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Inside the fall of Surrey’s County Championship title-winning machine

Surrey’s County Championship dominance has unravelled this season, with their once formidable bowling attack transformed from the foundation of their success into their biggest weakness.
Surrey’s attack carried all before them for three years

By late August 2024, Surrey were not defending a title so much as running a system.

Champions in 2022 and 2023, top of Division One, they arrived at The Oval to play Lancashire with a method that was sculpted to win games at home.
Rory Burns won the toss and chose to bowl, with five seamers at his disposal.
The attack was led by Dan Worrall, a signing Surrey made for the start of the 2022 season, and Jordan Clark.
Chasing
Lancashire were bowled out for 204 inside a day, and by the close Surrey were 83 without loss, the match effectively decided going into the morning of day 2.
Burns made...

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