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Sharks win and Cucurella departs

Sussex Sharks finally achieved a win by beating Gloucestershire by 51 runs at Hove. Delray Rawlins was the star of the show with 91 runs off 62 balls and 3 wickets with his leg spin. He is so often a frustrating player as the talent is clearly there but not the application. Gloucestershire ran out [...]

August 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Arundel

Forget Glorious Goodwood, for me the place to be on a hot summer’s day was Arundel, the Castle Ground, which was hosting a 30 over match between the Duke of Norfolk’s XI and The Lords Taverners. The  Lords Taverners had assumed the organisation and the match was a charitable fund raiser. I [...]

July 31, 2022 // 0 Comments

Tempus keeps fugitting …

Life has a habit of throwing up happy accidents and/or random interventions that either prove to be decidedly fortuitous or indeed quite the opposite. Only the other day the publisher of this organ mentioned in a conversation that its founders’ original mission had only ever been “to do [...]

July 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sussex finally win

Sussex achieved their first win in the Championship since April 2019 over Derbyshire yesterday. This was no mean achievement as Derbyshire posted 550 runs in their first innings. Sussex could not match this but, bizarrely, Derbyshire did not enforce the follow on. Derbyshire lost 7 wickets in [...]

June 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the New Zealand series

One of the ironies of England’s whitewash is the strong New Zealand influence and inspiration. Ben Stokes was born there and new coach Brendan McCullum their finest white ball batter. New Zealand got to the pinnacle by playing the expressive cricket that England have now exposed. This new found [...]

June 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sharks won’t surface

Losing last night to Kent Spitfires ended Sussex Sharks’ T20 campaign as they now have no chance of reaching the quarter finals. There was a slim chance after the victory on Thursday against leaders Surrey ending the latter’s unbeaten record. In truth it was a match that Surrey lost rather [...]

June 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sharks tumble at the Oval

Sussex Sharks were easily beaten by Surrey last night. They posted a meagre total of 146 – with only Fynn Hudson scoring a significant 49 not out – a target which Surrey reached easily with 3 overs to spare. I watched the match as a guest in the excellent corporate hospitality of the [...]

June 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

3rd day of Test

If the first day was too eventful – and the second not eventful enough – the third produced classic Test match cricket. New Zealand went on to score a more than defensible target of 265. England were never favourites with the bookies to achieve this and much depended on the Joe Root, [...]

June 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

2nd day of Test – normal service is resumed

My neighbour was not alone in his disappointment regarding the first day – whilst eventful, not real Test cricket. Technique looked way short of the requirements at this level and so many wickets fell that it seemed unlikely the Test would go the full 5 days. Yesterday New Zealand patiently [...]

June 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

1st day of Test: no new dawn, same old precipitation.

The first day at Lords is always a magical event. I always arrive early, not just to avoid the queues, but to take in the atmosphere and to look down at the sward of green and impressive modern and Victorian architecture. Ticket prices were not on my mind but by the end of an eventful day there was [...]

June 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

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