[Cricket] Sussex CCC- 2022 Season Edition

[timbha]

And now Garton gone - 149/6 off 17. Need 49 off 4 overs

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I wonder if they ever have a net?

 

[DJ NOBO]

What’s the deal with Rashid Khan?
He’s looked average for the past two seasons.
Have batsmen worked him out? Or is he bowling poorly?
Same goes for mills , and garton for that matter.

 

[timbha]

We’ve become very good at losing from winning positions. Probably highlights the lack of depth in our batting and bowling.

Can’t fathom what Mills has done in the past two years to deserve his England selection. He can’t bowl more than 4 overs in a week and is generally quite expensive.

 

[The Oldman]

Through it away. Did not need to go for big hits every ball . At one point a run per ball was fine . So the occasional boundary was all that was needed. No need to try and hit every ball for six. Having said that Essex bowled really well in the last 10 overs.

 

[timbha]

What’s the deal with Rashid Khan?
He’s looked average for the past two seasons.
Have batsmen worked him out? Or is he bowling poorly?

He joins Mills and others who tour the world bowling a few overs here and there whilst earning lots of money. Don’t blame them but it doesn’t engender loyalty or the sense of belonging

 

[DJ NOBO]

We’ve becoming very good at losing from winning positions. Probably highlights the lack of depth in our batting and bowling.

Can’t fathom what Mills has done in the past two years to deserve his England selection. He can’t bowl more than 4 overs in a week and is generally quite expensive.

Mills thrives on reputation alone. His speed often counts against him with umpteen nicks for four. I hope we haven’t broken the bank to keep him.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

We’ve becoming very good at losing from winning positions. Probably highlights the lack of depth in our batting and bowling.

Can’t fathom what Mills has done in the past two years to deserve his England selection. He can’t bowl more than 4 overs in a week and is generally quite expensive.

Finn played over 100 games for England over various formats. Seeing him bowl now he's stealing a living.

Bopara slows any run chase down, even tonight we were on course until he come in. Rawlins tries to hit every ball out of the ground, awful technique. Lenham coming into bat at 9? I haven't seen the lad hit the ball cleanly in two years, doesn't say a lot for those behind him.

Sussex are shocking in all forms of the game. Heads need to roll.

Some say we're skint. That's bull we have made a profit year on year. The accounts are available on line.

 

[DJ NOBO]

He joins Mills and others who tour the world bowling a few overs here and there whilst earning lots of money. Don’t blame them but it doesn’t engender loyalty or the sense of belonging

To be fair to Rashid, he seems to value sticking with the same clubs. I suspect he also has an affection for our club.
He doesn’t take many wickets though, and when he does it’s usually due to a misplaced slog.
When he first came he baffled batsmen ball after ball. Not any more.

 

[amexer]

Finn played over 100 games for England over various formats. Seeing him bowl now he's stealing a living.

Bopara slows any run chase down, even tonight we were on course until he come in. Rawlins tries to hit every ball out of the ground, awful technique. Lenham coming into bat at 9? I haven't seen the lad hit the ball cleanly in two years, doesn't say a lot for those behind him.

Sussex are shocking in all forms of the game. Heads need to roll.

Some say we're skint. That's bull we have made a profit year on year. The accounts are available on line.

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Cant be skint. All budget went to do well in 20/20, Accommodation, wages and flights for 6 overseas players

 

[Brian Fantana]

What’s the deal with Rashid Khan?
He’s looked average for the past two seasons.
Have batsmen worked him out? Or is he bowling poorly?
Same goes for mills , and garton for that matter.

I think bowlers have worked him out. He doesn’t seem to be bowling with the same zip and variety that he used to have. It’s all quite one dimensional and predictable.

 

[Eeyore]

Finn played over 100 games for England over various formats. Seeing him bowl now he's stealing a living.

Bopara slows any run chase down, even tonight we were on course until he come in. Rawlins tries to hit every ball out of the ground, awful technique. Lenham coming into bat at 9? I haven't seen the lad hit the ball cleanly in two years, doesn't say a lot for those behind him.

Sussex are shocking in all forms of the game. Heads need to roll.

Some say we're skint. That's bull we have made a profit year on year. The accounts are available on line.

I don't know if it means they are in a position to invest more though.

Cricket is seemingly changing. Have and have not.

The top six in Div1 are all international counties. Notts are in Div2 but, as we know, shouldn't be there.

Most support the 18 county structure. But it seems that Capital has decided start a slow strangulation.

Sussex being rubbish doesn't bother me. I'm more disturbed about the decline of the sport itself to worry about that.

Anyone who starts an excitable thread about 'The Hundred' can have the honour of being the first ever person on my 'ignore' list.

 

[timbha]

Some say we're skint. That's bull we have made a profit year on year. The accounts are available on line.

Are we talking about Sussex Cricket Limited or Sussex CCC as we knew it? The accounts are very hard to understand and should not be read in terms of “profit and loss”. Look at the amount we get from the ECB compared to the paltry amount from membership fees.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

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I don't know if it means they are in a position to invest more though.

Cricket is seemingly changing. Have and have not.

The top six in Div1 are all international counties. Notts are in Div2 but, as we know, shouldn't be there.

Most support the 18 county structure. But it seems that Capital has decided start a slow strangulation.

Sussex being rubbish doesn't bother me. I'm more disturbed about the decline of the sport itself to worry about that.

