[Cricket] Specsavers County Championship Division Two, Worcestershire v Sussex at Worcester

[Titanic]

Lunch, day 4

Sussex 235-5(f/o), Machan 34* Finch 1*

leading by just 22 runs with 5 wickets in hand and 67 overs remaining in the day.

 

[Mackenzie]

Lunch, day 4

Sussex 235-5(f/o), Machan 34* Finch 1*

leading by just 22 runs with 5 wickets in hand and 67 overs remaining in the day.

Worcester win by tea then. Pray for rain.

 

[Titanic]

Worcester win by tea then. Pray for rain.

3 o'clock according to the BBC. The rain not the Worcs win

 

[Mackenzie]

3 o'clock according to the BBC. The rain not the Worcs win

An hours play should be plenty.

 

[BensGrandad]

Raining hard in Haywards Heath just hope it spreads very quickly to Worcester.

 

[Mackenzie]

We've had some heavy showers in Wales.....Worcester isn't far.

 

[Titanic]

Raining hard in Haywards Heath just hope it spreads very quickly to Worcester.

It's got rather a long way to go on the south-westerly breeze!.

 

[Titanic]

We've had some heavy showers in Wales.....Worcester isn't far.

That's more like it

 

[Titanic]

Oh dear.. play is resuming 'in bright sunshine'... needs some spine from the batters.

 

[Titanic]

Dark clouds over the Malvern Hills, apparently.

Effectively 22-5, 67 overs remaining

Come on Sussex, every run counts double

 

[Moshe Gariani]

every run counts double

Really? I have been wondering how long it would take for the ECB to introduce some sort of handicapping system so that Sussex can compete more equally with the other counties....

 

[Titanic]

Matt Machan 50* (40 balls, 5 fours, 1 six)

Sussex 253-5, leading by 40

 

[Titanic]

Matt Machan has hit 3 of his last 4 balls for FOUR

Nice sensible cricket in the circumstances

 

[Titanic]

Sussex 265-5, LEAD by 52

Weather update: It's not raining at the minute.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Either Machan has been thrown some truly uniques "pies" or he isn't toeing the party line about blocking out for a draw.

Wells bagged 11 off 110 balls - a truly fine innings, yet "Run-a-ball" Machan has 55 off 42 - a scoring rate 13 times faster than young Wells. The Scotsman is clearly hell bent on destruction!

 

[Titanic]

..The Scotsman is clearly hell bent on destruction!

who was born in Brighton and went to Hurst and Brighton College.

#oneofourown

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Matt Machan has hit 3 of his last 4 balls for FOUR

Nice sensible cricket in the circumstances :thumsbup:

He's one of our own. If Machan, Finch and Brown can (assisted by the weather) somehow extricate us this afternoon then that will be extremely pleasing.

Sussex are putting together an unbeaten run from the start of the season to match the Albion's...

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

I really miss these cricket threads over the winter.

Good work one and all (and yes, I realise it isn't the first match of the season)

 

[Pavilionaire]

who was born in Brighton and went to Hurst and Brighton College.

#oneofourown

I think you're missing the point, it's called The Andy Murray Principle - he's SCOTCH when he gets it wrong, NON-SCOTCH when he gets it right

 

[Titanic]

I think you're missing the point, it's called The Andy Murray Principle - he's SCOTCH when he gets it wrong, NON-SCOTCH when he gets it right

and at the moment he is very much ONE OF OUR OWN!

61* and leading Sussex to safety...