OFFICIAL sussex sharks t20 PROGRAMME £2
Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires MAJOR SPONSOR
MAJOR SPONSOR
GROUND SPONSOR
GROUND SPONSOR
Wednesday, July 31, 2013: 7.10pm
MAJOR MAJOR SPONSOR SPONSOR
GROUNDGROUND SPONSORSPONSOR
Friends Life t20 Competition Sponsor 3071 Rix & Kay Cricket Ad Portrait PA08_Layout 1 18/07/2013 16:24 Page 1
TRIED TESTED TRUSTED
Official Match Sponsor
The Wireless hi-Fi sysTem • • • • •
Wireless Hi-Fi in any room in your home Crystal clear room filling sound Control SONOS from your Smartphone, Tablet, PC or Mac Stream live radio stations Connect SONOS to your existing amp and speaker systems
Contact us today for further information about this exciting product
Call our friendly team on 0800 587 47 67 enquiries@briantcomms.com
3
Welcome to Hove
By Zac Toumazi, Chief Executive
W
ell here we are at the final group game of the Friends Life t20 tournament and we welcome our neighbours Kent Spitfires to The BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground, Hove for the return leg of last Wednesday’s match at Canterbury. And how quickly has the tournament flown by? It seems like only a few days ago that I was welcoming you all to Hove for the start of another tournament in the shortest format of the game. Of course the campaign has not quite gone how we wanted on the pitch but it’s been great to see the crowds flocking to the ground for these games and I’m delighted to say that we’re expecting another big crowd this evening. I’d like to place on record my thanks to our two overseas players that we’ve had for the T20 campaign, Dwayne Smith and Scott Styris, as we say goodbye for now. It’s great having two world-class imports that slot straight into the dressing room so well. I guess they’d be the first to admit that as a team we haven’t had the rub of the green in T20 this season by but these two men are valued members of the Sussex family and I hope that we see them again at Hove soon. Hopefully the Sharks can go out with a bang tonight but it isn’t the end of our one-day cricket here this season by any stretch of the imagination. In a couple of weeks time the Yorkshire Bank 40 competition comes out of mothballs and we entertain Netherlands and Nottinghamshire Outlaws in two midweek floodlit matches here at Hove. With the summer holidays now upon us it will be great to see
more youngsters in the crowd for these games. Also, we are supporting the ECB’s ‘Kids Go Free’ initiative for the Netherlands match, with anyone aged 18 and under able to attend the match for FREE!. Just visit www.sussexcricket.co.uk/kidsgofree for more details. That just leaves me to say thank you very much for your attendance in this year’s Friends Life t20 and I hope to see you all back here soon. Very soon in factwe take on Derbyshire on Friday in the LV=County Championship Division One (11am start) as we continue our push for the title.
PINNACLE ExCELLENCE IN vIsuAL CommuNICAtIoN
www.pinnacle.uk.com • 08707 707 765 • info@pinnacle.uk.com Sussex County Cricket Club & Pinnacle wish to thank the advertisers who appear in this publication for their support and wish them every business success. The contents of this brochure are believed to be correct at the time of printing, nevertheless, we cannot endorse and readers should not rely solely upon the accuracy of any statements or claims contained herein without prior consultation with the service provider.
Editorial: MBP Sports Media Photography: Getty Images
| DIGITAL | WEB experts in digitalCREATIVE communication
Exemplary Patient Focused Care
Brighton & Hove’s new hospital For all enquiries please call 01273 828120 The Montefiore Hospital 2 Montefiore Road, Hove BN3 1RD montefioreinfo@spiremonefiore.com MontefioreInfo@spirehealthcare.com
themontefiorehospital.co.uk
5
MY FIRST XI
With Andrew Miller, who made his Sharks T20 debut against Middlesex Panthers earlier this month CRICKETING MEMORY
TIME I PLAYED ABROAD
CRICKETING HERO
TIME I WAS ON TV
CRICKET TEAM
TIME I WON A MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD
At my local club watching my Dad and my brother play
Curtly Ambrose (pictured), Glenn McGrath, Peter Martin and my Dad
Longridge Cricket Club
BAT
Gray Nicolls Scoop 2000
HUNDRED OR FIVE FOR
For Warwickshire against Lancashire at Edgbaston in first-class cricket
TIME I THOUGHT I MIGHT BE A PROFESSIONAL When I got selected for England Under-19s at the age of 17
TIME SOMEONE ASKED FOR MY AUTOGRAPH At a 2nd XI game for Lancashire against Derbyshire at Glossop CC
South Africa with the England Under-16s, and then later in India with the England Under-19s
At Old Trafford for England Under-19s against Sri Lanka
A Kwik Cricket game when I was 8. We needed one more wicket with the last ball to win and I knocked the batsman’s poles over. It was one of my best memories in cricket!
GAME WATCHED LIVE
Lancashire against Yorkshire at Old Trafford (pictured) under the floodlights with my Dad and brother
6
Robbo’s Verdict
LET’S FINISH ON A HIGH It’s been a tough T20 campaign for the Sharks, but Cricket Manager Mark Robinson tells Bruce Talbot that his side are determined to finish on a high with victory tonight….
