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Contents5: Welcome to Arundel from Zac Toumazi6-7: John Barclay9: Arundel records10-11: Mark Robinson13: The Aussies are Coming14-17: Steve Magoffin19: Matt Prior 20-25: 40 over memories 26-27: Gillette Cup remembered29-31: Welcome Europe’s finest33: Kirk Wernars35-37: Surrey spotlight39-41: Sussex Cricket World44-45: Northamptonshire feature46-49: Grizzly’s great day50: Arundel one-day records

A WARM WeLCoMe to tHe 2013 ARUnDeL FestIVAL

Festival weeks are an integral part of the Sussex cricket summer and we are fortunate in the county to be able to enjoy two

of the best.

At the Castle Ground this year we are delighted to welcome Surrey, whom we meet in the LV County Championship, followed on Sunday by the Northamptonshire Steelbacks in the last ever 40 overs game at Arundel.Given the number of talented cricketers on display over the five days, entertainment on the field is guaranteed and we hope you find plenty to enjoy in these pages as well.We feature Steve Magoffin, whose record-breaking performance took Sussex to the top of the Championship at Horsham three weeks ago. Cricket Manager Mark Robinson gives us his appraisal of the

season so far and Rory Hamilton-Brown talks about swapping Surrey for Sussex.Sussex stages international cricket later this summer when some of the best part-time players from Europe gather hoping to help their country through to the next stage of qualifying in the ICC T20 World Cup. We preview the action at Horsham, Preston Nomads and the BrightonandHoveJobs.com County GroundIt is 50 years since Sussex won their first silverware and Jim Parks looks back on the 1963 Gillette Cup triumph while Chris Adams recalls the day he blasted 163 in a one-day game here at Arundel.Matt Prior, Ricky Ponting and both this week’s opponents are also featured while John Barclay and Zac Toumazi welcome you to the Festival.Here’s hoping for five days of sunshine and great cricket!

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ZAC toUMAZI

it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the second of our cricket festivals in what I think you will agree is the most beautiful of

settings in the grounds of Arundel Castle.

I am personally a big supporter of festival cricket when it is done well. There is no doubt that the Arundel festival ticks all the boxes and provides something that is quintessentially English, respectful of tradition and of course some excellent cricket for all to enjoy.When I took on my role as CEO one of the first meetings I had on a sunny, frosty February day was at Arundel Castle Cricket Club to discuss the plans for this season’s festival.This was a meeting that will forever be etched in my memory. Once I had come to terms with the beauty of the setting we retired to the office to get the planning underway. We started to work our way through the agenda when the legend that is Johnny Barclay and,of course, his dog Robert bounded in. I can only describe the next 45 minutes of the meeting as one of the funniest I have ever attended. Johnny was multi tasking by trying to make simultaneous phone calls (very loudly) whilst Robert was jumping from the floor onto the desk and in turn Johnny’s laptop. I think that Robert managed to send an email at one stage before proceeding to knock over a cup of tea and make off with Johnny’s sandwich in his mouth.

Coming from a corporate background this was a style of meeting I had never experienced but I have to say that my time in banking would have been much more fun and, dare I say, as productive had we adopted a similar style. Needless to say the business of cricket is very serious but we should have fun planning and watching it.So what do the next days have in store for us? We welcome Surrey for the first four days of the festival where LV=County Championship cricket takes centre stage. I have no doubt that the cricket will be played with passion and commitment.We end the festival on Sunday with the Yorkshire Bank 40 match against Northamptonshire Steelbacks which will be the last time we will play 40 over cricket at Arundel as the format changes to 50 overs from 2014 onwards.The Arundel Festival has truly something for everyone: excellent cricket across two formats, an idyllic setting and the special Sussex family welcome, so please sit back enjoy every last drop of what is on offer.In signing off I would like to firstly thank you for attending and showing your support and to also thank the many volunteers and staff that make the festival such a loved institution. Without their hard work, commitment and passion for our wonderful game the festival would not be possible, so thank you one and all.

