Stewart Walters has been out for almost five weeks having pulled his hamstring during a 2nd XI Championship game against Worcestershire in June. He returned to action prematurely towards the end of last month against the Hampshire Hawks in Surrey’s Twenty20 campaign only to suffer a recurrence of the same injury. However, Walters has worked hard on his fitness since and will hope to recapture the form that got him into the first team at the back end of last season where he scored a half century on debut against a Durham side that included England pace bowler, Steve Harmison.

The Australian born batsmen who holds a British passport, continued this form over the winter with a successful season of Grade cricket in Australia and had hoped to become a regular in Surrey’s 2008 campaign. An unlucky series of injuries at the start of this season has meant Walters has spent much of his time on the sidelines and subsequently Walters is keen to get back playing cricket.