Uncle Buck
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Not sure if this has been on before, but nice to see Hampshire taking their not so succesful season well;
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/cricket/display.var.1717671.0.pothas_sussex_all_about_mushtaq.php
Pothas: Sussex all about Mushtaq
From the Nic Pothas column in today's Daily Echo...
I've been asked how I would sum up Hampshire's season in a few words.
Yes, it was disappointing in a way because we didn't win any trophies, but it was probably frustrating more than anything.
There were just so many factors that went into the season.
You could not really get any momentum, it was a very disjointed season.
The weather didn't help, but I would never use that as an excuse because it was bad in most places.
advertisementBut it's fair to say that Sussex do get less rain down in Hove than many grounds in England, and that is a big advantage to them.
They also have a guy, Mushtaq, who took 90 wickets for them, and that is a big haul of wickets.
It's hard to say if the best all-round team won the league.
You certainly can't argue with Sussex's results, and they have found a formula which suits them because they have won three titles in five years.
It's not just the wickets that Mushtaq takes, it's the volume of overs he gets through.
He can while away his time at one end allowing Sussex to chop and change at the other. As a result, their other bowlers are kept fresh. He does a special job for them.
Naved is obviously their main strike bowler, and the others mainly play second fiddle to him and Mushtaq. Some people are happy to play a support role because they end up winning trophies, and you can't fault them for that.
Murray Goodwin is obviously their star batsman, and if you can get him and Chris Adams out cheaply then the others have to really fight to get them a good total for their bowlers to bowl at.
It's fair to say they don't have many batsmen to write home about - if you put them up against ours, perhaps only Goodwin would get in our line-up.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/cricket/display.var.1717671.0.pothas_sussex_all_about_mushtaq.php
Pothas: Sussex all about Mushtaq
From the Nic Pothas column in today's Daily Echo...
I've been asked how I would sum up Hampshire's season in a few words.
Yes, it was disappointing in a way because we didn't win any trophies, but it was probably frustrating more than anything.
There were just so many factors that went into the season.
You could not really get any momentum, it was a very disjointed season.
The weather didn't help, but I would never use that as an excuse because it was bad in most places.
advertisementBut it's fair to say that Sussex do get less rain down in Hove than many grounds in England, and that is a big advantage to them.
They also have a guy, Mushtaq, who took 90 wickets for them, and that is a big haul of wickets.
It's hard to say if the best all-round team won the league.
You certainly can't argue with Sussex's results, and they have found a formula which suits them because they have won three titles in five years.
It's not just the wickets that Mushtaq takes, it's the volume of overs he gets through.
He can while away his time at one end allowing Sussex to chop and change at the other. As a result, their other bowlers are kept fresh. He does a special job for them.
Naved is obviously their main strike bowler, and the others mainly play second fiddle to him and Mushtaq. Some people are happy to play a support role because they end up winning trophies, and you can't fault them for that.
Murray Goodwin is obviously their star batsman, and if you can get him and Chris Adams out cheaply then the others have to really fight to get them a good total for their bowlers to bowl at.
It's fair to say they don't have many batsmen to write home about - if you put them up against ours, perhaps only Goodwin would get in our line-up.
I could have saved them some time and told them that they could have won the County Championship, had they beaten us or not fallen 25 runs short of the Surry total.
