Sussex vs Hampshire, Arundel, LV County Championship

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Well its a lovely day here in Brighton, if its like this across the county what a day to be sitting in a deck chair at the stunning castle ground.

What a big game both sides desperate for the win and we are without the spin king and the young all rounder.

SCCC today announce the following squad as they take on Hampshire at Arundel tomorrow in the : CJ Adams*, RG Aga, WAT Beer, CD Collymore, MW Goodwin, CD Hopkinson, RJ Kirtley, JD Lewry, RSC Martin-Jenkins, CD Nash, MJ Prior+, OP Rayner, and MH Yardy.

This is the Hampshire team that just lost to Lancashire;
Brown, Carberry, Crawley, Lumb, Ervine, Pothas, Mascarenhas, Lamb, Tremlett, Kleinveldt, Tomlinson

Mark Robinson, Professional Cricket Manager, will choose between Aga and Beer tomorrow morning following an inspection of the wicket. Mushtaq Ahmed continues to recover after a second knee operation. Luke Wright suffered a fracture to the small finger of his left hand during fielding practice with the England squad at Lord's on Friday .

• This will be the fifth meeting of the teams at Arundel Castle – in the previous four meetings, both sides have won once, with two matches drawn.

Carl Hopkinson needs 84 runs for 2,000 Career & Sussex First-Class Runs. Come on Hoppo what a game for a big innings.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Its going to be a tough one this. I will be there on Friday

 

[bhafc99]

Need a good result to get the season kickstarted.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Sussex win the toss & will bat

 

[Uncle Buck]

Teams?

 

[CHAPPERS]

CD Collymore, MH Yardy, JD Lewry, MJ Prior, RSC Martin-Jenkins, RG Aga, MW Goodwin, CD Hopkinson, OP Rayner, CD Nash, CJ Adams

Aga finally gets a game.

 

[Trigger]

Interesting...

 

[Uncle Buck]

Almost the correct side.

Probably RHB over Hoppo, but other than...

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Any one find a working commentary, all the links I can find are silent, perhaps Leesey is still on the bus.

Lets post a score

 

[Mendoza]

why do we always win the toss and put ourselves into bat??

It doesnt work

 

[Uncle Buck]

why do we always win the toss and put ourselves into bat??

It doesnt work

In theory on the basis that Arundel and Horsham have short boundaries?

 

[Papa Lazarou]

In theory on the basis that Arundel and Horsham have short boundaries?

And to alloe Mushy to skittle them out in the final innings... oh

It's not like the boundaries get longer as the match progresses.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Looking at the following tables of the top 100 MVP's last year and this, shows how we are struggling 2008 best placed is Prior at 30, last year we had Mushy No 2 and Rana at 14.

Competition Rankings - The Professional Cricketers' Association

Competition MVP - The Professional Cricketers' Association

10 for 0 after 4, lets just keep our wickets today, no run outs plesae.

 

[Uncle Buck]

And to alloe Mushy to skittle them out in the final innings... oh

It's not like the boundaries get longer as the match progresses.

I guess at this point give yourself as much chance as possible of getting some batting points...

 

[clarkey]

Batting looks woefully weak. I would only back the top 5 to reach 30+, while RMJ, Hoppo, Rags and Rayner look like a weak middle order/ long tail. But then again their bowling attack looks no great shakes either.

Important game to win with them at the base of the table.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Batting looks woefully weak. I would only back the top 5 to reach 30+, while RMJ, Hoppo, Rags and Rayner look like a weak middle order/ long tail. But then again their bowling attack looks no great shakes either.

Important game to win with them at the base of the table.

It's odd this season - a couple of wins and any of the teams at the bottom would be challenging for the title, but I just don't see us turning it around quickly enough - after all we've only won 4 matches in all competitions so far this season...

 

[Uncle Buck]

Batting looks woefully weak. I would only back the top 5 to reach 30+, while RMJ, Hoppo, Rags and Rayner look like a weak middle order/ long tail. But then again their bowling attack looks no great shakes either.

Important game to win with them at the base of the table.

RMJ and Hoppo were the only ones in the first innings against Lancashire that seemed to have any idea on how to bat.

Aga seems a bit like Rana to be able to get quick runs. He started out as a batsman.

 

[Scoffers]

What, no Beer ?

 

[Trigger]

What, no Beer ?

Not at the ridiculous prices Mackay charges...

Boom Boom.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

We are plodding around two an over, I see Arafat and Co down at Somerset are being taken for about 6 an over;

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