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Post by ashingtonmartlet on Apr 11, 2018 7:14:25 GMT
I don’t think it’s any great secret that Adams and Moore’s were very close to losing their jobs in 2000. I know that Don Trangmar made the decision to make any changes in order to preserve some stability rather than make more changes, but I am intrigued, should be a good read.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 11, 2018 11:12:41 GMT
joe, Perhaps, you would like to be my sub-editor. Well picked up. am, I don't think supporters realise just how close Moores and Adams were to being sacked. If it wasn't for this one influential individual on the committee, come the 2001 season, Sussex would have had a new Captain and Coach. Then what would have happened to the Club golden decade?
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 11, 2018 11:54:29 GMT
An interesting and well researched feature from club media officer, Sam Keir, on the Sussex CCC Website today entitled, 'Milestone Madness: the career landmarks Sussex players could reach this season'. The site has really improved since Sam took over from Adam Matthews. www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news/milestone-madness-career-landmarks-sussex-players-could-reach-season FYI, the Sussex Cricket Foundation are soon to hold a FREE one-day course at the S antander Learning Centre, next to the Club shop, to help those with basic computer skills to learn how to navigate the Club's website. Well worth your time. Anyone interested in attending this FREE course please email Vanessa Potter on: vanessa.potter@sussexcricket.co.uk
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 11, 2018 16:26:24 GMT
Close to a 40 minute radio chat on Sussex BBC Sport today with Adrian Harms and Bruce Talbot about their views of the Sussex CCC season ahead. Johnny Cantor asks the questions. Well worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p063yp6q
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 11, 2018 17:17:36 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 12, 2018 9:54:03 GMT
At present, cricket journos around the land are peering into their crystal balls, transforming into Mystic Megs, and telling us their predictions for the 2018 County season. Here is a typical example from Wisden Cricket Monthly (formerly 'All Out Cricket'). www.wisden.com/stories/county-cricket/county-cricket-season-2018-predictionsThey reckon Sussex will gain promotion this season. www.wisden.com/stories/county-cricket/2018-county-cricket-previews-sussexMy humble penny's worthMy heart wants Sussex to get promotion but my head says no. Imho, it is all down to the batting. Unless Wells, Van Zyl, Wright and Brown play out of their skins and score the bulk of the runs, we simply won't be promoted. Phil Salt is not ready yet to take on the Chris Nash mantle and Harry Finch suffers from inconsistency. The Club need a classy O/S top order batsman. There is no doubting this. Sussex require a strong start to the Championship season. Ideally, they need two wins out of the first three matches. So the opener at Edgbaston offers no favours. During April and May the wickets will be green; the ball could be jagging all over the place; and while this is beneficial for the strong Sussex seam attack, it will do our more inexperienced batsmen no good at all. Breakthrough Year?The player to watch out for?I am in agreement with Bruce Talbot. Ollie Robinson. This could be his breakthrough season under the guidance of Jason Gillespie. He is a very talented all-rounder and while not quite on par with Jofra Archer, he has matured since coming to Hove. Trophies?There is a growing agreement within the media that Sussex's best chance for a Trophy this year is the T20. Gillespie and his Adelaide Strikers have recently won the Aussie 'Big Bash League'. There are few world cricket coaches who understand T20 as well as JG. I still have reservations over Wright as Captain, but there are few county T20 teams as strong as Sussex. PS: Don't forget the new 2018 Wisden is now out and shockingly has a woman cricketer on the front cover. No doubt some MCC Members will be choking on their bacon rolls. email.bloomsburynews.com/q/1IHBYtcZ7xJlkAoHeQ9Te/wv
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 13, 2018 9:00:54 GMT
Here is "an" official photograph of the 2018 Sussex CCC squad. Although, you've gotta feel a little sympathy for Michael Yardy. Anyone for a talking caption between Gillespie and Andrew?
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Post by flashblade on Apr 14, 2018 10:47:34 GMT
'The Booklet Commemorating the 21st Anniversary of the Sussex CCC Members Rebellion is Close to Publication' ____________________________________________________________________________________________
The booklet commemorating the 21st Anniversary of the Sussex CCC Members’ Rebellion and afterwards the rebuilding of the Club is close to being published. : It is 40 pages (including the cover). : There are 14 colour photos. : The booklet is limited to only 150 copies thus making it highly collectible. : There will be original signatures from Chris Adams and Tony Pigott within each publication. : There is a fair amount of new information which supporters are not aware of or read about before. : There are a number of photos which have never seen the light of day (perhaps, if you attended this special night, you are photographed in one of them.) : All monies from the publication go to the Museum and its Educational Trust. : Due to the booklet’s charitable nature, the cover price is £15. : If you are interested in buying a copy please email Nicholas Sharp at: sharp554@btinternet.com Remember, there are only 150 copies available, so please act quickly, if you wish to purchase one. Just to say that I read your booklet yesterday, and found it very interesting and quite nostalgic. A good read, especially for those of us that were there at the infamous AGM.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 14, 2018 12:09:23 GMT
fb,
Many thanks for your kind comments.
