As well as confirming Stone's injury, there are a few clues here about the team:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/62270204
Stone out, Woakes out, Norwell and Yates possibly but not definitely in,
No mention of Davies but I suspect that getting him out of the team is harder than getting Boris out of number 10.

a player who, excluding one innings, is averaging under 9 as a specialist batsman, should not be anywhere near a first team place.

Recalling Yates would be yet another sign that mediocratiy, and worse, is accepted from favoured players.

Davies & Yates should not be playing first team red ball cricket again this season.

His stats do make bleak reading but I'd rather see Yates opening than Alex Davies.

Whatever team we put out, any side would be happy to play us but every member of that side who play Surrey must tell themselves that this where they get their form back and start earning their money or else 2nd division cricket will be waiting for them. It's not always about playing badly for 4 days, it's getting ourselves into good positions and then throwing it away that is really annoying.

So no Yates, Lamb, Miles tomorrow and maybe they should try:

Sibley
Rhodes
Davies
Hain
Benjamin
Mousley
Burgess
McAndrew
Norwell
Wheal
OHD

Brookes and Briggs missing out as neither in form. Davies v lucky to play but no alternatives in squad.

Any other ground apart from maybe Somerset, I’d agree about leaving out Briggs. But I’m not sure you can go to the oval and not play a spinner. Mousley’s part time stuff isn’t going to be enough.

I think they’ll drop Benjamin, move Hain to 3, have Burgess up at 6, with McAndrew at 7 and have an extra bowler. Though if it were me, from that squad, Davies would be the batsman to make way, with Rhodes opening again.

It’s just a shame it’s only taken 10 rounds for the management to work out the bowling isn’t up to it, when most of us realised after 4 or 5. It just doesn’t matter how well your batsmen do if you let the opposition score way too many.
The Glamorgan match is the perfect example. Can be as flat a track as there is, but a team with a big score or lead, confidence from the batting, with rested bowlers, against a batting unit who’ve been in the field for a long time, will always have a huge advantage.

Bowling wasn't up to it for the most part last season either which was plain to see - failing to beat Derbyshire, only drawing with Worcestershire etc... Bresnan, Woakes and Rhodes/Briggs chipped in we've missed their contributions this season. Miles probably had his best season last year, OHD is probably peaking this year. A fully fit Norwell, Stone or if Brookes had made the strides that we'd hoped he'd have made by now and the situation could be very different. Our batting hasn't been able to take us deep into the last session on 4th day this season and remains the major area of concern for me

To be fair, we beat Derbyshire away but never got a chance at home with loads of rain and didn't get beyond 4 overs of trying to chase about 215. As for the game at Worcester which I watched, the pitch was dead and doubt even an extra day would have produced a result. The bowling was good but we did have a few bad days batting.

Yates is praised for an innings agains a poor Notts 2nd team attack, Lamb scored almost as many and is not mntioned and still omitted.
While Davies is allowed to continue in the side despite failing in almost ever innings.
How is that building a team to win trophies?

I’m hoping for a real statement in selection today. But also fully aware it’s a futile hope.

Seems like the perfect opportunity to make a statement that performances matter more than the name on the back of shirt, the salary or the reputation.
If they dropped Davies they’d be showing that everyone is accountable, and no one is above the team. If he plays I hope he gets big runs, but I do wonder what his continued selection says to the likes of Yates, Lamb, Brookes, and also to those wondering if their place in the side is more in danger than it should be because Davies is untouchable. All of which makes it a harder environment to perform in and it spirals from there.

Lost the toss and batting. Davies opening and Benjemin at three - I hope they both prove me wrong but like others on here, I don't feel overly confident about our team selection!

Great to have Norwell back at least.

This was what I was afraid of.
What message does that send? Yes Mousley wasn’t great last match. But you need to give the young kid a few games. But no straight out the side.
Time for Davies to reward the loyalty. Don’t think Rhodes is too far behind in that regard either.

Only 1 academy product in the XI. Its pretty poor really.

Davies batted pretty well actually but just got a good one from Lawes, caught first slip.

Got a feeling Surrey might have made a blunder here at the toss.
It looks green, and there was swing early on. But doesn’t seem like a particularly difficult deck (touch wood). Though maybe today will be the best bowling day and it’ll only get flatter.

If we can keep this partnership going; we might be able to do to Surrey what others have done to us this year. Post an above par score, keep them in the field and then have a strong bowling attack to put the pressure on.

I take full responsibility for that wicket. I apologise to everyone. I got ahead of myself. Also apologies for the almost certain impending collapse.

23 ain't bad for him

Dismal from Benjamin.

He got a good ball, but it’s just irrelevant at this stage. Davies has got out so often to poor shots and average balls, that the excuse of a good ball doesn’t really apply for him anymore.
It’s not like Hain who we know is in good form and doesn’t throw his wicket away.

I do feel sorry for Benjamin. Who decided he was a number 3? Should be 5/6/7, just on a hiding to nothing.