About this episode
The episode discusses Jamie Smith's impressive performance alongside Ollie Pope and evaluates other contenders for England's opening spot.
Jamie Smith adds a second authoritative hundred to his season's output in partnership with a rehabilitated Ollie Pope against a modest Leicester attack at the Oval. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann report on another Surrey run spree and assess the failures of some of the other batting contenders for Zak Crawley's England opening spot, with one outstanding exception - Ben McKinney's unbeaten 214 for Durham v hapless Gloucester. #countychampionship For more on Zak Crawley and other cricket comment follow the Cricverse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Simon Hughes, Simon Mann
Topics covered
- cricket
- county championship
- batting performance
- England cricket
- Surrey
- Zak Crawley
Keywords
- Jamie Smith
- Ollie Pope
- Zak Crawley
- Ben McKinney
- county championship
- Surrey
- batting performance
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Durham, Gloucester
Places: Oval
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