THE Cricket (Notts v Sussex, Losers v Losers)

Notts v Sussex (For those at work during play)

Yes, I know it's on Sky Sports but if you haven't access to that at work then...

BBC SCR have agreed to do ball by ball commentary for the match and the link will go live today on their website http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/

excellent news... I'll be watching as much of the sky coverage as possible, but nice to know that periods of "work" will also be feasible...

Cool. someone bounce this tomorrow morning please, I have the memory of a fruit fly with Altzheimers.

judgement day

nottinghamshire vs sussex


:shitting myself:

Ball by Ball commentary on SCR via the internet, according to Hawsey last night.

Tricky Dicky said:

Cool. someone bounce this tomorrow morning please, I have the memory of a fruit fly with Altzheimers.

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I am sure i heard sky say over the last day or 2 that the game will be shown live on the internet. Anyone know if this is true?

Looking for a good confident start for the 4 days that might crush the Lancs spirit. Win the toss, bat first and score 400+. Its going to be a bit nervy I am sure but if they play with the confidence they have done for most of the season, I have confidence that they will pul this off.

Nottinghamshire v Sussex

County Championship D1, Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Sussex
Play starts 1030 BST Wednesday

Sussex welcome back Pakistan seam bowler Rana Naved as they look to beat last year's champions Notts and clinch their second title in four years.

He replaces Yasir Arafat in a squad of 13 and Michael Yardy is also available after one-day duty for England.

Notts need to pick up three points to make absolutely certain of avoiding the drop into Division Two.

They have named veteran Darren Bicknell in their 12 for what would be his final game for the club before retirement.

Sussex skipper Chris Adams, who needs 41 runs for 18,000 in first-class cricket, is expecting Notts to make it tough for his team, but they have only lost once at Trent Bridge in nine Championship meetings since 1990.

"I feel much more relaxed than when we won the title for the first time," Adams told The Guardian newspaper.

"Having said that, I felt really nervous when we edged to victory over Kent at Canterbury in our last match. We all did. We just got over the line.

"But, if we are in the same situation against Notts, I think we will be more positive and aggressive."

Key to their chances, as he has been all season, will be leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed, who took 100 wickets to help Sussex win the title in 2003 and needs 11 to reach three figures this summer.


Hampshire v Lancashire

County Championship D1, Rose Bowl: Hampshire v Lancashire
Play starts 1030 BST Wednesday

Shane Warne hopes to be fit to lead Hampshire against title-chasing Lancashire despite being cut over the eye in a Pro40 game last week.

Michael Carberry (groin strain) is doubtful and Michael Brown and Greg Lamb have been named in a 14-man squad.

Lancashire will make a late decision on whether to include England paceman James Anderson in their side.

He has only played a single one-day game since recovering from a stress fracture in his back.

And if he is chosen in the final XI, skipper Mark Chilton would probably find his hands tied over how many overs Anderson can bowl in the game.

Kyle Hogg and Steve Croft are also added to the side which drew with Durham in last week's rain-affected fixture at Old Trafford.

And Chilton is hoping the weather on the south coast will be kinder to his side as they try to overturn an eight-point deficit on leaders Sussex.

They managed to take 11 points from the Durham game and Chilton said: "It showed how much we want this and a lot about how much these guys care.

"It's testament to their attitude that we're still in this. The players are not thinking we're out of it, by any stretch. We're still in there fighting."

Sussex are away at Notts and Chilton is hoping last season's champions can do his side a favour.

But he added: "We're not really worried what Sussex are doing - we're just concentrating on our own game and hoping to do our job well."

COME ON!!

Trigger said:

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Thanks Trigger.

Trigger said:

Key to their chances, as he has been all season, will be leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed, who took 100 wickets to help Sussex win the title in 2003 and needs 11 to reach three figures this summer.

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Wouldn't it be great if Mushty took his 100th wicket as the 10th wicket in Notts second innings to win the game and the title.

Ahh, the stuff of dreams.....

Oi Bozza, get that MUSHY SMILEY sorted out.

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Simster said:

Oi Bozza, get that MUSHY SMILEY sorted out.

