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THE Cricket (Notts v Sussex, Losers v Losers)
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turienzo's lovechild
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i'll be visiting the toilet many a time today me thinks
Moshe Gariani
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can't see that on a used pitch with Mushy in our team the toss is anything other than CRUCIAL...Trigger said:
still, shame it won't make any difference to the overall outcome of the title race
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Link on SCR website for those at work... (top right)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/content/articles/2006/09/19/county_cricket_feature.shtml
I am leaving for Notts tonight, I just hope we have a good day today to make the journey nice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/content/articles/2006/09/19/county_cricket_feature.shtml
I am leaving for Notts tonight, I just hope we have a good day today to make the journey nice.
ILOVEBHA
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Why does the title claim that Lancashire are the champions can we change it please......
Muzzman
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Is the commentary working now? Or does it start bang on 1030?
Muzzman
Pocket Rocket
f***.. I can't get it to work.. I get this instead
London Calling
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Sussex will achieve a double if they defeat last year's champions Nottinghamshire in their Liverpool Victoria Championship tussle at Trent Bridge, starting today.
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Their second championship title in four years under the captaincy of Chris Adams will sit very nicely alongside last month's Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy success, completed after the most arduous process in the one-day competition's history.
Mark Chilton's Lancashire, the only other contenders for the £100,000 first prize, sit eight points behind after a sequence of five draws, three of them rain-affected. They visit Hampshire, who could yet pip them for second place and a cash bonus of £40,000 if they win.
Sussex may be in pole position, but Chilton believes there is every chance his team could claim their first outright title since 1934. He said: "Notts won't just roll over against Sussex – anything can happen, and we have a set of players who just never give up."
Sussex skipper Adams realised as the season took shape that expectation would make this summer more onerous for his players than 2003, the county's maiden championship success. He reckons he has felt more relaxed this time, though that could hardly be said for the rest of his side. Nerves have started to jangle, as evidenced by their brittle victory over Kent at Canterbury two weeks ago.
"We have been under pressure on all fronts all season," Adams said this week. "In fact we have played just one meaningless match all summer."
This would be music to the ears of the England and Wales Cricket Board. In their own world they have moved heaven and earth to achieve a more competitive environment to prepare county players for international cricket. The split championship on flat pitches has become a hardening routine that might well have been a factor in the seizure of the Ashes last year.
The meaningless Sussex game Adams referred to was their final south group match in the C & G Trophy, when they had already qualified for the final against Lancashire at Lord's. It was a pity for Sussex they inexplicably goofed in their Pro40 match at Nottingham on Sunday while they were in line for the first treble since Warwickshire's in 1994.
Despite the intensity of the cricket, the ECB will have to assess very carefully the dominating overseas presence. Figures compiled by the journalist Neville Scott, published yesterday, seemed to confirm that counties are readily taking the option of hiring from abroad rather than developing home players. The reasons are presumably the pressures of relegation and promotion in the split divisions and the ECB central contracts that deprive the circuit of the England elite.
Scott's statistics include all players from overseas and those nurtured abroad until the age of 16. If each match for each player represents a slot, 49 per cent of Durham's slots are not England developed. They are followed by Yorkshire (48 per cent), Derbyshire (47), Worcestershire (44) and Hampshire (43). Sussex are more home-grown than average with 26 per cent, though 61 per cent of their wickets are 'foreign', thanks to the Pakistani connection. Only five per cent of Lancashire's wickets are not home-made.
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Their second championship title in four years under the captaincy of Chris Adams will sit very nicely alongside last month's Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy success, completed after the most arduous process in the one-day competition's history.
Mark Chilton's Lancashire, the only other contenders for the £100,000 first prize, sit eight points behind after a sequence of five draws, three of them rain-affected. They visit Hampshire, who could yet pip them for second place and a cash bonus of £40,000 if they win.
Sussex may be in pole position, but Chilton believes there is every chance his team could claim their first outright title since 1934. He said: "Notts won't just roll over against Sussex – anything can happen, and we have a set of players who just never give up."
Sussex skipper Adams realised as the season took shape that expectation would make this summer more onerous for his players than 2003, the county's maiden championship success. He reckons he has felt more relaxed this time, though that could hardly be said for the rest of his side. Nerves have started to jangle, as evidenced by their brittle victory over Kent at Canterbury two weeks ago.
"We have been under pressure on all fronts all season," Adams said this week. "In fact we have played just one meaningless match all summer."
This would be music to the ears of the England and Wales Cricket Board. In their own world they have moved heaven and earth to achieve a more competitive environment to prepare county players for international cricket. The split championship on flat pitches has become a hardening routine that might well have been a factor in the seizure of the Ashes last year.
The meaningless Sussex game Adams referred to was their final south group match in the C & G Trophy, when they had already qualified for the final against Lancashire at Lord's. It was a pity for Sussex they inexplicably goofed in their Pro40 match at Nottingham on Sunday while they were in line for the first treble since Warwickshire's in 1994.
Despite the intensity of the cricket, the ECB will have to assess very carefully the dominating overseas presence. Figures compiled by the journalist Neville Scott, published yesterday, seemed to confirm that counties are readily taking the option of hiring from abroad rather than developing home players. The reasons are presumably the pressures of relegation and promotion in the split divisions and the ECB central contracts that deprive the circuit of the England elite.
Scott's statistics include all players from overseas and those nurtured abroad until the age of 16. If each match for each player represents a slot, 49 per cent of Durham's slots are not England developed. They are followed by Yorkshire (48 per cent), Derbyshire (47), Worcestershire (44) and Hampshire (43). Sussex are more home-grown than average with 26 per cent, though 61 per cent of their wickets are 'foreign', thanks to the Pakistani connection. Only five per cent of Lancashire's wickets are not home-made.
Moshe Gariani
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indeedChapmansThe Saviour said:Great toss to win.
Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat first
about time they had a bit of luck...
Moshe Gariani said:indeed
Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat first
Well they would wouldn't they, at the batters' paradise that is the Rose Bowl. There's absolutely no chance of them not getting maximum batting points on that track.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
We have blown it already. 
Championship.I need a stiff drink.
Moshe Gariani
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blimey! you're right - we've been inserted... the plot thickensTrigger said:
Moshe Gariani
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commentary started
Muzzman
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Moshe Gariani said:commentary started
Not for me it hasn't.. what am I missing, why can't I hear it?
See above