Story Sussex:2022 - Over 3 million vCash to be won!

[Varun]

Expecting Sussex to win this time rather than a draw!

 

[Imager36]

Ewing ton fails to create Sussex victory

In an odd 50 over match at Hove, even Paul Ewing's 8th one day hundred failed to pull a struggling Sussex side through.

Sussex failed to win the toss, and had to bat first. The openers, Ewing and Wright failed to start well, with Ewing being dropped at slip on 15, and it came as no surprise when Jim Wright fell for 22, with the score on 42 after 11 overs. Stock fell early for 8, but the partnership between Ewing and Austerfield was the best of the innings, being worth 107.

Both played exquisite shots, and Austerfield's 47 came off 57 balls, and began to kick life into the Sussex innings. It was in the 34th over that he went, with the score at 183, at just under 6 an over for the innings, Sussex were on track for a score of over 300. Bird fell early, and then Ewing fell, for 111 off 106 deliveries, containing 13 fours and 1 six. Then it fell apart a bit, with Freshwater going for only 18, Rashid for a duck and Coddington for 7, before Harris and Conran restored some pride for Sussex and got them to 275/8 off their 50 overs. Bentall had been fantastic, taking 3/30 off 10 overs.

Then the Gloucestershire innings began. Hancock fell for only 6 to Bramble, but Garside accelerated the innings with a quickfire 34 off 26 balls, which put Gloucs. ahead of the run rate and with a good chance of winning the match. Butt came in and carried on where Garside had left off, and he survived Miller who fell for 46 to Harris.

Butt went for 48 off 39, LBW to Paul Ewing, who had been brought in to the attack due to Harris being hit around, and whose gamble paid off. Travis followed quickly after Butt for 23, and Sussex would have fancied themselves to wrap up a second victory of the competition.

They didn't. Keeper Pollard was out for a duck second ball, but Carver led his team home with 60 not out, carving (I didn't even attempt a pun there. That's just the same word.) the Sussex attack apart, with Danny Bentall and Mark Froggett hanging around at the crease and making 20-odd each to guide their team to victory.

Before the match, one might have suggested that it would have been Sussex's superior long batting line up that would help them to win the match, but it was that that fell apart, and Gloucestershire's bowlers who secured victory through batting for their side.

Chris Nash Award - Paul Ewing
James Kirtley Award - Adil Rashid

Other results - Surrey beat Yorkshire by 1 wicket​

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Bad loss there but I like the way you present the scorecard!!

 

[Imager36]

Sussex Shake-up as Sugden Changes Four


In a match that Andy Sugden will expect his team to win handsomely; he has made four changes to the side that played Gloucestershire on Monday.

Anthony Rickman replaces Anthony Stock at number 3 in the batting order, bowlers Hunt and Henderson play instead of Coddington and Bramble, and Paul Bannister is recalled to the side after being left out following his interview with Martin Robinson a couple of weeks ago. He replaces his friend Jack Conran in the side.

Durham look an exceptionally weak team without England captain Ian Menen, who has single-handedly held the Durham batting together for around 8 years. Their captain, Tony Cash, has an average of over 47.5 in first class cricket, but one of under 23 in one day cricket, and the fact that he is the only player in the side to average over 30 with the bat in any format tells you something about the quality of their batting line up. Pakistani quick Danesh Umar heads their bowling attack, and with a one day bowling average of under 22.5, Jim Wright, who isn’t having the best time in one day cricket, may fear his opening spell. Paul Ewing, of course, is foolish, and fears nothing. Kevin Humphries looks to be a good bowler on stats, with 19 one day wickets at 13.42, but the fact that he has never played an FC or T20 match shows that the Durham coaches do not seem to rate him highly.​

Jim Wright
Paul Ewing
Anthony Rickman
Wayne Austerfield
Ben Bird
James Freshwater (K)
Adil Rashid
James Harris (C)
Anthony Hunt
Simon Henderson
Paul Bannister

Peter Barnes
John Ainscow
Chris Moriarty
Tony Cash (C)
Greg Hume
Mike Weir (K)
Gerald Leathers
Kevin Humphries
Steve Carlton
George East
Danesh Umar

 

[Varun]

Paul Bannister is recalled to the side after being left out

Knew this would happen after a little time.

 

[Imager36]

Sussex Demolish Woeful Durham

After 3 straight games without a win, Sussex coach Andy Sugden will be glad of the easiest of victories over a weak Durham side.

After winning the toss, James Harris decided to bowl first, and new ball bowler Simon Henderson set about wrecking the Durham top order. He took out both Durham openers and Moriarty before Durham got to 20. Captain Cash went for 13, but Hume and Weir held on for a bit longer, with each of them reaching over 30. Eventually, Hume was stumped by Freshwater off Rashid’s bowling, and Leathers was stumped next ball, and Durham were in real trouble. Weir was bowled by Rashid, and the bowlers did quite well in giving Durham a decent score. Humphries got 25, Carlton got 20 and East ended on 17. Sussex needed just over 3.75 an over.

Sussex looked quite assured in chasing the total. There were two stumbles early on, with Ewing being caught by Hume off East’s bowling, and Rickman being trapped lbw by Pakistan seamer Umar. From 46/2, where Sussex were, Wright and Austerfield put on an unbroken 133 partnership, with Austerfield, the more aggressive, getting 70 off 76 balls and Wright ending on 76 off 121 balls.

Chris Nash Award - Jim Wright, Wayne Austerfield
James Kirtley Award - Simon Henderson, Adil Rashid

Other results - Gloucestershire beat Surrey by 3 wickets​

NOTE - Sorry about this short, and, to be honest, lame, match report, but Durham didn't give me much to work with

 

[AkshayS]

good writings dude, I'm impressed.