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Looks like a lion

anyone know the LINE UPS yet?

Fasten your seatbelts..........

tommy boy said:

anyone know the LINE UPS yet?

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Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Sussex
Weather: Cloudy
Wicket: Hard
Nottinghamshire: D J Bicknell, D Alleyne (Wkt), W R Smith
S P Fleming (Capt), D J Hussey, S R Patel, M A Ealham, G P Swann
A J Harris, P J Franks, C E Shreck.
Sussex: R R Montgomerie, C D Hopkinson, M H Yardy, M W Goodwin
C J Adams (Capt), M J Prior (Wkt), R S C Martin-Jenkins
Naved-ul-Hasan, Mushtaq Ahmed, R J Kirtley, J D Lewry.
Sussex won toss and decided to bat
Umpires: R K Illingworth and B Leadbeater


201011 SEP 06

Championship showdown
By Oliver Brett


Sussex have an eight point lead over Lancashire with the final round of matches in the County Championship starting on Wednesday.

Any sort of win for the Hove-based team at Nottingham will give them a second pennant in four years.

Lancashire need a 22-point win away at Hampshire - and Sussex to draw or lose.

Here, we look at the two title challengers' captains and analyse their batting and bowling strengths.



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CAPTAINS

Chris Adams (Sussex) Age: 36

As he is fond of saying, has been in the job since Tony Blair became prime minister, so this is his 10th season at the helm now.



Born in Derbyshire, the county he played for until 1997, his combative nature has earned him the nickname "Grizzly".

Adams' brief England career never took off, but he needs just 41 runs for 18,000 in first-class cricket.

Was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2004, a year after taking Sussex to their first Championship pennant.

What he says of Lancashire's captain: "Mark Chilton is a young captain who is getting stronger and stronger.

"I think he has done an outstanding job. If Lancashire win the Championship you won't hear any complaints from me."



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Mark Chilton (Lancashire) Age: 29

Sheffield-born but a wearer of the Red Rose, Chilton crossed the Pennines in the opposite direction to the er... official England captain Michael Vaughan.



Like Vaughan, Chilton is an astute observer of the game and a clean driver of a cricket ball when on top of his game.

"Chilly" followed Michael Atherton and John Crawley through Manchester Grammar School , and he cites Crawley as a "big influence on his batting".

Given the job following Lancashire's troubled season in 2004 when Warren Hegg resigned, he immediately hauled the team back into Division One.

What he says of Sussex's captain: "Sussex beat us in the C&G Final and the way they fought back that day typified the team spirit they have.

"I know that Grizzly's captaincy is one of the main reasons for that."



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BATTING

Sussex

Zimbabwe-born Murray Goodwin had a stellar year when Sussex won in 2003 and he has added six centuries in some terrific performances in the Championship this year.

Adams averages nearly 50 this season and left-hander Michael Yardy - now a member of England's one-day squad - has impressed as well.

Lancashire

Brad Hodge's injury early in the season deprived Lancashire of their "gun" batsman and his replacement Nathan Astle has generally struggled.

Attacking stroke-players Mal Loye and Stuart Law have both produced some excellent innings - and they must fire at the sometimes awkward Rose Bowl.



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BOWLING

Sussex

Mushtaq Ahmed took 100 wickets in 2003 - the first bowler in five years to do so - and a haul off 11 at Trent Bridge will give him another rare century.

Sussex fans love him so much they have petitioned Brighton and Hove council to name a bus after him, where he would follow in the footsteps of Sir Lawrence Olivier and Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook.

Naved-ul-Hasan, a gifted seamer, returns for the final match. He took 34 wickets at 15.29 early in the season before injury and a call-up to Pakistan's one-day squad.

Lancashire

Despite so many injury problems and England call-ups within their ranks, Lancashire's seamers have responded magnificently this season.

Some of their fans will mutter about why Sajid Mahmood needs to be rested (on England's orders of course), and frustratingly James Anderson is not quite ready to be unleashed at full tilt.

Old lags Dominic Cork and Glen Chapple will have to force their tiring bodies through one final challenge, while Murali Kartik and Gary Keedy will provide decent spin.

yes!!!!

Grizzly