Gloucestershire must beware of the Ramps!
Gloucestershire Gladiators will aim to make it two wins out of two in the Friends Provident Trophy this season when they take on a Surrey Brown Caps side boosted by the return of Mark Ramprakash at Bristol tomorrow (10.45am).
The former England batsman missed Surrey's first two County Championship games of the season due to a ban imposed for abuse at an umpire last summer.
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Gloucestershire opened their Group C campaign with victory over Sussex last Sunday, while this will be Surrey's first game in a section which also includes Durham and Yorkshire.
"Ramprakash will be back for this game so Surrey ooze a bit more confidence when he's playing," said Gloucestershire strike bowler Jon Lewis.
"But it'll be their first one-day game and Bristol's not an easy place to come and play. We know our conditions and the ball doesn't come on to the bat like it does at The Oval, so hopefully they'll find it quite hard to come and play down here and we'll make it two out of two.
"It's important once you've got off to a good start to kick on, because we've got a tough group.
"But there's a nice, quietly confident feel about what's going on and there's some clear plans been put in place, so we know what we're doing and the guys have responded well."
Gloucestershire may well stick with the side which defeated Sussex by seven wickets.
But that will depend on whether New Zealand all-rounder James Franklin is fit to play after a hamstring problem prevented him bowling in the second innings of the Championship defeat to Essex this week.
If fit, Franklin is set to form a formidable three-man frontline pace attack along with Lewis and Steve Kirby.
Skipper Alex Gidman and David Brown will again provide the back-up seam and Vikram Banerjee will be the main spin option.
Gloucestershire have tagged tomorrow's game a family 'Gladiator Day', with special emphasis on the club's Junior Gladiator members.
The club has organised many additional activities and offers for children and there will be an opportunity to have a photo taken with the Friends Provident Trophy.
There will also be extra coaching sessions in the Kidzone, including a Friends Provident competition.
Gloucestershire (probable): Ali, Marshall, Gidman, Spearman, Taylor, Franklin, Brown, Adshead, Lewis, Banerjee, Kirby.











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