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Post by joe on Jun 17, 2016 16:29:27 GMT
If Taylor is still unfit to play today will NZ insist that he is now rested to avoid another flare up and called home to recover?
Wiese is due to go to the CPL soon, the Fizz looks like a non runner so we won't have any OS players!
One would hope that the club are looking for replacements.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 16:42:34 GMT
If Taylor is still unfit to play today will NZ insist that he is now rested to avoid another flare up and called home to recover? Good question. I was told the NZ Board are paying Tom Latham's wages while he's at Kent as a "development cost". As Kent have now dropped him from their T20 and RLC sides, perhaps Sussex could borrow him at zero cost! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 17:35:30 GMT
Actually this is a serious question, as Kent have tonight again left Latham out of their T20 side - can an overseas signing play for two different counties in diferent formats? We know Wnglish cricketers can - we had Tredwell playing for Sussex in the CC and then going back to Kent for white ball games. Do the same rules apply to non-qualified overseas cricketers? And can you appear for to wo counties in the same competition in the same season?
Latham is a cracking T20 player, with a strike rate of 130 and a high per centage of sixes, and he has several centuries in the 50 over game. He's good enough to have played a dozen international T20s and about 40 ODIs. He's also a decent keeper.
If NZ are paying his salary at Kent out of a development fund with the intention of making him a better player, they must be well peed-off because he's not developing while he's carrying the drinks...
Strange decision by Kent because they've struggled a bit in T20 so far this season. But if Taylor's hamstring doesn't improve, an option worth exploring?
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Post by philh on Jul 19, 2016 20:00:16 GMT
I wasn't there today and I know it was an easy track but Mr Taylor did what somebody else needed to do, particularly when the tail starts so early.
He has flattered to deceive this season. He looks to have so much time but then gets out too often. However, we will miss him badly.
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Post by sweatypalms on Jul 20, 2016 21:02:11 GMT
Has Ross played his last game for us?
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Post by hhsussex on Jul 21, 2016 11:35:24 GMT
Sussex CCC @sussexccc 3h3 hours ago
Sussex CCC Retweeted Richard Turner
Unfortunately tonight is @rossltaylor last game for Sussex. Third consecutive half century?💭🏏
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 13:03:45 GMT
566 runs for once out in his last three f/c matches, avge 566.00 Sadly only one of those three matches was for Sussex, his final CC appearance. Prior to that he scored just 268 runs in seven championship matches at an average of 29. Glad Sussex played him into form for the NZ Test side - but no wonder me and hhs overheard the chairman earlier in the season expressing such frustration with him! Still, he was a better signing than Mr Fizz...  |
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Post by joe on Aug 9, 2016 13:25:45 GMT
566 runs for once out in his last three f/c matches, avge 566.00 Sadly only one of those three matches was for Sussex, his final CC appearance. Prior to that he scored just 268 runs in seven championship matches at an average of 29. Glad Sussex played him into form for the NZ Test side - but no wonder me and hhs overheard the chairman earlier in the season expressing such frustration with him! Still, he was a better signing than Mr Fizz... Against Zimbabwe? My grandmother could hit 100 with a stick of rhubarb against Zimbabwe! |
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Post by flashblade on Aug 9, 2016 13:30:14 GMT
566 runs for once out in his last three f/c matches, avge 566.00 Sadly only one of those three matches was for Sussex, his final CC appearance. Prior to that he scored just 268 runs in seven championship matches at an average of 29. Glad Sussex played him into form for the NZ Test side - but no wonder me and hhs overheard the chairman earlier in the season expressing such frustration with him! Still, he was a better signing than Mr Fizz... Against Zimbabwe? My grandmother could hit 100 with a stick of rhubarb against Zimbabwe! So, perhaps we should boycott all overseas players.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 13:35:18 GMT
566 runs for once out in his last three f/c matches, avge 566.00 Sadly only one of those three matches was for Sussex, his final CC appearance. Prior to that he scored just 268 runs in seven championship matches at an average of 29. Glad Sussex played him into form for the NZ Test side - but no wonder me and hhs overheard the chairman earlier in the season expressing such frustration with him! Still, he was a better signing than Mr Fizz... Against Zimbabwe? My grandmother could hit 100 with a stick of rhubarb against Zimbabwe! Sussex should sign her up, then, because Zimbabwe's bowling is hardly any worse than Northants, Leics Derby, Worcs, Glamorgan and the other div two attacks against whom against Taylor averaged 29! |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Aug 9, 2016 14:18:39 GMT
George Bailey is a bizarre one. People rave about his Aussie OD performances yet Middlesex have shown him to be a better Championship
batsman.
Sussex signed him last year just for the OD matches. His stats.
T20: Played 7 innings: 76 runs: average 19
RLC: 7 innings: 264 runs: av 52.8
Middlesex 2016
T20: 7 innings: 179 runs: 25.57 (better than for Sussex)
RLC: 4 innings: 28 runs: 7 (far worse than for Sussex)
Champ: 5 innings: 284 runs: 71.
Seems to me a waste of time signing him for the OD games - only the Championship!
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Post by joe on Aug 9, 2016 16:31:02 GMT
I think Taylor's figures for us are flattering because none of our own batters performed.
Im sure he was a good bloke to have around the dressing room but he certainly didn't perform as well as I thought he would.
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Post by hhsussex on Jan 2, 2017 22:29:09 GMT
An interesting, rather florid piece about Ross Taylor here ( www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1073520/in-search-of-ross-taylor) which might help with understanding some of his under-achieving innings last year. So much of what he did looked good, and so often he would disappoint with a scoop up to slips or a shovel to midwicket. The article suggests that is partly because of an increasingly afflictive eye complaint, and if so that must be the most disheartening thing to the player, whose philosophy is the watchful, traditional one "...To be consistent, the first thing you need to do is to survive your first 20 to 30 balls. To do that you need to trust your defence. More often than not, if you get through those first 30 balls, batting becomes easier regardless of whether it's a flat wicket, spinning wicket or if it is seaming around". Unfortunately last year with Sussex he often got through those 20 or 30 balls and made 20 or 30 runs, with some good strokes and a couple of squirts, before getting out. Only at Tunbridge Wells did he really capitalise, and there on a flat but very slow wicket he played beautifully. |
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Post by hhsussex on Jan 26, 2017 9:03:06 GMT
Steve Hollis has the story in the Argus www.theargus.co.uk/sport/15047893.Sussex_line_up_New_Zealand_star_for_Blast/ that Ross Taylor will be signed for Sussex as overseas player for the T20 Blast this summer. Last season he topped average and aggregates for Sussex in T20, scoring 369 runs in 10 games at av average of 56.28 and a strike rate of 133.10, about ths same as Wright, Nash, Jordan and Brown. The most effective strike-rate of any batsman was Machan, with 19.69 for his 247 runs. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jan 26, 2017 9:57:49 GMT
Excellent news about Taylor. More experience to add to the pool.
Bad news is Machan. The latest I've heard is his injury is not improving after the operation and
the levels of anxiety for his cricket career is increasing.
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