Jungle Jumbo
International Vice-Captain
Azhar Mahmood show down at The Oval. Shame the Lancs match was rained off with us in such a strong position. If Manchester was situated in Sussex, how many County Championship titles would we have had?
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*Official* English Domestic Season 2006
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Barney Rubble
International Coach
I haven't actually seen us play either, but from what I can see from scorecards etc, he made some very strange decisions about how to use his bowlers. He seemed intent on using eight bowlers in every innings, just to get some use from the part-timers. Add to that the fact that we lost most of those games.....Anna said:
DanielFullard
U19 Vice-Captain
Looks like I was right all along.
My two predictions for this season are coming true. One was the above that Scotland would suprise a few teams and the other was that Onions, having looked great after coming back from India, would prove a better, dangerous and match-winning first class bowler
DanielFullard
U19 Vice-Captain
Was at the Durham game yesterday as you would expect and it was a corker.
J.Lewis.....Please leave. The guy was playing like it was a 5-day test rather than a one-day 39 over match. The longer he stayed in the less chance we had of winning and up until the last few overs we had no chance of winning and it was all Lewis fault. He is not a one day player and the sooner the coaches see that the better. We cannot win a one-day trophy with Lewis in the side!
On a better note, Calum Thorp...wow. The guy was in KP mode. He was connecting with the ball better than I have ever seen from him, and he was batting perfectly. His innings won us the game. 39 from 3 overs between him and Mustard and the game was in the bag.
Again Durham don't do it the easy way and Thropy keeps the hopes alive
J.Lewis.....Please leave. The guy was playing like it was a 5-day test rather than a one-day 39 over match. The longer he stayed in the less chance we had of winning and up until the last few overs we had no chance of winning and it was all Lewis fault. He is not a one day player and the sooner the coaches see that the better. We cannot win a one-day trophy with Lewis in the side!
On a better note, Calum Thorp...wow. The guy was in KP mode. He was connecting with the ball better than I have ever seen from him, and he was batting perfectly. His innings won us the game. 39 from 3 overs between him and Mustard and the game was in the bag.
Again Durham don't do it the easy way and Thropy keeps the hopes alive
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Heh I remember looking at the scorecard and seeing Lewis on 0* off 19 balls and Durham were on 12-0 off 5.4 overs or something. To be fair a few others scored really slowly in that game as well and Leicester's bowling attack is garbage so they could always pick the run rate up later against the even worse plodding bowlers. I do agree that Lewis should stick to FC cricket tho.
Chubb
International Regular
On at Chelmsford on Sunday I had the privilege to watch an amazing game of cricket between Essex and Sussex.
Ronnie Irani was superb for his 132*, several times smashing Rana Naved-ul-Hasan into the stands for six. Considering Rana has been ripping through lineups all summer it was an incredible assault. Andy Flower and Ravinder Bopara also played extremely well for their fifties, Flower simply being extraordinary, working the ball effortlessly for singles and punishing the bad ball b
Andre Adams bowled extremely well at the start of the innings for Essex, and took three wickets, including Prior clean bowled, to help reduce Sussex to 50-4. Then, however, came Murray Goodwin, who simply played probably the best innings I have ever seen "in the flesh" The only rival is Blackwell's 130* against Sussex last year.. There was nothing Essex could do to stop him once he passed 50. Carl Hopkinson also deserves plaudits for sticking it out for a fifty- he was particularly severe on anything on his legs.
As Sussex and Goodwin remorselessly crept towards the target, Irani began to panic. His bowling changes made little sense, Adams not being brought back until the 46th over and Grant Flower being brought on too late. Indeed, Ronnie lost control. Andy Flower was basically in charge at the end, talking to the bowlers and telling Ronnie what to do. Apparently, Flower had been annoyed with Ronnie's captaincy from the start of the Sussex innings, especially because Grant and he know Goodwin's game so well, but he didn't speak up until it was too late. Goodwin lashed several brutal pulls into the stands, and Sussex won thanks to his brilliant solo effort.
It was a good day to be a Zimbabwe cricket fan, with Goodwin and Andy both making runs. Grant was disappointing and obviously out of form with the bat, but he was on a hiding to nothing with his bowling. I should have brought my flag, but it's back in Devon now. Waiting for Ray to come to Taunton.
