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The Verdict: much to ponder for Rory Burns and his team after Headingley horror
In the latest in an exclusive series for The Rey, assessing each of Surrey's County Championship matches this season, Richard Spiller reflects on the alarming aspects of a crushing innings and 127-run defeat at Yorkshire...
19.05.26Opinion
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Innings defeat against Yorkshire "is a shot across the bows for us" says Gareth Batty
As Surrey's head coach is blunt about the reasons behind a heavy County Championship defeat at Headingley, listen to The Rey's Mark Church on a sobering three and a half days for Rory Burns' team...
18.05.26Opinion
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The Verdict: Dan Worrall's successful return the Surrey highlight from Trent Bridge stalemate
In his latest review of Surrey's County Championship matches this season, Richard Spiller reflects on the draw against Nottinghamshire and also casts his eye elsewhere as the Division One table begins to take on an instructive look...
12.05.26Opinion
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Growing rivalry between Surrey and Nottinghamshire goes up a further notch
Listen to the considered thoughts of Mark Church as he looks back over Surrey's hard-working draw at Trent Bridge and what he believes was County Championship cricket of a standard he has rarely witnessed before...
11.05.26Opinion
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The Verdict: Surrey boosted by first County Championship home win for almost a year
In his latest exclusive analysis piece for The Rey, Richard Spiller looks back on the eight-wicket beating of Sussex in which Jordan Clark, Dom Sibley and 19-year-old debutant Adam Thomas provided the headline performances for Rory Burns' team...
05.05.26Opinion
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The Rey's Mark Church is joined by Bruce Talbot of Hove & Away to discuss Surrey's win against Sussex
Listen in as the pair reflect on some memorable cricket and notable heroics from players on both sides in an eight-wicket Surrey victory, their first Rothesay County Championship victory of the season...
04.05.26Opinion
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The Verdict: Lack of punch with new ball at the heart of Surrey's worries
In his latest analysis piece, examining Surrey's Kia Oval stalemate against Essex in their third County Championship fixture, Richard Spiller takes a wider look at the reasons behind a sluggish start to the campaign...
28.04.26Opinion
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Three games, three high-scoring draws: listen to Mark Church's thoughts on four days against Essex
Surrey lie sixth in the County Championship's Division One table, with 37 points from three matches, following a 21st century record championship attendance of more than 15,000 at the Kia Oval…
27.04.26Opinion
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The Verdict: recent history shows Kia Oval is no longer the fortress of old
Richard Spiller analyses the run-filled draw against Leicestershire in Surrey's first home County Championship fixture of the season, and worries about an emerging trend...
14.04.26Opinion
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Surrey bowling attack "needs to return to being relentless as a unit"
Listen to BBC Radio London commentator Mark Church's considered thoughts after he watched the high-scoring County Championship draw against Leicestershire at the Kia Oval...
13.04.26Opinion
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The high bar challenge: Surrey Women under pressure to follow up 2025 successes
Cameron Ponsonby has the inside track on the Surrey Women's team and in a special interview he chats with The Rey's Mark Church about their prospects ahead of a second season as a professional outfit...
08.04.26Opinion
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The Verdict: Richard Spiller gives his analysis of Surrey's opening draw against Warwickshire
The batting heroics of Ben Foakes, Jamie Smith and Dan Lawrence feature heavily in the first of a series of The Verdict articles on The Rey, following every County Championship match this season...
07.04.26Opinion
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The Ben Foakes question, and how England can solve it
Mark Church thinks he knows the answer to an age-old mystery, and one in which the Surrey wicketkeeper still finds himself
24.02.26Opinion
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Now make him captain: why Sam Curran should be England’s white-ball leader
Mark Baldwin makes the case for the Surrey all-rounder to be in charge in limited-overs internationals…
19.02.26Opinion
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Sam Curran is on a mission as England start their challenge for the ICC T20 World Cup
Surrey trio Curran, Will Jacks and Jamie Overton are aiming to lift the mood among county teammates following the fall-out from a disastrous Ashes winter....
07.02.26Opinion
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Special analysis: What comes next for Jamie Smith?
After a chastening Ashes series and being dropped from England's white-ball teams, Smith faces a big moment in his career, as Mark Baldwin explains
05.02.26Opinion
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Healing the wounds of 2025 could be the key to Surrey's championship prospects this summer
How will Surrey's players and staff react to the near-miss of last September's title challenge? Mark Baldwin reports on what has surely been a pivotal winter of honest reappraisal ahead of the new season...
24.01.26Opinion

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