Post by longstop on May 6, 2019 14:21:38 GMT
With 24 balls remaining at the Ageas on Wednesday, Sussex needed 23 runs to beat Hampshire after Wiese and Brown had staged a momentous recovery. At this moment, Sussex were within reach of a fifth win out of six games and looking odds on to qualify for the knock out stages of the Royal London One Day Cup. From that moment, things turned sour. Brown departed, followed by Wiese, and Sussex fell 9 runs short. The defeat to Gloucestershire on Bank Holiday Sunday at Eastbourne meant that our record was a more modest, yet decent, four wins out of seven. Qualification now relied on someone else slipping up.
With Hampshire qualifying as South Group champions, the other two places are between Middlesex, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Sussex. All these teams avoid each other in the last fixture of the qualifying stages as they all face teams that cannot qualify – they are Kent, Surrey, Essex and Glamorgan respectively. Middlesex are placed with 10 points while the others all sit on 8 points. Sussex have the worst run rate of the three teams on 8 points. Sussex, therefore, need a big or a win and others to lose – or, of course, the weather to cause teams to share points.
Sussex return to Hove after the outing to Eastbourne for their last fixture at home until they face Glamorgan again in the County Championship starting on the next Bank Holiday Monday. The visitors, Glamorgan, have batted with greater consistency than their meagre 5 points might suggest. Aside from a disastrous first game in the competition when they were bowled out for 146 by Essex to lose by 180 runs, they have generally scored well. Billy Root has the highest average. Chris Cooke and David Lloyd have scored a decent number of runs while Marchant de Lange has scored quick runs later in the innings.
On the bowling side, taking wickets has been more of a problem for Glamorgan. Marchant de Lange and Graham Wagg have been the most successful, but defeats to Somerset, Hampshire, Essex and Middlesex mainly came from failing to take wickets.
Although Sussex have performed well against Glamorgan in the County Championship in recent years, Glamorgan have had three wins to Sussex’s one win with one no result in the last five years. Last year’s defeat for Sussex in Cardiff was by 6 wickets. Sussex recovered from a poor start thanks to a century partnership by Michael Burgess and David Wiese. Sussex wound up with 277 for 8, but Glamorgan passed the Sussex total with 10 balls to spare. An unbroken 98-run partnership in 10 overs between top scorer, Colin Ingram, who rattled up 98 not out, and Kiran Coulson decided the outcome.
Sussex will need to win this one to have a chance of qualifying. Even if they perform, it could be too little too late. Can we sneak through to the next phase of the competition? We will see.
With Hampshire qualifying as South Group champions, the other two places are between Middlesex, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Sussex. All these teams avoid each other in the last fixture of the qualifying stages as they all face teams that cannot qualify – they are Kent, Surrey, Essex and Glamorgan respectively. Middlesex are placed with 10 points while the others all sit on 8 points. Sussex have the worst run rate of the three teams on 8 points. Sussex, therefore, need a big or a win and others to lose – or, of course, the weather to cause teams to share points.
Sussex return to Hove after the outing to Eastbourne for their last fixture at home until they face Glamorgan again in the County Championship starting on the next Bank Holiday Monday. The visitors, Glamorgan, have batted with greater consistency than their meagre 5 points might suggest. Aside from a disastrous first game in the competition when they were bowled out for 146 by Essex to lose by 180 runs, they have generally scored well. Billy Root has the highest average. Chris Cooke and David Lloyd have scored a decent number of runs while Marchant de Lange has scored quick runs later in the innings.
On the bowling side, taking wickets has been more of a problem for Glamorgan. Marchant de Lange and Graham Wagg have been the most successful, but defeats to Somerset, Hampshire, Essex and Middlesex mainly came from failing to take wickets.
Although Sussex have performed well against Glamorgan in the County Championship in recent years, Glamorgan have had three wins to Sussex’s one win with one no result in the last five years. Last year’s defeat for Sussex in Cardiff was by 6 wickets. Sussex recovered from a poor start thanks to a century partnership by Michael Burgess and David Wiese. Sussex wound up with 277 for 8, but Glamorgan passed the Sussex total with 10 balls to spare. An unbroken 98-run partnership in 10 overs between top scorer, Colin Ingram, who rattled up 98 not out, and Kiran Coulson decided the outcome.
Sussex will need to win this one to have a chance of qualifying. Even if they perform, it could be too little too late. Can we sneak through to the next phase of the competition? We will see.
