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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 6, 2018 11:02:22 GMT
More sad news. Cricket journalist Bruce Talbot tweets this morning. @sussexccc flags flying at half mast at Hove today following the sad news that Alan Oakman has passed away at the age of 88. 'Oaky' scored over 20,000 runs and then had a good career as coach and administrator at Warwickshire.
Alan Oakman RIP (1930-2018)
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 7, 2018 9:58:03 GMT
Have a guess which musician is coming to Hove next summer on June 9th for a spectacular music concert? Here's a clue. If you add his age alongside the Rolling Stones band members' ages, you would be getting close to 400 years-old. You've got it. Third time at Hove, it's Reg Dwight... Oops, Elton John.
He's booked in the Hove County Ground as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. As the name suggests this will be Elton's last tour of his career. Rumour has it the mobility vehicle's been playing up and his hip replacements have stopped him from gyrating on stage.
It's that kind of occasion which dictates you've gotta be there. So, who's up for that hat-trick?
Tickets go on sale next Friday.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 7, 2018 18:10:29 GMT
While Division 2 promotion is becoming a three-horse race between Warwickshire, Kent and Sussex, we must thank Ollie Robinson for helping place our Club in a strong position. The 10 wickets against Leicestershire epitomises his breakthrough year and one I predicted at the beginning of the season. Forget his shenanigans at Yorkshire, his inability to keep time, even rumours of a drinking problem, since he was signed by Mark Robinson (Robbo's last signing for the Club), he has matured to become Sussex's leading wicket-taker for 2018. Without him, it is unlikely the Club would still be in a strong position for promotion. 56 wickets at an average of 18.48, his closest rival is Wiese and Archer at 36 and 35 wickets respectively. Ollie has been a revelation this season and deserves all the accolades he's gaining. And not forgetting his batting ability where he's scored 234 runs at an average of 15.60. Better than a fair few of the side including Chris Jordan and Jofra Archer. The worry that some supporters have, is the fact that Ollie is now on the radar of the England selectors, when both Anderson and Broad are due for retirement in a few years. Meanwhile, let us enjoy watching this talent mature into a fine wine. And who knows, he may be a Division 1 seamer next year.
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Post by kevininnessupersub on Sept 8, 2018 20:21:51 GMT
Visited the Sir Aubrey Smith exhibition today was excellent as was the WW1 and Women's Sufragete Movement ones.
Some of the Women's stories were very moving and in some cases , unfortunately the suffering of people has not changed in over 100 years.
The Sir Aubrey Smith grave looks excellent and the museum are to be congratulated on arranging this as well as supplying material for today.
Having recently visited the graves of Sir Jack Hobbs and Herbert Strudwick, Ii am pleased to say that we put Surrey to shame, as these graves badly need looking after/ cleaning.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 11, 2018 8:35:58 GMT
Does anyone else feel sorry for Monty Panesar since his demise from professional cricket? His most recent attempt to rectify any sort of career was appearing on TVs Celebrity Masterchef where he made an absolute fool of himself. "Monty's in another world!"Being a keen watcher of the many series I cannot remember any contestant who was made to look so silly as Monty. From burning an egg to being described as "living in cuckoo-land" by a Head Chef and so slow with his cooking work that Greg Wallace said, "Monty only has one gear. He almost walks through life in reverse." A sad and embarrassing indictment of a man who has always lived in another reality to other people and is finding it so very hard to adjust to the norm. What Monty will eventually end up doing remains a puzzle. www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1014636/celebrity-masterchef-2018-monty-panesar-gemma-collins-bbc-one
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 11, 2018 8:49:15 GMT
Did anyone buy this special Argus edition yesterday? It may well become a collectors' item. Brian OwenA reminder of our @sussexccc @vitalityblast pullout in the @brightonargus today. Includes Wright, Archer, Jordan, Burgess, Evans, commemorative team pic and why it’s it not just the Beer talking when it comes to sharing spin-bowling expertise.