I really enjoyed the research and interviewing the eight people involved with the Members rebellion. There was a fair amount of new information uncovered and discovering the never seen before photos from the Argus archive was a real thrill. To date the booklet has been met with enthusiasm from Sussex supporters since it was launched on Monday. Initial sales have been better than expected and already the printing costs are covered.
Sam Keir, the Club media officer, has given the publication some good coverage on the Club website/Twitter and the Evening Argus have promised an article next week. The Club shop have said they will stock the publication starting in a week or so. Therefore, all in all, it has been a promising beginning.
The great thing with this booklet is, it should sell consistently throughout the new season, so I remain confident that the 150 copies will sell out and accrue the museum some welcome income.
It was an extraordinary experience writing and compiling this booklet. The usual Club politics and differing viewpoints had to be tactfully hurdled. Then there was the drama of Tony Pigott almost dying in early February, just when we were right in the middle of the compilation. And why those of us involved half jokingly feel, we could write another booklet on the comings and goings behind the scenes.
Anyway, it is out and all the hard work is now coming to fruition. Kind comments like yours always make a project like this worthwhile doing. I must thank both Nicholas Sharp and Phil Barnes for their joint efforts. Without their help this publication would never have made it to the finishing line.
Thank you again.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 16, 2018 11:28:08 GMT
SHANE WARNE WILL BE AT 'BRIGHTON GENERAL AUCTIONS' THIS FRIDAY! ___________________________________________________________________________________________Not exactly Warne himself, but during my occasional perusals around Brighton General Auctions, located in Woodingdean, for up and coming cricket memorabilia lots, I came across a rather scintillating item which includes a provenance. A signed Shane Warne bat. It is coming up for auction this Friday, April 20th. Warne has a peculiar yet dynamic signature which looks nothing like his name, but this elegant and finely tuned signing has become well-known within the cricketing memorabilia market. The provenance states that in 2005, the London law firm Mayo Brown Rowe and Maw, had a hospitality box at The Oval for an Ashes Test (September 8th-12th). One of the Company’s partners happened to ‘bump’ into Warne and spontaneously invited him to their box during that day's match lunch break. He agreed (these were the days before Warne’s diet and fitness regimes inspired by Liz Hurley). After supping the fine wine and good food, he gave a Q&A to those invited and posed for photos. He also signed a couple of bats. This is one of them. Having a provenance alongside an item offers another dimension to collecting and this certainly conveys a happy-go-lucky Shane Warne from 2005. Meanwhile, that Ashes match during the now legendary series was drawn. Strauss scored 129; Pietersen 158 and wait for it... Our man Shane Warne got 12 wickets for 246 from 76 overs. How about that for a neat ending to the story. I remember that match well - especially Pietersen's amazing innings and the catch that Warne dropped. It was the game that won England the urn and transformed English cricket into the people's sport... for a few years, anyway. There is also another bat in this lot, not in as good a condition, which has a large number of Sussex CCC players' signatures from the early 1990s. They include Alan Wells, Keith Greenfield, Ian Salisbury, Jamie Hall and Tony Pigott. Anyone interested in bidding for this lot or would like to know more about Brighton General Auctions, here are their contact details. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address: 112-114 Warren Rd, Brighton BN2 6DB Phone: 07944 685767 (ask for Andy) Viewing: Thursday April 19th and the early morning of the sale Auction Starts: 10am__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Post by jonboy on Apr 17, 2018 9:33:09 GMT
At present, cricket journos around the land are peering into their crystal balls, transforming into Mystic Megs, and telling us their predictions for the 2018 County season. Here is a typical example from Wisden Cricket Monthly (formerly 'All Out Cricket'). www.wisden.com/stories/county-cricket/county-cricket-season-2018-predictionsThey reckon Sussex will gain promotion this season. www.wisden.com/stories/county-cricket/2018-county-cricket-previews-sussexMy humble penny's worthMy heart wants Sussex to get promotion but my head says no. Imho, it is all down to the batting. Unless Wells, Van Zyl, Wright and Brown play out of their skins and score the bulk of the runs, we simply won't be promoted. Phil Salt is not ready yet to take on the Chris Nash mantle and Harry Finch suffers from inconsistency. The Club need a classy O/S top order batsman. There is no doubting this. Sussex require a strong start to the Championship season. Ideally, they need two wins out of the first three matches. So the opener at Edgbaston offers no favours. During April and May the wickets will be green; the ball could be jagging all over the place; and while this is beneficial for the strong