The extent to which Chris Adams will have to reinvigorate Surrey in his capacity as their cricket manager was never better emphasised than when they lost eight wickets for 73 runs before lunch. There was a modicum of movement, no more, for the quicker Gloucestershire bowlers, and a worrying lack of adherence to technique among the batsmen.
Surrey, having been 102 for one, collapsed to 183 all out. A series of strange shots more suited to some form of wandering cavaliers XI illustrated little sound defence and resulted, in two or three cases, to spooned catches to the slips, square leg and mid-wicket. Jonathan Batty could be exempted, in that Ian Saxelby made one lift off a length and Steve Adshead held an excellent right-handed