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Post by flashblade on Apr 20, 2015 7:30:49 GMT
I shan't be there today. No, I haven't tried the new ales. I supported the retention of Harveys as a neutral, who doesn't like to see a business ignore its customers' wishes. In fact, I'm a closet lager drinker, so am disappointed with the new 'lager partnership' - Heineken!!!!! Yuk. I bet they had to pay the club to take their very mediocre products. |
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Post by pompeymeowth on Apr 20, 2015 10:24:28 GMT
Just out of interest, I don't drink alcohol, how much are Sussex charging for drinks? My eyes nearly popped when I saw the prices at the Ageas. I think some type of cider was about £5 a pint! I used to have a whole night out with a Jacks as a lad. The burgers were even worse, the most expensive was £9.50, I don't think even new Wembley can compete with that.
Good start by the lads today.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 20, 2015 16:05:56 GMT
pm,
The average price for beers and lagers is around £4 a pint although some may disagree.
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Post by flashblade on Apr 20, 2015 16:08:41 GMT
pm, The average price for beers and lagers is around £4 a pint although some may disagree. We were told that drinks are cheaper in the Jim Parks Bar than in the non-members areas, I recall. Does your averaging take into account that differential, fluffy? |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 20, 2015 16:12:14 GMT
It is possible that 'Cafe Pasticci' are more expensive. Certainly, food is cheaper in the 'Spen Cama Pavilion' than the
cafe. The best person to ask is a beer and lager connoisseur. I am not.
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Post by joe on Apr 20, 2015 17:00:30 GMT
Not quite skittled for under 300 but only a 44 run deficit.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 17:16:09 GMT
Not quite skittled for under 300 but only a 44 run deficit. Missed days one and two due to grandparenting commitments and a bit of moonlighting, watching Kent at Chelmsford (I have a good excuse - my grandchildren live 20 mins by train from Chelmsford!) But looking forward to days three and four because this game is now well set up. Sussex need to score 280+, get Worcs in before close of play and let them chase 320 on the final day. If Mills is crocked, I hope that being a bowler light doesn't mean that we go into over-cautious mode. Let's set Worcs a target and go full-tilt for the win; if Worcs get the runs then good luck to them. I'd rather that than a dull draw. |
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Post by hhsussex on Apr 20, 2015 17:46:43 GMT
Not quite skittled for under 300 but only a 44 run deficit. Missed days one and two due to grandparenting commitments and a bit of moonlighting, watching Kent at Chelmsford (I have a good excuse - my grandchildren live 20 mins by train from Chelmsford!) But looking forward to days three and four because this game is now well set up. Sussex need to score 280+, get Worcs in before close of play and let them chase 320 on the final day. If Mills is crocked, I hope that being a bowler light doesn't mean that we go into over-cautious mode. Let's set Worcs a target and go full-tilt for the win; if Worcs get the runs then good luck to them. I'd rather that than a dull draw. Just back home from the game and also looking forward to a great final day's play - I shan't be able to get there tomorrow. I don't know the extent of Mills' injury: he just pulled up and walked, rather than limped off the field. Shahzad was also absent for quite a long while and his bowling was missed, hence the marathon spell, by his standards and expectations, from Wells. I'm glad that this hasn't gone according to script (a caning for the newly-promoted and soon to be relegated yoyo team), because both sides have played well at times, frustratingly at others on a lively wicket that has offered something to batsmen and bowlers. Andy Mackay felt that it's condition was perhaps "a day early" for his ideal standard, and that the fourth day might see some of the early indentations hardening a little. That is fair enough: at this time of the year groundsman are usually having to apologise for sopping wet pitches where it is dangerous to shave too much grass from them for fear of degenerating into patches of mud, but this year we have the reverse, particularly in the south with strong drying winds and genuinely hot sunshine. Today was one of those days when everything seemed to conspire against the bowlers. Catches were dropped - three in the slips that I saw - and both Mills and Hobden induced false strokes but the ball bounced short of or between fielders. On another day it could have been all out 200/250. Batsmen also enjoyed another kind of luck, both Oliver and later on Andrew suffered blows on the head but beyond a change of helmet for Oliver and a breather, both seemed unharmed, thankfully. That deficit of 44 might be significant if Sussex don't knit together and build some solid partnerships rather than the individual acts of genius we've seen in the 3 championship innings so far. A score of 300 could set up a great last day. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 18:12:03 GMT
What sets up day four at Hove so nicely, of course, is 20 wkts in two days which is the perfect calibration of wkts to secure a result over a four day match (although I quite like Colin Graveddigger's idea of three day championship matches with 110 overs per day).
