Post by longstop on May 1, 2019 8:32:45 GMT
With the three wins out of three on the road in the Royal London One Day Cup, Sussex will be hoping to make it four out of four when they travel along the A27 to face Hampshire. Both of the away wins in the last week against Middlesex and Essex have needed Sussex to find battling qualities to win games.
Last Saturday, Luke Wright and Ben Brown dragged Sussex from a precarious position to win convincingly as Luke Wright played on those innings that few can match. It was a different performance at Chelmsford as Laurie Evans and Will Beer pulled Sussex out of a seemingly irretrievable position to get over the line by one wicket as Danny Briggs helped Sussex to find the final runs.
Thursday’s game brings us up against league leaders, Hampshire. Hampshire have only lost one of their six games, the defeat coming when they fell short of Essex’s total of 341 by over 100 runs at Chelmsford last weekend. Their batting has performed consistently posting scores of over 300 or scores bound to exceed 300. James Vince has impressed most scoring 430 runs at an average of 71 at a rate of 115 runs per 100 balls, although he is likely to miss the game against Sussex as he is in the England squad for the match against Ireland on Friday. After Vince, runs have been shared around with Liam Dawson, Aiden Markram and Rilee Roussouw all showing good form.
In the bowling department, Liam Dawson has been the stand out player, taking wickets and being economical. Wickets have been shared around with Kyle Abbott being the best of the rest. However, it’s the all-round contribution of the whole team that has put Hampshire in such a strong position in the table.
Sussex have not enjoyed any success against Hampshire in the last four years of the RLODC. Three defeats, albeit narrow, and one abandoned game mean that Sussex will have to do better than their 2 wicket defeat last season. In that game, Sussex collapsed from 111 for 1 to 250 all out with Harry Finch scoring 108. Hampshire recovered from 133 for 6 to win by two wickets as lower order batsmen, Lewis McManus and Gareth Berg scored 41 and 65 respectively to see Hampshire home.
So, can Sussex make it a fourth away win in this competition? Winning this one would put them in a strong position before the two final home games of the qualification phase of the tournament. We will see.
Last Saturday, Luke Wright and Ben Brown dragged Sussex from a precarious position to win convincingly as Luke Wright played on those innings that few can match. It was a different performance at Chelmsford as Laurie Evans and Will Beer pulled Sussex out of a seemingly irretrievable position to get over the line by one wicket as Danny Briggs helped Sussex to find the final runs.
Thursday’s game brings us up against league leaders, Hampshire. Hampshire have only lost one of their six games, the defeat coming when they fell short of Essex’s total of 341 by over 100 runs at Chelmsford last weekend. Their batting has performed consistently posting scores of over 300 or scores bound to exceed 300. James Vince has impressed most scoring 430 runs at an average of 71 at a rate of 115 runs per 100 balls, although he is likely to miss the game against Sussex as he is in the England squad for the match against Ireland on Friday. After Vince, runs have been shared around with Liam Dawson, Aiden Markram and Rilee Roussouw all showing good form.
In the bowling department, Liam Dawson has been the stand out player, taking wickets and being economical. Wickets have been shared around with Kyle Abbott being the best of the rest. However, it’s the all-round contribution of the whole team that has put Hampshire in such a strong position in the table.
Sussex have not enjoyed any success against Hampshire in the last four years of the RLODC. Three defeats, albeit narrow, and one abandoned game mean that Sussex will have to do better than their 2 wicket defeat last season. In that game, Sussex collapsed from 111 for 1 to 250 all out with Harry Finch scoring 108. Hampshire recovered from 133 for 6 to win by two wickets as lower order batsmen, Lewis McManus and Gareth Berg scored 41 and 65 respectively to see Hampshire home.
So, can Sussex make it a fourth away win in this competition? Winning this one would put them in a strong position before the two final home games of the qualification phase of the tournament. We will see.
