Brown extends Surrey career

Ali Brown will remain at Surrey for the 2008 domestic season

Veteran Surrey batsman Ali Brown has signed a one-year contract extension which will keep him at the Brit Oval until the end of the 2008 season.

The 37-year-old joined Surrey in 1990 and has been an ever-present figure in both one-day and four-day cricket for the club since he made his first-class debut in 1992.

In 16 championship seasons with Surrey, the powerful right-handed batsman has scored over 1000 runs on eight occasions and currently averages 43.50.

Brown’s destructive nature with the bat in the one-day arena was exemplified by his world record innings of 268 against Glamorgan in the 2002 C&G Trophy.

In 1996 Brown made the first of his 16 ODI appearances and in the third match of the Texaco Trophy series against India the same year he scored a magnificent 118.

Last season Brown shared a Surrey record opening stand of 294 with James Benning against Gloucestershire in the Friends Provident Trophy, laying the foundations for a world record one-day team total of 496 for four in 50 overs.

Surrey cricket manager Alan Butcher said: “Ali has been very keen to express his determination to regain his place in our middle order. This will make for stiff competition and keep all contenders on their toes.”