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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 2, 2018 22:14:51 GMT
Official ConfirmationJason Gillespie, finally, welcome to Sussex for the next three years (at least). Please bring the Club success and a Martlets capful of trophies. Pheww and double Pheww! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/43984014
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 3, 2018 22:11:17 GMT
Apart from being a damn fine keeper and batswoman, Sussex and England's Sarah Taylor, could also be described as feisty, uncompromising and above all courageous for speaking out about her personal mental health problems involving anxiety and depression. Like Marcus Trescothick, Michael Yardy and Graeme Fowler, Sarah has helped break down the taboos concerning such areas where angels often fear to tread. She tweets this evening. I'm not ashamed to suffer with anxiety and no one on this earth should be. I'm still getting by and it's not stopping me anytime soon. Mental health needs to keep being talked about. So a big thank you to @alisonmitchell and @bbcstumped for this. twitter.com/Sarah_Taylor30?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthoren.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Taylor_(cricketer)Here she is talking to the BBC World Service 'Stumped' about her past and present mental health challenges. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/43991569I am constantly amazed by the courage of the human spirit. Some fight and others do not, while some never give up and others do. Sarah is definitely a fighter and an inspiration to millions who suffer a similar plight.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 4, 2018 11:45:56 GMT
What a beautiful sunny day for cricket. After the Glos washout, the season feels it has finally started. There were queues at the front gate ticket office first thing; there is a buzz of excitement in the air; an excellent crowd with a hospitality party in the Boundary Rooms; and the Media Centre is awash with opinionated Middlesex journos. Ho-hum. The Joys of SpringRobinson is on fire with his fourth wicket of the morning and my prediction that this would be Ollie's breakthrough year looks to be on track. Yet, the slip catching and keeping has been a little lacklustre and Sussex could be six or even seven wickets up by now on another day. One hopes the team won't rue this, given Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat on what looks like to be a high scoring wicket. After the Glos wash-out, Hove is alive and kicking. Middlesex: 75-4. Meanwhile, have sympathy for Yorkshire who have just been bowled out for 50 runs against Essex at Chelmsford. PS: Ollie has now got his fifer. What a performance. Middlesex 76-5. PPS. At 4.15pm, that is the sixth catch dropped by Sussex today and perhaps the easiest of the lot. Oh dear, one hopes this underpar fielding performance doesn't bite the team in the bottom. Who has taken over from Carl Hopkinson?
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 5, 2018 20:50:29 GMT
I don't believe it! I missed out on this cake today as Adrian Harms chomped the lot (not true) and suffered accordingly. I wonder what Chris Morris makes of this. Tea at Hove and a terrific day for @sussexccc 60-4 at start of play now 323-9 and a lead of 93, and of course great cakes too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbq3kc29Tmg
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 6, 2018 17:35:15 GMT
I had a chat with COO Ian Waring over the weekend (Club Operation's Officer) about the up and coming music concerts at Hove: Lionel Richie (June 23rd) and Little Mix (July 6th).
I was a little surprised to hear that tickets are selling so well, Ian believes at least one of the artists (Little Mix) could equal the Elton John all-time record attendance at Hove both in 2006 and 2011 by attracting close to 19,000 people. What helps is that this is the first performance of Little Mix's UK Summer tour.
Q: What is the maximum number of people allowed at Hove to watch a music concert? (It is good to know the 'Brighton & Hove Council' have a sense of humour.)
