A late start after overnight heavy rain cave us a reduced, 46 over, game. Ten overs from one bowler up to nine from others and fielding restrictions for thirteen overs. Carberry and Brown made a slow and careful start, Sussex adopting the very sensible strategy of trying to keep brown off strike, he had after all showed them how rapidly he can score in the first class game at the start of the season.

Carberry looked tentative from the first, but played one classical cover drive to give hope to those of us who would like to see the youngster translate his excellent second XI one day form to the senior side. However several times he attempted to pull balls too full for the shot and eventually topedged one of these for Montgomery to take an excellent steepling catch running back at square leg.

Stewart came in but did not show the form he showed at the Oval and Headingly in the "proper" games looking fairly scratchy and mistimed Martin-Jenkins, who had started with a woeful lack of directional control while left and right handers were together, to Cottey for a simple catch.

Brown continued imperiously, picking up his personal strike rate smoothly, coming down the pitch to drive to force the bowlers to drop short, so he could cut or pull.

Kirtley looked the most likely bowler to trouble the Surrey batsmen, and Taylor bowled an excellent tight spell, mainly at Carberry and Stewart.

The other bowlers though had more negative intent, seeming content to put the ball somewhere near the right spot and hope it was slow enough to make the batsman work for runs, and work they did.

Ward started carefully, as one would expect from a regular opener, but started to cut loose, including a tremendous flatbatted 6, which Brown attempted to copy over the longest boundary but fell a few inches short.

After Ward was bowled through the gate by House looking for another big drive Shahid came in and looked like a march hare on speed hopping and jumping around at the crease and taking a few seemingly suicidal singles interspersed with hard hit drives before hitting a full toss from Kirtley hard at Yardy at mid wicket, 2 yards either side would have been a certain four but Yrady won't mind the stinging hands, the ball from Kirtley would perhaps have been the first that may have had a purist raising an eyebrow at his elbow.

Azhar Mahmood came to the crease looking to keep the scoring rate healthy but a better job of keeping Brown on strike would have served Surrey better, he faced around a third of the first 200 balls scoring on average more than one from each ball he did face. Davis returned, having been treated severely in his first spell to be grateful not to be able to quite reach a stinging return drive from Brown and then picking up Mahmood clipping to Murray Goodwin at midwicket where he took a good low catch. Newman on the back of an excellent second string season in 2001 came in to give Robin Martin-Jenkins further right hand - left hand combination problems and to try to feed Brown the strike which would have worked better had the opener not been caught in two minds how to reach his hundred and hit a gentle return catch to the offspinner Davis, Brown's tenth score over 50 in the B&H.

Bicknell has not found his recent season's batting form as yet, but at 33 and his 16th season for the brown hatters is often at his best in the closing overs, and a wise head to counter Newman, in his competition debut. Newman made 14 at almost a run a ball before attempting a huge six ver midwicket from Kirtley around the wicket, but getting a top edge to threaten any passing aircraft but Ambrose called loud and early and caught it well. Ormond toe-ended to Cottey in the covers, and Sampson was leg before first ball and Giddins edged a wide full hattrick ball to the keeper.

Billy Taylor, the pick of the bowlers throughout finishing Surrey in the best way he could manage, and few record books will show that the wickets were nine ten jack, and that the Jack was maybe the worst batsman in county cricket.