Ronnie Irani was superb for his 132*, several times smashing Rana Naved-ul-Hasan into the stands for six. Considering Rana has been ripping through lineups all summer it was an incredible assault. Andy Flower and Ravinder Bopara also played extremely well for their fifties, Flower simply being extraordinary, working the ball effortlessly for singles and punishing the bad ball b
Andre Adams bowled extremely well at the start of the innings for Essex, and took three wickets, including Prior clean bowled, to help reduce Sussex to 50-4. Then, however, came Murray Goodwin, who simply played probably the best innings I have ever seen "in the flesh" The only rival is Blackwell's 130* against Sussex last year.. There was nothing Essex could do to stop him once he passed 50. Carl Hopkinson also deserves plaudits for sticking it out for a fifty- he was particularly severe on anything on his legs.
As Sussex and Goodwin remorselessly crept towards the target, Irani began to panic. His bowling changes made little sense, Adams not being brought back until the 46th over and Grant Flower being brought on too late. Indeed, Ronnie lost control. Andy Flower was basically in charge at the end, talking to the bowlers and telling Ronnie what to do. Apparently, Flower had been annoyed with Ronnie's captaincy from the start of the Sussex innings, especially because Grant and he know Goodwin's game so well, but he didn't speak up until it was too late. Goodwin lashed several brutal pulls into the stands, and Sussex won thanks to his brilliant solo effort.
It was a good day to be a Zimbabwe cricket fan, with Goodwin and Andy both making runs. Grant was disappointing and obviously out of form with the bat, but he was on a hiding to nothing with his bowling. I should have brought my flag, but it's back in Devon now. Waiting for Ray to come to Taunton.
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Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Essex's kit looks a bit crap really.
Langeveldt
Soutie
Someone is competing for an award, if you come to Taunton we'll meet up, I'll bring my flag as well from the other side of the limpopo..
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vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Callum Thorp from Durham = the ex Western Australian player?
Barney Rubble
International Coach
Believe so, yeah. If you're thinking of a really tall fast bowler, he's your man.vic_orthdox said:
Great Birtannia
U19 Captain
Adam Griffith is apparently going to play in Leicestershire 
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
looks like Vettori is out with a back problem.
Naved not content with getting buckets of wickets is now hammering the Middlesex attack to all parts. Sussex march on.
Good to see Geoff in the runs
Naved not content with getting buckets of wickets is now hammering the Middlesex attack to all parts. Sussex march on.
Good to see Geoff in the runs
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
and Lancashire have signed Nathan Astle to replace Brad Hodge when he's away on Ateam duty. Can't say i'm that enthused by this, but hopefully he'll do better than last year at Durham
Jungle Jumbo
International Vice-Captain
Not happy with that at all, but I suppose most of the decent non-full international Aussies and Asians are playing in this 'A' series. Presumably Astle is there for the Twenty20.superkingdave said:
What's the West Indies tour schedule like when the India series is over? Would have liked Gayle/Chanderpaul/Sarwan or a South African batsman. But I suppose we haven't got a clue who's available/who isn't.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
SA are touring SL from Jul - Sep so either of those aren't available, Pakistan are in England, India head to SL for the tri series in August and given they are still in WI now any of their players probably aren't available.
As you I probably would have preferred Gayle/Chanderpaul/Sarwan/Mohammed, I did hear a rumour at one point about a possible WI players but it hasn't come to anything.
The fact that Symonds has just had wrist surgery might have affected things as he was reportedly keen to come back for a bit at one point.
As you I probably would have preferred Gayle/Chanderpaul/Sarwan/Mohammed, I did hear a rumour at one point about a possible WI players but it hasn't come to anything.
The fact that Symonds has just had wrist surgery might have affected things as he was reportedly keen to come back for a bit at one point.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Clarke sets out England plan
"I've come back.. "
" I seem to score runs more.."
"I've always been hungry"
"..performing week-in, week-out .."
go Rikki
"I've come back.. "
" I seem to score runs more.."
"I've always been hungry"
"..performing week-in, week-out .."
go Rikki