Cricket: New-Look Leadership Plan Same Old Surrey Success

Birmingham Post › April 10, 2004

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Surrey have put their quest to regain the County Championship in safe hands by pairing two wicketkeepers at the helm. After the Adam HollioakeKeith Medlycott axis as captain and coach was broken, initially by the former's announcement about premature retirement, English cricket's most successful county turned to glovemen to oversee future progress.

To outsiders, if not the playing staff at the Oval, Jonathan Batty was something of a surprise as Hollioake's successor as captain while Australian Steve Rixon was selected ahead of English candidates to replace Medlycott.

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Cricket: New-Look Leadership Plan Same Old Surrey Success

The new duo have a lot to live up to, given Surrey's return of eight trophies, including three Championships between 1999 and 2002, in eight ...

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