Zac Toumazi

From the Chief Executive

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Ted Dexter receives the Gillette Cup after Sussex’s win over Warwickshire in 1964. Ted was man of the match in the semi-final win over Surrey at Hove in front of a 15,000 crowd

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it’s hard to believe it but this year Sussex is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first triumph in the Gillette Cup back in

September 1963. That year, Worcestershire were the victims; the following year, Warwickshire were also eclipsed in a one-sided match that was completed by mid-afternoon. I was there on both occasions as a 9 and 10 year old sitting on the grass, cross-legged, at the Nursery End.

Although neither of these two events have much to do with Arundel’s Cricket Festival this year, I am reminded of two epic encounters with Surrey in early Gillette years and one with Northamptonshire. I confess that, in those days, Surrey were the main rivals, largely because my best friend at school was an avid Surrey supporter, non-stop chat about Mickey Stewart, John Edrich and Ken Barrington there was. I was forever irritated by Surrey’s undoubted superiority as they were still riding high upon the back of Championship triumphs in the 1950s. All the same, along with 15,000 others, I squeezed my way into Hove on 29th July 1964 to watch the Gillette semi-final between Sussex and Surrey. I never found a seat, splintery and uncomfortable though they were in those days, but stood at the south-east corner of the ground and watched with joy as Sussex gave Surrey an almighty thrashing. Ted Dexter, my total hero, crafted an innings of 84 and held together a Sussex innings briefly threatened by Surrey’s seam attack – Sydenham, Gibson, Jefferson and Storey. Then it was our turn: the might of Surrey was no match for Thomson, Snow, Bates and Dexter who

tore the heart out of their response with three quick wickets in the middle of Surrey’s hesitant reply. Victory for Sussex by 90 runs. Dexter was presented at the end with the man of the match award by the tall and angular figure of Frank Woolley.Six years later in 1970 at the Oval, again towards the end of July, Sussex and Surrey met again in a Gillette semi-final. It was a thrilling encounter witnessed by me, now 16, from the rough seats just beneath the famous gasometers. It all came down to the final ball of the match from which two runs were needed, Griffith and Snow at the crease. Snow struck the ball bowled by Arnold to wide mid-off and set off. Meanwhile, Griffith, just about the fastest man in the world between the wickets, set off and of course had to return for two amidst much peril at the bowler’s end. Intikhab, the fielder, slow on the uptake, fumbled and the match was won for Sussex and another visit to Lord’s assured.I don’t of course tell these stories by manner of gloating, (just a little maybe); indeed, Northamptonshire were soundly beaten too in the 1963 semi-final, Dexter winning the man of the match award on that occasion as well. It is just to illustrate gently the rivalry, respect and friendship that exist between neighbouring counties, all counties for that matter, and to say what a pleasure and joy it is to welcome Surrey and Northamptonshire this summer to Arundel to pit their wits against Sussex in the most glorious setting and atmosphere imaginable.

John Barclay, Director of Cricket and Coaching, Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation

“I squeezed my way into Hove on 29th July 1964 to watch the Gillette semi-final between Sussex and Surrey.”

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ReCoRDs At ARUnDeLCounty Championship matchesHighest totals

566-8 dec: Leicestershire v Sussex 1999550: Sussex v Yorkshire 2006

Lowest totals

71: Sussex v Worcestershire 199787: Middlesex v Sussex 1994

Highest individual scores

235: Murray Goodwin, Sussex v Yorkshire 2006216: Darren Lehmann, Yorkshire v Sussex 2006192: Chris Adams, Sussex v Derbyshire 2001184: Murray Goodwin, Sussex v Hampshire 2008160: Aftab Habib, Leicestershire v Sussex 1999151* Michael Bevan, Sussex v Essex 2000

Highest partnerships (wicket)

