Surrey are without new captain Mark Butcher for their opening Frizzell County Championship Division One match against Sussex at the Brit Oval.
The England batsman has taken over from Jonathan Batty as skipper but is still recovering from the wrist injury which forced him to return home during England's tour of South Africa.
It is hoped he could be fit for the second championship match against Glamorgan, which starts on April 27.
Mark Ramprakash will deputise as captain and coach Steve Rixon will decide on the starting line-up this morning after naming a 14-man squad.
England batsman Graham Thorpe is available along with Azhar Mahmood, but fellow overseas signing Harbhajan Singh is still on international duty with India.
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