Sussex H

[JasonP]

First match on Friday.  We were the worst team in the comp last year and it's certainly the format we are least suited to.  It's hard to see us going much better this season.  Our bowlers are all better red ball bowlers than white ball.  We don't have one specialist white ball bowler, really.  It was awful last year and the one decent bowler we had, Amir, isn't back.  The batting lacks firepower aswell.  No Allison for the first 4 matches and probably no Cox for the same period.  Pepper, along with Cox our best T20 batter, is not in form.
The team for the first few matches may well be something like?

Elgar
Walter
Pepper
Critchley
Mulder
Benkenstein
Harmer
Thain
Snater
Akhtar
Cook

Looks very weak.  Akhtar has played little T20 but will probably get a chance.  Cook and Snater will almost certainly be rested at times as well.  So Bennett or Killeen may play at times.

[SirChef26]

The biggest insult I can give regarding that line-up is that I expect Middlesex to turn us over!

[dazedpenguin]

First match on Friday.  We were the worst team in the comp last year and it's certainly the format we are least suited to.  It's hard to see us going much better this season.  Our bowlers are all better red ball bowlers than white ball.  We don't have one specialist white ball bowler, really.  It was awful last year and the one decent bowler we had, Amir, isn't back.  The batting lacks firepower aswell.  No Allison for the first 4 matches and probably no Cox for the same period.  Pepper, along with Cox our best T20 batter, is not in form.
The team for the first few matches may well be something like?

Elgar
Walter
Pepper
Critchley
Mulder
Benkenstein
Harmer
Thain
Snater
Akhtar
Cook

Looks very weak.  Akhtar has played little T20 but will probably get a chance.  Cook and Snater will almost certainly be rested at times as well.  So Bennett or Killeen may play at times.

I didn't realise Allison was out. I think it's worth giving Das a go to open rather than Elgar, or possibly giving Fernandes the gloves to allow Pepper to concentrate on batting? Maybe Thain can be pushed up the order? With no Cox and no Allison, it's all looking a little lacking in spark.