254 (4th): Murray Goodwin and Chris Adams, Sussex v Yorkshire 2006194 (5th): Murray Goodwin and Carl Hopkinson, Sussex v Hampshire 2008176 (6th): Chris Adams and Matt Prior, Sussex v Derbyshire 2001126 (2nd): Paul Prichard and Darren Robinson, Essex v Sussex 2000116 (9th): Graham Napier and Ryan ten Doeschate, Essex v Sussex 2003

Most wickets in a match

15-83: Chris Cairns, Nottinghamshire v Sussex 1995

Best bowling in an innings

8-47: Chris Cairns, Nottinghamshire v Sussex 19957-36: Chris Cairns, Nottinghamshire v Sussex 19957-72: Mushtaq Ahmed, Sussex v Hampshire 2006

Carl Hopkinson and Murray Goodwin celebrate during their record fifth-wicket stand for the ground against Hampshire in 2008 when botrh batsmen scored hundreds

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Q&ASussex are in a strong position in the LV County Championship ahead of this week’s game and the subsequent break for Friends Life t20. Bruce Talbot caught up with Cricket Manager Mark Robinson for his assessment of the season so far and Sussex’s title prospects

Q How do you sum up the Championship season so far?A We were outstanding in our first five games and it feels a bit surreal at the moment. Sometimes in sport everything goes your way and we had that at Horsham against Somerset three weeks ago. We were brilliant in that game and it is very exciting being around the boys at the moment

Q Is there more to come from the squad do you think?

A We always felt we would get stronger as the season progressed. Steve Magoffin was not quite himself before the Somerset game, even though he was still a handful, but the confidence he will have got from the way he performed has done him the world of good.

We didn’t have Luke Wright with us until the last home game against Nottinghamshire so his return is a big plus for us and Monty Panesar will obviously have a big part to play in the rest of the season. He’s probably a bit under-cooked at the moment because he hasn’t had a lot of bowling so far and he was suffering from a virus but he will be important for us.

Q What has encouraged you most so far?A The main thing is we have seen some outstanding individual performances that have won us matches. We’ve had a double hundred from Luke Wells (v Surrey), a match-winning 150 from Mike Yardy (v Derbyshire) and 12 wickets in a game by Mags but we have also had other contributions which don’t get the headlines but help you get over the line in matches.

For instance, on the first day against Somerset Matt Machan and Rory Hamilton-Brown put together a really important partnership to set up the win.

Q Sussex has had some outstanding overseas players but Steve Magoffin deserves to be ranked as one of them.A Mags is an outstanding bowler. On a wicket with a bit in it when he gets those knees pumping and those long levers working he is a handful. Mike Yardy thinks he’s our quickest bowler because he is the only one he believes can hit him on the head!



It’s not air speed; it’s because of the bounce he can generate. Also, he doesn’t miss the seam. If you can consistently make the ball go sideways or up and down you are going to take wickets. We have protected him a bit by not using him in one-day cricket and we are seeing the benefits of that.

Q Mind you, we have three bowlers among the leading wicket-takers in the country.A We have an attack that can perform on any surface. On a wicket where it seams Mags comes into his own. On a pitch with pace and bounce you bring James Anyon and CJ (Chris Jordan) into the game and remember we still have Chris Liddle and Amjad Khan waiting in the wings as well as Luke.

Q You were around for our three previous titles and coach for two of them. How does this year compare at this stage?A Does it feel like a Championship-winning season? Possibly. Before, with someone like Mushtaq Ahmed in your side you know you are going to be in with a chance of winning a lot of games but in this year’s Championship there isn’t the same number of outstanding players there were during that Mushtaq era – the likes of Shane Warne and Darren Lehmann for instance. But it is very competitive and there is not a lot between many of the teams.

Form, confidence and injuries will all play their part. Somerset are a lot better than they performed at Horsham for instance and we know when we go to Taunton we could catch a very different Somerset side.

