Surrey, holders of the Women's Vitality Blast after winning last year's inaugural tournament under Smith, are still in the hunt to retain the trophy after...

28.06.26News
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 27: Ryana Macdonald-Gay of Surrey bowls during the Vitality Blast Women's Final match between Surrey and The Bears at The Kia Oval on July 27, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Ben Hoskins/Getty Images for Surrey CCC)
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"I couldn't imagine something as magical as this" says Ryana MacDonald-Gay

Listen to Mark Church's assessment of the Surrey seamer's 6 for 11, the best bowling figures in the history of domestic women's T20 cricket, and who was on a...

28.05.26News
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Emma Calvert Column: Our return to form in May a real team effort

In her second exclusive column for The Rey, Surrey's director of women's cricket says that what pleased her most about the response to a rocky patch was the...

03.06.26Features
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Aylish Cranstone-Priyanaz Chatterji partnership a key early-season moment

As Surrey Women prepare to launch their Vitality Blast T20 campaign, listen to The Rey's Mark Church summarise their progress so far in the 50-over Metro Bank...

21.05.26Opinion

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"I never thought you could have too much cricket but I was wrong"

Mark Church has made it to the end of June but now simply has to let off steam about what he calls "the madness" of a summer schedule that is giving him a...

29.06.26Opinion
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Under the lights: handling the glare and how it quickens cricket up

In his first piece for The Rey, Cameron Steel writes about the particular challenges posed to players by performing under the floodlights that have become such...

29.05.26Features
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Making a grand entry: Adam Thomas announces himself on the big stage

Richard Spiller tells the story behind Surrey's latest young talent following 19-year-old Thomas' brilliant century on first-class debut against Sussex at the...

04.05.26News

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Starting over again: a pint with my Dad at The Oval

Cameron Steel, facing up to his new life after retiring from professional cricket, took his father Jon to watch Surrey, drink a beer or two and also chat about...

16.06.26Features
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A warm June evening in 2003, when cricket's 'Pandora's Box' was opened

On the eve of the start of this season's Vitality Blast, Mark Church casts his mind back to when a new county competition was launched 23 years ago, when...

21.05.26History
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Live From The Beehive: talking Surrey cricket with some special guests

Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig and his fellow member of the Peter May Boys, Iain Rodger, join Mark Church for the second in a series of podcasts...

26.04.26Features
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When KP flayed the Foxes and his epic 355 not out lit up the Kia Oval

It is eleven years since Surrey played Leicestershire in a traditional County Championship fixture on home soil, in a match that will always be remembered for...

09.04.26Features

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