Sussex v Leicestershire LVCC2 Hove 27 April - 30 April (Page 1 of 13)

Apart from the value of the points, the psychological advantage would be immense!

Out of interest, does anyone know when was the last time we played Leics in any format? Was it the last CC match of 2003 or have we met since then?

Oh yes Leics in 2003 now remind me what happened in that match .I seem to remember Muzza got a few runs !

PS What an amazing time we Sussex fans have had since that Leics game .And still nothing since will every equal that moment we won that title. No I do not care how many times I mention it .The most important event in the history of sport . More important than the Ashes .

I think we will keep the same side that won at Bristol. Leicestershire have two wins from two games so this is a big game so early into the new season

Weather forecast is so good for Wednesday I may even come on the train and watch myself

Last edited by FiveMartlets (26-04-2010 14:24:53)

Leics may be more of a challenge with two wins and their new Australian overseas player.We have won three on the trot because we have been better than the opposition. Of course the batting might look a little stronger with Yardy,Wright,Joyce and RHB.After june we will probably have Joyce and Yardy and lose Prior and Wright but we will have a decent balance.As Robbo suggests this team will get better as the season progresses.

All of Jonboys fears have come to pass (I hope no more injuries or call ups) but the upside is we are forced to take a prolonged look at Thornley and Gatting ....while Gatting is already believed to be the real deal and just needs time,Thornley is doing his case a lot of good.A couple more good scores and we will all believe.

Thanks for that. Still quite a while.

Gatting is supposedly seen Gatting is supposedly seen as a opening batsmen as well.  I suppose when we get Joyce and Yardy back Gatting and Thornley will have slipped down the order

Not a bad shout Silas, Joe hasn't got a big score yet this season but he played a very important innings against Slurrey for 15 when it was tough going and he did a good job for the team, backing him to come good though.

Same XI for me.

Neither Hodd nor RMJ are really a number six. My reasoning was, simply that Tucker is in terrific form at the moment and is actually a very correct batsman. It would be nice for the top order to put some serious runs on the board, especially as Leicestershire have a few in form batsmen. Should be very good game I reckon.

I can't remember whether it was 2004 or 05, but I did watch a terrific 40 over game at Grace Road where Leicestershire were cruising at around 190 for 1 and then lost their last 9 wickets for around 12 runs... Will House holding on to three huge skiers in front of the sightscreen at the Pavilion end.

Then despite losing regular wickets, we ground out the chase, mainly in ones and twos with Monty (mark 1) making a hundred, supported at the end by a certain Robin Martin-Jenkins, who hit the winning runs with a drive through the covers!

With that memory... and that of a the marching band belting out Sussex-by-the sea, while a very sporting Leicestershire side, including the teenage Luke Wright, sat on the grass, allowing our celebrations, as we took our first Championship... I hope we can add to that list of rewarding Sussex-Leicestershire clashes by stumps on Friday.

Logic suggests that this will be our toughest test so far, with Leicestershire having also won all their games this season, two in the CC and one against a fairly impressive Notts outfit on sunday.

We all know about Hoggard.  He loves to bowl at Hove, and indeed had it not been for family commitments which kept him in the North, he may even had been a Sussex player this season.  We certainly hope that he doesn't pull another hatrick out of his magic bag this week!  They've got very promising youngsters, Cobb and Taylor, who are now establishing their place in the batting lineup and Du Toit made a good century on Sunday.

So I certainly don't underestimate them... this will be tough.

Considering the England call-ups, the injury to Joyce, the loss of players, due to rules and poaching, that we would have loved to have kept... we have started amazingly, and hats off to all those who have played their parts.

I think that we are all delighted that this time Thornely is making ginat strides forward and hopefully he can progress further this week.  Big, big knocks from Nash, Goodwin and Prior would certainly help our cause and a return to form for Hodd and Gatting would be a bonus.

And if RMJ just keeps on doing exactly what he has been doing... and the bowlers carry on exactly as they have been doing... well that 100% record would be intact.

But that of course is ignoring the Fox's aspirations for this game, and they will have no doubts as to the importance of this game, even at this early stage of the season.

So let's hope for 4 more days of wonderful weather... and may the best team win... which of course we hope is Sussex.

And if he were to score big, I wonder what Du Toit's nick-name will become... emerging from the direction of the Tucker Pavilion!

Last edited by mentor47 (26-04-2010 23:47:15)

BBC South-East Today said at 8.30am cloudier on Thursday and Friday but no rain until Saturday morning and then only spits and spats.

Last edited by FiveMartlets (27-04-2010 07:59:39)

Well, I have finally escaped from Spain, to find that my blackberry did not lie about the scores - even if it cannot pick up the new Argus commentary or load cricinfo or this site!

Hopefully my return to the board will not be a bad omen ...

Happy New Season to one and all!!

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