What we have to do is remain very humble, very honest and enjoy moments like Horsham. We can’t afford to get too far ahead of ourselves because I feel we are at the beginning of something rather than the ending of an era. There is freshness about our squad with proper competition for places. We have given guys like Matt Machan, Andy Miller, Lewis Hatchett and young Harry Finch opportunities already this season and that keeps everyone on their toes.

We know there will be disappointments but as a group we believe we are strong enough to overcome that and all I would ask our fantastic supporters is to keep encouraging the players and enjoying the cricket we are trying to play.

Chris Jordan has been one of the successes of the season to date. Here, he celebrates the wicket of Somerset’s Peter Trego at Horsham

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Carl Hopkinson celebrates his century during Australia’s last visit to Sussex in 2009

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Steve Magoffin looks back on the best bowling performance of his career.

By Bruce Talbot

MAGnIFICent MAGs

Somerset’s Alfonso Thomas evades a Magoffin bouncer



record-breaker steve Magoffin admits the seeds of his sensational 12-wicket performance at Horsham three weeks ago

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A niggling knee injury had ruled the long-striding Australian out of the previous home game against champions Warwickshire at the start of May and by the time Sussex arrived in windswept Derby for their next Championship fixture Steve still wasn’t feeling like the bowler who had taken 57 wickets last year in his first season with the county.He said: “Until then I’d had a stop-start summer because of a few injury niggles. I struggled through the game at Derby to find the rhythm that I am happy with but I worked hard with (coach) Mark Robinson to get that feeling back which I have when I bowl well – that natural flow of my action and my follow through. “Towards the end of the Derbyshire game I bowled a spell in their second innings when it felt like how I wanted the ball to come out.”Figures of 4 for 44 in Derbyshire’s second innings from 24.5 overs suggested Magoffin was back to his parsimonious, probing best and a few days later at Cricketfield Road he produced the best match return by a Sussex quick bowler since Ian Thomson rattled through Warwickshire in the last county game staged at the Manor Ground in Worthing to take all ten wickets back in 1964.His match analysis of 23.3-9-31-12 was also the best by a Sussex bowler since Mushtaq Ahmed took 12 Worcestershire wickets, admittedly at a cost of 225 runs, to help Sussex clinch victory in the final game of the season and with it a third title.When the squad pitched up at Horsham the day before the game they discovered a dampish pitch that they knew would seam around. Yet Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick had no hesitation in batting first after the won the toss. “It did a

lot more than I expected,” he admitted. How much was spectacularly made evident by 12.44pm on the first day by which time Somerset had been bowled out for 76, Magoffin taking 8 for 20 in an 11 over spell from the Town End. Most of those runs were edges through the slip and gully region. It is hard to remember any batsman driving or cutting the bowler whose control of line and length, coupled with an occasional bouncer, was exemplary.Latecomers who turned up at lunch to see a scoreboard showing 11 for 0 thought there had been a delayed start. Some needed convincing that Somerset had been shot out for such a paltry total until those luminous yellow numbers 7 and 6 were pointed out to them at the bottom of the scorebox.A Somerset batting unit that Trescothick admitted was low on confidence were like rabbits caught in the headlights. Magoffin had taken eight wickets (8 for 47) once before playing for Western Australia against South Australia at the WACA. The pitch was so good he didn’t get a bowl in the second innings but the only danger of that happening at Horsham was a dodgy weather forecast.Sussex proved that it was possible to score runs, Magoffin making 23 to help them to 300 and a lead of 224. For the second time in 24 hours, Trescothick went out to open the innings just after 11 on the second day and once again Magoffin proved virtually unplayable.

“Towards the end of the Derbyshire game I bowled a spell in their second innings when it felt like how I wanted the ball to come out.”

