Gareth Batty’s side secured back-to-back titles on the penultimate day of the season on Thursday, after second-placed Essex collapsed to an innings defeat towards relegated Northamptonshire to finish their slim hopes of closing what had been a 20-point hole going into the ultimate spherical of fixtures.
Roach has been a part of a seam assault that has ripped via the division this time period, regardless of lacking England’s Sam Curran and, extra not too long ago, Gus Atkinson for important components of the season.
Jordan Clark, Dan Worrall, Sean Abbott, Tom Lawes and Roach have taken 198 wickets between them, the West Indies nice claiming 26 of these in eight matches at both finish of the season.
The 35-year-old has loved stints at The Oval round worldwide commitments in every of the final three summers and is already eying a return subsequent yr.
“I love this club,” Roach mentioned. “I love the atmosphere, I love the people around the club, I think they do a fantastic job. The system, as I’ve said many times, is an amazing system and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t win every year.
“I think people in this club and everyone that does their jobs as well as they can, that’s the reason why we’ve won the Championship for the last two years.
“I’m happy to come back every chance I get. That’s up to Mr [Alec] Stewart – but I’m very happy with the club.”
Surrey didn’t handle to spherical off their season in model, needing 73 runs with 4 wickets in hand to beat Hampshire on the Ageas Bowl, after Will Jacks took his first Championship five-for on day three.
They ended up dropping these final 4 batters for simply 20 on Friday as they fell to a 52-run loss – solely their second in the entire County Championship season.
Jacks had obtained particular dispensation to come back into the aspect mid-match following England’s ODI collection towards Ireland, changing Lawes, who had already taken a primary innings five-for.
There has already been criticism of that loophole, however Surrey director of cricket Stewart as an alternative hit out on the scheduling of that collection.
“[The ECB] still need to respect the County Championship,” he mentioned. “Take these Ireland games – England didn’t pick their first team, which was understandable because of the World Cup.
“But additionally to say that there was one sport throughout spherical 13, then a sport in between after which one sport on the primary day of this sport. That to me is disrespectful to the county sport.”
