Cricket: Brighton better than Sussex?

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The Brighton side for the Zone 6 challenge today at Hove looks better than the Sussex County side even though its only 8 players a side lol...

Brighton - Andy Flower (captain), Murray Goodwin, Richard Montgomerie, Robin Martin-Jenkins, Matthew Prior (wkt), Ed Giddins, Ian Blackwell, Mushtaq Ahmed

The other 5 sides are...

London - Adam Hollioake (captain), Alistair Brown, Jonathan Batty (wkt), Owais Shah, Matthew Walker, David Masters, Joe Dawes, A N Other

Colombo - Aravinda de Silva (captain), Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakarra (wkt), Chaminda Vaas, Sanath Jayasuriya, Chandika Hathurusingha, Mario Villavarayan, Jeevantha Kulatunga

Cape Town - Daryll Cullinan (captain), Trevor Penney, Trevor Gripper, Jonathan Trott, Martin van Jaarsveld, Ant Botha, Gerald Brophy, (wkt), Mark Davis

Birmingham - Dougie Brown (captain), Jim Troughton, Neil Carter, Waqar Younis, Paul Nixon (wkt), Usman Afzaal, Charlie Dagnall, A N Other

Leeds - Craig White (captain), Paul Franks, Nicky Peng, Danny Law, Chris Lewis, Gordon Muchall, Philip Mustard (wkt), Gary Pratt

They are split into 2 groups... Group A - London, Leeds, Cape Town... Group B - Brighton, Colombo, Birmingham...

Brighton beat Birmingham in their first game

 

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What is this tournament - pray tell.......

 

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Just some yearly thing they do, Colombo will kick arse... And oh look we have to play Colombo next to see who gets to the final! lol

A host of star players will switch their allegiance from counties to cities for one day when an innovative brand of fast-paced cricket called Zone6 City Cricket, featuring all-star teams representing six cities from around the world, is showcased at the County Ground, Hove, on Friday 8th August. The tournament begins at 1pm. The final starts at 9pm and will be being played under floodlights.

The tournament, organised by the Professional Cricketers' Association, features international stars such as Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan. The cities represented will be Brighton - featuring a host of Sussex players - Cape Town, Colombo, London, Birmingham and Leeds. It will be the third year that this tournament has been staged.

Other Zone6 players include Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas and Aravinda de Silva, Pakistan's Waqar Younis, Surrey's Adam Hollioake, Yorkshire's Craig White and Somerset's Ian Blackwell.

Zone6 City Cricket is sponsored by leading insurance broker Hill House Hammond - one of the UK's largest high street general insurance brokers with over 230 branches throughout England, Scotland and Wales.

The event, which will be broadcast live by Sky Sports, is a one-day tournament with eight eight-man teams representing cities. Cricketing rules have been revised to provide greater entertainment with parts of the boundary divided into 'zones' where a traditional four scores eight, a traditional six scores 12. Each innings is limited to eight overs. Selected players will be equipped with mini-microphones and earpieces to provide insight while the game is in progress.

"Zone6 City Cricket is truly a star-studded affair," said Richard Bevan, group chief executive of the PCA. "The likes of Muttiah Muralitharan will ensure top quality entertainment. We will be watching a large number of current test players playing a very entertaining version of the game."

Proceeds from the match will go towards the PCA's education, benevolent and community projects.

 

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Sanath Jayasuriya just hit 93 off 27 balls for Colombo against Birmingham!