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i cant believe im cheering on surrey, this is as close as it gets!

whats the current state of play Mex?

I know we are already promoted but it is nice to see Ian Blackwell cut loose in the CC - 141 from 121 balls

sussex have got to be favourites at this stage

I can't believe Mex used the word "climax" in a non sexual way!

Mex is a brown hattter for the day.  8)

future england ODI opener James Benning had an interesting knock in the middle of the innings didnt he?

james benning is an absolute  cowboy

what's this brilliantly informed statement based upon exactly? apologies if you are an expert on the wild west, i just didn't have you down as one.

Are you in fact South African ?

the statement is based upon watching james benning and looking at his performances. neither stack up

benning's defensive technique is an absolute shambles and he is far too reliant on the cut shot. the last player in the england side that was reliant on the cut was geraint jones and he didn't fare too well did he? and i would say that jones is a comfortably a better executer of the shot as well

benning's performances are absolutely nothing to write home about - two big one-day hundreds against gloucestershire 2nd xi bowling attacks (look at how weak they were and on the second occasion the boundaries were so short that mark alleyne said a par score was 450). then a heck of a lot of failures and cameos which don't win domestic let alone international matches

that james benning will be a good international player is one of the biggest urban myths of our times

and what has nationality got to do with this? but born in swindon and live in england suggests i'm quite entitled to be english

I heart Neville

Durham have on already,so at the moment they are in the hot seat.Still two days to go and i can't see Sussex not winning.

ooh ooh ooh  fuck off everyone!!! lalalalalalalala

it better not fucking rain!!!

james benning is a gun

Well done to Sussex.

fucking come on!!!!!! 3 in 5, smallest squad in country. fuck off lancashire you northern cunts. alalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala fuck off!

a begrudging congratulations to you mexico.

you were shitting it when lanky were 370-odd for 6  :D

 :soapy tit wank:

Told you they wouldn't win Mex :)

was hoping Lancashire would pull off that remarkable run chase against Surrey and take the title, but there can be no complaints against Sussex deservedly taking it for the third time in five years. The cricketing culture there established by Peter Moores and continued by Mark Robinson and Chris Adams has really set the standards. Every player knows their roles and performs them superbly. Across all conditions I would back Sussex to beat any other first-class side in the world. You may look at other sides and see bigger names depending on international duty, but all great teams play far better than the sum of their parts and that is just how it is with Sussex.

In terms of spin bowling the 1st Division of the Championship must be the strongest domestic league in the world. In 2007 there were some brilliant spin partnerships:

Hampshire: Shane Warne & Shaun Udal
Lancashire: Muttiah Muralitharan & Gary Keedy
Sussex: Mushtaq Ahmed & Saqlain Mushtaq

Which I suppose makes Durham's success this year all the more remarkable with Breese and Wiseman sharing the twirling duties. However, there seam attack will stack up against anything: Gibson-Davies-Onions-Plunkett-Harmison is a Test quality attack and Durham have been fortunate that Davies was injured at the beginning and Harmison at the end that they didn't have leave one out too often.

I'm looking forward to seeing two of England's most promising leg-spinners getting a good run in the Championship next year, Mark Lawson of Yorkshire (who will be hoping for a dry summer to get in alongside Rashid's all-round talents) and Michael Munday of Somerset (who took 14 wkts @ 13 in his three Championship appearances this summer).

Oh and Ramprakash is still a machine.

Come again ?

   I bet he went to Eton or Harrow.

sussex tore that durham attack apart at horsham this season, but i know what your saying.

next season is going to be really tough for sussex, we will lose wright and prior, yardy i imagine will get another chance and i can see nash getting a call up. not sure how much longer mushy can go on, so a lot of it is going to be down to the likes of liddle and rayner. plus a few of the youth team coming through.

i think we mayhave a relegation battle on our hands.

there's no chance nash or yardy will get an england call-up next year. maybe an england a call but i'd be surprised at that to be honest. there's simply much better players than yardy and players who have proved themselves more than nash has. i think he's yet to record a first-class ton isn't he?

well done to Larwood and her Middlesex joining my Somerset in Div 1 of the Pro 40 after their impressive thumping of Northants yesterday .. :beers:

Thanks Fatters :beers:  :D

Very impressive display by the lads yesterday,not a bad season for us all things considered.

Fucking hell! i didn't realise you owned Somerset?

What's the annual turnover like?

Ha, no more Saqlain Mushtaq Mex.  :soapy tit wank:  8)

I would imagine its not that impressive,after all they have to pay to keep Ian Blackwell in Ginsters,must cost a hell of a lot of money :wink:

did anybody see the picture of Sussex on their victory parade on the seafront, in todays paper :o