Search results

"Gulp!" indeed. No way that this team should be getting relegated but the extreme nature of 1) injuries to bowlers and 2) bad pitches affecting the batsmen earlier in the season has led to this position. It is going to be tight now and, especially with Yorkshire to play twice, we will do well...

Hildreth was a big wicket AND NOW ANOTHER....!!!! In a ridiculous contradiction of my earlier post I am now happy to discuss exactly why professional captains and coaches are so conservative with their declarations... to the layman spectator it does seem that they nearly always delay far...

Typical nonsense from village cricketers talking about the professional game. Sussex are very, very unlikely to bowl Somerset out on this non-deteriorated wicket and declaring early would just be stupid.

#bold

Does anyone know how long Chris Adams' contract as batting consultant lasts for....? His impact over the past couple of weeks must surely warrant a permanent appointment. Edit: Scratch that. Joyce and Adams OUT.

Really strange goings on down at Taunton. The sun comes out on a reasonable pitch and suddenly the likes of Ed Joyce and Matt Machan have remembered how to hold a bat again. Who would have thought it?

50 up

Sussex safely through to 12-0 at lunch and trail by 54 runs.

274 all out Somerset lead by 66

884-37 around the country today in the Championship. Accounting for the Taunton factor then Sussex are only a couple of wickets away from "par" for the conditions.

If the weather in Somerset was anything like that in Sussex today then it was a very useful toss to win. I am a Sussex fan and a supporter of Mark Robinson but not blind to reality. Our batting line-up has struggled this year and the mitigating circumstances are substantial. Today is another...