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Post by joe on Oct 26, 2018 17:17:05 GMT
He didn’t go to Afghanistan, the games were all played in Sharjah in the UAE.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Oct 26, 2018 20:41:28 GMT
joe,
I am aware the APL was played in the UAE as Sam Keir says this at the start of the interview, but I accept this wasn't explained too well when I wrote,"... jaunt to Afghanistan cricket."
Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see if Evans is able to keep up this "best form of his career." After underperforming for so many years and where Sussex has been the third county on his career path, even contemplating an England call-up shows just how much his confidence has grown under the auspice of Jason Gillespie; but that's what top coaches are able to do... bring out the best in players.
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Post by joe on Oct 27, 2018 9:47:24 GMT
joe, I am aware the APL was played in the UAE as Sam Keir says this at the start of the interview, but I accept this wasn't explained too well when I wrote,"... jaunt to Afghanistan cricket Haha! It only said that AFTER you’d changed it!
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Oct 27, 2018 10:50:39 GMT
Agreed. My original post stated it was played in Afghanistan. I then listened to the interview again and realised my error, so edited it. The original was only up for a brief period of time.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Oct 29, 2018 19:59:00 GMT
Many congratulations to Chris Jordan.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Oct 30, 2018 8:24:48 GMT
The Sussex Cricket Foundation (SCF) is, perhaps, the best development of the Club away from the core of the team. Creating 'Sussex Cricket' and bringing the different forms of the sport being played around the County under one umbrella is innovative, but the charitable Foundation expresses the goodness, the light and essence of Sussex CCC. One of the various themes explored is old age and what can be done to help the increasing numbers of retirees. Money is often not the problem as healthy pensions and financial schemes have allowed the so-called 'silver power' to live out their remaining years in some comfort. Some suggest this post-war generation are blessed where early retirement, golden handshakes and the like may not be seen again. No, the real problem can be isolation and loneliness where the passing of a spouse can only add to a life devoid of regular contact with other people. Given this premise, one SCF focus is encouraging retirees to not only take up sport again like walking football and cricket, but to socialise more, meet new people, and regularly leave their home. Linda Bowen, an SCF Development Officer said: “Keeping active and socialising is key to good physical and mental well-being." The question is, how can you entice people to come to an event? So, the concept of a 'Sporting Memories Foundation' has been created. The idea being that the elderly can meet up to discuss their memories of attending sports matches, bring along memorabilia, perhaps, watch film footage and look over old photographs. No doubt stories and images of the Goldstone Ground alongside Ted Dexter, John Snow et al at Hove may become common-place. Chris Wilkins, Co-founder of the 'Sporting Memories Foundation' explained, “We are very excited about our partnership with Sussex Cricket and look forward to helping them establish a growing number of such clubs across the county over the next three years.” Further details can be found by clicking the link below. sussexcricket.co.uk/news/sussex-cricket-host-souths-first-sporting-memories-club
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Oct 31, 2018 9:20:03 GMT
Being a collector as well as a dabbler of trading/swapping/Del Boy horseplay, I always find news about cricket memorabilia interesting. While prices for such collectables have tumbled in recent years, that one-off rare item remains prized as former South African batsman, Herschelle Gibbs, discovered. One of his bats fetched close to £15,000 in a recent Adelaide auction. Why? Because it was used to score the first ever 6 sixes in an over during an ODI. The hapless bowler was Dutch spinner Daan van Bunge when bowling against Gibbs in a World Cup game at Warner Park, St Kitts. The bat worth £15,000Eleven-and-a-half years later, Gibbs put the blade up for sale, alongside the shirt he was wearing that day and a letter authenticating the famous piece of willow. A collector, described by the