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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 17:15:39 GMT
In the absence of any announcement to the contrary and having played the two games for which he was contracted, David Wiese is presumably now back in South Africa... I actually saw Wiese at the cinema in the marina on Saturday... So maybe not. We'll see. You fool, that was Johnny Weissmuller.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 17:45:57 GMT
Perhaps he was killing time before making his way to the airport!
Sussex announced Wiese had been engaged for two matches - and as those two matches were within 72 hours, he was only a Sussex player for three days on a cheapo-cheapo deal involving only an air fare,a few nights accommodation and a brace of match fees.
If he has been paid for another week to hang around in order to play against Kent next Friday night,surely Sussex's red-hot comms team would have announced such a major change of plan.
Or perhaps they have paid Wiese to hang around but are reluctant to say so because they don't want to admit that they've been stitched up by a 20 year old kid from a Bangladeshi village?
My prediction : we won't see Mr Fiz at Hove until after he has celebrated Eid at the end of Ramadan with his parents, which is not until July 5/6. That means at best he will turn up for the last four games of the T20 Blast...
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Post by fraudster on Jun 6, 2016 19:41:23 GMT
Perhaps he was killing time before making his way to the airport! Sussex announced Wiese had been engaged for two matches - and as those two matches were within 72 hours, he was only a Sussex player for three days on a cheapo-cheapo deal involving only an air fare,a few nights accommodation and a brace of match fees. If he has been paid for another week to hang around in order to play against Kent next Friday night,surely Sussex's red-hot comms team would have announced such a major change of plan. Or perhaps they have paid Wiese to hang around but are reluctant to say so because they don't want to admit that they've been stitched up by a 20 year old kid from a Bangladeshi village? My prediction : we won't see Mr Fiz at Hove until after he has celebrated Eid at the end of Ramadan with his parents, which is not until July 5/6. That means at best he will turn up for the last four games of the T20 Blast... That'll do. Might work better. Orchestrate that Sussex and keep Wiese until then.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jun 7, 2016 10:12:15 GMT
From the Argus yesterday:
Sussex have made off-field arrangement to make Rahman feel as at home as possible when he arrives in Sussex. Bangladesh physio Baizidul Islam believes the player could suffer burnout due to his heavy schedule. But national team coach Chandika Hathurusingha believes playing for Sussex will greatly benefit the left-armer and, by extension, the Bangladesh team.Hathurusingha said: “If you want to improve the performance, you have to play in those conditions.”
Call me old-fashioned but bowling 4 overs per match hardly necessitates "burn-out". This 'will he won't he' is really becoming so tedious. I side with Bm about the future prognosis. Mr Fiz will eventually turn up but only for the final few T20 games where during the first match he probably gets injured and immediately flies home again.
One has great sympathy for Sussex. Having discovered a gem at half the price, the whole venture then falls apart, where the replacement, Mr Wiese, is struggling with bowling on the Hove pitch. As Wright says, “I feel for him. He hasn’t really played that much in the IPL and then he has come here and had to bowl the really tough end up the hill."
Meanwhile, after last night's performance against Essex, the Wright/Davis revolution has a long way to go. Still not to win a single 50 over match since August 10th, 2014, when they beat Somerset away by 7 wickets via D/L, is to say the least, embarrassing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 17:44:30 GMT
At least one report out of Camp Fiz now reckons hw will spend Ramadan Mubarak at home.
Could be here for the game v Glamorgan at the Swalec on July 7, but if he wants to celebrate Eid with his family it is more likely he will make his debut at Hove v Hants on July 15.
