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CONTENTS 5| 6|

Welcome

Tymal Mills: Playing to win

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Finals Day: A fan’s eye view

Bowman’s away days: Taunton

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Harry Finch: Making the grade

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Autographs

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Sussex Cricket Foundation

George Garton: Young guns go for it!

Sussex Sharks Squad Somerset Squad

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A VERY WARM WELCOME TO THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND

FOR THE 2018 VITALITY BLAST W

We have an exciting group of T20 players and on paper have one of the strongest squads we have put together for some time. We all know having a good squad on paper is never actually much use in sport and all will depend on how the squad pulls together and delivers their skills under pressure from some other top-class sides in the southern group, however.

e extend a warm welcome to all our opponents – players, staff, board members and supporters. Hove is always special on a T20 day or night and I thoroughly enjoyed my first season here last year and believe this year is going to be even better. We are thrilled to have Rashid Khan and Tom Bruce here as our overseas players and very much hope they enjoy their experience with us in Sussex. They are part of an experienced and exciting squad captained by Luke Wright and containing a number of players who have experienced the biggest tournaments around the world – Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Jofra Archer, David Wiese as well as Luke and Rashid. We also have Jason Gillespie who coached the Adelaide Strikers to the Big Bash title this year in Australia. Despite the talk of the new city-based competition starting in 2020, the T20 Blast remains and will remain critical to the future of counties such as Sussex. From 2020 onwards, the Blast will be played before the new competition with all of our best players available and some places available in the new competition for wildcard selection if players perform well in the Blast. Players will want to be selected in the new tournament, but I don’t see it as competition to the Sussex Sharks Blast programme. I see it as more of a representative selection a bit like international programmes. We will fight hard to protect our T20 team and brand and make sure our best players are available. Thank you for your support this season. A special mention to all our fans and hospitality visitors. Your support is much appreciated by us all and we hope you have a fantastic time. Also, an enormous ‘thank you’ to Boundless our T20 shirt sponsor, and Sea Life as sponsor of our brand-new family stand located by the indoor school. Enjoy the match! Rob Andrew, Sussex Cricket Chief Executive

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FINALS DAY A FAN’S EYE VIEW Finals Day is where every team in the Vitality Blast hopes to be on 15th September. Mark Dunford give a spectator’s view of the biggest day out in domestic cricket…

o misquote arguably the greatest film of all time: “As far back I can remember, I always wanted to go to T20 Finals Day.” Ever since its inaugural tournament in 2003, the Twenty20 Cup has always been an exciting, exhilarating competition, culminating in a wonderful showpiece finals day. One Saturday night in 2015 when Lancashire Lightning were beating the Northants Steelbacks by 13 runs on TV, I said to my wife Amanda, “I’d love to go to finals day one year”. Then on April 9, 2016 (my birthday), I opened a present which was a box containing 20 teabags. It took me a while to solve this cryptic clue - Sherlock Holmes I am not but it soon struck me - Tea 20...T20. I was going to Edgbaston for finals day. All I hoped for now was a side that meant something to me to be there. Kent (where I was born), Hampshire (where I grew up) or Sussex (where I live) - I would have settled for any of them. Unfortunately, this did not happen for me as all

three teams failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. So really I was just hoping for a county from the southern section to qualify for the semis. Again, fortune was not on my side as all four sides who qualified from Northern section - Northants Steelbacks, Nottinghamshire Outlaws, Durham Jets and Yorkshire Vikings - all made it to the semis. Who were we going to support? Well, Northants was the most Southern team, so the Steelbacks it was. The bonus with this was the big names who were going to be there. Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Alex Hales, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, Andre Russell and many more. Not only was it my first finals day, it was my first trip to Edgbaston, and what a great venue for a finals day. Arriving at the ground, we started seeing all the fans arriving in their weird and wonderful outfits, a few Where’s Wallys, cops, robbers,