Sorely missed: The absence of last season’s leading run scorer Matt Prior has badly hit our T20 campaign
7 Robbo, sum up the T20 campaign for us No one can deny it’s been disappointing. When things go wrong in T20, as we have seen in the past, it runs away from you quickly and can be hard to claw back. We were definitely a bit unlucky early on in the competition but not in the last two home games. What, in particular, do you think have been the problems? We just haven’t had an individual batsman go on in the way, for instance, Hamish Rutherford did for Essex last week on enough occasions. That was an exciting and outstanding innings because he played with freedom and the start he gave Essex took the game away from us pretty quickly. Our total could have been competitive but they got off to such a good start but we were well beaten. We just haven’t seen our batsmen produce that type of performance to get us up to scores of around 170, 180 that are usually competitive in T20. We have only made two imposing scores – one at Lord’s when we won and then at Chelmsford, where we came close to winning. Instead, we’ve made a lot of 140s and 150s and that has left us scrapping and trying to claw it back at the end of an innings. We haven’t been good enough at both ends of the innings. After reaching Finals Day last year, did you see it coming? No, it has surprised me. No one has a guarantee to do well and we are in a very strong group again with some good teams. We didn’t get up and running early on and lost a couple of games we should have won. That has left us chasing our tail a little bit in too many games. Only one batsman scored more T20 runs than Matt Prior last year. His unavailability has not helped. Last year Matt was outstanding and was the second highest run scorer in the competition with 249 runs. We had hoped Dwayne Smith would be able to fill that role and do nearly if not as well and we also hoped Rory Hamilton-Brown would do as or nearly as well as Murray Goodwin in the middle order. It hasn’t happened which is disappointing although it’s not because of a lack of effort or application.
Good experience: Callum Jackson had a great T20 debut against Essex with three stumpings
Our recent schedule across all formats has been tough. Has that been a factor? The only possible excuse I can offer is that we have had a very gruelling few weeks. I think it goes back to the night we played Warwickshire at Hove in the YB40 on May 30. Since then we have played pretty much non-stop across all three formats. I’d be surprised if we haven’t played more games at this stage of the season in each of the competitions than anyone else. Yet in August we only have six days of cricket at Hove. Hopefully, the changes to the domestic structure will help address this next season because our fixture list is very unbalanced.
Supporting Sussex Business and Supporting Sussex Cricket Supporting Sussex Business Supporting Sussex Business and and Supporting Sussex Business and Supporting Sussex Cricket Supporting Sussex Cricket OUR SERVICES INCLUDE: Supporting Sussex Cricket • Business Advisory Service • Audit • Advisory Business Advisory • Business Service OUR SERVICESAccounts INCLUDE: Service • Company • Audit • Audit • VAT Returns • Business Advisory Service • Company Accounts • Company Accounts • Audit • Management Accounts • VAT Returns • VAT Returns • Company Accounts • Corporate Tax Planning • Management • Management Accounts Accounts • VAT Returns • Charities/Not For Profit Charity Registration • Corporate Tax Planning • Corporate Tax Planning • Management Accounts • Start Ups • Charities/Not For Profit • Charities/Not For Profit • Corporate Tax Planning Business Plans & Forecasts • Start Ups • Start•Ups • Charities/Not For Profit • Company Secretarial Services • Plans Business Plans & Forecasts • Business & Forecasts • Start Ups • Company Secretarial Services • Company Secretarial Services • Personal & &Tax Returns • BusinessTax Plans Forecasts • Personal &Planning Tax Returns • Personal Tax & TaxTax Returns • Inheritance Tax • Company Secretarial Services • Inheritance Tax Planning • Inheritance Tax Planning • Payroll Service • Personal Tax & Tax Returns OURINCLUDE: SERVICES INCLUDE: OUR SERVICES
Sussex Business and ng Sussex Cricket OUR SERVICES INCLUDE:
Payroll Service • Payroll•• Service Inheritance Tax Planning • Payroll Service For your complimentary consultation please contact: For your complimentary please contact: For your complimentary consultation consultation please contact:
