Surrey Cricket Manager Alan Butcher has called for a siege mentality in his squad as Surrey prepare to take on Sussex in the Liverpool Victoria County Championship this week.

Butcher Calls for ‘Siege Mentality’

Shortly before the start of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, England had just completed another ritual hammering at the hands of vastly superior West Indian opposition.

1988 - Still More West Indian Pain for England

Surrey and England legend Alec Stewart has called for the England one day side to find consistency and discipline under the new dawn of a Kevin Pietersen captaincy.

Stewart Calls for Consistency under Pietersen

The Surrey Brown Caps are preparing to take on the Kent Spitfires in the 2008 season’s only floodlit game at the Brit Oval on Tuesday September 2 – and [LINK:134|CAPTION:www.surreycricket.com] is giving away three pairs of tickets.

Win Tickets for the Floodlit NatWest Pro40

With English cricket being comprehensively outclassed by Clive Lloyd’s all time great set of West Indians; it was probably just as well that the Los Angeles Olympic Games parachuted in for the summer of 1984.

1984 - West Indies Sweep England Away

Read the latest Second Eleven Championship match report from their game against Yorkshire at York

Convincing win for Second XI at York

Surrey have risen to fifth in the NatWest Pro40 Division Two after a commanding victory over the Northamptonshire Steelbacks at The Brit Oval this weekend.

Brown Caps Defeat the Steelbacks

England’s fourth Test Match against the West Indies in 1980 was the first for many years to go up directly against a Summer Olympics – the controversial and riveting Moscow games.

1980 - England Outclassed Again

With a disappointing 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal over and done with, attention could turn to the astonishing cricket that was being played in England that summer.

1976 - Viv Richards puts England to the sword

Fans coming down to the Brit Oval for today’s NatWest Pro40 match against the Northamptonshire Steelbacks will also have a chance to enjoy Surrey’s inaugural Community Day.

Community Day at the Brit Oval!