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Post by moderator1 on May 12, 2015 7:11:21 GMT
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Post by hhsussex on May 15, 2015 15:45:55 GMT
Just received by email the Sussex CCC "guide to Sussex Sharks vs Gloucestershire in the NatWest T20 Blast". As well as the thrilling information that "Further to cricket, there will be dancers, face painting, coaching, give aways, crowd interaction and much more to make sure you have a blast! ", which of course sets my soul a-quiver, I'm impressed to see that we describe Gloucestershire's 2014 T20 as "inconsistent" (pots and kettles?) and have invented a new captain for them:  |
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Post by fraudster on May 15, 2015 18:46:07 GMT
Gotta laugh ain't ya HH - what you decided to do instead : )
I'll keep an eye out for their new skipper, like the club, I'm pretty sure he's Welsh.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 8:37:33 GMT
Sussex really need to bounce back in this one. Radio said Sussex have now lost 9 of their last thirteen T20 games. Hard to see that changing much if we hit one boundary in the final five overs as we did last night.***
Geraint Williams (sic)- or Jonesy as he used to be known in the England and Kent dressing rooms - may not be getting a huge amount of runs at Glos but at 38 years old he's proving to be an inspirational captain of a very young side. Glos currently sitting in a promotion place in Div Two and that was a great start to their T20 campaign v Middx last night.
***ON EDIT : It should change when George Bailey arrives. What we lacked last night was a finisher and Bailey is one of the best T20 finishers in the world. But can Sussex afford to wait that long? Should Joyce come back into the side at five or six? He's not a power hitter, but I think he would have won us the game last night and would have found the boundary, not by bludegeoning but by smartly picking off the gaps, working the angles and manipulating the field. Yardy, too, has the experience to do that but oddly didn't bat last night...
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 16, 2015 9:59:37 GMT
Listening to Luke Wright being interviewed by Adrian Harms last night, he says how upset Craig Cachopa was after losing. The mistake was to bring in Cachopa at 4. It should have been Machan. One has tremendous sympathy for Craig. He has not suffered a drop in form like this in his cricketing career. Supporters know he will come good again as he has the class to achieve this. But one suspects we will see a different batting order tomorrow. Meanwhile, it has been the bat which has let Sussex down both in the Middlesex championship game and the T20 last night. Which begs the question who is the club's present batting coach? We hear rumours of Nick Pothas but does 79 year-old Les Lenham still rule the roost? audioboom.com/boos/3186865-sussex-skipper-luke-wright-after-t20-loss-to-kent |
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Post by howardh on May 16, 2015 10:54:56 GMT
Les Lenham, 79 or not, stopped coaching last autumn.
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Post by hhsussex on May 16, 2015 11:06:19 GMT
Sussex really need to bounce back in this one. Radio said Sussex have now lost 9 of their last thirteen T20 games. Hard to see that changing much if we hit one boundary in the final five overs as we did last night.*** Geraint Williams (sic)- or Jonesy as he used to be known in the England and Kent dressing rooms - may not be getting a huge amount of runs at Glos but at 38 years old he's proving to be an inspirational captain of a very young side. Glos currently sitting in a promotion place in Div Two and that was a great start to their T20 campaign v Middx last night. ***ON EDIT : It should change when George Bailey arrives. What we lacked last night was a finisher and Bailey is one of the best T20 finishers in the world. But can Sussex afford to wait that long? Should Joyce come back into the side at five or six? He's not a power hitter, but I think he would have won us the game last night and would have found the boundary, not by bludegeoning but by smartly picking off the gaps, working the angles and manipulating the field. Yardy, too, has the experience to do that but oddly didn't bat last night... According to their website www.gloscricket.co.uk/gloucestershires-t20-blast-campaign-takes-off-thanks-to-captain-cockbain/ the T20 captain is neither Geraint Williams nor Geraint Jones but Ian Cockbain. |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 11:17:13 GMT
Yes, it's most odd - Geraint (Williams) Jones captains the LVCC side but doesn't keep wicket in the four day game. But he kept wicket in the T20 side last night but didn't captain it. Either he isn't into multi-tasking or he thinks it is greedy to have both a * and a † alongside your name on the scorecard!  |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 16, 2015 15:35:22 GMT
howardh,
Les Lenham, 79 or not, stopped coaching last autumn.
If so, who is the Sussex batting coach?
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 16:30:29 GMT
howardh, Les Lenham, 79 or not, stopped coaching last autumn.If so, who is the Sussex batting coach? Obviously someone who keeps a low profile! |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 17:44:22 GMT
The identity of the Sussex batting coach is as mysterious as the identity of Glos' T20 captain.
According to the Glos website, it is not Geraint Williams, Geraint Jones or Ian Cockbain but Michael 'Maxy' Klinger. But he seems to have gone AWOL.
All very confusing but still pretty disrespectul of Sussex not to find out who will be skippering the opposition (as it was to denounce them as "inconsistent" when Sussex has lost nine of its last thirteen T20s). Whether its Cockbain, Jones or Klinger who tosses the coin with Luke Wright tommorow, it ruddy well isn't someone called Williams.
Does anyone actually proof read this stuff before Sussesx zends it aht?
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Post by hhsussex on May 17, 2015 7:51:19 GMT
The identity of the Sussex batting coach is as mysterious as the identity of Glos' T20 captain. According to the Glos website, it is not Geraint Williams, Geraint Jones or Ian Cockbain but Michael 'Maxy' Klinger. But he seems to have gone AWOL.
All very confusing but still pretty disrespectul of Sussex not to find out who will be skippering the opposition (as it was to denounce them as "inconsistent" when Sussex has lost nine of its last thirteen T20s). Whether its Cockbain, Jones or Klinger who tosses the coin with Luke Wright tommorow, it ruddy well isn't someone called Williams. Does anyone actually proof read this stuff before Sussesx zends it aht? From the Glos website: "Team news Gloucestershire will be captained by Ian Cockbain in the absence of Michael Klinger who misses the first two matches of the campaign". No reason given - is he in India? - and no further team news for today, with a statement saying that teams will be announced at the toss. No information about the Sussex team either, but Steffan Piolet top-scored with 65 for Cuckfield yesterday in their defeat of Preston Nomads. As far as I know other squad members didn't turn out for their club sides, so it may be an unchanged squad. |
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Post by jonboy on May 17, 2015 8:31:53 GMT
I'd really like to see Magoffin left to concentrate on red ball cricket. Not sure that he's particularly suited to T20, but of more concern to me might be, adjusting from one format to another, might have a detrimental effect on his championship bowling. He hasn't been at his best, we'll not by his high standards anyway, early season, so let him work on that. I too, think Joyce should have played against Kent, and should definitely play against Gloucestershire. We need to stop the rot here, because when we get on one of these losing runs, we find it very difficult to get out of one.
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Post by leedsgull on May 17, 2015 8:52:03 GMT
hh Klinger was always going to miss the first few weeks of the season. It was said to be for family reasons I think. That is why they have these captaincy issues.
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Post by jonboy on May 17, 2015 9:09:18 GMT
So Mills in the squad
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