Perfect rhythm: “It was the best I have bowled in my career,” said Steve

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His first of four second-innings victims was the former England opener for the second time in the match. “He was brilliant,” admitted Trescothick. “His control of line and length was immaculate and he gave us virtually nothing to score off. He also got bounce too because of his height. Our batting in both innings was very disappointing but you can’t take anything away from Steve.”‘Mags’ took the first two wickets to fall and at that stage it looked as if he might re-write the Sussex record books. But James Anyon and Chris Jordan got stuck into the Somerset middle order although it was only fitting that the final two wickets were taken by Magoffin as Sussex wrapped up an innings victory 35 minutes after lunch on the second day.“It’s probably the best the ball has come out during my career,” he said afterwards, with typical understatement. “You have days when you bowl well without getting the rewards but on days when you do get it right and catch the edge it’s pleasing.”Robinson agrees that Magoffin in the form he showed at Horsham could be the difference if Sussex are to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their first Championship by claiming title No.4. “He’s massively important to us,” said Sussex’s Head Coach. “When he gets those long levers of his moving in sync he is a handful on most pitches but when there is a little bit in it for him – some seam movement, extra bounce and even swing – there is no one better. His performance at Horsham was wonderful to watch. It put us top of the table and if we are to stay there Mags will be key for us.”

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8-20Best performance by a Sussex bowler since 2006 Best by a quick bowler since 1964Best figures at Horsham since Northants’ Vince Broderick took 9-35 in 1949

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tHeRe’s no ‘I’ In teAMMatt Prior admits he feels ‘slightly uncomfortable’ about Player of the Year honour

sussex’s Matt Prior received the biggest single accolade of his career on the eve of the international summer when he was named

England’s Player of the Year for 2012-13.

But Matt’s response to the award was typical of a player who has always put the needs of the team – whether county or country – ahead of his own.“It was a huge honour to be singled out as the player of the year but I feel slightly uncomfortable about it because the individual accolades aren’t why I play,” said Matt, the first wicketkeeper to win the award.“I play to win and get much more out of the group winning a Test match or a series. Any time I go out to play an innings the first thought is always ‘Okay, where do we need to be to be in the best position to win a game and what do I need to do to get the scoreboard in the right place?’ rather than ‘how many runs do I need to average 50?’ Even when I was

young and learning the game at Brighton College and Sussex I played to win, that’s where I’ve got the enjoyment from.”2012-13 was an exceptional 12 months for Prior who averaged 71 in the 11 Tests he played and topped it off with a match and series-saving century against New Zealand in Auckland in March.“I got a huge amount of plaudits simply because I was there at the end but Ian Bell played an unbelievable innings that day when he faced almost 300 balls and took so much time out of the game. Also, I’ve never seen Stuart Broad play that long without getting off the mark or playing a shot in anger.“So I look back on the year and and think about the amount of quality performances. For a seamer like Jimmy Anderson to perform like he did in India was phenomenal and for Alistair Cook to lead from the front as he did was also exceptional. I’m hugely honoured to have won it but there could have been a number of guys picking up the award.”

The summer is about to get even busier for Matt with the Ashes series a month away, but Sussex supporters could see him in action at Arundel this week. “I love going back to Hove and playing for Sussex,” added Matt. “We’ve got a busy time coming up but if the opportunity to play for my county arises I will be there.”

Matt Prior with women’s Player of the Year Katherine Brunt and Matthew Dean, England Disability Cricketer of the Year, receiving their awards at Lord’s

I’m hugely honoured to have won it but there could have been a number of guys picking up the award.”

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Sussex celebrate their 2008 Pro 40 triumph. It was the last trophy won by Chris Adams, who announced he would be stepping down on the day of the game.



History of sorts is made at Horsham this week when the ground stages its final 40 overs game. Having been semi-finalists for the last two years Sussex would love to go one better and win the competition for the third time. Bruce Talbot looks back on the county’s previous two triumphs.

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Bobby robson succeeded ron Greenwood – who had a flat overlooking the county Ground – as

england football manager, ian Botham took a double hundred off the indians at the Oval and england’s rebel cricketers returned from south Africa. 1983 - 30 years ago - and for sussex the season began with great optimism following their narrow failure to win the championship the previous year.