donkeys, very colourful suits, they were all there. The forecast for the day wasn’t good but when we (wife Amanda and son Noah) arrived it was bright sunshine. And the first thing we did was have our photo taken with the trophy and former England captain Michael Vaughan. I asked him who he thought was going to win. He said: “Watch out for those Steelbacks.” At points during the day, the cricket is almost

secondary. Sitting in the family stand, we were opposite the Eric Hollies stand. This is a fun stand to watch. The cops chase the robbers, the beer snakes span whole rows, beach balls make their way up and down the stands and then there’s the singing. It’s funny how everyone knows the words to Sweet Caroline when they are at a cricket ground. The noise and sights in that stand alone help make finals day what it is. And then there’s Bumble. The man has more charisma in his left toe than most have in their whole body. Whether it’s singing a bit of Johnny Cash or leading the mascot race, everyone hangs onto his every word. If David Lloyd wasn’t there, then what would be the point of finals day? The mascot race is joy to behold. Seeing Sid the Shark battle it out with the 17 other mascots is the perfect tonic to the lull between matches. But back to the cricket. The two strongest sides on paper were poor on the day. In the

first semi, Notts lost to Northants by eight runs. Ben Duckett was awesome to watch, hitting 84 from 47 balls, while Andre Russell promised much in his 18-ball 39 but it wasn’t enough as the Steelbacks made it through. In the second semi, Yorkshire were defeated by Durham, who had Ben Stokes and Mark Wood in scintillating form. Stokes hit three sixes in a 36-ball 56 while Wood took 4-25. Because of the weather, Durham skipper Paul Collingwood had no time to celebrate as he had to toss up for the final. The final had two great batting performances. Keaton Jennings hit 88 in 55 balls as Durham posted 153-8 before Josh Cobb lead the Steelbacks home with 80 from 43 balls. That Michael Vaughan knew what he was talking about. The majority of the final was played in driving rain, but nobody cared. I didn’t, Noah didn’t, everyone in the Hollies Stand didn’t, Bumble didn’t and those Steelback fans certainly didn’t. T20 finals day is entertainment in its purest form. There’s singing, drinking, costumes, elite level sport, individual brilliance and Sid the Shark. It really is The Greatest Show. Sussex enjoyed this experience in 2009 wouldn’t it be great to see the Sharks as part of that show again this year?

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TYMAL MILLS: PLAYING TO WIN T

Some people have the gift of positivity. When you are in their company, you can’t help but be impressed by their positive outlook on life. Their positivity becomes infectious, they are good people to be around. Tymal Mills is such a person.

ymal has had some tough injury breaks in his career, and it would be easy for him to react negatively to challenges like that. But he doesn’t. It seems that the only focus for Tymal, is looking forward to the positive opportunities to come, not dwelling on disappointments of the past. Here is a man determined to do his very best every day, make the most out of every opportunity given to him, and look to achieve the main thing on his mind at the moment, which is helping the Sharks win the Vitality Blast. So is that a realistic target for the Sharks this year? “Definitely. I mean, ultimately, I’m playing to win. Obviously I only play T20 for Sussex now, so I just want to win it. It’s as simple as that really. We’ve very much under achieved in this competition and have only got out of the group once in my time here. As a team, we all want to win and I think that if we look at our squad this year, it gives us our best chance of winning since I joined. It’s a very exciting time.” It’s great to hear such a positive view from one of the club’s key players, but at time of writing, despite an excellent spell in the T20 Hurricane Relief match at Lords, Tymal was suffering from a niggling injury which has frustrated him. “Yes, I bowled really well at Lords, so it was annoying to pick up an injury, but hopefully it won’t hold me back too much. I’m very much targeting making that first game of the tournament. When I look at last year, where I only played four games, personally, it’s all about getting out on the field. I just want to play as much as I can, mainly so I can repay the faith that Sussex have shown in me. I’m doing everything I can to make that possible.”

