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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 17, 2016 10:15:12 GMT
What an excellent form of warm-up matches. It has all the glow of success. Why can't more counties copy Kent's initiative. Let us hope the club can put aside now the recent debacle of their Durham hissy-fit. www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/kent-to-play-in-west-indies-super50-as-part-of-fgs-plant-tourMeanwhile, Kent have just started advertising for a new Head Coach. I wonder if Chris Adams will be applying? Although, not sure whether being Cricket Coach at Seaford College covers the "will currently be successful in a senior coaching position." Suitable candidates will be astute, results driven, have outstanding and demonstrable man/team management skills, be well
organised, have a track record of success gained through effective coaching at all levels and will currently be successful in a
senior coaching position. A knowledge, appreciation and understanding of the game is absolutely critical.www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/job-vacancy-head-coach |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 18, 2016 12:10:13 GMT
The young turk cricket journalist, Freddie Wilde, the son of former Times scribe, Simon Wilde, has just proven that a 149 letter tweet can sum up a 1,000 words. His Twitter comment is about the present India Test and, in particular, the lack of spin options England have to choose from. Perhaps, his recent 2:1 degree in politics at Glamorgan University has given him a penchant for minutiae? unofficialsussexccc.freeforums.net/post/21975/threadFreddie Wilde @fwildecricket 14 minutes agoNone of England's spinners recorded more than 2.2° average drift; none of India's spinners have found less than 2.2°.
His explanation: Drift is a product of revs on the ball (see Magnus Effect). In essence the harder you spin the ball the more drift you get. While, the noble art of spin has been sent into the long English grass as seamers remain centre stage, will away Tests in India continue to be a lost cause for future decades? How can the sacrificial spinning lamb be justified when history shows the importance of a balanced attack? Will England once again be humiliated in this latest Test series because we don't have good enough spin bowlers or have the batsmen who can successfully play against it to compete? And who is to blame? County cricket and their coaches, the ECB, global warming, the demise of the political left... perhaps, even that stray dog and its Twitter account? 
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Post by hhsussex on Nov 18, 2016 13:50:23 GMT
The young turk cricket journalist, Freddie Wilde, the son of former Times scribe, Simon Wilde, has just proven that a 149 letter tweet can sum up a 1,000 words. His Twitter comment is about the present India Test and, in particular, the lack of spin options England have to choose from. Perhaps, his recent 2:1 degree in politics at Glamorgan University has given him a penchant for minutiae? unofficialsussexccc.freeforums.net/post/21975/threadFreddie Wilde @fwildecricket 14 minutes ago
None of England's spinners recorded more than 2.2° average drift; none of India's spinners have found less than 2.2°.
His explanation: Drift is a product of revs on the ball (see Magnus Effect). In essence the harder you spin the ball the more drift you get.
While, the noble art of spin has been sent into the long English grass as seamers remain centre stage, will away Tests in India continue to be a lost cause for future decades? How can the sacrificial spinning lamb be justified when history shows the importance of a balanced attack? Will England once again be humiliated in this latest Test series because we don't have the spin required to compete? And who is to blame? County cricket and their coaches, the ECB, global warming, the demise of the political left... perhaps, even that stray dog and its Twitter account?
twitter.com/vizagdog
Whilst I admire what Freddie Wilde is trying to achieve with analysis, particularly graphics to illustrate things like ball placement on the wicket and their effects on the game, I have found that his charts of spin deviations have not really worked for me. I think I know what he's trying to prove, but it doesn't stand out as blindingly obvious and the same is true of his Twitter statement quoted above. So what? I spin the ball a lot more than Joe, but does that make me a better bowler than Joe? The best stats are the obvious ones: in the first Test English spinners took wickets and the Indians didn't. In this Test (so far) India have done better, but that doesn't mean anything more than good cricket sides keep on learning from their mistakes, train and practice on those weaknesses and aim to find new strengths. All the rest of it - the hypothesising about the effect of T20 matches, the supposedly beneficial effects of the changes to the toss in the last English season, the selection policies of coaches - is all meaningless waffle. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 22, 2016 13:12:08 GMT