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Post by joe on Jun 9, 2016 13:40:35 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2016 0:06:08 GMT
Well you read it here first, joe. I wrote on June 6 : "My prediction : we won't see Mr Fiz at Hove until after he has celebrated Eid at the end of Ramadan with his parents, which is not until July 5/6. That means at best he will turn up for the last four games of the T20 Blast..." Now the Bangla Desh media you have given us a link to are reporting that he may not come at all - and that "it has been learnt that even if he does make the trip it will only be after the Eid celebrations". The response of Zac Toumazi: “Some people may speculate about that but it has never been part of our discussions” . Why the heck not? If you haven't even discussed this eventuality, then your eye has been hopelessly off the ball, Zac : you're paid a large salary as CEO precisley to have the foresight to make these kind of possible scenarios part of your "discussions". Yes, I was speculating when I was the first person to suggest he ain't coming until after Ramadan. But it seems that I was correct. And if I had been Sussex CEO, I most certainly would have raised with the BCB the significance of Ramadan to a kid who we know suffers from homesickness and who complained about how much he missed his parents when he was far close to home than Hove while he was in India playing in the IPL. I know all this Ramadan stuff because my daughter-in-law and my grandchildren are Muslims and so it impacts directly on our family life. But even without personal involvement, you're much cleverer and smarter than me, Zac, and it really, really was not very hard to see this one coming: it's why the Pakistani tourists don't arrive until early July, ffs. Eid, by the way, is not until the full moon on July 5 and the Eid al-Fitr holiday lasts three days. So the first game Fiz would be available for - if he comes at all - would be v Hampshire on July 15. Let's hope Sussex are still in with a shout of making the q/fs by then and his late, late show will be worth waiting for. It's frustrating because after so many dud signings, the recruitment of Fiz seemed like a major coup by Sussex when it was announced. But it has turned into a frigging nightmare - far worse than an overseas signing getting injured and withdrawing, because at least then you know where you stand. Instead, here we are three weeks into the T20 Blast and we still don't know when he's arriving - or whether he is coming at all. The club did well to move so swiftly and get in Wiese when the Fiz deal went bad. But Sussex can be forgiven if they think the cricketing gods are against them. The injury to Wright, Jordan pissing off to the IPL and Fiz the Flake have all conspired to ensure that Davis's first season in charge is proving every bit as difficult and challenging as Robinson's last couple of calamitous years.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2016 14:19:24 GMT
The saga continues part 109.
"We are expecting to hear Mustafizur’s expected arrival date any time now" - Toumasi yesterday.
"Sussex will not find out whether Mustafizur Rahman will play a part in their NatWest T20 Blast campaign for another two weeks" - Hollis in the Argus today.
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Post by flashblade on Jun 10, 2016 14:48:24 GMT
The saga continues part 109. "We are expecting to hear Mustafizur’s expected arrival date any time now" - Toumasi yesterday. "Sussex will not find out whether Mustafizur Rahman will play a part in their NatWest T20 Blast campaign for another two weeks" - Hollis in the Argus today. Any time now = another two weeks ? Just like those forecasts of when we were expecting Luke Wright back from injury!
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Post by joe on Jun 10, 2016 15:46:34 GMT
Perhaps HH could start a poll: Will he? Won't he? Can we have an all-rounder instead?
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Post by crickettrader on Jun 13, 2016 15:34:16 GMT
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Post by hhsussex on Jun 13, 2016 15:39:23 GMT
Somebody is playing games www.bdcricteam.com/2016/06/mustafizur-to-make-mohammedan-debut-on-june-18/Either a) The various Bangladeshi media and in this case the Director of the Mohammedan Sporting Club are just spouting off any old story about the country's latest sporting hero in the hope that somehow this one might just be true... Or b) Mr Fizz's agent and his coaches and protectors within the Bangladeshi national team have now thought better of their investment since his successful World T20 and then IPL stints and don't want to risk it on breaking down in the hurly-burly of an English T20 season.... He may be homesick, he may be young, he may be prone to injuries, but it looks very much as if he is being led by the nose...and so are Sussex. This really has to be scotched by Toumasi/Davis as soon as possible. On edit: sorry crickettrader, I didn't see that you had posted the link while I was writing this, but I will let my comments stand.
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Post by crickettrader on Jun 13, 2016 16:23:18 GMT
Completely agree Sir!
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Post by coverpoint on Jun 13, 2016 17:02:05 GMT
Time to end this farce and tell the Bangladesh cricket board to stick their contract as we are sticking with Wiese.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2016 17:03:57 GMT
Time to end this farce and tell the Bangladesh cricket board to stick their contract as we are sticking with Wiese. Isn't Wiese off to the Icelandic Premier League soon?
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