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And if there’s anyone who knows all about the hard work and commitment required to get fit, it’s Tymal. He’s not one to shy away from doing what’s needed to get back out onto the pitch. “Three winters ago, after my back condition was diagnosed, the ECB took me away to work on my strength and conditioning. There was a lot of trial and error in terms of the best exercises to use to get myself into good shape again. I worked extremely hard to put myself in a position where my body could best cope with the rigours of bowling fast. There was lots of gym work and running work, which basically resulted in resetting my posture and learning how to put as little pressure on my back as possible.” So there’s clearly little that Tymal won’t do to get himself fit and ready for the Sharks, even playing for his old minor county side, Suffolk, earlier in the season. What was the thinking behind that? “Well, I was training full-time with Sussex, bowling for three days and in the gym for the other two, but obviously it was tough just waiting for the T20s, because that’s all I play. So, the main problem I had in the early season was trying to find people to bowl at because the boys were concentrating on their County Championship stuff. With Suffolk, it was the first year of the Minor Counties T20 Tournament and it worked out perfectly for me in terms of timing. I had played for Suffolk as a junior, so it was great to turn out at a couple of grounds that I played at growing up. My mum and my sister got to come and watch me too, which was great. I’m really grateful to Suffolk and it got me some good match practice going into the season, which was important.” That practice will hopefully pay off, because in this T20 tournament, many cricket writers are already talking about Sussex having the strongest attack in the competition. There must be a lot of excitement for being a big part of that? “Definitely. I think its brilliant, there’s been a lot of chat about it and rightly so. Also, if you add in the likes of Danny Briggs and David Wiese, we look to be very strong. However, as a bowling group it’s up to us 10

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now to take a lot of responsibility on ourselves and feel that we have to win games for the club. It’s our job to take the pressure off the batters, whatever the state of the game.” So it’s a question of working as a unit and taking responsibility during games? “Absolutely. It might be that we only get 130 or 140 on the board. If so, then it’s up to us to back ourselves that we can actually go out and defend those totals. Similarly, if we bowl first, we have to go out there thinking that we can restrict teams to low scores. I think we all have to stand up. It’s all very well having a team full of good bowlers and good names on paper, but obviously we have to deliver on that also. I’m really looking forward to that challenge.” Will you be setting yourself any targets for the tournament ahead? “Not for a whole season, but game to game I definitely judge myself. If I go for less than 30 runs then I know I’ve had a good game, whether

I’ve taken wickets or not. If I go for over 30, I’m disappointed. Even if I’ve taken a three-for, I’ll still be annoyed that I didn’t keep it under 30 so that’s the kind of benchmark I set for each game.” A new addition to the attack this year will be Rashid Khan, the leg spinner currently taking the world by storm. You played alongside him in the Rest of the World T20 Team at Lords, what type of guy was he and how will he fit in at Hove? “He’s a great guy. When we got on the bus I went and sat by him and introduced myself and had a good chat with him. He said because he’s not played in England domestically before, he’s really looking forward to coming over. He’s quite a young guy, he speaks good English and is quite outgoing. He’s got friends in the area which will help him settle in really well. Like most Asian

superstars who come to play over here, he’s looking forward to doing the simple things that they just can’t do in their own countries, like just going to the shop. He’s obviously a world-class bowler, so the boys will get around him and make him feel really welcome. Having now met him, I know he’s going to be a great fit with the boys, and will play a big part in any success that might come our way in this tournament.” I think it’s fair to say that every Sussex fan will hope that if any success does come their way this summer, that a fit, positive and world class Tymal Mills will play a very big part in it too. by Dave Brayley

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BOWMAN’S AWAY DAYS:

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Good afternoon and welcome to everyone here at The 1st Central County Ground Hove for this ultra-exciting Vitality Blast match against Somerset.

