Live: Surrey v Yorkshire Men, Rothesay CC, Day One

Away from The Kia Oval, there was success for Yorkshire’s Over 60s team yesterday.

Yorkshire won the County Cup final against Middlesex in Stoke on Trent yesterday having also finished top of their North Division. They went unbeaten through 15 matches in all competitions.

From the Kia Oval, where it’s a dry and bright start to the day ahead of our 11th-round Rothesay County Championship match against Surrey.

First things first, a reminder that we get underway at 10.30am for the remaining days this season.

Yorkshire sit seventh in Division One on 117 points and Surrey eighth on 102.

It’s a huge week for Yorkshire, who still have ambitions of catching Nottinghamshire at the top. They are 31 points clear of the White Rose. For that to happen, you’d imagine Yorkshire will have to win at least three of their remaining four games and draw the other. It might even take four wins. Not impossible.

Both sides head into this week on the back of draws. Yorkshire’s was always going to be against Leicestershire at Scarborough following the weather we had up there, while Surrey were staring down the barrel on day four against Essex at Chelmsford on Sunday before clinging on.

They have named three overseas players in their squad for this game, all Indians. Seamer Auqib Nabi joins Mahipal Lomror and Rahul Chahar. Yorkshire will field their compatriot Kuldeep Yadav for the first of three Championship appearances.

Yorkshire beat Surrey at Headingley back in May. Another performance like that would be most welcome!

We have previewed this game with Anthony McGrath, which is linked below.

The stream will be embedded at the top of the page before we get going.

Enjoy the day

Preview: Surrey v Yorkshire Men, Rothesay CC