SURREY have named a 13-man squad for this week's London derby with Middlesex, with Jon Lewis coming into the squad to replace the injured Stuart Meaker.
Arun Harinath has recovered from the hand injury that kept him out of the game against Sussex last week to rejoin the squad, while Lewis comes in for Meaker, who has still not recovered from the thigh injury he sustained in the opening game of the season against Somerset.
Surrey have drawn their opening two games in the LV= County Championship Division One, while Middlesex have won their first two matches against Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
And Surrey's team director, Chris Adams, is expecting a tough match against the early season pacesetters.
He said: "The London derby is always a special game and I have no doubt that this will be a tough and hard fought match against Middlesex.
"Our recent record in the Championship at Lord's is not good and that is something we will be aiming to change over the next four days.
"Middlesex are the form side in the division and we are looking forwad to testing ourselves against them after our solid performances against Somerset and Sussex."
Play begins at 11am tomorrow (Thursday) at Lord's.
The Surrey squad is as follows: Graeme Smith (captain), Rory Burns, Arun Harinath, Vikram Solanki, Zander de Bruyn, Steven Davies, Gary Wilson, Gareth Batty, Gary Keedy, Jon Lewis, Chris Tremlett, Tim Linley, Jade Dernbach.
Arun Harinath has recovered from the hand injury that kept him out of the game against Sussex last week to rejoin the squad, while Lewis comes in for Meaker, who has still not recovered from the thigh injury he sustained in the opening game of the season against Somerset.
Surrey have drawn their opening two games in the LV= County Championship Division One, while Middlesex have won their first two matches against Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
And Surrey's team director, Chris Adams, is expecting a tough match against the early season pacesetters.
He said: "The London derby is always a special game and I have no doubt that this will be a tough and hard fought match against Middlesex.
"Our recent record in the Championship at Lord's is not good and that is something we will be aiming to change over the next four days.
"Middlesex are the form side in the division and we are looking forwad to testing ourselves against them after our solid performances against Somerset and Sussex."
Play begins at 11am tomorrow (Thursday) at Lord's.
The Surrey squad is as follows: Graeme Smith (captain), Rory Burns, Arun Harinath, Vikram Solanki, Zander de Bruyn, Steven Davies, Gary Wilson, Gareth Batty, Gary Keedy, Jon Lewis, Chris Tremlett, Tim Linley, Jade Dernbach.
