No slowing down of the Surrey juggernaut, says chairman

Richard Thompson is proud of Surrey being the biggest county in English cricket by "an enormous margin", but the club's chairman told AFP they will not rest on their laurels and intend to widen that gap.

Thompson, who was the youngest chairman in Surrey's history when he was elected nine years ago aged 43, admits they do attract envy from their rivals.

"Nine players who came through our academy formed the backbone of our success (they won the county championship last year)," he said.

"I would like to think our rivals are like those who thought 'Ok we may not like Manchester United under (Alex) Ferguson but you have to respect them because of the class of '92 being home grown'."
"Our ambitions as a club are to win trophies and produce England cricketers."
"Also with an extra 6,000 capacity and the average ticket for a Test match ?130 ($160), these are millions you are talking about."
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"Cricket has done an extraordinary job in keeping itself relevant, whether it be cricket over three days, a day or three hours."