• AdvisoryService Service Robin Wilson • Business Business Advisory 01273821441 821441 Robin 01273 Robin Wilson 01273 821441 For yourWilson complimentary consultation please contact: • Audit • Audit 85 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2BB 85 Church Road,Sussex Hove, BN3 East 2BB Sussex BN3 2BB 85 Church Road, Hove, East • Accounts Robin Wilson 01273 821441 • Company Company Accounts DIRECTORS DIRECTORS DIRECTORS 85 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2BB Robin Wilson FCA DChA , John Mainwood , FCA • VAT Returns Robin Wilson Robin Wilson , John Mainwood , , John Mainwood , • VAT Returns ATTSandford AAT , Anthony Jester , Anthony SandfordFCA . . ,Jester Anthony . Sandford Mark Jester Mark Mark DIRECTORS • Accounts • Management Management Accounts Robin Wilson , John Mainwood , ASSOCIATES ASSOCIATES ASSOCIATES Anthony Sandford Mark Jester • Corporate Tax Planning David Teale , Lorna Overstall Overstall . Overstall Teale FCCA , Lorna ACA . . . • Corporate Tax PlanningDavid Teale David, Lorna ASSOCIATES • Charities/Not For Profit • Charities/Charity Registration David Teale , Lorna Overstall . • Start Ups • Start Ups • Business Plans & Forecasts • Company Business Plans & Forecasts • Secretarial Services • Company Secretarial Services • Personal Tax & Tax Returns • Inheritance Personal Tax Tax & Tax Returns Authorised to carry on investment business by Authorised to carry on investment business by • Planning Image: SNAP Stephen Lawrence SNAP : Stephen Lawrence the Institute of Chartered Accountants the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. in England & Wales. Authorised to carry on investment business by • Inheritance Tax Planning •Stephen Payroll Service Image: Lawrence SNAP the Institute of Chartered in England & Wales. Authorised to Accountants carry on investment business by Image: Stephen Lawrence SNAP the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. • Payroll Service FCA DChA
FCA DChA
ATT AAT
ATT AAT
FCA
FCA
FCA
FCA
FCA DChA
FCCA
ATT AAT ACA FCCA
FCCA
FCA
ACA FCA
ACA
www.wilsonsandford.co.uk www.wilsonsandford.co.uk www.wilsonsandford.co.uk Robin Wilson www.wilsonsandford.co.uk 01273 821441 For your complimentary consultation please contact:
9
Matt Machan has been one of the successes of the T20 campaign and made his competition best 68 against the Spitfires last week
And I guess if you keep losing games, especially in the last over which has happened a lot, it takes it out of the players mentally. When you are winning games during a busy spell it gets you through energy-wise but when you are losing it saps you because you are hurting as individuals and as a team. T20 is the nearest thing we experience to football in a lot of ways with the crowds and expectation. Emotionally, the players invest a lot in this competition and it can take its toll. What have been the positives? We have had some individuals doing well in different games so there are always things to please me as a coach. In the last home game against Essex we saw Callum Jackson make his debut and take three stumpings so that was a good start for him. He will get further
opportunities while Ben Brown recovers from his finger injury so the more exposure we can give to our young players the better. In terms of the more senior players, this is the most cricket Chris Jordan has played in his career which is experience for him which you can’t bank. Until you do things you don’t know how you will cope so it will stand CJ in good stead. Can we expect to see some new faces tonight? Well, we have a big Championship game against Derbyshire on Friday so we have to bear that in mind. That’s the juggling act a coach faces. You want to keep players learning in their roles and also give them a break because of the schedule. But we have our professional pride, as Kent do, and we want to finish the competition on a high.
10
Essex Report
HOT HAMISH
Rutherford flies high for victorious Eagles
Another big crowd in the Herbalife South West Stand enjoy the sunshine and the action
H
amish Rutherford powered Essex Eagles towards the knockout stages of the Friends Life t20 with 84 from 43 balls as they eased to a seven-wicket win over the Sharks in our last home game. The New Zealander’s competition best score helped his side make light work of a target of 147 as Essex won with 17 balls to spare on a roasting hot Hove afternoon. Rutherford hit five sixes and nine fours before he was stumped off leg-spinner Will Beer in the 14th over when Essex were only 13 runs short of their target.
Greg Smith had fallen in Beer’s previous over for 42, the first of two stumpings for debutant Callum Jackson, while Mike Yardy became our leading wicket-taker with his 10th victim but by then the outcome was a foregone conclusion. The Sharks had earlier made 146 for 8 and their batting was unfortunately a reflection of the tournament so far with several batsmen getting starts but none able to play the commanding innings required. Dwayne Smith hit 25 and top scorer Rory Hamilton-Brown (31) before he was strangled down the leg side while Scott Styris and Chris Nash each made 22.
11
The Sharks had earlier made 146 for 8 and their batting was unfortunately a reflection of the tournament so far with several batsmen getting starts but none able to play the commanding innings required. Chris Jordan at full pelt as he bowls to Hamish Rutherford
Will Beer took two wickets and was our best bowler against the Eagles
Dwayne Smith and Callum Jackson make an unsuccessful appeal
Scott Styris collects some runs on the leg side
Leaders are the letting experts you can trust: Strictly vetted tenants
For the perfect blend of stress free letting... ...Leaders infuse quality tenants, experience and care for your property.
www.