s per previous T20 Blast notes this column takes us to the grounds of our guests and this afternoon we take a look back at a Sussex win and a rather controversial weather-related reversal. The trip to Taunton in 2015 on a Friday evening proved quite a mission. Leaving work at 11.30 am, I jumped into the old Peugeot 206 and set off up the M23 around the M25 and (slowly) along the M4. As you visitors will know, that road in from the M5 can be very busy at that time. After edging towards the ground I was very lucky to get into the car park across the road missing the first over or two. Sussex were batting. Skipper Luke Wright made a lovely 49 with most of the top order getting great starts. Chris Jordan was on fire with the bat making a quick fire 37 to bring up a total of 175. In reply Jim Allenby (78) looked to be taking the hosts to victory until he was run out. With things getting very tight Will Beer turned the game with 3-23. At the end of a breathless match and victory for Sussex I must admit to taking a moment’s recovery back at the car before moving on. After a half hour repose that daunting trip back up the M5 commenced and I was back in Mid Sussex for 1.30am. In 2017, my new Sussex travelling buddy Paul Elford took on the driving. We left the pick-up point (top of M23) at 9.30am. The journey down was very routine except for a startling incidence on the M5. We suddenly hit traffic. Up ahead we could see thick smoke on the carriage way and as we got close we were amazed to see an ambulance ablaze!

Our afternoon in Taunton started well with a nice Wetherspoons meal and a beer or two. However, as the 2.30 pm start came around skies darkened, and heavy rain fell. For the next 3 hours it was a case of covers on cover off, ground staff working like trojans. Paul and I, under cover of the new Somerset Pavilion, sat and watched patiently. Then, without warning an eight over thrash ensued. With heavy rain falling through out it was clear that the game would finish come what may. Corey Anderson won it with 41 off 31 balls as the hosts posted 104. The Sharks were never in contention scoring 71 runs. There was a lot of post-match talk about the conditions and if the game should have gone ahead. As we travelled home Paul and I talked at great length about what had gone on. My thoughts were then and still now that if the umpires say it’s fit to play then get out there! Both teams really needed the two points at that time and it was fitting that both were given the opportunity. Of course, that didn’t lessen any gloom in the car during a long trip home. Let’s hope the weather doesn’t have any hand to play in this afternoon’s proceedings! Colin Bowman, Sussex super-fan

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HARRY FINCH:

MAKING THE GRADE A

With maiden centuries in the County Championship and One Day Cup this summer, it has already been a breakout season for Harry Finch.

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battling hundred against Middlesex in notoriously difficult May conditions preceded a more fluent ton against Hampshire in the Hove sun. Despite limited opportunity before the start of the season, the left-hander remained confident that the runs would come once given a regular run in the team. It is no surprise then, that his immediate feeling was of relief when reaching that first Championship century. A sentiment likely shared among the whole Sussex squad after helping his team recover from 127 for 6 to post an imposing 323 in reply to Middlesex’s 230 – a game they went on to win. “The Championship century was 100% relief. There was an element of enjoyment, but the overwhelming feeling was of relief and it was made extra special by the position we were in within the game. “It was a really nice hundred to get as we were five or six down for not too many. I felt okay in the 90s until I reached 97, then I started to get nervous. There was definitely a lot of relief once I finally got there.” The timing of the knock is made all the more impressive when considering the seam-friendly pitches on offer throughout April and May. Finch added: “You get really tough conditions early in the season, sometimes you will take 30 runs in a game! You have just got to be aware of that and stay strong mentally because hopefully the wickets will start to get better and you can cash in a bit more.” While that innings showed grit and determination intertwined with masterful stroke play, it was the polar opposite of his first list-A hundred. It summarises Finch’s selfless nature that his eyes are always firmly locked on the team’s score, rather than his own. “With regards to the century in the One Day Cup, I wasn’t really that nervous. I looked up at the scoreboard – and I know a lot of players will

“There is only 6,000 or so people but it feels like so much more. It definitely spurs you to perform better.”

