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Post by joe on Apr 8, 2016 12:24:04 GMT
My starting XI
Nash
Joyce
Taylor
Wright (c)
Brown (w)
Finch
Wells
Shahzad
Robinson
Briggs
Magoffin
This is assuming Nash is fit ( seen at Hove on Wed wearing some sort of surgical boot after an apparent injury whilst playing football in the warm ups! ) and Wright is fit after not fielding Wed or Thurs after straining his back carrying his daughter up and down the plane on the journey back from NZ!
If Nash is crook then I'd open with Wells and bring Machan in.
If Wright is crook, God help us!
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Post by hhsussex on Apr 8, 2016 12:45:56 GMT
No Machan, Joe? I agree on Nash and Joyce as the best openers we have at the moment, and I agree that Finch has lived up to Wright's call for second-temers to do more than make a 30 to press their claims. Thst means I would have something like (subject to any preferences from Taylot about his preferred place)
Nash
Joyce
Machan
Taylor
Wright (C)
Finch
Brown (W)
Shahzad
Robinson
Magoffin
Briggs
No place for Wells until he learns to play consistently, and Finch has the advantage of supplementing the pace bowlers, and a hell of an incentive to come good.
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Post by jonboy on Apr 8, 2016 16:15:16 GMT
I could go with either of those sides. The choice could be two from Finch, Machan and Wells. Wells was our best batsman, batting down the order in the first two games, but not so good when promoted to open. Finch, of course, played that outstanding knock against the students, and Machan, although shaky thus far, probably deserves to start for his exploits last season. I shall be at Northampton for the first two days
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Post by coverpoint on Apr 8, 2016 16:15:56 GMT
I would go HHSussex's 11. On a separate note I see Jake Libby has signed on loan for Northants and will make his debut against Sussex.
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Post by joe on Apr 8, 2016 16:30:58 GMT
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Post by joe on Apr 8, 2016 16:43:42 GMT
I would go HHSussex's 11. On a separate note I see Jake Libby has signed on loan for Northants and will make his debut against Sussex. Made a ton on debut for Notts v Sussex in 2014. |
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Post by fraudster on Apr 8, 2016 22:03:32 GMT
My starting XI Nash Joyce Taylor Wright (c) Brown (w) Finch Wells Shahzad Robinson Briggs Magoffin This is assuming Nash is fit ( seen at Hove on Wed wearing some sort of surgical boot after an apparent injury whilst playing football in the warm ups! ) and Wright is fit after not fielding Wed or Thurs after straining his back carrying his daughter up and down the plane on the journey back from NZ! If Nash is crook then I'd open with Wells and bring Machan in. If Wright is crook, God help us! No Machan (inexplicably), Taylor at three, Wright at four, Brown at five, Wells at seven and Briggs higher in the order than Magoffin when he's a walking wicket, another reason Beer should get the nod ahead of him. You are insane Joe, if that is the team and order I will knock on your door and give you 50 billion dollars. Sounds like you lot have a trust issue with youth, just like Robinson. Davis has gone out of his way to highlight the opposite so it will be interesting to see what way we go. Won't be your way though Joe. |
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Post by joe on Apr 9, 2016 7:35:00 GMT
My starting XI Nash Joyce Taylor Wright (c) Brown (w) Finch Wells Shahzad Robinson Briggs Magoffin This is assuming Nash is fit ( seen at Hove on Wed wearing some sort of surgical boot after an apparent injury whilst playing football in the warm ups! ) and Wright is fit after not fielding Wed or Thurs after straining his back carrying his daughter up and down the plane on the journey back from NZ! If Nash is crook then I'd open with Wells and bring Machan in. If Wright is crook, God help us! No Machan (inexplicably), Taylor at three, Wright at four, Brown at five, Wells at seven and Briggs higher in the order than Magoffin when he's a walking wicket, another reason Beer should get the nod ahead of him. You are insane Joe, if that is the team and order I will knock on your door and give you 50 billion dollars. Sounds like you lot have a trust issue with youth, just like Robinson. Davis has gone out of his way to highlight the opposite so it will be interesting to see what way we go. Won't be your way though Joe. I picked Wells over Machan because he adds to the bowling and I've put him down the order because he seems to do better there. Finch over Machan because he's earned his place and as you say, Davis and Wright have both said that youth will be given a go if they perform. Taylor at 3 because that's where you put your best batter, the rest of the top order are pretty much interchangeable but I think Nash and Joyce are probably our best pairing at the top. I would expect another couple of our youngsters to be in the squad but don't think they'll start unless there are more injuries than those we know of. |
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Post by jonboy on Apr 9, 2016 7:59:02 GMT
A must win game They are in disarray, with only 14 fit players, so we need to put down a marker here. If we bat and bowl to our potential, teams like Northants can't live with us
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2016 8:51:46 GMT
Team selection will give an early indication of whether or not we really are now in a brave new post-Robinson era or whether it will be the same-old unimaginative safety-first tactics.