Sussex seam attack, it will do our more inexperienced batsmen no good at all. Breakthrough Year?The player to watch out for?I am in agreement with Bruce Talbot. Ollie Robinson. This could be his breakthrough season under the guidance of Jason Gillespie. He is a very talented all-rounder and while not quite on par with Jofra Archer, he has matured since coming to Hove. Trophies?There is a growing agreement within the media that Sussex's best chance for a Trophy this year is the T20. Gillespie and his Adelaide Strikers have recently won the Aussie 'Big Bash League'. There are few world cricket coaches who understand T20 as well as JG. I still have reservations over Wright as Captain, but there are few county T20 teams as strong as Sussex. PS: Don't forget the new 2018 Wisden is now out and shockingly has a woman cricketer on the front cover. No doubt some MCC Members will be choking on their bacon rolls. email.bloomsburynews.com/q/1IHBYtcZ7xJlkAoHeQ9Te/wvWe certainly can field a strong T20 bowling attack, there won’t be too many better However, we lack batting oomph,!more so now that Chris Nash has left If we have any ambitions to win it, we need to bring in an OS big hitter
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Post by andy on Apr 17, 2018 21:18:31 GMT
I picked up my copy of Revolution 97 today and just wanted to thank Chris for taking the trouble to write it. It’s beautifully complied booklet and wonderfully written. Very well done and congratulations to all concerned in it’s production. GOSBTS eh?
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 18, 2018 8:28:22 GMT
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Post by longstop on Apr 18, 2018 9:35:50 GMT
Phew. Let's hope Langer hasn't visited a hardware shop recently as we don't want him to resign as well.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 18, 2018 11:22:38 GMT
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD? _________________________________Political correctness slithers and sneaks into every aspect of English tradition today and now it is cricket which has been stultified by such behaviour. In the recently published 2018 Wisden Almanack, the word 'Chinaman' has been purged from cricket terminology, as it’s viewed as an “offensive" term to describe left-arm wrist spin. A Wisden spokesman explained, "The designation is no longer appropriate. We are changing it". For decades, cricket’s bible has used the abbreviation SLC - slow left-arm Chinaman - in bowling averages. This has been altered to SLW, standing for slow left-arm wrist-spin. The change has come after Sydney Morning Herald cricket writer, Andrew Wu, called it ‘racially offensive terminology’ when India’s Kuldeep Yadav made his Test debut against Australia a year ago and was widely described as a Chinaman bowler. Legend has it the term was coined during England’s 1933 Old Trafford Test against a West Indies side containing Ellis Achong, a left-arm wrist-spinner of Chinese heritage. After England’s Walter Robins was stumped off Achong, he allegedly told umpire Joe Hardstaff: ‘Fancy being done by a bloody Chinaman.’ West Indies all-rounder Learie Constantine, fielding nearby, asked: ‘Is that the man or the ball?’ Q: To be politically correct should the English now start questioning phrases used with the word Englishman in them? For example, the Englishman River Falls is the name given to a Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Should we complain? Or might the musician Sting be castigated for his song title, 'The Englishman in New York'? Or even worse, should Christopher Monger who wrote and directed the film, 'The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain' be thrown out of the 'British Film Institute' for daring to use the word in his film title? My point being... Why is it a slur to use the word Chinaman to describe a form of spin bowling? Agreed, 'Chink' is certainly not acceptable. This leads to the question. How many more traditional cricketing terms could be expunged from the English language by the PC brigade? Below are some suggestions. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Agricultural shot, cow corner, farm the strike and cow shot: May be erased due to the upset it can cause to the farming community and the dairy industry. Chinese cut: the same reason as the Chinaman. Daisy cutter: This could be viewed as a slight against the floral industry. Doctored pitch: A slight against the medical profession. Duck, platinum duck, diamond duck, Royal duck and golden duck: A slight against poultry farmers and demeaning for the batsman. The term ‘golden duck’ is rarely used now and been replaced by duck. Floater: Slang for excrement. French cricket, French cut: An abuse against France and its people. Gardening: A slight against gardeners. Hutch: A slight against rabbit and hamster lovers. Leg break, Leggie: A slight against injured or disabled people. Maiden over/wicket maiden: A slight against women. A rabbit: Abuse against batsmen and bunny lovers. Slip: A slight against women and their clothes. Sticky Dog: An abuse against canine lovers. Yips: Demeaning put down on a bowler. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_cricket_termsWhat I do agree with... End sledging. That is abusive and holds no standing in cricket today.
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