say this – but I was seeing if we could get up to a decent total. I then looked up again and realised I was on 98 and was like ‘oh blimey, I’m near a hundred here.’ That century took me by surprise a lot more.” Having excelled with stellar performances to date, Finch is now excited to be part of a starstudded Sussex squad in this year’s Vitality Blast. He speaks of how last year’s disappointment – Sussex missed out on qualification from the group via net run rate by 0.068 - has made the players more determined to achieve success this time around. The opportunity to play in front of sell-out crowds at Hove also provides added impetus for the players. “Last year was gutting. We are determined every year, but it is inevitable that you want to get back out and do better next time around. “A lot of teams will fear coming to Hove - we want to make it a fortress. From my experience of playing here against the likes of South Africa and more recently Australia in front of a packed house, it is amazing. “There is only 6,000 or so people but it feels like so much more. It definitely spurs you to perform better.” The addition of Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan to the pace attack of Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer and Tymal Mills has filled locals with anticipation and expectation ahead of this year’s tournament. Finch shares that enthusiasm.

“We have an international bowling attack, to be honest. “I guess in some way it takes pressure of us batsmen because if we get a decent score on the board then, with that attack, you are always going to be confident of defending it. We will have to work just as hard to win games though.” To laud Sussex’s T20 playing squad is unsurprising, but it is not to forget Jason Gillespie’s recent victorious Big Bash as coach of Adelaide Strikers. The squad certainly contains a lot of ingredients, but it will be the Australian that is tasked with combining them effectively to find a winning recipe. “I wasn’t really sure what to expect from him, but I heard lots of really good things about him before he came, Finch says. “He is a little bit more relaxed and he likes to play an aggressive style. “He gets different people to lead team-talks which helps with getting everyone to feel part of the same environment. For example, I led our batting chat the other day ahead of a County Championship game. It is really nice as a young player to have your opinions heard.” A lot of eyes will be fixed on the performances of Sussex’s bowling unit during this year’s Vitality Blast, but Harry Finch will undoubtedly need to play a key role and continue his exceptional season if they are to achieve the success they desire in the competition. by Jamie Phillips

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GEORGE GARTON: YOUNG GUNS GO FOR IT! George Garton was a shock call-up to England’s Ashes squad for the final warm-up game this winter and Garton himself admits that the experience was “a nice surprise”.

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was just sat at home and I got a phone call from the head of selectors,” Garton said, “I was in Australia a day later. I literally flew out the next day so everything was a bit hectic.” As an experience, Garton says it was “great”. “Going to Australia as a semi part of the squad felt really inclusive and there was more pressure on me to give all I could. I quite enjoyed the challenge of performing to the level that they wanted and expected.” “Once I got there, the lads welcomed me really nicely. Mason Crane and I have been friends since under tens at Sussex so it was nice to have a friendly face. It was nice to interact with them, share experiences with them and see how they prepare for such a big occasion.” After his time with the senior team was over, Garton left to join up with the England Lions who were also touring Australia and the 21-year-old was given some words of advice from England’s assistant coach Paul Farbrace. “He said it was a great opportunity for me to showcase my skills to people that otherwise wouldn’t have been able to come and watch County Cricket or wouldn’t have seen me before. He said that I did myself proud and just to keep progressing and keep pushing.” Spending the winter playing in Australia was a new experience for Garton who had previously only toured the subcontinent with Sussex and the England under-19s. “It was nice to experience Australia and their culture. It was nice being able to walk around and experience more of the city than you can in places like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It was a great trip for me personally, working on my technique and my game plan and just getting better. I loved it and I’m very grateful for it.”

