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Post by fraudster on May 30, 2014 17:20:39 GMT
Prior's in. On a negative note I think it's criminal that Beer has been dropped again, after being the best bowler in the last game - what has he got to do? Machan has also been dropped - I think that's very wrong too but less criminal. It bewilders me it really does.
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Post by flashblade on May 30, 2014 17:48:02 GMT
Prior's in. On a negative note I think it's criminal that Beer has been dropped again, after being the best bowler in the last game - what has he got to do? Machan has also been dropped - I think that's very wrong too but less criminal. It bewilders me it really does. No Zaidi either. |
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Post by flashblade on May 30, 2014 18:18:25 GMT
Prior out - 39 runs from 24 balls.
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Post by flashblade on May 30, 2014 18:22:18 GMT
Nash batting well down the order - bet Murray Goodwin approves of that . . .
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Post by flashblade on May 30, 2014 18:58:08 GMT
Nash batting well down the order - bet Murray Goodwin approves of that . . . Batting well down the order or well down the order? The latter, I fear. |
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Post by fraudster on May 30, 2014 19:09:02 GMT
Not sure Beer was in competition with either of them Lawny. I really would like to know what the issue is with Beer - I hope, hope, on this occasion, it has something to do with his imminent call up to the four day side, the actual 11.
Anywho, seems like a good effort. If Joyce plays he opens, for me, which he did, and did it well. A good knock. Finally got Yardy in the right position too.
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Post by flashblade on May 30, 2014 20:27:21 GMT
Or maybe our best players aren't good enough. Maybe we didn't play our best XI? Yardy stopped bowling mid over - anyone know what the problem was? |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2014 20:37:50 GMT
We are clearly useless without Zaidi!  I really cannot summon up any enthusiam for this Bashball in May. But looking at the scores around the country, congratulations to Glamorgan for preparing what appears to be the only decent batting wkt in the country. Next best score Essex with 145, and the rest between 117 and 136. I'm afraid sides chugging along at 6 runs an over are going to empty T20 grounds, most of which are only a quarter full to start with. I'm not sure what the ECB expected by starting the competition in mid-May. It has been a thoroughly dismal and dispirting competion so far, characterised by poor crowds, poor wickets, poor cricket and hardly any big stars because they're all either in the IPL or in the Enlgand one day squad. Take a bow, ECB. You've screwed it up again. |
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Post by fraudster on May 30, 2014 20:38:11 GMT
He already said that Flash, pay attention. I think Glammy are a good T20 side, and I'm not sure we know what we're doing. A few tight overs in the middle from Beer would have done the job but nah, who needs it? Hatch and Hob in for Lid and Lew, too - why the frigging hell not?
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Post by flashblade on May 30, 2014 20:42:22 GMT
We are clearly useless without Zaidi! I really cannot summon up any enthusiam for this Bashball in May. But looking at the scores around the country, congratulations to Glamorgan for preparing what appears to be the only decent batting wkt in the country. Next best score Essex with 145, and the rest between 117 and 136. I'm afraid sides chugging along at 6 runs an over are going to empty T20 grounds, most of which are only a quarter full to start with. I'm not sure what the ECB expected by starting the competition in mid-May. It has been a thoroughly dismal and dispirting competion so far, characterised by poor crowds, poor wickets, poor cricket and hardly any big stars because they're all either in the IPL or in the Enlgand one day squad. Take a bow, ECB. You've screwed it up again. BM, have you forgotten that the ECB have structured the fixtures in accordance with their very straightforward survey of cricket lovers' wishes.  |
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Post by coverpoint on May 30, 2014 20:50:01 GMT
Where were Beer and Machan?
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2014 21:03:30 GMT
Oh yes, sorry, fb. I forgot they were only responding to popular demand!
The one good thing is that the group is wide open and looks like it will stay that way to the end. Hampshire will win the group by a mile, I suspect. But then there are five teams on four pts, plus Somerset, and three of those six teams will go through to the q/fs.
Apart from Middx and Glos who are both dire and Hants who are a class above, it looks like anyone can beat anyone in this group. It's just a shame the poor wickets, the mediocre cricket, the stay-at-home weather, the meagre crowds and the demoralising fixing scandal have made the whole competition suck!
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 30, 2014 22:56:07 GMT
What a disappointing evening. It's a repeat of last season. If a team can't defend 178 then once more fingers must point at the bowlers and like last year, primarily at the seamers. Apart from Arafat, who has been sensational this season, and without Jordan, our seamers may simply not be good enough for T20. Why, oh why, is Liddle the death-bowler? Once more he's smashed for 38 off 3.4 overs. Similar to his previous performances where he's been knocked for 40+ or 10+ runs an over. How can a side defend a total when your main T20 bowler is consistently hammered for 10 or more runs an over? Arafat's bowling is a huge gulf ahead of Liddle. Once more his figures are exemplary. This time only 23 off 4. I believe his highest tally to date is 27. Imagine if Liddle's tally was 30 or under for each match. One would suggest Sussex could win another 30%-40% of their matches and reach the QFs quite easily. I may sound harsh on Liddle but one's frustration mounts. Can't Arafat teach him guile and intelligence? Why is Robbo seemingly blind to such an obvious problem? To repeat, take 10 runs off Liddle's tally each T20 and Sussex could be up there with the leaders come August. As for the spinners, Sussex's great strength, why no Beer? And was Yardy injured? Why such an emphasis on seam tonight? Why not have just two seamers and the rest be spin? Arafat, Piolet, Yardy, Beer, Nash and RHB. Between those 6 bowlers, I am sure the opponents totals would be a lot less. A needless and wasteful loss tonight. And it can't offer the batters any confidence either. www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/engine/match/693057.html |
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Post by fraudster on May 31, 2014 13:33:57 GMT
Yes, a lot of 'whys' there from Suffy and rightly so. Why? Because we seem clueless. I wouldn't quite fancy the attack Foftie favours but add one of our promising young seamers and then we're talking. Why? Because everyone else is consistently inconsistent, which is what youngsters are sposed to be. Jordan leaves a huge whole in all forms.
I don't know if the Swalec is still a turner but regardless of that, it really was stupid to leave out Beer - unfair frankly. Also, Machan hasn't exactly been brilliant but do we really wanna take out one of our boundary hitters? Why? As And or Softie would say. We need more boundary hitters not less. I think Machan should open with Joyce and I'd save Wright for the middle order, a floater. Or get Nash opening again with Machan at three - I'd do that actually.
One final thought; Why?
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 31, 2014 14:14:57 GMT
I came across this interview with Mark Robinson after the Glamorgan match. He praises the Sussex batsmen stating they did everything right, then says the bowling was fine for the first 14 overs but then went awry "and didn't bowl like we would have liked" from there. The injury to Yardy, a pulled bicep, was a bad omen. The drop by Prior off Cooke didn't help. A bit unlucky with conditions. Various excuses as expected. At least, Robbo sounds suitably chastened by losing a game that should never have been lost. But for a coach who recently re-signed Chris Liddle as the club's specialist T20 seamer for a further two years, you cannot directly blame him or other players for a disappointing last 6 overs. Robbo is honest but not that honest. audioboo.fm/boos/2210919-sussex-head-coach-mark-robinson-after-t20-defeat-against-glamorganInteresting Stats after 4 T20sArafat: 16 overs: 101 runs: 4 wickets = 6.3 runs an over.
Liddle: 11.4 overs: 123 runs: 3 wickets = 10.8 runs an over.The irony being, the one match which Sussex successfully defended a low total (against Middlesex at Lords), was the one game Liddle didn't play in. |
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