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April 25, 2011

Luke Wells makes a splash

A fourth innings run chase is a pretty good time to make your mark for the first time at any level of cricket. Having been thrashed by Lancashire in their opening fixture, as is their habit against the Red Rose, Sussex were staring down the barrel again at Chester-le-Street, facing a target of 309 and without key batsmen like Mike Yardy, Matt Prior and Luke Wright.

May 29, 2010

RMJ

The news that Robin Martin-Jenkins is to retire in a few weeks time was greeted with sorrow by Sussex fans.

April 17, 2010

Not so Fantastic Mr. Fox

The news that Sussex have taken drastic measures to deal with an invading fox has met with dismay amongst animal lovers everywhere.

October 22, 2009

A message to the Champions League mockers

There is a certain class of English cricket enthusiast who will have barely registered that the Champions League was even taking place this past two weeks. If you are a member of this class, you would probably snort in derision at the idea that it is set to become one of the most important competitions in cricket.

October 21, 2009

Chawla signs for Surrey

Piyush Chawla will be Surrey’s overseas player for 2010, as they continue to try and hoover up the better county performers from last season.

October 18, 2009

Somerset bow out

Somerset hoped to take advantage of Kieron Pollard-inflicted shell-shock when they played NSW Blues. They didn’t want a backlash, and in the end got neither. Instead they gave it away with careless batting early on, and got creamed as a result.

October 13, 2009

Sussex get Eliminated

Diamond Eagles made hard work of it, but Cornelius de Villiers did for Sussex in the Super Over, taking both Sussex wickets in the first two balls of their over.

Greedy batsmen

Unless you’re Ross Taylor, attempting to hit every ball to the boundary is guaranteed to end in tears. In T20, you still have to build an innings, you just have to do it more quickly, and in the last few overs you start to think about clearing the ropes every ball.

October 12, 2009

Mark Robinson wastes his breath

Sussex coach Mark Robinson knows a few things about getting the best out of players. Sussex won the Twenty20 Cup and the Pro40 this season, and were runners-up in the FP Trophy. So when he publicly states that his team are having to play so much cricket during the summer that they can’t train properly, you would think that the ECB would pay attention. They won’t.

October 11, 2009

Sussex don’t play IPL team, lose

New South Wales Blues have the luxury of calling on a full Australian international bowling attack in the CLT20. It might win them the tournament. Sussex don’t. In order to win, therefore, Sussex needed their two Asian stars, Yasir Arafat and Piyush Chawla, to perform. They didn’t.

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