A: 19,999.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 8, 2018 9:37:54 GMT
During a chinwag with cricket journo Bruce Talbot over the weekend, I learnt that former Sussex Captain, Chris Adams, has had a paperback version released last week by local Worthing publishers ‘Pitch Publishing’ of the initial hardback ‘Grizzly: My Life and Times in Cricket’. This paperback has an additional chapter at the end to bring Adams' life up to date. Talbot is the co-author. While publishers are notoriously reluctant to give out actual book sales, to have a paperback version printed is a true accolade for the author or in this case the authors. This is a rare occurrence today unless you are an already well-established writer. Bruce explained that the new addition entitled ‘The Next Chapter’ discusses the reasons why Adams turned down the Irish Cricket Head Coaching job; the personal tragedies within his family, where first his older brother, David, tragically died after falling down a Bournemouth hotel’s staircase, followed by the passing of a heart-broken father after experiencing a longterm illness. There is also mention of Chris' cricket coach job at the elite public school, Seaford College, near Petworth. I cheekily asked Talbot whether he was aware of the book sales, but he grinned and simply said, “I am still having to work full-time as a cricket journalist.” www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/tributes-paid-to-legendary-chesterfield-cricketer-1-8469902www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX86OjiYcfAThe blurb advertising this paperback is intriguing for it states, “Chris Adams played for England, became Sussex's greatest ever captain and, as a coach, made Surrey trophy winners again. There have been difficult times, too, involving internecine warfare, frustration with the England hierarchy and untimely death; but, true to form, 'Grizzly' fronts up again and tells his own remarkable story of a life in cricket.” I wonder what is meant by ‘internecine warfare’? The book has 288 pages, is priced at £12.99 and can be purchased directly from ‘Pitch’ as well as from ‘all good bookstores’. pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/grizzly-0
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 8, 2018 9:59:31 GMT
What a glorious weekend for Sussex supporters. A hotly fought contest where Sussex came out on top. I cannot put aside my enthusiasm for the new Head Coach, Jason Gillespie, who in just a month is already turning the side around, where players like Ben Brown, Danny Briggs, Ollie Robinson, David Wiese and others are realising their potential which under Mark Davis they had difficulty accessing. It was also a good weekend for the Club museum where sales of their recently published two booklets faired well. 'Revolution 97' has now nudged 110 sales, so only 40 to go. Please, if you are mulling over purchasing the publication, now is the time to buy it via the Club shop or Nicholas Sharp (sharp554@btinternet.com). Let us sell the limited edition 150 copies by the end of this month. The museum will make well over £1,000 profit which all goes towards its development. The other book launched recently is about former Sussex and England fast bowler, Ian Thomson. Entitled 'The Indefatigable Thomson', and written by Nicholas Sharp and Norman Epps, over 80 copies have now sold. The cricket website, 'Cricketweb.net' gave both publications excellent reviews a few days ago. Here they are: www.cricketweb.net/books/revolution-97/www.cricketweb.net/books/the-indefatigable-thomson/
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 8, 2018 12:12:17 GMT
It's great to see that the Sussex team tradition of celebrating every home victory by the side of Matthew Hobden's Memorial sign/tree, opposite the Club shop, continues on under a new Head Coach. Jason Gillespie might not have met Matt, but he understands the bonds between cricketers eg. Philip Hughes. Hobden would have been 25 years-old this year. Don't forget the 'Matthew Hobden Trust' are holding a black tie party for him at the 'Amex' on September 22nd. www.facebook.com/events/692114994512775/unofficialsussexccc.freeforums.net/post/27997/thread
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 8, 2018 12:26:35 GMT
In the midst of the cricketing heat of battle over the Bank holiday weekend, Sussex CCC paid host to the annual former players' reunion lunch. It took place at the Boundary Rooms on the Sunday. Here is a list of those who attended. Sadly, while some excellent photos were taken of the former players by museum photographer, Phil Barnes, I am not allowed to reproduce examples on this cricket column due to Club "image rights". A decision has been taken to keep them in-house. Having seen a majority of them, this is a great pity. Q: What is the connection between Nick Wisdom (the comedian Norman Wisdom was his father) and Sussex CCC?
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Post by joe on May 8, 2018 13:41:31 GMT
He played 2 first class games for Sussex. Now runs Wisdom Sports in Haywards Heath.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 8, 2018 14:00:24 GMT
Well done, although you read his Wiki too. Far too easy a question.
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Post by joe on May 8, 2018 15:28:40 GMT
Well done, although you read his Wiki too. Far too easy a question. No I didn’t read his wiki, I know him personally actually. His son Greg played cricket with my son at Cuckfield.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 8, 2018 15:35:51 GMT
Joe, What a lovely story. Perhaps, you could write about Nick Wisdom on this Forum? I could not understand his connection with Sussex CCC until I read his Wiki, so you are way ahead of me.
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Post by joe on May 8, 2018 16:19:05 GMT
Why is it a lovely story? A lot of boys played cricket with my son at Cuckfield, he was just one of them and his Dad was just another cricket Dad.
If you want a story about Norman Wisdom then I’m affraid I never met him and Nick never spoke of him although I did see him come to pick Greg up once in his Rolls Royce.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 8, 2018 17:08:49 GMT
Joe, To have a father who was knighted and hugely popular in Albania is a lovely story.
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