[Cricket] Sussex CCC - 2024 edition

Cheshire Cat said:

Who is still in the squad and likely to play?

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loz said:

Looking forward to a couple of days in May watching Sussex at Lords.

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Sussexscots said:

No surprise Robinson didn't have the best time with the ball in the last Test. He's hardly played since last June and is a bowler who needs overs under his belt.

Certainly hope he's fit and available for Sussex because Farbrace wanted Wright from Leicestershire before Garton decided he wanted out. Now neither of them will be about and we've used an overseas slot on Jaydon Seales who is injury prone and unproven in English conditions.

McAndrew, who was very decent in red ball last year, appears to be here mainly for T20 where he's very mediocre. He's available for just two CC games. Without Robbo, I don't think we've an attack that will take 20 wickets consistently.

The accounts for 2023 are, sadly, a gloomy read. An operating loss of £122k (profit of £440k in 2022) attributed to lower matchday spend. Also three floors of commercial office space not let with little prospect of that being addressed in the short term. I don't think there's a concert scheduled for this year. The treasuer makes comment that they are trying to manage losses by 'non replacement of departing staff'. Batsmen and bowlers perhaps?

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DJ NOBO said:

Gallows humour alert - the Sussex CCC 2024 thread is open.

Last season’s county championship campaign was bizarre. We only won a handful of games but still nearly got promoted. Nothing peculiar about the short form stuff though - we were simply a mess.

A few have flown the nest, including highly-rated Ali Orr, the lesser-spotted George Garton and controversial CEO Rob Andrew.

The string of quality signings head coach Paul Farbrace was hoping for never materialised. Although veteran John Simpson is, or at least was, one of the tidiest keepers in the game.

Simpson and new allrounder Danny Lamb will need to be at their best because Division Two is looking as competitive as ever, with Northants and Yorkshire likely to be pushing for the title.

On paper, we arguably have a weaker squad than last year but don’t despair. Ollie Robinson’s England career is looking iffy, meaning he could be playing for Sussex with a point to prove. He is potentially the answer to a familiar problem over recent years - the inability to take 20 wickets.

Thoughts on new season?

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albionalex said:

I lose track of which overseas is available at what point but for at least the first few Championship games of the season the team will look something like;

Haines
Clark
Alsop
Pujara
Simpson
Carter
FHP
Coles
Carson
Karvelas
Seales

Solid batting lineup on paper but not a lot of wickets.

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Bertie D'Astard said:

Is there any chance of one of Englands new spinners joining us on loan, given that they may not play much for their own counties ?

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Common as Mook said:

It's probably an area where we are actually OK with Carson and Coles. Both had good winters with the Lions

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PILTDOWN MAN said:

Lower match day spend. Not hard to work out why. If you try to play county cricket with village cricketers you end up with similar number of people watching as on a village green

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hans kraay fan club said:

I think it’s actually more to do with barely playing any cricket in the actual summer months.

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