Over at Chelmsford, the Kent supporters are demanding pitch inspectors and that Essex should be docked points because 33 wkts have fallen in two days.
I understand their pain, because the wicket seems to be easing and Essex must be odds on to knock off the 120 or so runs needed tomorrow.
But ask yourself, would you rather have been at Chelmsford watching 33 wkts fall in two days or at Cardiff where just nine wkts have fallen in two days?
Essex coach Paul Grayson was unapologetic about the Chelmsford pitch, saying on interview that Essex had deliberately set out to create a 'result wicket'.
Nothing wrong with that and cricket is supposed to be a fair balance between bat and ball. Personally, I'd rather send the pitch inspectors to Cardiff than to Chelmsford.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 18:20:08 GMT
Not quite skittled for under 300 but only a 44 run deficit. Missed days one and two due to grandparenting commitments and a bit of moonlighting, watching Kent at Chelmsford (I have a good excuse - my grandchildren live 20 mins by train from Chelmsford!) But looking forward to days three and four because this game is now well set up. Sussex need to score 280+, get Worcs in before close of play and let them chase 320 on the final day. If Mills is crocked, I hope that being a bowler light doesn't mean that we go into over-cautious mode. Let's set Worcs a target and go full-tilt for the win; if Worcs get the runs then good luck to them. I'd rather that than a dull draw. 80 odd runs out I'm afraid. We need 350 to set 310. Hate to say it but we have two serially underperforming batsmen missing so that could help. The third needs a big score here. |
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Post by invicta1977 on Apr 20, 2015 19:25:27 GMT
What sets up day four at Hove so nicely, of course, is 20 wkts in two days which is the perfect calibration of wkts to secure a result over a four day match (although I quite like Colin Graveddigger's idea of three day championship matches with 110 overs per day). Over at Chelmsford, the Kent supporters are demanding pitch inspectors and that Essex should be docked points because 33 wkts have fallen in two days. I understand their pain, because the wicket seems to be easing and Essex must be odds on to knock off the 120 or so runs needed tomorrow. But ask yourself, would you rather have been at Chelmsford watching 33 wkts fall in two days or at Cardiff where just nine wkts have fallen in two days? Essex coach Paul Grayson was unapologetic about the Chelmsford pitch, saying on interview that Essex had deliberately set out to create a 'result wicket'. Nothing wrong with that and cricket is supposed to be a fair balance between bat and ball. Personally, I'd rather send the pitch inspectors to Cardiff than to Chelmsford. I was at Chelmsford today. I was thoroughly enthralled by the day's play, am a Kent fan who absolutely does not want the pitch inspectors to interfere and completely agree that a clatter of wickets is much preferable to a runfest. As there'll be no play there on Wednesday, I propose instead to take a train to the South Coast and see some, if not all, of the potentially enticing Fourth Day you describe ! |
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Post by coverpoint on Apr 20, 2015 19:32:32 GMT
Cachopa couldn't catch a cold on the evidence of today's play. As for the bowlers that is what happens when you sign injury prone bowlers! Two poor days and nothing but an exceptional last two days can save Sussex.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 20, 2015 19:37:10 GMT
I agree with other posters. Day 4 should be a crackerjack. Kudos to Worcestershire for coming back so resoundly after their embarrassment against Yorkshire. This has been a tightly fought contest. Yet, with some bowler luck Sussex could be 100 ahead. It was also a day when a Tredwell was needed and the frailty of not having a top spinner emerged.
Poor old Cachopa, a player I have huge respect for, his three dropped slip catches, only added to the tension of the day and a sense that Sussex were throwing the game away, but that was the day it was. Some go for you, others don't.
There is a view that day 4 could bring uneven bounce which should help our seamers. We need a lead of 300 to be safe, so it's down to another swashbuckling Sussex batsman to score us 100 tomorrow.
This match is all set for a great finish.
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Post by fraudster on Apr 20, 2015 19:51:48 GMT
Tricky dickie, and I say that with my tongue in my cheek, or something. I upstartedly and throgressively believe we will score enough tomorrow to bowl them out on the last day, which if my maths is as good as it's always been will be Wednesday.
What's with all these red lines appearing under my text? Stupid yanks, don't even know a good word when they surfine one.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 20, 2015 20:42:58 GMT
Twitter has the news about 'the mals'.
Aj tells us that he had food poisoning, was being sick, and why just the 10 overs. He will be fine tomorrow he confidently pronounces.
More worries over Ty.
Steve Hollis explains Ty Felt a pain in his leg which moved to his lower back - the area which has caused him all the injury problems. Steve reckons he won't bowl tomorrow.
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