Unfortunately that optimism was misplaced. With Imran Khan touring with Pakistan, the county dropped from second to eighth in the three-day competition. His wickets could not be replaced while the batsmen were often inconsistent.That is not a term that could be applied to their form in the John Player League though.In the 16 games played Sussex lost just once – to Worcestershire in June – as they romped to the

title with 58 points (4 points for a win back then) that was a new record. They finished 12 clear of Middlesex, whom they beat on August 29 to clinch the title in front of a 6,500 full house at Hove.Sussex scored 228 thanks mainly to a wonderful opening stand of 134 between Gehan Mendis, who hit nine fours in a sparkling century, and Ian Gould (58). A slow pitch did offer assistance to the spinners and John Emburey kept Middlesex in with a chance by conceding just 20 runs in eight parsimonious overs.Paul Parker recalls an amusing incident during Middlesex’s reply. “Mendo and Gunner put us on our way with a really good stand at the top of the order. Roland Butcher was one player capable of winning it for them and Butch skied one to me at backward square-leg off John Barclay.“I thought ‘you beauty’ as I clutched the ball but it burst out of my hands, hit me on the head and fell to earth. I had a real stinker that day.” That was unusual. At the time Parker was regarded as the best fielder in England. “At the end I ran out Knuckle (Emburey), who went for a very optimistic run. As he left the field I asked him why he had run and he said that I was having such a bad time in the field he thought I would miss that one too!” Garth le Roux took 3 for 27 as Sussex won the game by 23 runs.Fast forward to 2008 and the 40 over competition didn’t even start until July 23 when Matt Prior’s hundred in blissful sunshine at Arundel helped Sussex to victory over Somerset.By the time the squad arrived at Trent Bridge seven weeks later the First Division title was effectively up for grabs as Sussex faced Nottinghamshire. On a used pitch taking spin Sussex were set 227 to win but they collapsed horribly.

Paul Parker scored some crucial runs for Sussex in the 1982 John Player League triumph... and had the occasional stinker in the field!

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Murray Goodwin salutes the Sussex dressing room after his title-winning innings at Trent Bridge four years ago

“We hit a few boundaries and a couple of sixes and suddenly it was 41 off four overs and that was probably the first point at which I thought we might have a chance.”

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“I looked over towards the long on boundary and saw Andre Adams put his hands up to catch it and then just as quickly he put them down again as if to say ‘that’s gone’ and it ended up about ten yards over the rope.”

Murray Goodwin is mobbed by his delighted team-mates after leading Sussex to victory

When Murray Goodwin was joined by No.10 Mohammed Sami they needed an improbable 97 off ten overs. Sami was no mug with the bat, but communication was a problem for his partner.“Sami’s English wasn’t the best,” recalled Goodwin. “He understood basic stuff and I imagine Mushy probably taught him a few phrases but it wasn’t easy. When he came in all I kept telling him was to hit straight. I just told him that if the ball was there to hit you hit it – he was quite a strong guy and he had a good eye. “We hit a few boundaries and a couple of sixes and suddenly it was 41 off four overs and that was probably the first point at which I thought we might have a chance. Sussex needed 16 off the final over to be bowled, as it had been in all of Nottinghamshire’s previous CB40 games, by Charlie Shreck. Goodwin clipped the first ball backward of square for four but could only take a single to long on off the second. Sami went for broke and a big outside edge flew down to the third-man boundary. Nine off three balls scored, seven to win. A single followed then Goodwin hit the fifth ball to the deep cover boundary. “Ashwell Prince was fielding and Sami should have been run out going for the second run but Prince was right on the rope instead of being ten yards in. If he’d aimed it at the non-striker’s end Sami would have been a goner.”Three to win. “I swung at the last ball but I didn’t quite get it in the screws,” says Goodwin. “I looked over towards the long on boundary and saw Andre Adams put his hands up to catch it and then just as quickly he put them down again as if to say ‘that’s gone’ and it ended up about ten yards over the rope. I couldn’t believe how far I had hit it to be honest.” Neither could anyone else. Sussex were champions in the most dramatic way possible.