Qualified staff Local knowledge 30 years experience Dedicated to lettings In-branch property managers
For the perfect blend of quality tenants and quality service, contact your local Leaders branch Bognor Regis Burgess Hill Chichester Cranleigh Crawley Eastborne East Grinstead Fiveways Haywards Heath Horsham Hove Littlehampton North Laine Rustington Western Road Worthing
.co.uk
01243 841284 01444 239666 01243 533533 01483 274444 01293 553889 01323 431333 01342 410522 01273 561534 01444 450580 01403 217585 01273 321721 01903 890627 01273 675571 01903 786666 01273 720714 01903 210000
13
The Stats Page AVERAGES 2013
FIXTURES TONIGHT - South Group
Batting Player
Mat Inns NO Runs HS
MWMachan 7 CD Nash 9 SB Styris 9 LJ Wright 5 RJ H-B 9 CJ Jordan 7 MH Yardy 8 EC Joyce 2 DR Smith 9 BC Brown 7 JS Gatting 4 WAT Beer 9
7 9 9 5 9 5 6 2 9 6 3 5
Bowling
Player Overs Mdns CD Nash 22 0 SB Styris 23.1 0 WAT Beer 29 0 MH Yardy 29 1 AS Miller 3 0 CJ Jordan 23.5 0 DR Smith 11.4 0 CJ Liddle 30 0 LJ Wright 1 0 LJ Hatchett 3 0
1 1 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 0 2
188 239 202 122 217 23 104 31 110 32 18 9
67 61* 46 81 47 10* 44 18 26 13 11 6*
Runs W kts BBI 133 5 2-12 158 2 1-19 200 5 2-20 200 10 3-30 21 1 1-21 201 8 2-28 105 3 2-11 272 11 3-3 11 0 - 55 0 -
Ave
SR
31.33 29.87 28.85 24.4 24.11 23 20.8 15.5 13.75 8 6 3
130.55 126.45 130.32 140.22 113.02 121.05 102.97 124 119.56 84.21 56.25 100
Ave 26.6 79 40 20 21 25.12 35 24.72 11 18.33
Econ 6.04 6.82 6.89 6.89 7 8.43 9 9.06 11 -
Chelmsford:
Essex v Surrey
Ageas Bowl:
Hampshire v Middlesex
Finals Day
August 17 (Edgbaston)
sharks’ results Opponent
Home
Away
Hampshire
Lost by 5 wkts Lost by 4 wkts
Essex
Lost by 7 wkts L ost by 6 wkts
Kent
Lost by 9 runs July 24th
Middlesex
Lost by 6 wkts Won 24 runs
Surrey
Lost by 10 runs Lost by 3 runs
All home games at The BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground
YOU NEED TO KNOW Each bowler allowed maximum of 4 overs Power plays are mandatory in the first 6 overs Two points are awarded for a win
SOUTH GROUP TABLE
Hampshire Essex Middlesex Surrey Kent Sussex
P 7 8 8 7 7 9
Up to July 24
W 5 5 5 4 2 1
L 1 2 3 3 5 8
T No Res 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 11 11 10 8 4 2
Net r/r 0.536 0.459 0.415 0.192 -1.252 -0.251
Duckworth-Lewis calculations will be made in the event of a rain-affected match, providing five overs have been bowled.
WANT SOME MORE? TICKETS 0844 264 0206 or WWW.SUSSEXCRICKET.CO.UK/TICKETS
Matt Machan
stars
TRIED TESTED TRUSTED
www.rixandkay.co.uk
We are a very well established Hove based Kitchen Design and installation company. From concept through to Design and installation our expertise will allow you to select the very best products to impress and enjoy for years to come. Come see our new Kitchen designs on display in our state of the art showroom featuring the very best in German and European Manufacturing. We offer simply stunning kitchens with an unrivalled range of appliances, worktops and accessories. We are very competitive and will not be beaten on price. Bring in your Kitchen quote and plan and if we can’t beat it like for like then we will give you a free complementary bottle of Champagne. *valid until the 12/08/2013.
New state of the art showroom Featuring the latest German designed furniture and appliances.
CaLL Us: 01273 207 020
enquiries@hovekitchens.co.uk • www. hovekitchens.co.uk 191 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2AB
SUPPLY DESIGN INSTALLATION Established in Brighton and Hove in 1979, hbc for bathrooms is committed to providing high quality service for all aspects of bathroom products, design and installation. Using exclusive bathroom goods from top quality European manufacturers and our expert knowledge, we are able to create luxury bathrooms that allow you to impress, invigorate, relax and unwind.
CALL US: 01273 730 149 info@hbcforbathrooms.com www. hbcforbathrooms.com 195 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2AB
17
MY FIRST XI LUKE WELLS with his choices CRICKETING MEMORY Watching my Dad (pictured) play for Sussex at Hove
TIME SOMEONE ASKED FOR MY AUTOGRAPH Playing for England Under-18s against New Zealand in 2008
TIME I PLAYED ABROAD
A school trip to Barbados when I played for the Under-13s
TIME I WAS ON TV
In Bangladesh in 2009 playing for the England Under-19s
CRICKET TEAM
Glynde & Bedingham CC
BAT
Slazenger V500 Protege
HUNDRED OR FIVE FOR
As a pro, that was 108 against Durham in the County Championship in 2010
GAME WATCHED LIVE
I can’t remember, I’d have been too young!
TIME I THOUGHT I MIGHT BE A PROFESSIONAL I always thought I would be
TIME I WON A MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD Scoring my first 50 against Kent Under10s. I hit the winning runs!
