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Sussex v Durham - LVCC

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Harry Lime said:
The club couldn't afford to sign any new players, they couldn't even afford to keep all the ones they had. Sangakkara and Hastings have both come for the chance to play county cricket and not for the money. It was always going to be difficult to emulate last season and the lads are going to have to dig deep to compete, but with the right leadership they'll end up better cricketers for it.
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Dropped Brown in his 40's and Wright in his 80's so there's 200 runs Sussex shouldn't have. I agrre-days like today are character forming particular for the younger bowlers but there's a strong team spirit which will hopefully enable a strong fightback.
 

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Durham Take A Battering.

Very apt headline, having read that it seems our fielding was atrocious and it looks like we've suffered more injuries to key bowlers. Only Rushy and Collingwood it seems are 'unscathed'.

Another game written off already, just hope our batting/rain can help us avoid another defeat.

Roll on Somerset :rolleyes:
 
Bad craic when youre on the back foot on day 1. hope rain is forecast!
 
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Durham Take A Battering.

Very apt headline, having read that it seems our fielding was atrocious and it looks like we've suffered more injuries to key bowlers. Only Rushy and Collingwood it seems are 'unscathed'.

Another game written off already, just hope our batting/rain can help us avoid another defeat.

Roll on Somerset :rolleyes:
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Should read 'A defeat' not another.
 
Harry Lime said:
The club couldn't afford to sign any new players, they couldn't even afford to keep all the ones they had. Sangakkara and Hastings have both come for the chance to play county cricket and not for the money. It was always going to be difficult to emulate last season and the lads are going to have to dig deep to compete, but with the right leadership they'll end up better cricketers for it.
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Over the past two or three years we have let go of players like Davies, Plunkett, Harmy, Blackwell, Smith & Benkenstein and we still have no money?

There is something very wrong here. Not long ago we had a couple of Indian tycoons pumping a lot of money into the club. Now we haven't got a pot to piss in.
 
I thought at the start of the season that with so little investment, we could really struggle this year, particularly with Stokes likely to be with England for the majority of the summer. Having said that, I really didn't expect our bowling attack to start the season in such poor form, coupled with injuries. Hopefully the batting line-up can carry the bowlers through this spell, they certainly owe them it after last year.
 
It's a bit simplistic to say the bowling is poor so far this season, they may not have started with a bang, but they have created at least 15-18 wicket taking chances which have been put down so far. Dropped catches are not the bowlers fault, and so far in 4 games we've been punished for them. We've got to get back to playing as a strong fielding unit if we want to start winning games .
 
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Over the past two or three years we have let go of players like Davies, Plunkett, Harmy, Blackwell, Smith & Benkenstein and we still have no money?

There is something very wrong here. Not long ago we had a couple of Indian tycoons pumping a lot of money into the club. Now we haven't got a pot to piss in.
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The man to ask is David harker. He was in charge of the purse strings. Shambolic financial management.
 
455-7 after Rushy bags a quick pair. Wright for 189 and Zaidi for nowt. Both caught Mustard.

Got 8 overs to get two more wickets and a third bowling point.

Wood bowls Brown. 20 balls to get one wicket.

Just 2 bowling points. 483-8 after 110 overs.

485-9, Wood with his third, three balls after the bonus point cut off.

150-8 minus that partnership..... :(
 
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455-7 after Rushy bags a quick pair. Wright for 189 and Zaidi for nowt. Both caught Mustard.

Got 8 overs to get two more wickets and a third bowling point.

Wood bowls Brown. 20 balls to get one wicket.

Just 2 bowling points. 483-8 after 110 overs.

485-9, Wood with his third, three balls after the bonus point cut off.

150-8 minus that partnership..... :(
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reckon its going to be a long season or we will pick up we have a decent team on paper
 
Pissing it down. Probably a good thing really. Ball was hooping about all over before lunch and we could do with a dry, sunny day when we come to bat.

Umpires have had a look, will have another look at 4pm. Expect Sussex to declare before any resumption. Don't see any real benefit of them batting on. Looking once again like two days to bat with 20 wickets to protect.
 
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Can't see them getting on. Umpires must be getting paid by the hour these days. There was a time when on a day like this they'd have sent everyone home by 2 O'Clock.
 
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