Injured Surrey skipper Mark Butcher has backed his side to mount a Liverpool Victoria County Championship Division One challenge, despite crashing out of the Twenty20 with only two wins from their 10 games.
Matt Spriegel wants another chance in the Surrey four-day side this summer, if only so dad Geoff can finally see him in action as a professional sports man.
Surrey's Mark Ramprakash may be struggling to find his 100th career hundred this season, but one team-mate concedes he stills holds the Indian sign over him for the time being.
Surrey overseas player Matt Nicholson has backed Epsom's Matt Spriegel to make a splash in first-class cricket after making his Brown Caps championship debut last week.
Surrey endured a miserable few days at Whitgift School after their one day match against Sussex was rained off and Somerset beat them by eight wickets in the County Championship.
Skipper Mark Butcher has hailed Surrey new boy Usman Afzaal as one of the reasons behind his return to form, which sees him rated among the top five county batsmen in the country.
Surrey cricketer Neil Saker is set to open talks over his future at the club after failing to make an appearance in the London Victoria County Championship Division One this season.
Surrey's Chris Jordan may be rated as the next big thing in English cricket after bursting on to the county scene last season, but he is in no rush to pin his colours to the international mast.
