Whew! Playing as SURREY and What a Thriller of a Win I had.
Day 1 : Somerset got bowled out for 328 with half an hour remaining.
Day 2-3 : Bad start by my Team. 75 for 4 at one stage. Then Butcher,Clarke went on to hit hundreds. Benning made 78. Declared on 505 at the end of Day 3.
Day 4 : Somerset began with 177 behind. After about 50 overs, Match seemed headed for a draw with Somerset being 183/2. At this stage, I remembered that I had totally forgotten
to give A.Mahmood bowling. Two wkts in his first over and along with Bicknell ripped thru the middle,lower order.
But then again, Gazzard-Caddick bided out 40 minutes for the 9th wkt and the time was 5pm. Finally, Kumble-Bicknell removed the 9th and 10th.
I needed about 76 in about 40 minutes of play. All sorts of drama started happening. Newman made a quick 17 before being rtd. hrt. Benning, Clarke, Mahmood, Bicknell made quick runs. Ramprakash went first ball. With 15 required in the last 3, Willoughby and Johnson conceeded only 7 which meant 8 required from the last over. Azhar smashed a 4 off Caddick's first ball which made matters easy. But a dot ball made matters tense again. Finally two singles and a double and Surrey won with a ball to spare.