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As a left-arm bowler with genuine pace, Garton is naturally compared to two very successful Australian left-armers in Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc, something that he views as “exciting” rather than extra pressure. “I have seen a few side shots of my action next to both of those lads and they have got a bit more height than I have but Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc are not the worst company to be in and hopefully I can develop and become as good as them if not better. I kind of relish the challenge of trying to compare myself to those blokes and just getting better.” On the field, Garton admits he has “whiteline fever”, a term Glenn McGrath used to describe his ultra-competitive attitude which switched on when he entered the field of play, something Garton views as “quite a good trait to have as a seamer”. “When I come on the pitch there is not too much friendly staff, I’m solely focused on winning for whatever team I am playing for. That is the main goal and at the end of the day you are playing professional cricket so I’m not trying to make friends on the pitch. You can make them off the pitch.” As a bowler, one of Garton’s main strengths is his express pace, clocking speeds of over 90mph, but this is not 20

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something that has always come naturally to him. “People get quite surprised when I say that at the age of 16 I had the keeper standing up! I developed my pace when I grew from 17 to 18 and 18 to 19,” Garton said, “Thankfully Kevin Shine (the ECB’s lead fast bowling coach) saw potential in me and put me on the fast bowling program which gave me a winter in the gym to learn more about my body and, being a teenager, I grew pretty quickly. I’ve put on a fair bit of muscle mass and grown into my action and the pace came with that. It is certainly nicer than having the keeper standing up!” Sussex have a number of up-and-coming seamers in their squad and Garton says he enjoys being part of such a young group. “It’s a lot of fun. Obviously, we’re all around the same age so we get along really well in a way that maybe with a bigger age gap we wouldn’t. It allows us to be really open and honest and push each other. It’s a brilliant environment.” by Matthew Cooper

SUSSEX CRICKET FOUNDATION:

STREET CRICKET

Our most Frequently Asked Question is what – exactly – is Street Cricket? In truth, it’s not really what it says on the tin. It’s actually played on any suitable, appropriate, space in the community – either indoors or outdoors – which is around the size of a tennis court.

he whole point of Street Cricket is that anyone can join in at any time during the hour-long sessions – which, typically, have 3, action packed, soft ball, 20-minute games. Our aim is clear: to introduce youngsters to cricket who either have had limited opportunity, or limited inclination, to play the game – without all the formalities and costs that often characterise other more structured settings. These, quite simply, put off a lot of youngsters – in particular from more socially disadvantaged communities - from giving the game a chance, and, therefore, from all the benefits that engaging in sport can have on their lives. Sussex Cricket has invested in this form of cricket for over a decade now – and during 2018 is delivering Chance to Shine funded Street Cricket sessions in seven venues across the county: Ore Community Centre and Sandown School (Hastings); Willingdon Trees Community Centre (Eastbourne); Shoreham Academy; Southwick Green; and the Crew Club and Manor Road Gym (East Brighton). Over 150 young people in the 8-13 age group have so far participated in these sessions – and all of them were invited to take part in a Street Cricket Summer Showcase of games and competitions at the Aldridge Cricket Academy on 26th July, where medals were presented by a Sussex professional player - and Sid the Shark! A number of older students from Shoreham Academy who are aiming for Young Sports Leaders Awards assisted the qualified Sussex Cricket Foundation coaches on the day – all part of ensuring that we have new leaders coming

through to help organise and run Street Cricket activities in Sussex in the future. The big – as yet unanswered – question is whether or not the Street Cricket experience is resulting in more young people remaining interested and involved in the game, or has helped make other positive changes to their lives? So, for the first time in Sussex, we will be rigorously evaluating the whole programme to both answer this question and to guide the county on where it can achieve the best outcomes from investment in Street Cricket over the next few years. Matt Blandford, Street Cricket Coach said: “At the start of the project we set out to reach as many kids as possible with cricket who wouldn’t normally get the chance to play. Through the programmes we have run its evident that we have managed to bring cricket into many people’s lives, with players joining local clubs, schools adopting it into their curriculums. Hopefully this new found enthusiasm leads to a lifelong involved in cricket for these kids and maybe one day create the next Sussex cricketer!” www.sussexcricket.co.uk

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TIM GROENEWALD

STEVEN DAVIES

PETER TREGO

CRAIG OVERTON

JAMIE OVERTON

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JAMES HILDRETH

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