CRICKETING HERO Brian Lara (pictured right)
SCORE
18 SUSSEX SHARKS BATSMAN 1 DR Smith
HOW OUT
2
MW Machan
25
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
RJ Hamilton-Brown SB Styris CD Nash * EC Joyce MH Yardy CJ Jordan WAT Beer CF Jackson + CJ Liddle
27 56 23 24 20 8 18
BOWLER
BOWLER
SCORE
50
11 OVERS
MDNS
RUNS
BYES LEG BYES NO BALLS WIDES WICKETS TOTAL
WKTS
UMPIRES: Trevor Jesty and Nigel Llong FALL OF WICKET SCORE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
SUSSEX SHARKS OVER
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
KENT SPITFIRES OVER
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Sussex CCC Official Partners and Sponsors 2013 Major Sponsor
Box Holders
Farnrise Construction
Mayo Wynne Baxter
Adaptive Modules COBB PR Cardens Accountants DW Electrical Farnrise Construction Fireco Insightful Direction KEW Electrical Preston Insurance Brokers RDF Group
Rivervale Cars
Greene King
MKK Sports
Sutton Winson Insurance and Risk Managers
Ground Sponsor
BrightonandHoveJobs.com Official Beer Partner
Greene King
South-West Stand Sponsor
Herbalife
Boundary Rooms Sponsor
The Montefiore Hospital
Executive Suite Sponsor Official Vehicle Supplier Official Kit Supplier
Friends Life t20 Competition Sponsor Academy Ground Sponsor Corporate Partners
Absolute Magazine Brewin Dolphin Crawley Town FC Crimson Hotels: Official Hotel Partner Davis TV: Official AV Supplier Feel Good Drinks: Official Juice Drinks Par Flowers Unlimited: Official Flowers Partne Focus Group: Official Energy Partner Focus Group: Official Telecoms Partner Herbalife: Official Nutrition Partner IEP Financial Incredible Sports Company Juice FM: Official Media Partner Kestrin Languard: Official Security Partner Nsure
CARD
19
KENT SPITFIRES BATSMAN 23 DJ Bell-Drummond 4 RT Key 30 FK Cowdrey 20 SW Billings 3 DI Stevens 18 AJ Blake 9 GO Jones + 29 VD Philander 26 MT Coles 15 JC Tredwell * 33 AEN Riley BOWLER
HOW OUT
OVERS
MDNS
BOWLER
RUNS
SCORE
BYES LEG BYES NO BALLS WIDES WICKETS TOTAL
WKTS
SCORERS: Mike Charman and Lorne Hart FALL OF WICKET SCORE 17
18
19
20
17
18
19
20
rtner er
1
2
Pinnacle Group: Official Publishing Partner Pro-X: Official Print Partner Rabbit Skips: Official Waste Partner Reactive Interiors: Official Flooring Partner Rushfields Garden Centre: Official Plant Partner Silver Star Cleaning Spire Orthopedic Centre: Official Medical Advisors Sporting Signs: Official Signage Partner Sportwise Marketing Sussex Transport: Official Transport Partner The Argus: Official Media Partner The Classic Watch Company Travel Places: Official Flight Partner Wealden Medical Services: Official Paramedic Partner
3
4
5
Players Club
Alex Mackay Andy Crumpton Chris Goodman Clive Roberts Danny Marshall Ian Cameron Ian Fletcher-Price John Reeve John Russell-Murphy Mandy Bridson Mark Harrington Mike Borissow Mike Punter Nick Feeney
6
7
8
9
10
Steve Moore
Community Partners
Santander Corporate Banking Farnrise Construction Southern Rail Southern Water Charity Partners
Lord’s Taverners Martlets Hospice Rockinghorse Children’s Charity Sussex Cricket Combined Appeal 2013 Wooden Spoon
Do you need legal advice from only very highly qualified & experienced legal professionals? Do you value personal service, speaking to your solicitor face to face, having easy access to your solicitor by phone and email, receiving advice in plain English? If yes, then please do contact us for expert legal advice on a wide range of legal matters including: • Family Law (Divorce, Civil Partnership Dissolution, • Financial Disputes, Children Matters) • Wills, Probate & Powers of Attorney • Residential Conveyancing and Commercial • Conveyancing • Personal Injury – all forms of accident claims • Civil Litigation/Debt Recovery We offer a free and no obligation first interview to discuss your matter so you know where you stand from the very beginning. We also offer Fixed Fees, No Win No Fee Agreements and Privately Paying Agreements.