So, South African Deputy Captain, Faf du Plessis, has been fined for his recent mint chewing indiscretion with 100% of a match fee. It is unclear whether this is PC cricketing authority "gone mad" or something more sinister behind-the-scenes that the public don't know about. The cricketing fraternity viewpoint is the incident is little more than a mountain out of a mole-hill and why du Plessis is appealing the verdict. "Hey, everyone eats sweets or chews gum during a game... so what!?" At least, Prior threw jelly beans out of his pram to distract batsmen, yet du Plessis was charged of purposefully eating a mint, so he could then spit on the cricket ball afterwards and turn the ball into a magic mushroom. Atherton placing dirt in his pocket to then rub on the ball, is premeditated, but chewing a sweet? Come on! Presumably now, all cricketers on the field will be banned from eating during a session of play whether it be sweets, a banana, an apple, crisps, whatever, in case the saliva is then used, whereas batsmen will be exempt from such a penalty... The only interesting aspect of this story is the Australian reporter who has been stalking du Plessis for days and finally gets his come-uppance by being pushed into a glass siding. Naturally, the BBC in typical form, don't mention his hounding as it lessens the effect of their story. Whereas, some other news outlets have the honesty to say so. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38023144 |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 25, 2016 10:28:31 GMT
There's nowt so daft as folk who film themselves carrying out an illegal act, publish it on social media, only then to be caught, fined, or even sent to prison. And once more this doltish act has occurred, this time by a bunch of famous former Australian and English cricketers. Are we surprised, therefore, to find Shane Warne, Kevin Pietersen and some media mates, a bit worse for alcohol, acting out a 'Just William' scene more suited for spotty adolescence. Interestingly, the laws for wearing seat belts are different in Australia. In England only those under the age of 14 is it compulsory to wear seat-belts in the backseats of cars, whereas in most Australian States including Tasmania the law is compulsory for everyone to use them. This cricketing mob were fined AU$177 for their misdemeanour. Enjoy the video. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38062124 |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 26, 2016 11:23:53 GMT
The Sussex CCC Awards just keep coming. Our Club President picks up another one! The last Award for tonight - @sport_England Outstanding Contribution to #Sussex sport David Bowden! #sxsportsawards
@bbcsussex Congratulations to Sussex's Head Groundsman Andy Mackay who has received the @ecb_cricket Discretionary Award at
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 28, 2016 13:13:17 GMT
It's official - it is OLLY, OLLY, OLLY official. Our club COO, Ian Waring, has chosen a new musical act for 2017 and it's none other than adolescent heart-throb Olly Murs. I am not sure how to react. At my age, Olly Murs is off the radar although one is aware of his present success within the music pop scene. A 2009 X Factor runner-up who became far more famous and successful than the actual winner Joe McElderry; An act who smoothly fitted in to the cheeky-chappy market-place; one that has been successfully tamed by such people as Norman (Wisden) edit: Wisdom, Robbie Williams and Phil Tufnell. And as Murs hails from Essex this cheeky factor helps the cause too.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zfCgLVJZd8en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olly_MursI wish Sussex all the best for next summer. I hope they can gain a 10,000 crowd on Sunday July 16th. I hope they will accrue a non-risk £25k from the event, although, there will never be another Elton John and I won't be buying a ticket. Olly Murs says, “I am thrilled to play at The Hove County Ground. Outdoor shows are so much fun and I am looking forward to performing my biggest songs on my biggest outdoor tour!" 2016 has been another excellent year for Murs which has seen him celebrate his fourth successive No.1 Album ’24 HRS’ and has become the most successful solo artist ever to come from the X Factor. Since shooting to fame in 2009, he has recorded four multi-platinum albums, produced 4 Number 1 singles with total record sales exceeding 10m. Tickets are generally priced at: £39.50 + booking fee (General Admission) and £55.00 + booking fee (Platinum enclosure). www.ollymurs.comwww.ticketmaster.co.ukwww.lhgtickets.comwww.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-1/concert-olly-murs-to-perform-at-the-1st-central-county-ground-in-2017 |
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Post by hhsussex on Nov 28, 2016 15:27:10 GMT
I I am not sure how to react. At my age, Olly Murs is off the radar although one is aware of his present success within the music pop scene. A 2009 X Factor runner-up who became far more famous and successful than the actual winner Joe McElderry; An act who smoothly fitted in to the cheeky-chappy market-place; one that has been successfully tamed by such people as Norman Wisden, Robbie Williams and Phil Tufnell. And as Murs hails from Essex this cheeky factor helps the cause too. Ah, Norman Wisden! What a name, what a stage presence....and to think they named a cricketing almanac after him. Or was that Sir Ipad Spellchecker?  |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 28, 2016 15:45:47 GMT
Hhs, How wonderful, the trick of the eye, the spell of a word. I had been reading a Wisden before writing the blog. Norman Wisdom. Pity I hadn't been reading an almanack instead. The slip might never have happened! |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 29, 2016 12:21:53 GMT
