MCC vs Sussex at Lords

[Barrel of Fun]

Sussex Second innings Runs Balls 4s 6s
CD Nash b G Onions 90 171 9 0
CD Hopkinson lbw b RS Bopara 30 39 5 0
MH Yardy b CE Shreck 43 87 7 0
*CJ Adams c & b CE Shreck 21 39 4 0
+MJ Prior not out 14 39 2 0
LJ Wright not out 26 47 5 0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, nb 4, w 0) 5
Total for 4 wkt (70 overs) 229

To bat:
RSC Martin-Jenkins, RG Aga, RJ Harris, WAT Beer, JD Lewry

Fall of Wickets:
1-75 (75 CD Hopkinson, 54 mins), 2-151 (76 MH Yardy, 95 mins), 3-183 (32 CJ Adams, 41 mins), 4-187 (4 CD Nash, 18 mins)

 

[clarkey]

50 for Lukey 281/4 Prior 36*

Closing in on 100 parternship at lunch

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

I suggest we SMASH them out of sight during the second session then declare just after tea.

 

[clarkey]

I suggest we SMASH them out of sight during the second session then declare just after tea.

Right players at the crease to do it as well. Then its over to my new hero Ryan Harris to single handedly bowl them out and give us victory on the 3rd day.....

 

[The Large One]

Sussex 349/5

Wright 72*
Martin-Jenkins 33*

Prior out for 44.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Bad light has stopped play. Very gloomy here in W London.

 

[clarkey]

Lukey has passed 1000 first class runs - a good season in prospect for him. Tucker looking in good nick as well

 

[Marc]

Lukey has passed 1000 first class runs - a good season in prospect for him. Tucker looking in good nick as well

not for us if England snap him up though!

 

[dougdeep]

Bad light has stopped play. Very gloomy here in W London.

Not a cloud in the sky down here.

 

[CHAPPERS]

If Wright can carry this form on and get his bowling up a notch it's not too hard to imagine him in the test side before long playing Flintoff's role.

 

[clarkey]

If Wright can carry this form on and get his bowling up a notch it's not too hard to imagine him in the test side before long playing Flintoff's role.

Think you could be right. 105* now. 407/5 RMJ 56* at nearly a run a ball.

Declaration soon perhaps?

And tea being taken.

 

[SeagullRic]

well played wrighty

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

377 runs ahead, great stuff.

Hope they get some more time out on the pitch today.

 

[The Large One]

Sussex going for a bit of a SLOGFEST now.

Sussex 451-5

Wright 142*
Martin-Jenkins 63*

40 runs scored in the first 4.1 overs since tea.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Look at Wright go FFS!!!

 

[clarkey]

Luke Wright - 100 off 145 balls
now 143 off 167 20 x 4s 3x 6s

Bear in mind though, that no Lancashire guys are playing. Would have been an innings defeat if they were.

Bad light stopped play.

 

[sagaman]

Fantastic batting by Luke and also Robin-well worth watching

Great start Sussex!!!!!!!!!

 

[The Large One]

Wright on song as Sussex dominate

Lord's (day three, stumps): Sussex 171 all out, 474-3 v MCC 205 all out

Luke Wright hit a career-best 155 not out as Sussex dominated day three of their season-opener against the MCC, ending the day on 474-5 at Lord's. The England international hit 21 fours and three sixes in his 168-ball knock, sharing an unbeaten 179-run partnership with Robin Martin-Jenkins (71 not out).

Earlier, opener Chris Nash fell 10 runs short of a maiden first-class century, while wicket-keeper Matt Prior hit 44. Graham Onions and Charlie Shreck were the only MCC bowlers to take a wicket.

The intermittent rain showers failed to dampen Wright's aggressive knock, helping the county champions to establish a formidable 440-run lead. With Gloucestershire seamer Steve Kirby playing no further part in the match after he released from hospital following a horrific blow to the head, MCC captain Ed Joyce's bowling options had become limited.

Durham fast bowler Graham Onions made the early breakthrough, trapping Nash lbw for 90 with the score at 187-4. But his dismissal brought Wright to the crease and the 23-year-old capitalised on the weakened bowling attack. The all-rounder put on a 108-run fifth-wicket stand with Prior before his partner edged a Shreck track to keeper James Foster.

But Martin-Jenkins maintained the run flow of his predecessor, helping Wright to reach three figures with a boundary off Onions. And it took Wright just 32 balls to reach the 150 mark, handing out particularly brutal battering to Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid, smashing 20 off one over.

With a considerable second-innings lead on the final day's play, Sussex captain Chris Adams is likely declare early to give his bowlers as much time as possible to skittle the home side out.

 

[Cantona's Flying Dropkick]

474/5 (116.0 ov)

Start delayed due to rain

 

[Clapham Old Mug]

Match abandoned.
Damn; have to do some work this afternoon, I suppose...