u18ch224	Surrey Under-18s v Sussex Under-18s
	ECB Under-18 County Championship 2025 (Group 3)
Venue	Charterhouse School, Godalming on 22nd, 23rd July 2025 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Surrey Under-18s won the toss and decided to field
Result	Surrey Under-18s won by an innings and 88 runs
Points	Surrey Under-18s 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Sussex Under-18s 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	V Dwarakanath, M Hemnani
Scorers	LS Cox (Sussex Under-18s), M Montgomery (Surrey Under-18s)
Close of play day 1	Surrey Under-18s (1) 126/3 (Victory 69*, Dahir 6*; 39 overs)

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Sussex Under-18s first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JJF Laird	c Northcott b Beckett	34	34	40	7	-
A Hanson	b Van Emden	14	53	80	1	-
Z Copleston	c Dodson b Van Emden	15	31	48	3	-
T Munt	b Van Emden	4	15	21	-	-
N Atkins	c Dodson b Van Emden	3	25	23	-	-
H Eastman	c Haxton b Beckett	1	8	13	-	-
L Smith	c Victory b Martin	24	41	48	2	-
OW Moore	b Gibson	14	58	71	-	-
+J Prior	c Northcott b Martin	2	9	10	-	-
H Walker	not out	21	36	48	1	1
FS Kenyon	c Haxton b Van Emden	19	30	32	3	-
A Smethurst	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	12
Total	(all out, 219 minutes, 56.2 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Laird, 8.6 ov), 2-66 (Hanson, 18.2 ov), 3-73 (Copleston, 20.2 ov), 4-76 (Munt, 24.3 ov), 5-80 (Atkins, 26.6 ov), 6-80 (Eastman, 27.2 ov), 7-115 (Smith, 39.6 ov), 8-117 (Prior, 43.3 ov), 9-124 (Moore, 47.4 ov), 10-163 (Kenyon, 56.2 ov)

Surrey Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	9	1	45	2	3	-
Simpson	9	3	14	0	1	2
Beckett	11	2	42	2	-	-
Gibson	8	2	15	1	-	-
Van Emden	17.2	6	24	5	-	-
Choy	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Surrey Under-18s first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Victory	lbw b Smethurst	88	144	188	14	-
R Northcott	lbw b Moore	1	10	20	-	-
*AMD Haxton	b Smethurst	15	49	65	1	-
AS Wavhal	c Prior b Moore	24	37	40	4	-
HSN Dahir	c Moore b Kenyon	73	167	211	8	-
O Gibson	c Smith b Eastman	17	19	26	3	-
+A Dodson	c Copleston b Munt	46	72	81	7	-
DA Beckett	c Smith b Walker	8	17	24	1	-
M Simpson	b Walker	0	4	5	-	-
B Van Emden	not out	21	15	23	3	1
JEJ Martin	c Laird b Smethurst	5	11	11	-	-
B Choy	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 12 lb, 3 w)	26
Total	(all out, 350 minutes, 90.4 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Northcott, 4.5 ov), 2-72 (Haxton, 20.1 ov), 3-117 (Wavhal, 33.2 ov), 4-162 (Victory, 50.2 ov), 5-185 (Gibson, 57.1 ov), 6-268 (Dodson, 79.2 ov), 7-295 (Beckett, 84.6 ov), 8-297 (Simpson, 86.1 ov), 9-303 (Dahir, 87.6 ov), 10-324 (Martin, 90.4 ov)

Sussex Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moore	19	4	66	2	2	-
Munt	11	0	38	1	-	-
Walker	14	1	61	2	1	-
Kenyon	5	1	16	1	-	-
Smethurst	27.4	7	57	3	-	-
Smith	8	0	34	0	-	-
Eastman	6	1	29	1	-	-

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Sussex Under-18s second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JJF Laird	b Simpson	0	1	1	-	-
A Hanson	b Simpson	0	1	4	-	-
Z Copleston	b Beckett	3	9	10	-	-
T Munt	c Wavhal b Van Emden	37	80	102	2	-
N Atkins	c Northcott b Simpson	3	15	29	-	-
H Eastman	b Van Emden	3	27	39	-	-
OW Moore	lbw b Gibson	5	32	31	-	-
+J Prior	c Beckett b Van Emden	0	6	8	-	-
H Walker	c Van Emden b Choy	8	41	38	1	-
FS Kenyon	b Dahir	7	34	29	1	-
A Smethurst	not out	0	0	3	-	-
L Smith	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(all out, 148 minutes, 40.5 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Laird, 0.1 ov), 2-3 (Hanson, 0.5 ov), 3-3 (Copleston, 1.6 ov), 4-25 (Atkins, 8.3 ov), 5-44 (Eastman, 17.6 ov), 6-57 (Munt, 27.1 ov), 7-57 (Moore, 28.1 ov), 8-59 (Prior, 29.1 ov), 9-73 (Kenyon, 39.6 ov), 10-73 (Walker, 40.5 ov)

Surrey Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Simpson	8	1	19	3	1	-
Beckett	7	3	12	1	-	1
Martin	5	1	11	0	1	-
Van Emden	11	5	19	3	-	-
Gibson	4	1	7	1	-	-
Choy	3.5	2	1	1	-	-
Dahir	2	2	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Sussex Under-18s first innings: 50 in 11.1 overs, 50 minutes
--> Sussex Under-18s first innings: 100 in 36 overs, 145 minutes
--> Sussex Under-18s first innings: 150 in 51.5 overs, 201 minutes
--> Surrey Under-18s first innings: 50 in 12.2 overs, 60 minutes
--> Surrey Under-18s first innings: 100 in 27 overs, 109 minutes
--> Surrey Under-18s first innings: 150 in 46 overs, 171 minutes
--> Surrey Under-18s first innings: 200 in 62 overs, 232 minutes
--> Surrey Under-18s first innings: 250 in 75.5 overs, 280 minutes
--> Surrey Under-18s first innings: 300 in 87.4 overs, 333 minutes
--> Sussex Under-18s second innings: 50 in 23.4 overs, 95 minutes
--> J Victory (1) 50 in 48 balls, 73 minutes with 10 fours
--> HSN Dahir (1) 50 in 129 balls, 149 minutes with 5 fours
--> J Victory (32) and AMD Haxton (14) added 50 in 81 balls, 58 minutes for the Surrey Under-18s 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> HSN Dahir (18) and A Dodson (31) added 50 in 74 balls, 43 minutes for the Surrey Under-18s 6th wicket in the first innings

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