Anyone who starts an excitable thread about 'The Hundred' can have the honour of being the first ever person on my 'ignore' list.

If you don't invest then your product suffers and people stop going to see it. Attendances, yes I know yesterday was a full house, have been well down.

Sussex over the years have been one of the first counties to innovate, floodlights and so on, now we are stumbling along the bottom of everything.

There's no good news coming out of Sussex at all in fact there's just no news.

 

[DJ NOBO]

If you don't invest then your product suffers and people stop going to see it. Attendances, yes I know yesterday was a full house, have been well down.

Sussex over the years have been one of the first counties to innovate, floodlights and so on, now we are stumbling along the bottom of everything.

There's no good news coming out of Sussex at all in fact there's just no news.

There are positives in that some of the young players look very good indeed - Orr, Haines, Alsop, Carter. Ali Orr in particular is a revelation - it’s rare to find someone who can smash it about for T20 and be able to play the patient long form game too. The bowling is now the biggest concern - I’m not convinced many of them are worth keeping. Crocombe, Hunt, Atkins are nearly men. Archie deserves more time but Has lost his confidence. Who knows with Robinson, Garton and Archer. We may have seen the best of all 3. I don’t think Finn is as bad as some say, but he’s not going to get fivefers.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Are we talking about Sussex Cricket Limited or Sussex CCC as we knew it? The accounts are very hard to understand and should not be read in terms of “profit and loss”. Look at the amount we get from the ECB compared to the paltry amount from membership fees.

The amount we get from the ECB has always been what keeps the club going the same for all clubs.

The collapse of the squad in all formats has been shocking. There's no way anyone would pay to watch the colts play with a few old timers and that's exactly what's happened to our Championship team. Of course I'm aware that there's little money in it but we are failing the county these days.

There has been a decision to remain at Hove and not go around the out grounds. Again I know a fair amount of the politics around this but they have cut themselves off from a huge amount of supporters and sponsorship by doing this. They priced themselves out of Horsham by pure greed. When they went to the out grounds they used to play in front of much higher crowds, local businesses sponsored the event and had corporate tents etc. These days often the corporate is empty for Championship games. Sussex worked on percentages achieved at Hove against those of the out grounds. As I say it is greed. The club is the whole of Sussex it's not Brighton and Hove CC. It shouldn't be all about the bottom line it should be for the supporters of cricket from all areas.

Hove is a horrible place to get to from around the county, especially evening T20 games, I do go but blimey what a flaff.

The players used to love going to the out grounds, Hastings (sadly now a horrible shopping centre) Eastbourne, Horsham and latterly Arundel.

And the 100 can duck off!

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

We’ve become very good at losing from winning positions. Probably highlights the lack of depth in our batting and bowling.

Can’t fathom what Mills has done in the past two years to deserve his England selection. He can’t bowl more than 4 overs in a week and is generally quite expensive.

Mills is still living off the Gayle wicket out at Hove from years ago.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

There has been a decision to remain at Hove and not go around the out grounds. Again I know a fair amount of the politics around this but they have cut themselves off from a huge amount of supporters and sponsorship by doing this. They priced themselves out of Horsham by pure greed. When they went to the out grounds they used to play in front of much higher crowds, local businesses sponsored the event and had corporate tents etc. These days often the corporate is empty for Championship games. Sussex worked on percentages achieved at Hove against those of the out grounds. As I say it is greed. The club is the whole of Sussex it's not Brighton and Hove CC. It shouldn't be all about the bottom line it should be for the supporters of cricket from all areas.

Hove is a horrible place to get to from around the county, especially evening T20 games, I do go but blimey what a flaff.

The players used to love going to the out grounds, Hastings (sadly now a horrible shopping centre) Eastbourne, Horsham and latterly Arundel.

And the 100 can duck off!

They really should reconsider the outgrounds although the way that the ECB have messed around with the cricket calendar does not help. In the old days you would have a championship game and a Sunday game to make it worthwhile.

I used to love a trip to Horsham, Arundel and even Eastbourne - much more than to the County Ground. Usually a great atmosphere, easy parking, nice walk into town for lunch and also, the players seemed to like walking around the ground talking to people.

Since all of the parking restrictions came in, driving to games at Hove for those who don't live nearby is now a real pain. For the evening T20 games, the train is only an option for a few as there are not great options to get back to most parts of the County at that time of night.

Doubt if I'll make it to Hove this year - however, I plan to be at Lords for a day of the championship game in a couple of weeks time.

 

[South west gull]

They really should reconsider the outgrounds although the way that the ECB have messed around with the cricket calendar does not help. In the old days you would have a championship game and a Sunday game to make it worthwhile.

I used to love a trip to Horsham, Arundel and even Eastbourne - much more than to the County Ground. Usually a great atmosphere, easy parking, nice walk into town for lunch and also, the players seemed to like walking around the ground talking to people.

Since all of the parking restrictions came in, driving to games at Hove for those who don't live nearby is now a real pain. For the evening T20 games, the train is only an option for a few as there are not great options to get back to most parts of the County at that time of night.

Doubt if I'll make it to Hove this year - however, I plan to be at Lords for a day of the championship game in a couple of weeks time.

Nearly all of the other counties have dropped there out grounds

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[PILTDOWN MAN]

Nearly all of the other counties have dropped there out grounds

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Indeed and wrong pure greed