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 going to be difficult. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 90 matches is 288 runs. The team winning the toss should look to bowl first as the majority of the games played on this ground have been won by the chasing side.
Pacers have been very successful at this venue. They have earned 82% of the total bowling fantasy points at this venue. We would suggest that you pick as many pace bowlers as possible in your team.
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
Match 98 of the "County Championship, 2021" will be played between Durham and Surrey (DUR vs SUR) 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.