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England Test pace bowler, Gus Atkinson<\/a>, made a surprise appearance for Surrey in their One Day Cup game against Worcestershire<\/a> today (August 26), in which he made an equally surprising move up to bat in the middle order.<\/p>\n Atkinson has been involved with Oval Invincibles during their Hundred campaign over the last month, but has so far only played in one match for the table-toppers. He played in their game against Northern Superchargers at the weekend, returning figures of 0-25 off 10 balls. Given that the Invincibles have finished their league matches, Atkinson was released to play for Surrey in the One Day Cup \u2013 just his third List A game for his home county. Surrey have endured an inconsistent campaign, in which they’ve lost half of their matches and currently sit in sixth place in the South group table.<\/p>\n After Surrey were put into bat first at New Road, they quickly slipped to 50-2 by the end of the powerplay as Ben Foakes was dismissed by Khurram Shahzad<\/a> off the final ball of the 10th over. By the time captain Ollie Sykes<\/a> was dismissed shortly after the halfway point, Surrey were 125-4. Despite still having lower-order batter Nikhil Gorantla in the hutch, Atkinson strode out to the middle at No.6. <\/p>\n Gus Atkinson is playing his third List A game for Surrey and he unleashes this monster for six!<\/p>\n Lovely shot Gussy. <\/p>\n Surrey 140\/4 with 20 overs remaining.<\/p>\n Watch live: https:\/\/t.co\/bYCCROPtWt<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83e\udd0e | #SurreyCricket<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/wLx0UJSeyk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) August 26, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n From there, Atkinson set about ensuring Surrey had a target on the board to defend, scoring his maiden List A half-century before he was bowled by Shahzad for 60 off 48 balls. Surrey ended their innings, which was cut short by one over due to a brief rain delay.<\/p>\n While Atkinson usually bats in the lower order, he has shown his batting pedigree on the biggest stage. Last year, during his maiden summer of Test cricket, he scored a century at Lord’s against Sri Lanka, batting at No.8. <\/p>\n Follow Wisden for all cricket updates, including live scores<\/a>, match stats, quizzes<\/a> and more. Stay up to date with the latest cricket news<\/a>, player updates, team standings,<\/a> match highlights, video analysis<\/a> and live match odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trending StoriesGus AtkinsonEngland DomesticSeries Cover Stories<\/p>\n