Sussex v Worcestershire the last hope

[Barrel of Fun]

Petition the council for a monument worthy of the triple champions?


We are having an AIDS monument, so I don't see why we can't have a monument to acknowledge the achievements of Adams and Co.

 

[London Calling]

Petition the council for a monument worthy of the triple champions?


We are having an AIDS monument, so I don't see why we can't have a monument to acknowledge the achievements of Adams and Co.

there my friend we have a problem for Sussex covers two County Councils and of course many district and urban authorities but I believe, they should start honouring the side. Our winging northern friends would certainly be getting OBE's now and honoury members of Yates Wine Bar.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

there my friend we have a problem for Sussex covers two County Councils and of course many district and urban authorities but I believe, they should start honouring the side. Our winging northern friends would certainly be getting OBE's now and honoury members of Yates Wine Bar.

Yes. It would need some team work from WSCC & ESCC. B&HCC could start by erecting some signs. 'Welcome to Brighton and Hove - The Home of the County Champions '03 06' & '07 etc. Freedom to the city etc. etc.

In fact, I shall write to all Councils and authorities involved!

 

[Gwylan]

Yes. It would need some team work from WSCC & ESCC. B&HCC could start by erecting some signs. 'Welcome to Brighton and Hove - The Home of the County Champions '03 06' & '07 etc. Freedom to the city etc. etc.

In fact, I shall write to all Councils and authorities involved!

And more pressure to get that bus named after Mushtaq - why should we wait until he's snuffed it?

 

[Mendoza]

justr dont get Gus McKay involved otherwise the monument will be a 100ft bronze statue of himself holding the trophy, with the words "me me me me me" underneath it

 

[Marc]

CHRIST what a weekend, I've spent over 26hours in bed after getting trashed saturday & sunday. Just going back through the pics of saturdays celebrations, might post them up later if I can be bothered!

 

[Moshe Gariani]

justr dont get Gus McKay involved otherwise the monument will be a 100ft bronze statue of himself holding the trophy, with the words "me me me me me" underneath it

it was certainly nice to see Gus Mackay on TV last night with the trophy that he won so brilliantly

 

[Basil Fawlty]

I haven't been that nervous since the C&G Trophy last year, absolutely magnificent by the Super Sharks. Thanks for the memories Monty, we'll all miss you.

CHAMPIONS AGAIN 2007

 

[Mr Blobby]

They should bring round the trophy at the Leeds game because Yorkshire people will also be delighted that we stopped the bottlers from Lancashire winning the title!

I think I read that Mushy has taken 489 wickets since he signed for Sussex. Is he the best player ever to play for the club?

Imran Khan was the best I had seen, but I think Mushy has outshone him by a long way. Chris Adams must also be up there near the top as under his captaincy we have been pushing for trophies on a regular basis.

On second thoughts I think that Chris Waller was possibly a better spin bowler

 

[Perry Milkins]

They should bring round the trophy at the Leeds game because Yorkshire people will also be delighted that we stopped the bottlers from Lancashire winning the title!

I think I read that Mushy has taken 489 wickets since he signed for Sussex. Is he the best player ever to play for the club?

Imran Khan was the best I had seen, but I think Mushy has outshone him by a long way. Chris Adams must also be up there near the top as under his captaincy we have been pushing for trophies on a regular basis.

On second thoughts I think that Chris Waller was possibly a better spin bowler

Cough*Giles Cheatle*cough.

 

[London Calling]

They should bring round the trophy at the Leeds game because Yorkshire people will also be delighted that we stopped the bottlers from Lancashire winning the title!

I think I read that Mushy has taken 489 wickets since he signed for Sussex. Is he the best player ever to play for the club?

Imran Khan was the best I had seen, but I think Mushy has outshone him by a long way. Chris Adams must also be up there near the top as under his captaincy we have been pushing for trophies on a regular basis.

On second thoughts I think that Chris Waller was possibly a better spin bowler

Mushy is a cut above the other bowlers at the mo. Khan was world class, but was he regularly better than say Botham, Willis, Hadlee as a bowler let alone a couple of those names as all rounders.

