One Day Cup Preview | Surrey v Gloucestershire
29 July 2024
Gloucestershire travel to the Oval to face Surrey in the Metro Bank One Day Cup on Tuesday in need of a win to get their 50-over campaign up and running.
Mark Thorburn’s side go into the match, Gloucestershire's 1,000th List A fixture, having lost the opening two matches of the tournament, first a 27-run defeat away at Glamorgan on Thursday and then on Sunday, a 63-run defeat at home against Essex.
While disappointed to have lost both matches so far, Gloucestershire will be pleased by the start to the tournament made by seamer Dom Goodman, who already has seven wickets to his name having taken four wickets against Essex and three against Glamorgan. His 4-32 against Essex represent career-best figures for the 23-year-old. Ajeet Singh Dale also impressed, scoring maiden List A half century in blistering speed during a brilliant tenth wicket stand, finishing with 63 off 34 balls.
Those results leave Gloucestershire in eighth place in the Group B table and will be targeting a win against Surrey, who are the only team below them in the table. The Londoners have been well-beaten in both of their opening fixtures against Yorkshire and Glamorgan, the latter of whom recorded a seven-wicket victory with 205 balls remaining at the Oval on Sunday.
TEAM NEWS
Mark Thorburn name a 14-man squad for the trip to the Oval with Matt Taylor’s inclusion the only change to the squad for the match against Essex. Taylor returns in place of Ed Middleton having fulfilled a spell in the Hundred.
Tom Price and Zafar Gohar remain sidelined.
Your 14-player Gloucestershire squad to face Surrey:
J Taylor (C), Akhter, Bancroft, Bracey, van Buuren, B Charlesworth, Goodman, Hammond, Phillips, O Price, Shaw, Singh Dale, Smith, M Taylor.
OUR OPPONENTS
Surrey sit at the foot of the Metro Bank One Day Cup Group B table having lost two from two at the start of the competition. In the opening match against Yorkshire, 83 from Will Luxton and 51 from George Hill helped to secure a DLS win for the visitors at the Oval.
In their most recent match against Glamorgan, Surrey were bowled out for 121 after 34 overs, a modest score that was chased down ruthlessly by Glamorgan inside 16 overs.
HOW TO WATCH
Gloucestershire take on Surrey in the Metro Bank One Day Cup at the Oval, London, from 11am Tuesday 30th July. You can watch the match online in the Glos Cricket Match Centre, here
