August 1, 2006
Sussex v Lancashire at Hove, 2-5 August 2006
The Hove Festival of Cricket begins with a top-of-the-table battle in the Liverpool Victoria Championship with Sussex taking on nearest rivals, Lancashire at Hove from Wednesday 2 to Saturday 5 August, 2006. Play starts at 11am each day.
Other entertainment - on Wednesday we will have St Lucien’s Steel band providing musical entertainment and they will also be handing out free rum punch. On Thursday the Sussex Visually Impaired Cricket team will be providing a demonstration of their skills during the lunch interval.
The Sussex Squad
RR Montgomerie,CD Hopkinson, MH Yardy, MW Goodwin,*CJ Adams,RSC Martin-Jenkins, +MJ Prior, Yasir Arafat, Mushtaq Ahmed, RJ Kirtley, JD Lewry, LJ Wright
No injuries to report
Sussex vs Lancashire
Since the County Championship began in 1890.
Overall, Lancashire leads by 61-36, with 66 draws.
In matches in Sussex, the visitors lead the series by 25-22, with 34 draws.
This will be the 63rd meeting between the teams at Hove. Lancashire have won 20, Sussex 14, and there have been 28 draws.
Interesting Facts about this fixture:
Since the County Championship began in 1890.
Sussex’s best winning-streak in this fixture is three wins, which they achieved between 1979-81. Lancashire’s best is six wins, registered from 1893-6.
The longest unbeaten streak in this fixture is 17 games by Lancashire, which were also the first 17 meetings between the teams (1890-7). Sussex have previously recorded an unbeaten runs of 11 games, which occurred between 1929-34.
The teams have drawn only twice in their last 15 meetings, dating back to 1992, and the last six encounters have all produced positive results.
The teams last met at Hove in 2004, when Lancashire beat the then defending Champions by 10 Wickets. The last drawn match at Hove between the two teams was in 1992.
UPCOMING LANDMARKS:
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Michael Yardy needs 3 more catches for 50 First-Class Catches.
Richard Montgomerie needs 22 more runs for 8,000 First-Class runs for Sussex.
Michael Yardy needs 6 more runs for 4,000 First-Class runs for Sussex (and Career).
Carl Hopkinson needs 16 more runs for 1,000 Career and Sussex First-Class runs.
Yasir Arafat needs 5 more wickets for 400 First-Class Wickets.
