http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851 leave out Mark Ramprakash for Somerset clash – Cricket News Update
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843, following an abysmal start to the current season.
The 42-year-old has managed just 62 runs from four First-class matches this term, with a highest of 24, which came in the first game of the season against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852. His last outing saw him bagging a pair, forcing the management to exclude him from their upcoming home bout against Somerset at the Oval.
Surrey team director, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Patrick-Adams-c50949, said that the decision to drop a player of Ramprakash’s calibre was a tough one, while was hopeful that the player will regain his form and make a quick comeback into the side.
"We have not selected Mark Ramprakash for the game against Somerset which was a very difficult decision to make,” Adams said.
"Mark has had a tough start to the season and has not made the impact with the bat that he would have wanted to.But you do not score the amount of runs that Mark has without knowing your own game and I know he will work hard to find his form again. The challenge now for Mark is to push hard to regain his place for the remainder of the season," added the Surrey team director.
It has been one of Ramprakash’s most disappointing campaigns till date, and his omission remains the first in a distant memory. He has been a prolific run-scorer for Surrey and is the only player to have scored 100 First-class centuries.
Despite the snub, the veteran’s first-class record is staggering. He has played 460 matches, scored a whopping 35614 at 53.23, with a best of 301 not out.
Earlier, the player was penalized for a level one breach of ECB’s disciplinary code, after he was involved in an argument with umpires Nigel Long and Jeff Evan’s during his side’s match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866. He further criticised the playing conditions across the country, owing to an early start, claiming that it was a ‘lottery’ for batsmen to make runs, with bowlers having much of the ascendency.
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