Sussex: Our 2nd opponent on ENG tour

[fwullah]

Murray Goodwin, Mushtaq Ahmed, Dion Nash, Naved-ul-Hasan (is it the Pakistani fast bowler?) - wow its a pretty strong team!

2005 Squad


*CJ Adams
+TR Ambrose
MJG Davis
MW Goodwin
CD Hopkinson
RJ Kirtley
JD Lewry
RSC Martin-Jenkins
RR Montgomerie
Mushtaq Ahmed
CD Nash
Naved-ul-Hasan
+MJ Prior
NRK Turk
IJ Ward
LJ Wright
MH Yardy

Source: Sussex Cricinfo

Edited on, April 3, 2005, 9:30 PM GMT, by Arnab.
Reason: corrected county name

[jeesh]

Surrey is a very strong team! But isnt Thorpe in the team? Anyway i think it will be a heck of a fight against Surrey, them being favourites though. But i feel Bangladesh will feel comfortable playing in Surrey cause they have turning wickets.

[Zephaniah]

Sussex....not Surrey as you mentioned in title!

[jeesh]

No wonder!

[Zephaniah]

Surrey's homeground is the Oval.

But Bangladesh will play on...

Sussex - The County Ground, Eaton Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 3AN (Phone: 01273 827100)

[James90]

Sussex won the comp the season before last but really struggled last year despite having one of the best squads around. Chris Adams, Ian Ward and James Kirtley. Also, I don't think that's Dion Nash, it's Christopher Nash, a 22 year old batsman who has lived and played in Sussex all his life.

Edited on, April 3, 2005, 10:20 PM GMT, by Habibul_fan.

[Akib]

BOt of you are worng. Its Chris Nash. The BBC website says on its Sussex squad page.

[James90]

At least I stayed in the country, *looks down on Fahmida with disappointment*

[Zephaniah]

Originally posted by Habibul_fan
Sussex won the comp the season before last but really struggled last year despite having one of the best squads around. Chris Adams, Ian Ward and James Kirtley. Also, I don't think that's Dion Nash, it's Christopher Nash, a 22 year old batsman who has lived and played in Sussex all his life.

Edited on, April 3, 2005, 10:20 PM GMT, by Habibul_fan.

That was Sussex's first ever championship title for more than 100 years, thanks to Mushtaq Ahmed!

Edited on, April 3, 2005, 10:33 PM GMT, by Zephaniah.

[Ovi Khan]

Sussex is strong enough for BD.

[couger]

Does anyone have the full itinerary?

[fwullah]

Sorry for the mistake on Surrey-Sussex.

Does anyone have the full itinerary?

BD in ENG 05

[TheWatcher]

Looks like this is going to be the toughest practice match for BD.

Can anyone tell us about the Hove ground? Seaming? Batting?

[Zunaid]

Originally posted by couger
Does anyone have the full itinerary?

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[TheWatcher]

Sussex is in great form.

I guess left arm pacer Lewry and leggie Mustaq will cause lots of trouble for BD boys. Don't forget about Kirtley!

[fwullah]

How long ago did any of our (not current) players face Mushtaq Ahmed before?

[fwullah]

I remember we played Murray Goodwin before the 1999 World Cup last, in the Meril International Cup?

[Zobair]

This will definitely be a stern test for us...Sussex just convincingly beat (by an innings and some) Warwickshire, the defending champions!!! They are in red hot form. Here is the BBC match report

[Spitfire_x86]

Originally posted by fwullah
How long ago did any of our (not current) players face Mushtaq Ahmed before?

not current?? what do you mean

anyway, I think among current players only Golla and Sumon faced Mushtaq Ahmed, at 1998 Independance cup.

match link

Golla scored 17 out of 43 balls before getting bowled by Mushtaq Ahmed (IIRC, he attepted a big sweep). Sumon didn't give him his wicket, but fell only for 15 (36 balls), attempting to clear Saqlain over mid-on (again, iirc)

edit: Cricinfo StatsGuru confirms that it's the only match he played against us

Edited on, May 12, 2005, 5:04 PM GMT, by Spitfire_x86.

[areyoushpongled?]

Originally posted by TheWatcher
Sussex is in great form.

I guess left arm pacer Lewry and leggie Mustaq will cause lots of trouble for BD boys. Don't forget about Kirtley!

If a county can beat Bangladesh what hope do we have against full English team.

[Locutus]

Will be interesting to see how bangladesh does because Sussex look very strong stat wise.

[TheWatcher]

Originally posted by areyoushpongled?
If a county can beat Bangladesh what hope do we have against full English team.

First of all, the chance having a result out of this three day game is very slim. Even though Warwickshire lost their game in three days by an innings, I beleive our boys are good enough to hang in there if things go bad.

Secondly, Sussex is a very good team with England discards like Adams and Kirtley and ex-internationals like Goodwin and Mustaq.

Most importantly, their players seem to be in good forms whereas most English test batters are struggling at this point.

So, I don't think a bad show against Sussex will mean we will be buldozed by England. I am hoping our boys will learn a lot from this game.

[LateCut]

I think Navid is under contract with PCB, So he is off to WI. In that case he will not be playing.

[BangladeshFan]

bring them on. if they got mushtaq Bd got rafiq and enamul. If there is turn on the wicket I hope Bd will play enamul and see how he gets on.

But enamul is the trump card. England traditionally have weakness against spinners. As Rafiq is a must it is utmost important to find out how enamul plays in practice games. If he comes good, Bd can go in with 2 pacers with aftab filling in 3rd seamer position

[TheWatcher]

I am afraid that we are not going to have full three days of play against Sussex-

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