DUR vs SUR (Durham vs Surrey), Match 98 - Match Information
Match: Durham vs Surrey, Match 98
Date: 30th August 2021
Time: 03:30 PM IST
Venue: Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
DUR vs SUR, Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. It will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket taking is not going to be easy. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 90 matches is 288 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 23% of its matches. The team winning the toss will look to bowl first here.
The pacers have earned 82% of the total bowling fantasy points at this venue. Hence picking up pacers for your fantasy team should be a good idea.
DUR vs SUR, Head to Head
In the 19 matches played between these 2 teams, Durham have won 6 matches and Surrey have won 10 matches. Durham All-Rounders have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while Bowlers have earned the most fantasy points for Surrey.
DUR vs SUR (Durham vs Surrey), Match 98 Preview
Durham will be up against the Surrey in the 98th match of the County Championship, 2021 at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street.
Durham have played 10 matches in the series and they are currently ranked third on the points table, while Surrey have also played 10 matches in the series and they are currently ranked fourth on the points table.
Both teams last played against each other in the Match 66 of the County Championship Division One, 2016 where Keaton Jennings scored the highest fantasy points for Durham with 289 match fantasy points while Jason Roy topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Surrey with 280 match fantasy points.
In the last match played by Durham against Nottinghamshire, Durham drew with Nottinghamshire. The top fantasy player for Durham was Scott Borthwick who scored 179 fantasy points.
In their last match in this series against Somerset, Surrey drew with Somerset. The top fantasy player for Surrey was Ravichandran Ashwin who scored 168 fantasy points.