For reprint rights: 1,000 fans were allowed to witness the friendly between Surrey and Middlesex (AP Image)Surrey vs Middlesex cricket match sees fans returning to sport for first time in England since March The team that will take the field at The…Following Boris Johnson’s press conference this afternoon, The Kia Oval can no longer host spectators for the fixture between Surrey and Middlesex at The Kia Oval on Saturday 1st and…Frequently Asked Questions about how you can watch Surrey Cricket play live at The Kia Oval on Facebook and kiaoval.com. Watch the best of the action from the first day of Surrey’s Bob Willis Trophy match against Middlesex at The Kia Oval. To see how, and to learn how to control cookies, “The sun is shining, cricket is taking place and people look happy,” Gould said. All…Surrey Women got their London Championship off to an exceptional start by hammering Kent at Tunbridge Wells CC on Thursday. For reprint rights: Syndications TodayCopyright © 2020 Living Media India Limited. This is the first time spectators were allowed into a stadium to watch a cricket match following the coronavirus lockdown. Spectators returning to sporting events took a step forward on Sunday with 1,000 supporters attending Surrey's friendly against Middlesex at the Kia Oval. Surrey chief executive Richard Gould said the club received 10,000 calls for the available places within an hour of the tickets being made available to members.
In the News Now. "We went to our members last week and we got literally thousands of calls, people wanting to return for what is a friendly match, normally we'd have much smaller crowds than this so to get a thousand people desperate to come and more is definitely great news and so far the day's going well. With over a team of 70 people, many of which have been together since the beginning, the Ambassadors offer a warm welcome, smile, sound knowledge of the grounds to make the spectators day an even better one.We do have a number of roles working across the Club for the Cricket Season only. “Our business is stuffed this year,” says Gould. The home of Surrey on BBC Sport online. "Our season finishes in eight or nine weeks' time so it's a short season and it's important that we don't go a year-and-a-half without having supporters in the ground.
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