Hampshire 2017 thread

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See, out of the slips Rilee can catch fine. He just can't catch for toffee in the slips!

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Given that Wright is the key wicket, I'd be giving Abbott a third over (if we don't get Wright this next over). I know it's not the done thing, and we'd want Abbott for the back end, but Wright is the key.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Wrighty and Taylor together, Key wicket.

[st_brendy]

Wrighty and Taylor together, Key wicket.

Particularly given that Sussex are a batter light. All their "all-rounders" are at least one place too high in the order.

[st_brendy]

See, out of the slips Rilee can catch fine. He just can't catch for toffee in the slips!

As I say, out of the slips he's fine. MASSIVE wicket.

[st_brendy]

If you can't stump him the first time, stump him the second time. In control now.

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Two awful balls from Berg.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Down to Wiese now. Just about do-able.

[st_brendy]

He's not just a decent four day bowler, Mr Abbott.

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As I said all along, Sussex are painfully short on batters. You can't expect Jordan, Wiese, Archer, Beer to score the like a batter every match. And I don't rate Ben Brown.

Two wins out of two. Both started to get quite close, but both ultimately end up rather comfortable. And still all our home games to come.

[budgetmeansbudget]

And both from losing the toss and being asked to bat first.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Afridi did really well with the ball first game out, but he looked very ropey yesterday, bowled alot of loose deliveries.

Batting wasn't great either after being shoved up the order, but I guess the power hitting of yesteryear isn't there to the same extent these days.

Crane and Abbott starred withthe ball. Topley was expensive, not turning out to be the up and coming signing we hoped for. Obviously injury hasn't helped.

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Yeah he wasn't at his best yesterday, but everyone was saying that one end was more difficult to bowl at that the other - and due to Afridi's experience over Crane, Afridi was given the harder end.

I think Crane and Abbott bowled exclusively from the nicer end, Afridi bowled exclusively from the more difficult end, and Topley and Berg bowled from both.

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Unchanged team again. I'd have gone Wood for Berg personally.

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50 for Carberry. On the back of a 40-odd on Wednesday, He might be back.