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Sussex v Worcestershire/final day

The second division county championship game will be little reported – and there were not that many spectators – but for those that watched it it will live long in the memory for its ebbs and flows. Sussex declared in the morning at 441-7, setting Worcestershire a target of 385. One [...]

June 18, 2023 // 0 Comments

Entertaining v Effective

The debate over entertaining versus winning performances is as old as the hills but has taken new life under the régime of Stokes and McCallum. There were real and genuine fears that Australia would be too good for England, but less so after Zak Crawley – one of England’s perceived [...]

June 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

Sharks don’t bite ( again)

Whatever small chance of winning the Southern division of the T20 Sussex Sharks had,  evaporated last night when Oval Invincibles  aka Surrey posted a total of 258.  To make it worse 93 of those runs came from Laurie Evans once of this parish. It was a total the Sharks were never going to reach [...]

June 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

Sussex Sharks lose again and the state of the T20

Sussex Sharks lost their third successive victory on Sunday afternoon after an encouraging victory at the Oval 10 days ago. Though this dismal run is of great concern to Sussex and their supporters, I thought the general cricketing readership of The Rust might be more interested in my assessment [...]

June 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

Brighton & Sussex CCC assessed

No doubt about it – this has been Brighton HAFC ‘s most successful season in our history finishing sixth and qualifying for the Europa League. The achievement is all the more remarkable for the departure of key personnel on and off the pitch. Much credit must go to owner Tony Bloom and his [...]

June 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

Bliss: Sussex v Glamorgan (3rd day)

Sometimes in life you are exactly where you want to be and yesterday it was at the County Ground Hove. In the week I had two tiring and trying trips to London and just wanted a relaxing day at the cricket in the sun with a pint of Harvey’s. It mattered not that Glamorgan fought back – with [...]

May 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Glamorgan (1st day)

With the sun out and the icy wintry wind of late turning into a cooler breeze where better to be than at Hove for the first day of the county championship? It was that hot that sun burn warnings were broadcast with sun lotion stations. If the weather was not enticing enough, four classy Test class [...]

May 19, 2023 // 0 Comments

Arsenal 0 Brighton 3

Seven years ago – the year Brighton were promoted to the Premiership – Southampton played a pre-season friendly at the Amex and outplayed us. It was a strong Saints side managed by Ronald Koeman with the likes of Virgil van Dyck, Sadoi Mané, Luke Shaw, Morgan Schneiderlin, Nathaniel [...]

May 15, 2023 // 0 Comments

Brighton & Sussex Update

When Alexis Mac Alister converted a penalty in the 98th minute to win against Manchester United last Thursday I suspect the reaction was one of sweet revenge as a penalty shoot out in the semi-final of the FA Cup on April 24th cost Brighton the chance of a final. Few would then thought and – [...]

May 6, 2023 // 0 Comments

The cricket season previewed

Although the county championship is under way bad weather has already taken its toll. Sussex, after a spirited win over Durham, had draws with Yorkshire and Gloucestershire because of rain. Cricket not only vies with the weather but the conclusion of the Premier League with its long fought-out duel [...]

May 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

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