Bowler Neil Saker believes a break from Liverpool Victoria Championship action will do Surrey a world of good after defeat to Kent at Whitgift School last week.

The Brown Caps endured a miserable time in Croydon, going down by an innings and 79 runs in what has been described as the worst bowling and fielding display in the county's history.

Skipper Mark Butcher's men followed it with an eight-run defeat by Essex in the Friends Provident Trophy, despite a four-wicket haul from Azhar Mahmood.

Surrey have a month off from the four-day game after this week's clash against Division One bottom-club Worcestershire, with Twenty20 cricket taking centre stage.

And 22-year-old Saker thinks the shorter forms of the sport, played over the next four weeks, could give a kick start to the squad's championship endeavours after failing to win in five matches this season.

"It is disappointing to lose against Kent after turning a bit of corner recently," he said.

"We have done fantastically well in Twenty20 in the past so it is almost like a second wind if you like.

"The big crowds come in, the batsmen get to play some big shots and everyone enjoys it.

"Hopefully we will come back to the championship revived and start performing better than we have done.

"We need a bit of luck and I think the boys have found it tough this year, but the Twenty20 and one-day games should give us a little lift and we can go from there."

Another century from Mark Ramprakash (108) could not prevent defeat to Kent, who were partly inspired by former England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones' first hundred for three years.

A 137-run stand from Ramprakash (77) and Butcher (53) was not enough on Sunday to overhaul Essex's 248 all out built on England opener Alistair Cook's debut domestic one-day century (125).

Saker, with 10 championship wickets to his name this season, has struggled to claim victims since taking five against Lancashire and bagging four against Warwickshire last month.

But the former Raynes Park High School student is confident he can get back to his best.

"In the Sussex game I bowled reasonably well without getting many wickets," he said.

"I am pretty happy with my game but hopefully at Worcester I can show the boys what I can do after bowling badly against Kent."