Call or email us today on: Tel: 01273-734 600 Email: advice@crosbywoods.co.uk 75 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2BB www.crosbywoods.co.uk
A winning partnership Designing spaces for people Evolution Architects wishes Sussex
County Cricket Club the best of luck for the 2013 season. Evolution is a Hove-based architectural company. Our focus is that buildings are for people and, whether working for private house owners or large organisations, we design spaces rich in design quality and high in client value. Contact us for a no obligation discussion about your design or project management requirements. Be it a small extension, an internal refurbishment or a large new building, we promise no googlies, no cutters, no flippers, no bouncers, no yorkers… just the perfect delivery every time. Evolution Architects
6 St John’s Place, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2FJ
Evolution advert June 2013_04.indd 1
www.evolutionarchitecture.co.uk telephone 01273 734064 twitter @Evolution_Arch
18/06/2013 10:51
| DIGITAL | WEB experts in digitalCREATIVE communication
the marketing sPecialist that gets results • • • • • • • • •
social media web design email & emarketing branding graPhic design Print direct mail strategy business growth consultancy
w: afinis.co.uk t: @afinisuk f: facebook.com/afinis P: 0870 005 2211 m: 07970 425 134
BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY CABS We’ll get you where you want to be whatever time of day
(01273)
205 205
TaxiBrighton We specialise in Brighton & Hove taxi journeys to and from Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted Airports. With Taxi Brighton you can book your Brighton taxis online and save 15% on the usual fare. We operate an online booking service for all our Brighton taxi journeys where a click-of-the button gives you guaranteed peace of mind. Brighton – Gatwick
205205
(01273) 205 205 www.205205.com
from:
£39
Brighton – Heathrow
from:
£85
www.taxibrighton.com
Proud supporters of Sussex CCC
172 Tivoili Crescent North Brighton BN1 5NA
Brighton 50 50 80 www.chiropodybrighton.co.uk
Play the revenue with a straight bat but score as many runs as possible!
www.hsc.uk.net e: enquiries@hsc.uk.net t: 01273 324163 (Brighton) t: 01403 786788 (Billingshurst)
Autograph
0845 129 7505
info@prestonib.co.uk www.prestonib.co.uk 11 Hollingbury Place, Brighton BN1 7GE
Proud Supporters of Sussex CCC • Commercial insurance specialists • • Helping and protecting Sussex businesses • • Insurance broker of choice to several Sussex CCC connected businesses • • Clients ranging from business start-ups to multi-national • • First class local and personal service • • Dedicated claims and risk management • FREE ENTRY TO SUSSEX CCC: You are invited to join us at our box at The BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground in Hove throughout the season, for an informal way to discuss your business requirements, enjoy refreshments and first class cricket!
25
BATTLE FOR THE QUARTERS
Stephen Moore acknowledges the crowd after reaching a half-century for Lancashire Lightning in front of more than 12,000 fans at Old Trafford for last week’s Roses match
A
s the qualifying stages of the Friends Life T20 reaches its climax, we look at what is happening in the two other groups, which have proved to be as tight as the battle for a top two finish here in the South. North Group Lancashire’s brutal demolition of Roses rivals Yorkshire at Old Trafford a week ago has put the Lightning in with a chance of progressing from a group dominated, in the early stages at least, by the consistency of Nottinghamshire Outlaws. More than 12,000 watched Lancashire’s eightwicket win, with Stephen Moore making 66, although there was a 20-minute power failure which knocked out two floodlights. Lancashire needed Jimmy Anderson – not their premier bowler but the club’s resident electrician – to rectify the problem. Notts, Derbyshire and Durham are contesting the other quarter-final place. The Falcons boosted their hopes by winning at Trent Bridge in a nine overs a-side game following rain while Durham went into the finale with three wins in their last four games.
Phil Mustard, with 308 runs, is leading the Dynamos’ charge. Midlands Group Gloucestershire Gladiators are out of the running for a quarter-final place and their chances next season will have been harmed before a ball is bowled after they were deducted 2 points for preparing a pitch offering excessive turn at Cheltenham last week. Northamptonshire have been the most consistent team in the group with six wins so far while Glamorgan, with ex-Shark Murray Goodwin showing consistent form, the surprise package with five wins out of eight. Somerset have improved after a poor start while Warwickshire are also in with a chance, although their best hope is to qualify as one of the two best third-placed teams. Another ex-Shark, Yasir Arafat, has been showing decent form for Somerset with 16 wickets, three fewer than Northants’ Azharullah, who is the leading wicket-taker so far.
Leisurewear coming soon! www.greshamblake.com
27 Matt Machan made his T20 best in the defeat to tonight’s opponents
SO CLOSE
Spitfires hold their nerve to deny Sharks
T
he Sharks came up short yet again at Canterbury a week ago as we lost to the Kent Spitfires in our penultimate South Group game. It was a game that followed a similar pattern to so many of our matches. Although Matt Machan top scored with an excellent 66 from 48 balls, the Sharks could only manage 39 for 1 in their powerplay compared to Kent’s 70 for 2. And although good bowling by Chris Nash, whose four overs only cost 15 runs, dragged it back Kent reached 173 for 7 as Darren Stevens made an unbeaten 77 with 20 plundered off the final over from Lewis Hatchett. Machan has been one of the successes of the T20 campaign and when he added 68 for the third wicket with Nash (31) there was hope but 108 from the last ten overs was always going to be a tough ask.
The Sharks needed 23 off the final over and although Scott Styris hit a six and four off the first two balls he was caught on the boundary off the fourth and Kent were home by nine runs. ROBBO’S VERDICT: “I think this game got away from us because of the first six overs of their innings compared to the first six of ours. Kent scored 70 in the powerplay but we only made 39 in ours, and we let them get away too quickly. We also conceded 20 runs from the last over of their innings and that proved just too much. What happened in this game highlights what has happened to us throughout the competition. We’ve not got away fast enough in the early overs, and haven’t controlled the last few overs well enough.”
