Leekbrookgull
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Me,watcting Roger Prideaux ? 75 Not out win over Kent about 73 ?
That is round about the time I started going, in fact it was dear old Franklyn that really got me into Sussex and who can forget those super smashing great yellow Merrydown shirts... Ahhh memories.Against Surrey in the championship in 1993, I think. And the first-ever Sunday game in coloured clothing the following day. In which Franklyn Stephenson became the first player to score a ton in England wearing pyjamas.
My first game was against Sri Lanka in 1984, the year the West Indies hammered us 5-0. Neil Lenham made his debut, having joined straight from Brighton College. He opened and faced Madan Lal, who I think must have been the fastest bowler he had ever faced, but he coped very well. Another one who never really fulfilled his potential (I think he suffered a lot of injuries, didn't he?) I will never forget Sri Lankan opener Sidath Wettimuny getting hit in the cabbage patch and having to be extensively rubbed down by Sussex's then female physio. It didn't seem to do him any harm, though - next week he scored 187 against an England attack led by BBC Cricket Correspondent Jonathan Agnew, who is a far better commentator than he was as a bowler.
who can forget those super smashing great yellow Merrydown shirts... Ahhh memories.
I've still got Keith Greenfield's! I bought it for about three pounds at a charity auction of some kind.
Parks,Dexter,Oakman,Suttle,Shepherd,Langridge,Pataudi.....ah,them woz the days!
Neil Lenham was a good player but suffered an abnormal number of finger injuries.