**County Championship Division Two, Sussex v Derbyshire at Hove, May 28-31, 2016**

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

What better way to beat the play off blues, four days of glorious cricket at Hove, No Wright, No Jordan but we have our yooth ready to get into Derbyshire, no cricket logo anymore on this thread, could be a bad sign.

Squad from

Danny Briggs
Ben Brown (c/wkt)
Harry Finch
Lewis Hatchett
Ed Joyce
Matt Machan
Steve Magoffin
Chris Nash
Ollie Robinson
Ajmal Shahzad
Ross Taylor
Luke Wells
Stuart Whittingham

 

[Taybha]

What a journey Jordan has been on in the last 2 years dumped by the man utd of cricket picked up by tiny Sussex and within 6 months pulls on a England shirt becomes THE best slip fielder in the world and a very good at the death bowler , and now later this weekend will probably start in the IPL final , there's a good film in there somewhere .

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

ITS RAINING in Brighton - is it worth me trekking over

 

[studio150]

ITS RAINING in Brighton - is it worth me trekking over

Delayed start heavier rain

 

[TSB]

'No play before lunch - rain' is what you will see.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

What a journey Jordan has been on in the last 2 years dumped by the man utd of cricket picked up by tiny Sussex and within 6 months pulls on a England shirt becomes THE best slip fielder in the world and a very good at the death bowler , and now later this weekend will probably start in the IPL final , there's a good film in there somewhere .

Who do we think drop out when we have both Wright and Jordan back - who should be a great advantage at this level

I would guess

Finch and Whittingham which is a shame for home grown talent

However would make a strong looking side

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Buggar Monsoon out in Brighton now

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Derby didn't get into hotel until 3am last night after losing on the last ball to Northants. Who does that scheduling

 

[Taybha]

Who do we think drop out when we have both Wright and Jordan back - who should be a great advantage at this level

I would guess

Finch and Whittingham which is a shame for home grown talent

However would make a strong looking side

Not sure we will see much of Jordan at all this summer , can't really comment on who should drop out for Wright as I've no seen Whittingham play at all .

 

[8ace]

Early lunch being taken

 

[Peter Grummit]

Thunder here at Hove. Not raining but open ground declared so the non-members can dodge the lightning!

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[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Thunder here at Hove. Not raining but open ground declared so the non-members can dodge the lightning!

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Thats good lightning strikes.com showing one just hitting north of the ground above Hove Rec - so all huddle around the big TV and the Test Match.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

29 for 1 after 8

Magoffin strikes early - hopefully heading up soon and its turned out rather nice now

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

3 down in 14 overs - keep going Sussex

 

[8ace]

5/82

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Machan puts down a simple catch - apparently Joyce dropped one earlier

Still we are bowling well - especially Shazad.

89 for 6.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Really short boundary on the scoreboard side. Whittingham smashed for a six - ball stuck up on someone's balcony. Much standing around....

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

97 for 7

Whittingham gets a catch right in front of the scoreboard - Derby going for that short boundary

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Excellent last effort to get down 9 wickets and full bonus points in just 40 overs

Let's hope our batsman can be more patient and level headed. In the last over Wells got a ball to turn..

 

[sagaman]

Great to see Shazhad bowling with real menace and Whittingham showing real promise

Weather looks very good for today - at long last!