Championship v Gloucestershire (Hove) Sat 13-Tue 16 August

A frustrated Sussex Coach under increasing pressure?

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Re the catch, if Davis made it clear that he was in doubt as to whether he'd caught it then the umpires couldn't give it out. It's the sort of thing that comes with experience and not the only mistake by Davis in the field. He threw a couple of wild balls at the stumps which resulted in 4 overthrows and let a skier from Klinger bounce in front of him instead of going for the catch. Hopefully he'll make amends for his mistakes with the bat.

Great to see Magoffin get his first 5fer and return to some sort of form but probably too late to make a difference to our CC campaign unfortunately.

update: out for a 5 ball duck

Glad I didn't mention the double-ton for Nash.

A toothless attack then?

Do you still think Wells should be released S&F after scoring his FOURTH century of the season?

Talk about the hare and tortoise. I turn up to watch the last 11 overs or so of the day's play. Wells is on 88 and requires just 12 runs
for his 100.

A Member next to me who is not a Wells fan, half jokes, "Will he get his 100 before the day ends?" We take a silly bet as I state - obviously -
"Yes!" 

Wiese comes in with around 10 overs left and scores 38 off 46 balls including six 4s and one 6. Meanwhile, Wells plods along and with one over
left, the Member turns to me, gives a wink and says, "I reckon I've won my bet!" I believed him until with two balls left in the final over Wells
swished at a leg side ball - gets a top edge - and it flies for 4.

All of cricket is tainted by T20 today as Wiese portrayed, so it's almost nostalgic to watch Wells trundle his way along. His 100 coming up in 226 balls
which when compared to the days of Boycott is a fair speed. And, of course, I congratulate him on his century. A top knock and one Sussex
desperately needed to keep them in the game. So, no coverpoint, as I explained in a previous post, my view was more mischievous rather than
derogatory. Imho, Wells style of play is more suited to Division 2 cricket, anyway, and "if" we are ever to get out of this damn Division we need a player
of Wells calibre to grind out the runs while Nash, Wright, and to a lesser extent, Joyce, can swash buckle their way to a century with far greater ease. 

A good situation would be a lead of 100 at lunch tomorrow without any more wickets down. Then we can afford to cut loose for a session and try to set a target over 300 as soon as possible.