Post by longstop on Apr 22, 2019 13:39:32 GMT
Two wins from the first two Royal London One Day games. What could possibly go wrong? The optimists will be saying that this young Sussex side has great potential while the pessimists will be saying that our batting will fall apart soon. Whether the optimists or pessimists are right might become clearer by next weekend.
The table for Southern section of the RLODC shows four teams with two wins from two games and three teams that have both or all three of their games. The four teams with maximum points face each other in this week’s midweek games. Sussex face Somerset at Hove on Wednesday and Hampshire play Middlesex on Tuesday.
Our opponents, Somerset, have started the competition well. In their first game, they put Kent to the sword by scoring 358 for 9 and bowling out their opponents for 94. Wicket keeper, Tom Banton, scored a ton, while lower order batsmen, Lewis Gregory and Craig Overton scored fifties. Overton scored at a rate of 188 runs per 100 balls. When it came to Kent batting, it was Craig Overton who starred with 5 for 18 off 7 overs.
Somerset’s second game was, perhaps surprisingly, a much tighter affair as they beat Glamorgan by 2 runs. Somerset set a modest target by today’s standards of 262 with Hildreth the top scorer. After starting disastrously, Glamorgan recovered from 41 for 6 to get within 2 runs of the Somerset total. Again, it was Overton who starred with bat and ball, although he was eclipsed by Josh Davey in the bowling department as he took four Glamorgan wickets.
In recent seasons, One Day contests between have been close games. Last season’s win at Taunton was arguably Sussex’s best performance in the 2018 competition as Luke Wright’s majestic hundred allowed Sussex to set up a 341 score. Somerset threatened until wickets fell in the latter stages to deny Somerset the points.
A third consecutive win is probably beyond what the optimists might have thought a week ago, but a win would put Sussex a big step closer to qualification for the knock out stages. Will the pessimists be right? We will see.
The table for Southern section of the RLODC shows four teams with two wins from two games and three teams that have both or all three of their games. The four teams with maximum points face each other in this week’s midweek games. Sussex face Somerset at Hove on Wednesday and Hampshire play Middlesex on Tuesday.
Our opponents, Somerset, have started the competition well. In their first game, they put Kent to the sword by scoring 358 for 9 and bowling out their opponents for 94. Wicket keeper, Tom Banton, scored a ton, while lower order batsmen, Lewis Gregory and Craig Overton scored fifties. Overton scored at a rate of 188 runs per 100 balls. When it came to Kent batting, it was Craig Overton who starred with 5 for 18 off 7 overs.
Somerset’s second game was, perhaps surprisingly, a much tighter affair as they beat Glamorgan by 2 runs. Somerset set a modest target by today’s standards of 262 with Hildreth the top scorer. After starting disastrously, Glamorgan recovered from 41 for 6 to get within 2 runs of the Somerset total. Again, it was Overton who starred with bat and ball, although he was eclipsed by Josh Davey in the bowling department as he took four Glamorgan wickets.
In recent seasons, One Day contests between have been close games. Last season’s win at Taunton was arguably Sussex’s best performance in the 2018 competition as Luke Wright’s majestic hundred allowed Sussex to set up a 341 score. Somerset threatened until wickets fell in the latter stages to deny Somerset the points.
A third consecutive win is probably beyond what the optimists might have thought a week ago, but a win would put Sussex a big step closer to qualification for the knock out stages. Will the pessimists be right? We will see.