auctioneer as "a cricket fanatic" (he would need to be), bid up to £14,990 to secure the item. A question: How many times has 6 sixes now been achieved in first class cricket? Up to the end of 2017, the tally stood at ten. Yet, this total is being added to all the time. The most recent example was in the Afghanistan Premier League on October 14th when Hazratullah Zazai got the BIG one. Below is an unedited version of this accolade (note the wide in the over). So how much is his bat worth? Probably not a lot which poses the question why did Gibbs bat sell for so much? Surely, the Garry Sobers one that hit those 6 sixes in the county of Glamorgan back in the 1960s (all those sixes) is worth a lot more? www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mm3K9-mwb0www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZUVL3SqqZoMeanwhile, not content with Gibbs' bat, the same collector bid up to £61,052 for a Sir Donald Bradman blade that covets a large collection of Australian and England players' autographs involved in the infamous 1932-33 Bodyline Tour. Perhaps, the Sussex CCC Museum volunteers may even know who this collector is? Cricket memorabilia collecting is a highly specialised and small field. Therefore, will some of Luke Wright's bats involved in explosive batting performances over the years fetch high money in the future? Perhaps, Chris Gayle could live off the proceedings of all his dazzling batting feats. His explosive T20 finishing for Somerset a few years back comes to mind. Or what of cricket balls and wickets taken in an over? In Test matches, six bowlers have taken 4 wickets in an over. Five of them are Englishmen including Maurice Allom, on his Test debut, vs New Zealand at Christchurch in 1929-30 and Ken Cranston, in only his second Test, against South Africa at Headingley in 1947. In English county cricket no bowler has taken more than four wickets in successive balls. The most in an over is five by Surrey and England off-spinner, Pat Pocock, against (typically) Sussex at Eastbourne on 15 August 1972. So, shouldn't Pocock's ball be worth money at an auction. And what of Lasith Malinga? Will these magical cricket balls fetch high money? www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkL77WhgDrwAfter the extremely successful Robin Marlar cricket memorabilia auction held at the Hove, County Ground in April 2015, it was suggested that Sussex CCC should hold regular similar events, but the market can be so fickle that prices dilly-dally all over the place. It just needs two stubborn and determined collectors who want the same item to thrust it over the auction estimate. If such people don't attend it can become a disappointing affair. unofficialsussexccc.freeforums.net/post/8279/thread
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Oct 31, 2018 11:31:54 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Oct 31, 2018 12:06:36 GMT
Better Late Than Never: 2
________________________ It is a little odd. Sussex CCC reached the Final of the T20 tournament and in this review of the 2018 season from The Cricketer Magazine, the Club are only briefly accoladed with just one sentence, "Laurie Evans racked up the most in the competition but, in playing the anchor role at No.3, did so much more slowly than the likes of Dan Christian, Corey Anderson and Colin Ingram... Rashid Khan was by far the most miserly of the leading wicket-takers..." Obviously, Huw Turbervill didn't write the feature! www.thecricketer.com/Topics/sussex/vitality_blast_in_numbers_a_look_back_at_the_2018_tournament.htmlPS: Didn't Worcester University lad Pat Brown do well.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Oct 31, 2018 14:39:49 GMT
Excellent news for Sussex CCC. It has been confirmed that 3 teams are to be promoted from Division 2 next season. What a fantastic chance for the Club under Jason Gillespie to reach the top flight again. Will there ever be a better opportunity? Which poses that niggling question once again. Shouldn't JG and Rob Andrew be bringing in some new players for next season? Can we solely rely on our youngsters, especially when van Zyl may have to retire from cricket due to his prolonged injury? Meanwhile, the much maligned 50 over is to be contested at the same time as the new T20 tournament from 2020. This will be July and August which comes as a surprise (no O/S cricketers are allowed); whilst the 'Vitality Blast' remains the same. It has not been clarified when this is to be carried out. Presumably, between April and June with Finals Day in September which seems rather disjointed. sussexcricket.co.uk/news/three-championship-division-two-2019-part-mens-domestic-structure-changes