• • • •
Interior Design Home Makeovers Home Staging Show Homes
In the South East and London w: www.poisedtomove.co.uk tel: 07939 537270
Kent Focus
TEENAGER BELL-DRUMMOND’S COMING OF AGE
29
Spitfires’ starlet Daniel Bell-Drummond tells Mark Pennell why he is beginning to feel more at home in Kent’s first team
T
hough he only turns 20 on August 4, Kent opening batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond is starting to show signs that he is already coming of age in terms of his performances in senior cricket. With scores of 21 and 25, the Lewisham-born right-hander played only a minor role in Kent’s epic LV= County Championship win against Gloucestershire in Cheltenham earlier this month, where they chased down 411 on the final day, but followed that with a competition-best 79 in the home draw with Hampshire. Indeed, with three Championship half-centuries now under his belt, Bell-Drummond says he is starting to come to terms with his role in Kent’s fourday team, as well as learning other skills fast through a string of opportunities in T20 and one-day cricket. He said: “I found it tough in my first season playing a lot of Championship cricket over a short period of time, not just because of the quality of players you come up against, but also with the constant day-in and day-out pressures of it all. “It was a real eye-opener, but as long as I can move in the right direction and keep giving 100 per cent to my practice and to my playing, then I will have no complaints. “I never feel comfortable as such, because I am always looking to achieve more, but I do feel happier with my role and that things are moving forward. “I’ve scored a lot of 20s and 30s and haven’t
kicked on as much as I’d have liked to from that sort of base, but I am feeling much more confident now. That said, I would have liked to have registered three figures in the Championship for the first time.” Candid in appraising his own performances, BellDrummond conceded he struggled at the start of his 201-minute innings of 79 against Hampshire in Kent’s most recent four-day outing. He added: “James Tomlinson’s a good bowler who I’ve played against quite a lot over the past couple of years both at first and second XI level. “Being a left-armer who swings it both ways I’ve always found him really tough to face. He’s quite clever and, facing him it didn’t feel like the same pitch we had fielded on for the best part of two days. “It seemed to get a bit quicker at the start of our innings and he really tested me out then, but I was glad to get through it. I also found Sohail Tanvir difficult with his action and hooping it away from me bowling off the wrong foot, but I stayed in the zone and focussed on each ball as it came. “It may have looked worse than it was at the start of my innings, but I just wanted to keep out every ball however I could, rather than looking good. “It really helped having Rob Key down the other end. He kept really positive about everything. I could have played out a maiden where everyone may have thought I’d struggled, but Keysy would stroll down and say ‘he bowled well at you there, but you played it well’.”
30
Kent Focus
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT FOR DAZZL
Bats are getting bigger, but Spitfires’ ace Darren Stevens with a smaller blade as the Sharks discovered last month
31 Darren Stevens plays a paddle sweep with his thinner bat during a T20 game against Middlesex Panthers at Uxbridge earlier this month
LER
s is firing h
D
arren Stevens has revealed the secret weapon that is helping him to put county attacks to the sword this season. Kent’s veteran all-rounder, nicknamed ‘The Dazzler’, has been using a thinner bat – no more than four inches wide – during practice sessions in order to hone the shots that helped him, in a remarkable Yorkshire Bank 40 victory against the Sharks on June 19, to equal Mark Ealham’s record for Kent’s fastest one-day hundred. Stevens struck a 44-ball century to put him level with Ealham’s mark, set against Derbyshire in 1995 in a Sunday League game at Maidstone, and went on to score 118 from 53 balls, with seven sixes and 12 fours. It was, however, just one of a string of thrilling knocks in late May, throughout June and into July which showed that, at 37, Stevens remains one of the most destructive batsmen in the county game. He said: “I’ve been spending some time practicing with a thin bat that has both outside and inside edges sawn off. My usual one-day bats are 2lb 12ozs but the thinner bat, although it’s only about four inches wide, is weighted at the back so it’s just under 2lb 10ozs.