After the recent doltish behaviour from cricketers Kevin Pietersen, Shane Warne and Michael Slater - highlighted on this blog - for filming an illegal act and then uploading the video to Social Media, the latest casualty is darts player, Eric Bristow MBE, who this morning was sacked by SKY Sports for an extraordinary, completely idiotic and un-PC tweet rant about the present UK footballer abuse case.  The BBC Website have not published the entire tweets but here they are after a stinging attack from Jeremy Vine.  You wonder what Bristow was thinking when he wrote them. Is he serious? Even using the word 'poof' is so unPC now, you might as well use the C word. Perhaps, he'd drank too much 'black sauce'. It makes KPs infamous "ridiculous" comment aimed at SKY commentator Nick Knight, which earned him a large fine, pale into a vicar's tea-party. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/38141331Meanwhile, Bristow's Twitter account has been bereft of tweets, not surprisingly, for 15 hours. One is amazed it is still up as, no doubt, he's suffered from a tirade of abuse. He has now deleted the offending ones but then tweets: "Trouble is nowadays u cant tell the truth what do u feel out there tweet me.." Perhaps, Bristow should return to the jungle where he belongs? twitter.com/ericbristow?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorPS: The Victoria Derbyshire interview with the four footballers is a must watch (link is part of the BBC Website article) edit: Extraordinary! Bristow's twitter comments are now being allegedly investigated by the Staffordshire police as "a hate crime." www.stokesentinel.co.uk/staffordshire-police-called-in-over-eric-bristow-twitter-row-with-paedo-victims/story-29943829-detail/story.html |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 29, 2016 17:01:11 GMT
The Home of Cricket Website have just published a video - a reminder of a certain incident that occurred to a Sussex International wicket-keeper after being run out against Sri Lanka at Lord's in 2011. Matt, now come on, do we really believe your explanation of events?  Thanks to Prior, the Pavilion windows are now all double-glazed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2b74z9YaVQ |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 29, 2016 17:52:16 GMT
An astonishing sports fact has come to my attention. If you click on this link: www.similarweb.com/blog/us-media-publications-ranking-october-2016you will discover that the leading media website in the world is ESPN.com .  The US Media Publications Ranking for October 2016 places the sports site as No.1, a position it has held for a very long time. In October, the website was viewed an extraordinary 2,205,261,000 times. The nearest UK rival is the BBC.com website which lies in 18th position with 270,975,000 views, followed by The Daily Mail with 258,344,000 hits. Next comes TheGuardian in 39th position with 129,818,000. Meanwhile, ESPN's specialist cricket site came 75th with 62,709,000 views and our own Daily Telegraph two further places down in 77th with 59,790,000 hits. While the BBCs specific UK outlet follows in 88th with 54,039,000, this is a lower place than the US leading alternative media outlet, Infowars, that lies in 84th with 57,804,000. How the media times are changing. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Nov 30, 2016 12:57:35 GMT
Eric Bristow: Part 2
________________The skill of a media self-promoter is to discover the story of the moment and pounce on it like a ravenous lion on a zebra. Eric Bristow appeared on GMB TV early this morning to defend his football sexual abuse comments and dug a hole deep enough to visit Sydney. Presenter, Piers Morgan, vilifies Bristow, quite rightly, offering a genuine disdain for the tweets made. He even jumps in when Bristow digs another Australian chamber, referring to co-host, Susana Reid, as "Darlin'!" What the two decades long PC brainwashing on the public portrays, is that people like Bristow have been left behind in the dark ages and genuinely don't understand what all the fuss is about; where the word 'poof' is still normal. He comes from an era where repeats of 'Love Thy Neighbour' and 'The Black & White Minstrel Show' are still being aired. It is extraordinary to watch his appearance on GMB as Bristow attempts to defend himself by swashbuckling an invisible verbal sword to every word and repeated word Morgan says. www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2293459/furious-piers-morgan-sticks-up-for-good-morning-britain-co-host-susanna-reid-in-fiery-chat-with-eric-bristow/Meanwhile, Morgan's own twitter has gone ballistic and he's killed two pigeons with one stone. People are praising him for his offensive on Bristow, creating a huge uplift to his tarnished popularity, yet, also gains another rapid 20k Twitter followers. While, I can be cynical about political correctness, sexual abuse is one subject I am not. In fact, any form of abuse is a complete no-go area. So, finally, after his grilling on GMB and no doubt a torrent of outrage sent to his Twitter account, Bristow has seen sense and published an apology. What an idiotic 48 hours it has been for him! 
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Post by hhsussex on Nov 30, 2016 13:11:00 GMT
No fluffy, that second Tweet is not really an apology, it shows that he still doesn't get it. It doesn't justify his absurd and surely homoerotic fear of what being raped says about a man's sexuality that he should say "it will have been worth it".
It is not worth it, it is not political correctness, it is about being a mensch to confornt and to reveal these traumas and to hell with what idiots like Piers Morgan make of it to boost their own nasty little egos.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Dec 1, 2016 10:39:26 GMT
This is the endearing part of the BBC Website where they do so well. Alison Mitchell on Stumped, interviews the head of the 'Richie Benaud Appreciation Society' known as The Richies. Delightful. Is there a a Rooty, Stokesy and Jimmy Society? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04jm18z |
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