Sussex v Derbshire -County Championship County Ground, Hove

[vegster]

Grizzly is getting bored in his garden, I hear.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Trounced in our own backyard by whipping boys Derbyshire.

Nice one.

 

[Luke93]

Absolutely DISGUSTING.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Totally agree. We've allowed the squad to stagnate a little, and there's far too much focus on the 20 over game. Perhaps stagnate isn't the right word. There's talent there, and new talent this season, but perhaps the coaching is lacking?

The coaching? And the batting. Not to mention the bowling.

No-one ever won a match when all that could be relied on was the fielding.

 

[mikeyjh]

I'm sure it'll mean little to you lot, but it's a stunner for us - To be a team of that quality and experience, with out motley crew is marvellous.... Shame the Rams couldn't hold out and make it a great sunday in this corner of West Sussex....

 

[joeinbrighton]

It's obviously a terrible result and a batting collapse against a team that had previously not mustered a single victory in the County Championship all season is unforgivable.

However, Sussex are still very much in with a chance of winning the County Championship. Only Yorkshire are above them and they are struggling in their 2nd innings against Warwickshire after allowing them a first innings lead when Warwickshire's 9th wicket pair put on 99 runs. Middlesex won and have a game in hand its true, as indeed do Yorkshire, but Sussex still have 4 games left to play. If they win 3 of those matches and draw the other, they will at least post a challenging points target. All is not lost yet.

 

[Buckley's Mad Eye]

It's obviously a terrible result and a batting collapse against a team that had previously not mustered a single victory in the County Championship all season is unforgivable.

However, Sussex are still very much in with a chance of winning the County Championship. Only Yorkshire are above them and they are struggling in their 2nd innings against Warwickshire after allowing them a first innings lead when Warwickshire's 9th wicket pair put on 99 runs. Middlesex won and have a game in hand its true, as indeed do Yorkshire, but Sussex still have 6 games left to play. If they win 4 of those matches and draw the other 2, they will at least post a challenging points target. All is not lost yet.

Absolutely, however the way we're playing at the moment I have serious doubts whether we'll win a single game.

 

[maltaseagull]

Having not lost a game- we are on a downward spiral. Probably due to loss of confidence following the atrocious YB40 & T20 performances. we will finish 3rd or worse.

 

[In The Rough]

Should we lose to the Dutch at Hove next Tuesday, It will be over a whole year since we won a competitive game of cricket at Hove. Last Hove win was against Warwickshire on the 15th August last season.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Our performances in the YB40 and 20/20. Have not been good enough, and now it is slowly creeping into our County Championship form. We shouldn't be losing to Derbyshire that appallingly with a day left.

Questions will have to be asked about Mark Robinson and our coaching staff, we are going backwards at the moment.

 

[dcr21]

Should we lose to the Dutch at Hove next Tuesday, It will be over a whole year since we won a competitive game of cricket at Hove. Last Hove win was against Warwickshire on the 15th August last season.

I know we've been awful at home, but didn't we beat Somerset at Hove early on in the season and have recently completed the double over them.

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

I know we've been awful at home, but didn't we beat Somerset at Hove early on in the season and have recently completed the double over them.

That win was at Horsham

 

[Basil Fawlty]

I know we've been awful at home, but didn't we beat Somerset at Hove early on in the season and have recently completed the double over them.

Yes we have beaten Somerset twice. We trounced them at Horsham in two days.

 

[dcr21]

That win was at Horsham

Cheers, I stand corrected!