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Post by hhsussex on Aug 1, 2016 11:34:51 GMT
A little worrying that it's only until end of 2017. If Jofra continues to improve, he could be snuffled up by a leading Division 1 county. A question for the next, long overdue, Members forum maybe? |
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Post by jonboy on Aug 1, 2016 11:40:21 GMT
Excellent news, and well done Sussex for tying him down
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Aug 1, 2016 13:24:29 GMT
Jofra is a refreshingly laid-back guy. During this interview with Adam Matthews, he is full of praise for bowling coach, Jon Lewis, whom Jofra says is always available when he needs advice or help and is constantly pushing him. A great shame that Finch and Salt don't have a similar specialist batting consultant at hand. Meanwhile, Jofra's greatest goal is to play for England, so will ambition override playing for Sussex after 2017, if the club's fortunes don't improve next season? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DMML2qG8LU&feature=youtu.be |
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Post by jonboy on Aug 1, 2016 14:11:44 GMT
Jofra is a refreshingly laid-back guy. During this interview with Adam Matthews, he is full of praise for bowling coach, Jon Lewis, whom Jofra says is always available when he needs advice or help and is constantly pushing him. A great shame that Finch and Salt don't have a similar specialist batting consultant at hand. Meanwhile, Jofra's greatest goal is to play for England, so will ambition override playing for Sussex after 2017, if the club's fortunes don't improve next season? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DMML2qG8LU&feature=youtu.beLet's hope lessons are quickly learned, and our fortunes do improve. This signing, and the belated recruitment of an an all rounder, suggests Sussex are already learning. If the club can make a couple of astute purchases this winter, I'm sure we can quickly get back on track. Really don't want to hear any more of that, it may take a few years, nonsense, that Matt Prior alluded to. This is not a rebuilding job, we have a good squad, it just needs fine tuning |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2016 19:36:15 GMT
Really don't want to hear any more of that, it may take a few years, nonsense, that Matt Prior alluded to. This is not a rebuilding job, we have a good squad, it just needs fine tuning Fair point, but the fine tuning that's needed is mental rather than technical. This side has plenty of skill. It just lacks toughness, self-belief and determination. As a general rule I admire stoicism and if I had the energy to write another book, it would be a polemic titled 'Social Media and the Death of Stoicism'. But the one place I don't want stoicism is in pro sports teams that turn the other cheek and accept defeat and mediocrity as readily as Sussex appears to do at present. As for losing Jofra to a first div county, that could just as easily apply to Whittingham and Garton. Fast bowlers are the holy grail of modern English county cricket - everybody's searching. Olly Stone of Northants has played just 25 f/c matches in five seasons for Northants - yet when he announced he was off at the end of this season, eight of the nine f/c counties were reportedly after his signature. Sussex is obsesed with signing fast bowlers. In the last half dozen seasons alone we've taken Amjad from Kent, Anyon from Warwicks, Magoffin from Queensland, Jordan from Surrey, Naveed Arif from Pakistan, Andrew Miller from Warwicks, Shahzad from Notts, Robinson from Yorks, Mills from Essex, Archer from Barbados and probably a few others I've missed, not to mention the overseas guys, the most recent of whom was the clown called Mustafizur For the first time in years the county has got a couple of decent homegrown prospects in Garton and Whittingham after sadly losing a third one in Hobden. But now we're a div two county with no prospect of promotion in the immediate future, holding on to them is not going to be easy. |
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Post by jonboy on Aug 4, 2016 20:46:37 GMT
Really don't want to hear any more of that, it may take a few years, nonsense, that Matt Prior alluded to. This is not a rebuilding job, we have a good squad, it just needs fine tuning Fair point, but the fine tuning that's needed is mental rather than technical. This side has plenty of skill. It just lacks toughness, self-belief and determination. As a general rule I admire stoicism and if I had the energy to write another book, it would be a polemic titled 'Social Media and the Death of Stoicism'. But the one place I don't want stoicism is in pro sports teams that turn the other cheek and accept defeat and mediocrity as readily as Sussex appears to do at present. As for losing Jofra to a first div county, that could just as easily apply to Whittingham and Garton. Fast bowlers are the holy grail of modern English county cricket - everybody's searching. Olly Stone of Northants has played just 25 f/c matches in five seasons for Northants - yet when he announced he was off at the end of this season, eight of the nine f/c counties were reportedly after his signature. Sussex is obsesed with signing fast bowlers. In the last half dozen seasons alone we've taken Amjad from Kent, Anyon from Warwicks, Magoffin from Queensland, Jordan from Surrey, Naveed Arif from Pakistan, Andrew Miller from Warwicks, Shahzad from Notts, Robinson from Yorks, Mills from Essex, Archer from Barbados and probably a few others I've missed, not to mention the overseas guys, the most recent of whom was the clown called Mustafizur For the first time in years the county has got a couple of decent homegrown prospects in Garton and Whittingham after sadly losing a third one in Hobden. But now we're a div two county with no prospect of promotion in the immediate future, holding on to them is not going to be easy. Yes, I would agree with that, on paper, we have by far the best bowling attack in the division, but yet we continue to underachieve. I think there are issues, and a lack of mental toughness is a major fault. I'm not sure why that is, most of the players know what it takes to be winners. We are led by a skipper who, you would imagine oozes that toughness, and looks to lead by example. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Aug 5, 2016 8:31:02 GMT
"...a lack of mental toughness is a major fault."
I whole-heartedly agree. Imho, the problem arises from within the coaching staff combined with the
present club culture.
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Post by hhsussex on Apr 19, 2017 8:05:02 GMT
A very good profile here www.alloutcricket.com/features/skys-limit-jofra-archer from All Out Cricket magazine who name him as in their 10 to watch out for in 2017. It has some good, enthgusiastic quotes from Jon Lewis "“He’s got a very high action, bowls at 85mph and he’s got a very easy, relaxed action – his pace comes from nowhere", and confirms the statement that he wants to play for England. I am certain that he will do, sooner rather than later and only hope I can watch him in a few more matches this summer before he joins the circuit. |
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Post by deepfineleg on May 23, 2017 20:24:22 GMT
With scores of 60*, 6, 40, 47, 70 in 3 CC matches - why is he batting at 10?
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Post by coverpoint on May 23, 2017 20:48:45 GMT
With scores of 60*, 6, 40, 47, 70 in 3 CC matches - why is he batting at 10? Swap him in the batting order with Jordan. |
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Post by liquidskin on May 23, 2017 21:45:29 GMT
With scores of 60*, 6, 40, 47, 70 in 3 CC matches - why is he batting at 10? A couple of decent one-day knocks as well. A natural hitter. Looking forward I think he's a seven and Jordan a quality eight. We should go that way in T20 this year. |
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Post by joe on Sept 17, 2017 8:22:47 GMT
Jofra has been signed for the Khulna Titans in the BPL.
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Post by hhsussex on Sept 28, 2017 15:13:13 GMT
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Post by flashblade on Sept 28, 2017 15:53:25 GMT
Great news. One of the few bright spots in a very ordinary season. |
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Post by jonboy on Sept 28, 2017 16:39:29 GMT
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