Sussex Sharks v Essex Eagles in NatWest Pro40 at Hove 14 August 2006
Sussex are playing Essex in their third NatWest Pro40 match and they are looking to make it three wins out of three. On Monday 14 August the two sides meet in a floodlit match which starts at 4.40pm, gates opening at 3.15pm.
Following the success of Sussex’s last Pro40 match the Club has decided to let all under 16s in FREE for this match and our next Pro40 on Sunday 20 August.
Sussex Squad
RR Montgomerie,CD Hopkinson,MH Yardy, MW Goodwin,*CJ Adams,RSC Martin-Jenkins, +MJ Prior, Yasir Arafat, Mushtaq Ahmed, RJ Kirtley, LJ Wright, CD Nash, OP Rayner.
Sussex vs Essex in One-Day Cricket:
Overall, Essex leads the series 34-16, with one No Result and one Tied match.
In matches in Sussex, the visitors lead by 14 wins to 7, with one No Result (1970, Eastbourne).
The teams have played each other in the 40–over league on 33 previous occasions, with Essex having won 19 matches to Sussex’s 12, with one No Result and one Tie.
Interesting Facts about this fixture:
The teams have not played each other in one-day cricket since 2002, when the teams split the two games between them in the League, and Essex winning the B&H Cup match. The last match to be played in Sussex was at a rainy Horsham in June of that year, with Sussex victorious by 32 Runs.
Essex’s best sequence of wins in this fixture is nine, recorded between 1986-92. Sussex’s best sequence is three wins, which they have achieved on three separate occasions, most recently in 2000-01.
The teams have only met once under lights – at Hove in 2001, Sussex posted a total of 241/3 and won by 27 Runs.
Sussex have lost only one of their last 20 one-day games at Hove, a sequence dating back to May 2004.
Upcoming Landmarks:
Jason Lewry needs 1 Wicket for 100 Career One-Day Wickets.
Richard Montgomerie needs 71 Runs for 4000 One-Day Runs for Sussex.
Luke Wright needs 5 Wickets for 50 Career One-Day Wickets, and 7 more for 50 One-Day Wickets for Sussex.
Michael Yardy needs 21 Runs for 1500 Career One-Day Runs.