Come on Surrey - it's painful for me having to cheer you lot on but will be even more painful if you end up costing me my big price double, with Kent, on the respective County Championships!
Seems Footit is injured. I heard yesterday he'd gone off the field for a period to get some treatment. He had come back on in the last session and the assumption was it was to enable him to bowl today.
Seems to have not worked out like that.
Means we're a bowler short and it's a big blow if he's out for a while.
However we have a break from championship games for a while and he wouldn't get near my one day side so may not be a huge issue.
People have been suggesting this was a possibility on the members forum for a few months.
With his last few years been blighted with injury after injured I suspect the enjoyment of it wore off. Couple that with the endless opportunities he will have elsewhere and you can see why he did it.
Shame. Real shame. A few years ago when he for his first text call up he'd been n the form of his life with bat and ball. Then half an hour later he gets a freak injury and he hasn't been the same since.
Gutted for the guy and for Surrey.
A bit of me is a little angry and thinks it's a waste. For so many of us playing sport is the dream. Most of us aren't talented enough to get there. To give it up when your career is still on an upwards trajectory seems licking such a waste. If he was over his injuries form would return in time and I'm sure he'd play for England again.
I was really looking forward to having Borthwick and Ansari ands our 2 spinners both batting in the top 6 for the next 10 years. Gutted is an understatement.
Saw him make his debut in a T20. He batted better in that game than he bowled but it was clear he was going to be class.
People have been suggesting this was a possibility on the members forum for a few months.
With his last few years been blighted with injury after injured I suspect the enjoyment of it wore off. Couple that with the endless opportunities he will have elsewhere and you can see why he did it.
Shame. Real shame. A few years ago when he for his first text call up he'd been n the form of his life with bat and ball. Then half an hour later he gets a freak injury and he hasn't been the same since.
Gutted for the guy and for Surrey.
A bit of me is a little angry and thinks it's a waste. For so many of us playing sport is the dream. Most of us aren't talented enough to get there. To give it up when your career is still on an upwards trajectory seems licking such a waste. If he was over his injuries form would return in time and I'm sure he'd play for England again.
I was really looking forward to having Borthwick and Ansari ands our 2 spinners both batting in the top 6 for the next 10 years. Gutted is an understatement.
Saw him make his debut in a T20. He batted better in that game than he bowled but it was clear he was going to be class.
He will, potentially, earn a lot more as a lawyer than a cricketer. And he will have not taken this decision lightly - you don't go through 15 years from age group cricket to give up easily. It's also the worst possible game to be playing when your head is not in the right place. And that is the reason why cricket has the highest instances of suicide. Far too much time for reflection.
As for "upward trajectory" - not being able to get in the Surrey 1st team is surely going in the other direction.
There have been a few 'well-educated' England-capped cricketers to retire early. My favourite is probably Alex Loudon, who retired early to become Pippa Middleton's boyfriend
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228-5, lead is 123
Seems to have not worked out like that.
Means we're a bowler short and it's a big blow if he's out for a while.
However we have a break from championship games for a while and he wouldn't get near my one day side so may not be a huge issue.
What do I know?
Seems that Footit had to be on the pitch for a period of time before he could bowl due to time spent off the field.
279-5, lead is 174
It's already looking like a draw...
302-6, lead of 197
303-7
353-8, lead of 248
Zaf retires from all cricket with immediate effect. To pursue other ambitions.
Ehh?!
From reading those he is a more gifted academic than a cricketer and it may well be the correct decision for him.
With his last few years been blighted with injury after injured I suspect the enjoyment of it wore off. Couple that with the endless opportunities he will have elsewhere and you can see why he did it.
Shame. Real shame. A few years ago when he for his first text call up he'd been n the form of his life with bat and ball. Then half an hour later he gets a freak injury and he hasn't been the same since.
Gutted for the guy and for Surrey.
A bit of me is a little angry and thinks it's a waste. For so many of us playing sport is the dream. Most of us aren't talented enough to get there. To give it up when your career is still on an upwards trajectory seems licking such a waste. If he was over his injuries form would return in time and I'm sure he'd play for England again.
I was really looking forward to having Borthwick and Ansari ands our 2 spinners both batting in the top 6 for the next 10 years. Gutted is an understatement.
Saw him make his debut in a T20. He batted better in that game than he bowled but it was clear he was going to be class.
As for "upward trajectory" - not being able to get in the Surrey 1st team is surely going in the other direction.