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Post by jonboy on Oct 31, 2018 16:01:02 GMT
Excellent news for Sussex CCC. It has been confirmed that 3 teams are to be promoted from Division 2 next season. What a fantastic chance for the Club under Jason Gillespie to reach the top flight again. Will there ever be a better opportunity? Which poses that niggling question once again. Shouldn't JG and Rob Andrew be bringing in some new players for next season? Can we solely rely on our youngsters, especially when van Zyl may have to retire from cricket due to his prolonged injury? Meanwhile, the much maligned 50 over is to be contested at the same time as the new T20 tournament from 2020. This will be July and August which comes as a surprise (no O/S cricketers are allowed); whilst the 'Vitality Blast' remains the same. It has not been clarified when this is to be carried out. Presumably, between April and June with Finals Day in September which seems rather disjointed. sussexcricket.co.uk/news/three-championship-division-two-2019-part-mens-domestic-structure-changesI think I can answer this one, yes they should
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 2, 2018 15:45:28 GMT
What fun. The Cricket Paper (TCP) has stopped publication and are taking a "Winter break". Has editor David Emery started a new trend? Should football magazines halt production during the cricket season for a Summer Break? That would be something. Perhaps, this should stand for rugby magazines too?
Meanwhile, TCP state they will be back some time in the New Year. Will this be January, March or the start of the County season in April? I suspect we may next see an April edition published in March.
Either that or TCP have shut down for good but are hoping finances can be found to kickstart the mag again in the New Year.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 2, 2018 15:58:24 GMT
Good heavens, Sussex are going up in the world by appointing a team analyst as a sole role within the Club. Welcome Luke Dunning to Hove. The media blurb states, "The team analyst is responsible for video and statistical analysis to aid with preparation for the men’s first and second teams and the boys’ academy and is assisted by a number of interns." Luke DunningIt continues, "Luke will report to director of cricket, Keith Greenfield and work closely with head coach Jason Gillespie, Swift, second team coach Mike Yardy and boys’ academy director Richard Halsall." We then discover Luke is a former intern at the Club who was placed here over a two year period. Those good ol' interns. Sussex are certainly making the most of these freebies whether it be in the media field or coaching. Call me an old cynic, but a small group of ardent supporters could probably offer as good as or even better analysis on the team and individual players than a paid staff member. sussexcricket.co.uk/news/luke-dunning-appointed-team-analyst
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 3, 2018 20:03:14 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 4, 2018 14:03:48 GMT
Thanks to former Sussex player, Jon Lewis, now Head Coach of England's Young Lions, Mike Yardy has an out of season job forming part of the coaching staff during the first half of the Lions’ winter programme. He joins Andy Mitchell (Middlesex), Min Patel (Kent), Steve Snell (Somerset) and Alex Tysoe (Surrey) Jon Lewis said, “We have recruited a team of staff with extensive experience of working with developing cricketers at this age-group. We are grateful to their counties for releasing them to provide their expertise within the programme.” This shows that Yardy is well and truly putting his past troubles behind him. Anyone who went through the Hell he experienced, deserves all the positive breaks going. The one concern is... there are no Sussex youngsters in the squad. Young Lions training squad Kasey Aldridge (Somerset)
George Balderson (Lancashire)
Ben Charlesworth (Gloucestershire)
Jordan Cox (Kent)
Tom Davis (Kent)
Adam Finch (Worcestershire)
Lewis Goldsworthy (Somerset)
Jack Haynes (Worcestershire)
George Hill (Yorkshire)
Luke Hollman (Middlesex)
Nick Kimber (Nottinghamshire)
Tom Lammonby (Somerset)
Dominic Leech (Yorkshire)
Jack Morley (Lancashire)
Dan Mousley (Warwickshire)
Hamidullah Qadri (Derbyshire)
Will Smeed (Somerset)
Jamie Smith (Surrey)sussexcricket.co.uk/news/mike-yardy-work-young-lions-during-winter
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