www.theargus.co.uk/sport/cricket/generalcricket/
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 11, 2018 9:00:07 GMT
With just 4 days to go until the T20 Finals Day, the anger felt by fans from the four teams appearing is still as strong as ever, summed up by ESPNCricinfo UK editor, David Hopps, who tweeted yesterday:
The 500 tickets per finalist policy for Blast finals day is one of the great greed-stricken anti-fan decisions English cricket has ever made.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 11, 2018 22:15:42 GMT
The saying, "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" comes to mind with this piece of news that concerns Rashid Khan. Khan will be joined by four other Sussex players at the inaugural Afghanistan Premier League (APL) that takes place in the UAE next month. Laurie Evans, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills and Luke Wright were picked up in the competition draft on Monday evening. Rashid is one of the ‘icon’ players announced by the five franchises ahead of the draft. Only two other English cricketers are involved in the competition, Sam Billings and Ravi Bopara. Rashid and Evans will represent Kabul in the tournament that runs from Friday 5th October to Sunday 21st October. Jordan and Wright form part of the Paktia squad alongside Bopara, while Mills joins Billings on the Kandahar roster. The other two teams are from Balkh and Nangarhar. This is a good piece of business for Sussex. Hopefully, Khan will become a regular annual T20 player for the Club and may even be able to join them for the QFs and Finals Day, if the opportunity arrives again. In return, Sussex can be proud that their top T20 players are helping the APL become another force in the cricketing franchise world. For further informationwww.thecricketer.com/Topics/top_single/big_names_scooped_up_by_afghanistan_premier_league_ahead_of_inaugural_campaign.html?platform=hootsuite
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 12, 2018 10:28:56 GMT
The Hove St Leonard's Church exhibition at the Heritage Open Day last Saturday which included a memorabilia display of former Sussex CCC cricketer, Sir Charles Aubrey Smith, was a great success and a good number of people attended throughout the day to see the various exhibits on show. unofficialsussexccc.freeforums.net/post/29306/threadOne Member of the Wicked Cricket Column posted: "Visited the Sir Aubrey Smith exhibition today was excellent as was the WW1 and Women's Suffragette Movement ones... The Sir Aubrey Smith grave looks excellent and the museum are to be congratulated on arranging this as well as supplying material for today. Having recently visited the graves of Sir Jack Hobbs and Herbert Strudwick, I am pleased to say that we put Surrey to shame, as these graves badly need looking after/cleaning." Below is a photograph taken of the Smith display alongside others including the grave where he lies at rest.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 12, 2018 12:46:49 GMT
So... Jimmy attains 564 wickets and beats Glenn McGrath's record and becomes the highest wicket-taking seamer in Test cricket history and then he goes and does this!?!? How to smash any last vestige of credibility left.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 12, 2018 19:06:14 GMT
Twitter can be both honest and dishonest. As you can imagine the Durham defeat has opened the doors. Below is an example. Jason Gillespie TwitterWe were outplayed this week by our opponents @durhamcricket Congratulations to them on the win. We know we have to be better and learn our lessons from this weeks match. And we will. Really appreciate the support from our fans on good days and not so good days.John Harvey Twitter (Replying to dizzy259) Your batsman are weak Jason. #GOSBTS
Jason Gillespie Twitter(Replying to John Harvey) Thank you for your opinion John. I respectfully disagree with you. We have some fine players who we firmly believe in. Thanks, Dizzy.
Meanwhile, Adrian Harms interviews Jason Gillespie. www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/p06kzvnlFollowed by Ben Brown. Jason Gillespie TwitterWell spoken Skip👍🏽
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 12, 2018 19:22:13 GMT
While Piers Morgan has been in the news - yet again - because of his views on the past bad blood between Kevin Pietersen and Alistair Cook, just when the cricket world are celebrating Cook's fantastic career, below is his celebratory interview with Geoffrey Boycott from ten days ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g50sJNEBevM
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 13, 2018 15:19:25 GMT
Huge congratulations to Surrey for winning the Championship Trophy. The Club have clearly showed that investing time, money and effort in to your Academy can reap rewards whilst England supporters then enjoy the knock-on effects. I am sure this will inspire Sussex to carry on with their own Academy pathway. Mark Church (BBC Radio London Commentator)
I think Surrey have planned ahead extremely well. It's been very clever and shrewd, looking three to four years down the line. The likes of Liam Plunkett and Jordan Clark are already on their way next season and they're going to be crucial as Surrey fans probably won't see a huge amount of Sam Curran and Ollie Pope if they kick on with England.
Plunkett will probably move on from England commitments after the World Cup and will be available throughout. Morne Morkel will still be there - that signing's been a stroke of genius and everyone knows what he brings to the party.
On top of that, there's the likes of Will Jacks, Ryan Patel, and Amar Virdi who've all come through the academy and established themselves. Everything's in place to ensure they can do their best to stay at the top.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 14, 2018 10:39:34 GMT
After my rant about the greed-gorging ECB and their "only" 500 tickets for each team's supporters for Finals Day, this outrage can now be thoroughly expunged on the price of Elton John tickets at the Hove County Ground next June. Gorging from the Trough
This has nothing to do with the Club but everything to do with Ticketmaster and Elton John who seemingly are taking the Michael Jackson. The price of a single ticket in Row A costs between £530 and £650 and in Row B £470 and £510 each. They even have the cheek to call it the 'Platinum Package'. Why not call it the 'Fort Knox Special' and be done with it. Sorry Reg, but this is Candy by the Pound in Crazy Water, where I Saw You Coming, so it's G oodbye Yellow Brick Road from me and Where Have All The Good Times Gone from him. This is not so much a farewell tour but a pension grab which you don't even need. I remember back in 2006 at Hove, a similar ticket cost £50 and in 2011, £90.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Sept 14, 2018 11:16:42 GMT
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