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Chris Adams and Tony Cottey have both joined the cricket committee. An interesting move as Grizzly has been one of the most trenchant critics of the club. With Grant Flower joining as batting coach, the club looks like it's going to take things a bit more seriously this season. No room for Matt...

New Zealand bowler has just taken 10 in an innings, only the third time it's happened in nearly 150 years of test cricket. Top bowling :clap2::clap2:

... against Latvia. There's still seven minutes to go. If they're not careful, Latvia are going to get a bit of a pasting

Bit surprised not to see a mention of this. David Lacey, chief football writer for The Guardian for many years has just died. He was a local lad, born in Lewes, and like many football journalists and broadcasters, an Albion fan - although I know there was some disappointment that during the war...

Good news this (I think) Michael Yardy's back at the club as Academy Director. https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/mike-yardy-appointed-academy-director He's got a good coaching record and he's Sussex through and through (if you ignore the annoying detail that he was born over the border) Just...

Matty's not letting up - he's seriously pissed off https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-homepage/matt_prior_truth_will_out_state_sussex_rob_andrew.html Won't be long before The Cricketer will have an interview with Grizz too. I've no idea what's going on behind the scenes but...

This is a nicely balanced piece. It's interesting to hear Rob Andrew admit that the club got it wrong in sending so many young players out - the question is, what is he going to do about it? We need a really senior batter to help. It's good that Ben Brown is tied up for a couple more years...

Two bits of news George Garton has signed a multi-year extension of his contract (it doesn't say how long that is) People were speculating that he may be the next one off, but it looks like he's here for a while Hants have also announced that they've signed Ross Whiteley. I had feared that he...

Not seen a thread on this but Sussex are doing OK 225-2 with Brown on 66 and Carter on 18 (FHP off with a damaged hand) We have the longest of long tails. with Carson at 7 and Hunt at 8 Are there really no batsmen left in Sussex?

Scratch the Upsetter is no more. What a genius; the man who shaped reggae. So much music in my collection bears his touch. If you saw him live, you were never quite sure what you going to get but that was part of his charm, The world is much emptier tonight

To no great surprise, Salt is leaving for a bigger pay packet, er, to further his career. He's joining Luke Wells at Lancs. I'm a bit more surprised by CJ though - he's gone back to Surrey (where else?). He's been offered the T20 captaincy, must be a bit of a boost The pick for the last two...

He broke our hearts in 1970 when he smashed the ball past Bonetti, but he was a hell of a player. An absolute goal machine.

Not seen a thread on this but I've just returned from the County Ground buzzing about the game - it was a cracker. It's not often a side scores 330 and loses. The cheer that went up when Ali Orr fielded the last ball was huge. I'm going to thumb through my record books to see whether two...

The government has published a list of shame of businesses who have failed to pay the minimum wage to employees. There are quite a few football clubs on there but there's no surprise that one of them is Portsmouth #twats...

Former Sussex bowler has had his final spell - the second England seamer to die within a week He wasn't as celebrated as Hendo was but he was a good performer for Sussex over the years - the last player for the county to take all ten in an innings. He was slightly before my time, although I...

The ECB has just announced that Ben Stokes is going to take an indefinite break from cricket with immediate effect. That doesn't sound, hope the fella's OK

Not unexpected news as he'd been ill for some time, but sad nonetheless. He wasn't as feted as Snow, Willis or Botham but he was a vital part of England's attack in the late 70s and early 80s. He was never quick and wasn't a devastating swing bowler as Botham but he was naggingly accurate, got...

Marcus Rashford has revealed that the Spectator is set to do a hatchet job on him. Why? It's not going to end well for the Spectator - it's going to lead to bad publicity and a lot of grief for advertisers. I'm not sure what they hope to achieve with it :facepalm:

Sad to hear of the death of John Woodcock - the Sage of Longparish - one of the great cricket writers. He was writing for The Times when I first became interested in cricket and carried on well into this century. I thought he'd make the ton but fell a bit short. Still, 94 is a good innings -...

Just seen a good question on Twitter: who would be your club's first five penalty takers in a shoot-out Got me thinking and I'd plump for 1 Maupay 2 Mac Allister 3 Dunk 4 Trossard 5 Gross Players to be low down the list: Welbeck and Bissouma (I can't remember who took them in our last...