Under Robinson and Joyce, Briggs wouldn't get anywhere near the side on a damp and seaming surface at Northampton in early April and Hatchett would play as a fourth seamer.
Briggs appeared in only 8 CC games for Hants last season and took just 19 wickets. If he plays v Northants tomorrow, I'd say that's Wright and Davis making a serious statement of intent to break with recent history.
Wonder if Panesar will be in the oppo?
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Post by hhsussex on Apr 9, 2016 9:23:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2016 9:33:06 GMT
Garton along for a taste of being around the first XI.
One batsman from Wells, Machan and Finch to miss out.
Hatchett there if they decide to leave out Briggs and go with four seamers.
Cachopa currently not even in the first XIV.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2016 9:35:01 GMT
On Edit: Steve Hollis, currently the man in the know, has Tweeted: @sussexccc out of that 14 I expect Briggs to miss out along with either/or Finch/Wells and Garton/Hatchett That's what I alluded to above. No way would Briggs have played under Robinson/Joyce but I hoped Davis/Wright might have taken a different approach. |
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Post by fraudster on Apr 9, 2016 12:57:47 GMT
Too much needless *****ing about Joe. If you wanna put Wells down the order then put him at five or six like a real batsman and put your keeper where he's batted forever. Taylor is a four, you know how batsmen like their exact spot and he's always been there or five as far as I'm aware. Machan was our best bat last year weren't he? Might have tailed off a bit but I'd rather judge him on a full season at three than a couple of friendlies - he's a must, although I fancy him at five really.
Borderman Borderman Borderman, I think you're trying to annoy Fraudster. You don't change something from the old regime if it's right, you change the stuff that was wrong - and they have plenty to work with on that front but if Joyce and Robinson got one thing right it was four seamers in April. They would then go on to make the catastrophic mistake of not changing that all sodding season.
Nash
Wells
Machan
Taylor
Wright
Finch
Brown
Robinson
Shahzad
Mags
Hatchett
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Post by joe on Apr 9, 2016 13:52:49 GMT
Too much needless *****ing about Joe. If you wanna put Wells down the order then put him at five or six like a real batsman and put your keeper where he's batted forever. Taylor is a four, you know how batsmen like their exact spot and he's always been there or five as far as I'm aware. Machan was our best bat last year weren't he? Might have tailed off a bit but I'd rather judge him on a full season at three than a couple of friendlies - he's a must, although I fancy him at five really. Borderman Borderman Borderman, I think you're trying to annoy Fraudster. You don't change something from the old regime if it's right, you change the stuff that was wrong - and they have plenty to work with on that front but if Joyce and Robinson got one thing right it was four seamers in April. They would then go on to make the catastrophic mistake of not changing that all sodding season. Nash Wells Machan Taylor Wright Finch Brown Robinson Shahzad Mags Hatchett No Joyce??? |
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