 

[Peter Grummit]

Imran was the most gifted allround cricketer to play for Sussex IMHO.

Mushy has been the most effective and therefore successful bowler.

PG

 

[Gwylan]

Imran was the most gifted allround cricketer to play for Sussex IMHO.

Above CB Fry? Surely not

Mushy has been the most effective and therefore successful bowler.

Maurice Tate: 2,700+ wickets at an average of 18. One of the best bowlers ever.

I'd say that Mushy is Sussex's best overseas signing - just pipping Imran - but not our best bowler.

 

[BensGrandad]

As spin bowlers go what about Robin Marlar and the allrounders Ted Dexter.

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

Do you think we should move this thread into NSC Gold now? It makes good reading now bus is getting a little away from the main thrust of the thread.

 

[The Large One]

We have been blessed with quite a few talented cricketers at Sussex. In fact, I'm going to start another thread to find out your best Sussex XI.

So there.

 

[Mendoza]

There was a a look at the papers on Sky Sports News this morning,
They featured the Daily Mail and a photo of the team on the open top bus going along the seafront with no fans watching, not sure what the whole story was, but then Mike Wedderburn and Alex Quinn said there would have been THOUSANDS lining the streets if Hampshire won the league

 

[London Calling]

There was a a look at the papers on Sky Sports News this morning,
They featured the Daily Mail and a photo of the team on the open top bus going along the seafront with no fans watching, not sure what the whole story was, but then Mike Wedderburn and Alex Quinn said there would have been THOUSANDS lining the streets if Hampshire won the league

Giving the lack of notice, I doubt anywhere would have had more than a couple of tramps, wild dogs and pigeons turning up for the winners tour. And where in Hampshire would have been this great crowd? Portmouth, Southampton, I think not!

Lets face it non test Cricket is poorly covered in the UK, we received the most minor of references on Radio 5 the next day, after all the nothing special football, rugby games but slightly in front of nude darts.

I think punters are interested the 7000 at 20-20 games etc. The number of non-Sussex, Surrey and Lancashire cricket fans listening to the last day play (on Radio Surrey) at the Oval is a testamount to that.


But domestic cricket is still in a wilderness.

 

[Boroseagull]

There was a a look at the papers on Sky Sports News this morning,
They featured the Daily Mail and a photo of the team on the open top bus going along the seafront with no fans watching, not sure what the whole story was, but then Mike Wedderburn and Alex Quinn said there would have been THOUSANDS lining the streets if Hampshire won the league

Picture accompanied this article;

End of the pier show

A nod of thanks to Christopher Martin-Jenkins for pointing out that Sussex's cheque for taking the County Championship wouldn't cover an elite footballer's wages for more than about six days.

The prize for a summer of toil was £100,000. That's the best illustration I've seen for a while of the unreality of wages in our top division.

Football is not alone.

This week, golf's Lee Westwood managed to pass the £10million mark in earnings without winning a major tournament. Sussex received less for their third county title in five seasons than Michael Ballack takes home in a week for saying his ankle hurts.

The unquestionable success of the inaugural World Twenty20 is unlikely to encourage specialists in the longer forms of the game to extend their mortgages.

Twenty20 caters so brilliantly for the shortened attention span and the modern appetite for brutality that the 50-over version may soon come to be seen by younger audiences as about exciting as two snails crossing a lawn.

If you enjoy seeing bowlers tortured as cricket runs off with baseball's clothes, then Twenty20 is the right candy for you. I confess I absolutely do, but the risk now is that money and fixtures will flood that way at the expense of the more patient forms of the game.

A risible hundred grand for winning the County Championship, and the low turn-out for the subsequent open-top bus parade, are good measures of the problem.

One other thought on the season's close: the experts will doubtless explain this easily, but how is it possible for Mark Ramprakash to be the first to average 100-plus in consecutive county seasons but still not be in the England side?

Bat, ball, stumps, umpires, breaks for lunch and tea: surely Test and county cricket share some common ground.