Also Wright played way too well for Durham and great bowling from Rashid, loved it.

 

[Imager36]

Sugden names unchanged side to play Yorkshire


After their convincing victory over Durham, Sussex have named an unsurprisingly unchanged side to face a Yorkshire team which, itself, includes two former Sussex players.

These two players who will face Sussex who have worn their colours before are batsman Mitchell Kitson, who had an exceptionally promising youth career, and was spotted by Sussex very early, but moved away a few seasons ago due to feeling that his career had never really pushed on with the Sharks, after being very much a reserve player to Alec Hodgson and Chris Hawkins. Sam DeFries is the other, who endeared himself to the fans as a cult hero and played as a one day specialist for a long period of time at Hove. He has also played 11 one day internationals for England, but moved to Yorkshire a few seasons ago stating that he wanted to play more FC cricket.

The other players that Sussex may look to deal with in the match are England opener Horace Cope, who could easily give the young Sussex bowling attack something to think about, and Harry Munday, who is, at 24, the youngest county captain on the circuit, and a very talented batsman in his own right, as he showed with a quick-fire 64 against Gloucestershire last week.​

Jim Wright
Paul Ewing
Anthony Rickman
Wayne Austerfield
Ben Bird
James Freshwater (K)
Adil Rashid
James Harris (C)
Anthony Hunt
Simon Henderson
Paul Bannister

Max Rule
Horace Cope
Harry Munday (C)
Mitchell Kitson
Andrew Clissitt
Sam Dillon (K)
Tom Smith
Tim Strachan
Anthony Tetley
Sam DeFries

Seeing that Martin Robinson was feeling lonely, I’ve brought him up to Leeds with me, and sent him to the training facilities at Headingley, where he managed to sneak an interview with pace bowler Sam DeFries.

MR - Sam DeFries, thanks for allowing me to take a portion of your time this afternoon.

SDF - That’s alright, Martin. Me and Mitch were the only two who recognised your face out there!

MR - Yeah! Now, let’s start with a tricky one today. Some critics, not me, have suggested that you aren’t dangerous when the ball isn’t swinging. How would you respond to those accusations?

SDF - Well, I point at my statistics. The Hughne ball that the international arena uses is well renowned for not being conducive to swing, yet I took 26 wickets at 16 in my 11 one day internationals.

MR - I would say, and many people would agree with me, that with those stats, you being left out of the squad when you did was a massive shock. How did you feel when you were left out?

SDF - Yeah, it felt terrible, of course. I was 30 at the time, and I really felt that I’d made it on the international scene having been overlooked for many years. I’d matured. If your readers remember correctly, I was dropped at the start of 2019, when I felt that, with my performances in the ODIs against Australia would get me a place up until the 2019 world cup here in England. It was a really tough time after I was dropped, because I didn’t feel that I’d done anything wrong.

MR - And, just before I have to leave you, how’s the batting coming on?

SDF - Haha, yeah, some might say that my batting has held me back in the past. I’d like you to know, however, that I’ve just passed 1000 first class runs, in only 215 innings, so I’m not doing too badly for a number 11!

MR - And on that note, I have to say goodbye to SDF. Goodbye!


NOTE - No more updates 'til at least Thursday 'cause I'm going to France, so have a nice week until then

 

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Sussex Conspire to Lose Again

After a crushing victory against Durham last week, Sussex put themselves in a great position against Yorkshire, and proceeded to throw it away.

After losing the toss, Sussex were to field first, which was their method of preference anyway. They started well, with Rule falling early to Bannister, and this restricting Yorkshire to 26/1 from their first 10 overs. Bannister bowled his overs out right at the start, taking 1/29, a great return for him. Harris caught Cope lbw for 13, but there the resistance started. Munday made 39 before falling to Rashid, and Clissitt and Kitson put on 81 together. Clissitt was bowled by Hunt for 59 off 57, and Kitson, more defensive, went for 56 off 76, lbw to Harris. Then the rest of the collapse. Yorkshire went from 195/4 before Kitson went, to 199/8 before Tetley came to the crease. Tetley went on to score his highest score ever (40*, his previous best was 35 in a 4 day game,) with Strachan providing able support from the other end and Sam DeFries, well, not. Henderson ended with 4/44, and was by far the best bowler.

Sussex did the right thing in putting themselves in a commanding position. Wright and Ewing put out aggressive innings and a partnership of 94, before they fell one after the other for 50 and 48 respectively. Rickman and Austerfield then took control, and put Sussex in what looked likely to be a winning position, at 190/2 needing only another 65 runs at under 5 runs an over. Sussex threw it away, collapsing from 190/2 to 204/5, before a brief revival from Freshwater and Rashid, and then from 225/5 to 236/9. Hunt and Bannister had required 19 from the final two overs, but they only managed 4, and Sussex had conspired to lose the match.

Chris Nash Award - Anthony Rickman
James Kirtley Award - Simon Henderson

Other results - Gloucestershire beat Durham by 1 wicket.​

 

[Dutchmen]

I don't even know a single player.

 

[MaD]

I don't think you're meant to

 

[Imager36]

No, if you were here at the start of the story, you would have seen the player profiles linked to in the opening post.

 

[AkshayS]

I think Wright and Ewing should've stayed a lill' long for Sussex to win.
I think They would come back to winning mode in next match, not a bad performance.
Hendersen was too hot to handle.

 

[Varun]

Missed some updates but I will be following this again.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Really very nice writing there and really will be looking to see Sussex win some more!