[Cricket] Sussex v Lancashire.

[Titanic]

34-3

Chopra, Wells and van Zyl all back in the hutch.

trailing by 333 with 7 wickets in hand.

 

[goldstone]

Jofra Archer will not want his name associated with such a pathetic outfit!!

 

[Titanic]

FOUR down now.. the skipper has gone for a shower and a spot of sunbathing on the balcony.

39-4

 

[blue-shifted]

These imbeciles are dragging the good name of our county down with them.

Show some fight lads

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

I can bare to watch/listen, its painful.

 

[Titanic]

These imbeciles are dragging the good name of our county down with them.

Show some fight lads

Steady on old chap. I am sure they are all doing their best.

 

[Titanic]

I can bare to watch/listen

That is a mental image I didn't need.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Oh, I don't know. I remember the early to mid 70s when we had a top order containing Jerry Morley (av 23), Mark Faber (av 22), Jerry Groome (av 15), Simon Hoadley (av 17), Mike Buss (av 24) and Austin Parsons (av 26). Peter Graves with an average of 27 was probably the best of them. We finished in the bottom three for about six or seven years.

Yes... that mid-70s top order will hopefully never be surpassed for consistent ropiness. I am lucky in that, while I was present at the ground, I am just too young to remember their exploits with any clarity.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Salt and Rawlins showing some fight.

These are decent young cricketers. Maybe today will be a good day for them.

 

[Titanic]

Salt and Rawlins showing some fight.

These are decent young cricketers. Maybe today will be a good day for them.

50 partnership (8.4 overs, RR 5.76)

Sussex 89-4, trailing by 278

 

[Gwylan]

Salt and Rawlins showing some fight.

These are decent young cricketers. Maybe today will be a good day for them.

Yep. And to draw parallels with the 70s, things changed when Mendis and Parker came through the ranks. Rawlins really does look the real deal

 

[Moshe Gariani]

This season is alarming proof that getting in (ostensibly) competent people in behind the scenes doesn't always translate into onfield success. At least not immediately.

It seems that Gillespie might be more suited to keeping a team of talents on an even keel than rolling his sleeves up and doing a year round coaching job if that is what is needed at Hove...?

But ultimately it is 95% about the players and not about coaches. The teams put out over the past six weeks or so haven't been good enough.

Why? Hard to say. Injuries and unavailability are factors but not excuses. They have combined with loss of form from key players.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

50 for Rawlins (scoreboard put him back to 48)

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Half century is official for Rawlins now

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

That is a mental image I didn't need.

Its driving me to insanity, naked in the office is not a good look...

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Unlucky end for Salt but very tricky with Parkinson turning it out of the rough.

Won't last long this afternoon.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Salt bowled last ball before lunch. 117 for 5.

Lunch - Sussex trail Lancashire by 250 runs with 5 wickets remaining

 

[Pavilionaire]

Oh, I don't know. I remember the early to mid 70s when we had a top order containing Jerry Morley (av 23), Mark Faber (av 22), Jerry Groome (av 15), Simon Hoadley (av 17), Mike Buss (av 24) and Austin Parsons (av 26). Peter Graves with an average of 27 was probably the best of them. We finished in the bottom three for about six or seven years.

Except that those guys had it harder batting on UNCOVERED pitches.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Except that those guys had it harder batting on UNCOVERED pitches.

Looking at those averages you'd certainly like to think so but actually they just weren't very good batsmen (by first-class standards) ...

 

[studio150]

230/5 Rawlins 94 Wiese 62 partnership 113 in double quick time.

Must be warming up for the Blast