Middlesex v Sussex. LVCC

[Gwylan]

The 13 year old Tufnell was a batsman and left armer seamer!

Well, exactly. How can you decide what a 13-year-old is going to be like? I seem to remember John Snow was a batsman at 16 - cricket is littered with such examples

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Well, exactly. How can you decide what a 13-year-old is going to be like? I seem to remember John Snow was a batsman at 16 - cricket is littered with such examples

Steve Smith; from leg-spinner who batted a little bit, to #1 batsman in the world*.

*as if.

 

[Titanic]

Wells out for 16. First ball from Harris.

One down, with 230 still needed. Weather closing in. All variables are in play

 

[Titanic]

Joyce gone... lbw Harris for 22

43-2, 223 required.

Not so good.

 

[Titanic]

and Machin gone in the same over to Harris. 44-3. Looking grim.

Harris 2-1-6-3

 

[hans kraay fan club]

doomed

 

[Simster]

Hahaha we are fücking SHìT.

 

[BensGrandad]

Well, exactly. How can you decide what a 13-year-old is going to be like? I seem to remember John Snow was a batsman at 16 - cricket is littered with such examples

I read that at school Mike Gatting was a better prospect as a footballer and Steve Gatting as cricketer, not as it turned out.

 

[Left Footer]

bottom of the table at the moment on the bbc after Hampshire`s win but I guess our bonus points will take us back out.

 

[Titanic]

Lunch, Day 4

Sussex 68-3 (21 overs), Yardy 9* Nash 13*

198 required, 70 overs left in the day.

 

[Titanic]

Young spinner Ravi Patel on straight after lunch... weather overcast... things looking gloomy

 

[Titanic]

Yardy out bowled by Patel... goodbye to Lords for Yards, out for 11.

Seemed to be some controversy, but hopelessly inadequate description and analysis by John Lees and the Middlesex commentator

70-4

 

[Simster]

4/70


Useless wankers.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Supporting Sussex is all about perspective, Sussex do very well to survive finacially and get revenue steams in that allow us to keep a fairly small squad of talented players and rely on youth/developed players to step up every year. We are a family club and sold as that, hence managing to get in players like Jordan, Murray, Adams, Mushy who like the relaxed approach we have and living around Brighton and Hove.

Compare this to clubs like Surrey who have huge budgets and get first picks on signings, coaches, managers and developing players. This demonstrates how our approach and tactics have outstripped much bigger clubs with clout.

Even how bad we are this season we still amazingly have a chance this season, but would need a draw here, win against Somerset and then if we play Yorkshire post champions we could pick something up there. Cricket is such a confidence game either a 20 20 win this week give players that sense back or winning the 20 20 give you the richest purse in cricket and the finances to build again for next season whatever league we are in.

 

[Titanic]

Nash and Write banging along at 5.2/over... 90-4

 

[Gwylan]

Yep, Nash doing what he does: score a quick 20 or 30 odd and then get out

 

[Titanic]

Sussex 103-4

Nash 25* Right 20*

33 from 33 balls.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Middlesex 234 & 331
Sussex 300 & 103/4 (28.4 ov)
Sussex require another 163 runs with 6 wickets remaining

Runs coming quickly with an attacking field, when will Middlesex start going defensive to keep runs on the board

 

[Titanic]

Write off.

103-5

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Oh dear