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Frizzell County Championship Division One, 2003
Sussex v Middlesex
County Ground, Hove
5,6,7,8 September 2003 (4-day match)
Result:
Points:
Toss: Middlesex
Umpires: JW Holder and R Palmer
Close of Play:
Day 1: Middlesex 392
Day 2:
Day 3:
Middlesex 1st innings R M B 4 6
*AJ Strauss c Prior b Martin-Jenkins 138 227 172 21 1
SG Koenig b Lewry 5 26 23 0 0
BL Hutton lbw b Lewry 1 25 21 0 0
OA Shah lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed 140 255 207 15 2
EC Joyce lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed 22 57 45 4 0
PN Weekes c Ambrose b Mushtaq Ahmed 31 87 73 4 0
+DC Nash c Adams b Mushtaq Ahmed 15 52 40 0 0
SJ Cook b Davis 11 11 12 2 0
CT Peploe not out 0 13 2 0 0
CB Keegan c Adams b Mushtaq Ahmed 3 3 4 0 0
JH Dawes c Montgomerie b Mushtaq Ahmed 0 4 4 0 0
Extras (b 7, lb 13, nb 6) 26
Total (all out, 100 overs) 392
Bowling O M R W
Lewry 20 6 53 2
Taylor 15 2 66 0 (3nb)
Mushtaq Ahmed 40 4 145 6
Martin-Jenkins 14 2 46 1
Davis 11 0 62 1
Sussex 1st innings R M B 4 6
MW Goodwin lbw b Dawes 14 27 22 3 0
RR Montgomerie c Nash b Dawes 21 37 29 4 0
PA Cottey c Hutton b Keegan 15 65 47 1 0
*CJ Adams c Nash b Cook 20 67 48 1 0
+TR Ambrose c Hutton b Keegan 12 23 19 3 0
RSC Martin-Jenkins c Hutton b Dawes 8 40 26 2 0
MJ Prior c Shah b Weekes 148 198 153 24 1
MJG Davis not out 97 251 215 13 0
Mushtaq Ahmed c Shah b Weekes 57 72 59 8 0
JD Lewry not out 0 7 8 0 0
Extras (lb 1, w 4, nb 4) 9
Total (8 wickets, 104 overs) 401
Fantastic Day at Hove. At lunch no one would have thought we could avoid the follow on but here we are with maximim batting and bowling points and in the lead. Then I look at the Table and see that Lancs are 1 point ahead of us. Flipping Heck. We have to win this game as I do not fancy our chances against Lancs next week. Then we need to win or draw against Leicestershire in the final match.
We can do it..I hope.
Good old Sussex by the sea, good old Sussex by the sea, you can tell them all that we'll stand or fall for Susssssssssexxxxxxxx by the seeeeeeeaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think we did brilliantly today. Considering where we were at lunch I doubt that anyone thought we'd be leading at the end of the day. Now, if we can get a bit of a lead (say 100) we can actually expect to win this.
This match could actually decide the championship, because if we get max points we can go to Lancs knowing that even a defeat won't put them ahead of us (I'm assuming that Surrey are now out of contention).
Actually Jim D. If we just draw against Middlesex then Lancs can't go ahead of us, even if they beat us. In fact, even if we lose to Mx, we'd have to play really, really badly against Lancs for them to overtake us.
We're still sitting in a good position as Leicester at home should be easy. What we want is an old-fashioned wet Manchester this week so we can limp to a soggy draw.