BEN GARDNER
"We need two extra points.”
Head coach Gareth Batty, speaking at the end of Surrey’s latest dismantling of a seemingly creditable County Championship team, isn’t happy, outwardly at least. After two rain-affected draws in the Kookaburra rounds, the search for a title three-peat has been kicked into gear with 70 points from a possible 72. And the man in charge seemingly can’t stop thinking about the 91 runs in an innings victory over Hampshire that would have secured a full complement of bonus points in that time.
Whether this is genuine relentless perfectionism, the kind that fo...
