County Championship: Ryan Patel hits 75 as Surrey make breezy begin in opposition to Bears

Rory Burns

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Rory Burns shared an opening stand of 117 with Ryan Patel
LV= County Championship Division One, Edgbaston, Birmingham (day one):
Surrey 168-3: Patel 75; Hannon-Dalby 2-41
Warwickshire: Yet to bat
Warwickshire 1 pt, Surrey 0 pts
Scorecard

Surrey’s batsmen shone amidst all the squally showers in Birmingham as they made a sound start against county champions Warwickshire.

Ryan Patel dominated the morning, making 75, as he shared a century stand with England’s Rory Burns, who made 41.

The Bears took three wickets either side of a delayed lunchtime restart before England’s Ollie Pope hit eight fours in his 40 in the final session.

But the frustration was that half the day was lost to the weather.

Warwickshire, without suspended new signing Alex Davies, were also missing last season’s leading wicket taker Liam Norwell.

They did have paceman Henry Brookes fit for his first County Championship game since September 2019 – but it was Olly Hannon-Dalby, also back after injury, and impressive spinner Danny…

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