I kept getting out lbw, which was really annoying, so Jack threw me this thin bat one day and sent me into the nets to face Chris Lewis with a new ball. “I think it helps that it’s just that little bit lighter. Using it when I’m practising makes me play as straight as I possibly can. It’s helped for sure, but there’s also a little bit of experience behind me now. “It’s an idea that Jack Birkenshaw first came up with years ago when I played under him at Leicestershire. I kept getting out lbw, which was really annoying, so Jack threw me this thin bat one day and sent me into the nets to face Chris Lewis with a new ball. “It was proper ‘old school’ coaching from Jack, who just told me to get in there and play and not to come out until the ball was hitting the middle of this narrow bat. I had to fight for my life, but his thinking was that unless I played really straight then I’d not middle a thing. It focussed my mind and, eventually, it made me play straight. “I didn’t feel in great form early this season and, just before the start of the County Championship game against Essex in May, I remembered Jack’s thin bat. So I took it out to the nets, started hitting with it and I’ve been using it most days since.” Despite the power of his hitting against Sussex, Stevens could not believe his hundred was so quick. “When I got back to the dressing room all the lads came up to congratulate me and that’s when they told me I’d equalled Ealy’s club record,” he added. Interview: Mark Pennell
Kent Focus
32 James Tredwell celebrates a wicket with Jos Buttler during the Champions Trophy semifinal victory over South Africa last month
TREDWELL PROUD OF ENGLAND HONOUR Spitfires’ skipper thrilled to be named captain of his country
33
K
ent Spitfires’ skipper James Tredwell admits he was both “stunned and incredibly honoured” to be made England captain for the second NatWest International Twenty20 game against New Zealand at the end of June. Even though rain washed out all but two deliveries of the match at The Oval, Tredwell says the honour of leading his country for the first time will remain with him for the rest of his days. “I found out at lunchtime the previous day when I got a phone call from Geoff Miller telling me the scenario surrounding Eoin Morgan’s finger injury and saying that he’d like me to take the reins,” said Tredwell. “It was a really proud moment, but there was little or no time to take it all in because before too long I was talking with our coach Ashley Giles and then Giles Clarke, the ECB chairman, who both rang in the next couple of minutes.
He added: “What with all the radars and weather reports we knew rain was on the way and it did put the dampener on the occasion, but even so I went down on the team sheet as captain and no one can ever take that away from me.” Tredwell is now looking forward to his return to county duty while England contest the Ashes Test series and remains intent on improving the consistency of Kent performances. The Spitfires showed what they are capable of in T20 when they handed Hampshire Royals their first defeat ten days ago and will be anxious, like Sussex, to finish a disappointing campaign on a high. He said: “When you’re given the role of club captain you want to be as involved as much you can, so being away with England sometimes makes that tricky. But, in other ways, it has been good to take a step back because you can
I’ve been massively lucky to be so involved in the England set-up and, what with playing more regularly over the past few months, it has all made for a really tremendous ride. “I was stunned and swallowed hard when I heard the news, but it was a massively proud day. You dream of these things as a kid but, even though I’ve been in and around the dressing room and have been immersed in it for quite a while now, you don’t dare to assume it can ever happen to you. “I’ve been massively lucky to be so involved in the England set-up and, what with playing more regularly over the past few months, it has all made for a really tremendous ride.” Although the inclement weather over Kennington took the gloss off the match as a spectacle, Tredwell says nothing will dull the honour of being invited to lead his country into t20 battle.
sometimes get too immersed in the job. “You can often learn more about performances by hearing about the dynamics of the group, the goings-on in the dressing room and the performance of individuals from a third party. “And I picked up a lot from reports back from the likes of Jimmy Adams, Geraint Jones and Rob Key. Through them, I got to know exactly what happened in my absence.” Interview: Mark Pennell
34
Gillette Cup Celebration
Winning captain Ted Dexter is presented with the inaugural Gillette Cup back in 1963.
50 YEARS ON…
Lunch will celebrate Gillette Cup triumph
A
t this time of the season the focus is very much on T20, but later this summer Sussex are hosting a special lunch to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest days in the club’s long history. Back in September 1963, Sussex were the first winners of the inaugural Gillette Cup one-day competition after beating Worcestershire in the final. The lunch takes place on Sunday, September 8, in the Montefiore Hospital Boundary Rooms here at The BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground. Neil Lenham will host the event and the guests include players from both sides including Sussex captain Ted Dexter, Jim Parks and Norman Gifford, who played for Worcestershire that day and later coached Sussex.
A commemorative booklet produced by Nick Sharp and limited to 150 copies, will also be available to buy on the day at £20 per copy. Email Nick at sharp554@ btinternet.com to place an advance order. Tickets for this lunch are £35 and you can book your place by sending a cheque, made payable to SCCA, and send to Richard Barrow c/o The BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground. Please wherever possible include your email address or a SAE for written reply. The lunch has limited capacity and is expected to be very popular with our members and supporters so please act now to make sure of your place. The event starts at 12 noon with Lunch from 1pm and proceeds go to the Sussex Combined Cricket Appeal.
VintaGe
& P R e - c h e R i S h e d
watcheS it’s hard to find excellent gilt dial Rolex 5513 Submariners. they are the most in demand Rolex – whether that be early gilt dials or slightly later matte dials. here we have another beauty. a 1.3m serial number dates the watch to 1966 (what a year!).
SHOP: 29 Station Road PoRtSlade Bn41 1GB CALL: 01273 239763 www.jamesrossjewellers.com
Stunning Rolex 5513 Submariner wristwatch Demand for this iconic classic constantly outweighs supply. Please contact us for price and any further information.
Visit our website www.hppc.co.uk to find out what Hurst can offer your son or daughter Excellent teaching and record of academic achievement Challenging and varied extra-curricular programmes with the highest quality mentoring for all pupils A school with integrity, energy, warmth and a ‘can do’ attitude Fiercely ambitious for each and every child to achieve their personal bests Hurstpierpoint College, College Lane, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex 01273 836936 admissions@hppc.co.uk