Minor counties play a key role in providing additional catchment area for neighbouring First Class counties.
Shropshire to Worcester is a well known one. Devon & Cornwall to Somerset is another. Dorset to Hampshire. Suffolk to Essex. etc etc
Sussex is unique among the First Class counties...
Very well done on that achievement.
Private school kids (aka "jazzers") enjoy an extreme advantage when it comes to cricket in Sussex. Access to facilities (outdoor and, crucially, indoor), technical coaching and time within the school day to practice/play matches from young ages are all...
CJ and the skipper going along nicely now. New ball due and likely to bring a couple of wickets but 300+ will be a reasonable place to start from.
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Ignore last post about pitch. Several balls have kept a bit low and now Finch has been done by one that hardly got off the ground...
No way this will reach Day 4.
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Blanket light cloud. Seamers not getting much out of straw coloured deck. Seems to be some spin though.
Haines sadly fell to a bit of a sucker punch. Fine leg, deep square and third man all posted so no great mystery to the "plan". Caught top edging first ball dug in...
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