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Reunited: Jim and the original Gillette Cup, which forms part of an exhibition in the Sussex Cricket Museum throughout the summer

Jim Parks recalls Sussex’s first trophy success back in 1963 when the Gillette Cup launched a new era in English cricket



this year marks the 50th anniversary of a significant moment in Sussex’s history and one of the architects of it, Jim Parks, believes

Sussex didn’t get enough recognition for their 1963 Gillette Cup triumph outside the county.

“I just don’t think the one-day sides back in the early Sixties got enough credit,” says Jim. “A lot of fine English players took to the one-day game very easily when it started, it’s just there wasn’t a lot of fuss made at the time. If we’d staged a World Cup back then instead of waiting until 1975 I’m convinced England would have won it and probably the next one as well. In those days the one-day game didn’t have anywhere near the profile it has now.” Nor was there much in terms of financial rewards. The players’ bonus for beating Worcestershire at Lord’s in 1963 was a princely £25 while Sussex’s prize money was £1,889.He chuckles when I ask him to compare the one-day cricket of 1963 with the game being played nearly five decades later. “It’s like black and white compared to colour,” he smiled. “Back then the players just looked upon it as another game.”The MCC agreed to start the first One-Day Knockout after a successful experiment by counties in the East Midlands in 1962. “Something needed to be done because county crowds were dwindling,” said Jim. Gillette got the sponsorship for £6,500, expecting to pay a lot more.His skipper Ted Dexter hated dull cricket. To liven up a moribund Championship game he would declare early or collude with his opposite number and if his overtures were rejected he would leave Parks or another of the senior pros in charge and retire to the captain’s room to listen to the horse racing on the radio.

But he realised with their strong seam attack, a long batting order and good fielders that Sussex could be a force in the 65 overs format. “We didn’t do any specific practice but Ted said ‘Look, we’re never going to win the Championship but with our attack and our batting we can win this. We will bat first if we win the toss. If we don’t, you’ll find the others will put us in.’”Jim made 59 in the win against Kent, 90 in front of 15,000 at Hove when Yorkshire were beaten and 71 in the semi-final success at Northampton. His form earned him an England recall for the Test series against West Indies.When Dexter and his team arrived at Lord’s on cup-final morning Jim wasn’t convinced there would be any cricket. The wicket was damp but with a full house of 25,000 the onus was to get out there. “It would never have started these days but I think the authorities felt we had to play,” said Jim.As well as debutant John Snow Sussex employed spin for the first time in the competition. Alan Oakman’s off breaks brought him 51 wickets at 17.01 in the Championship that summer but it was with the bat that he made his first contribution, helping Jim Langridge put on 62 for the first wicket. The pitch was slow and Worcestershire’s two left-arm spinners Norman Gifford and Doug Slade, backed up by Martin Horton’s off breaks, shared the first seven wickets. But Jim counter-attacked impressively as conditions eased with 57 in 90 minutes including a six and four fours.Sussex eventually got to 168 with only Jim, the openers and Snow, who made 10 batting at No.10, in double figures. Gifford’s 4 for 33 earned him the Man of the Match award.“It didn’t appear to be enough but we were always confident,” insists Jim. Dexter went on the defensive straight away as the light got steadily worse but at 80 for 2 Worcestershire were in a strong position when Oakman had Tom Graveney caught by Dexter and

from there on Worcestershire began to lose wickets regularly. Oakman’s 13 overs cost 17 runs and with the seamers providing excellent support at the other end Sussex strangled the life out of the reply. After Don Headley skied Don Bates to mid-on, Snow, who was the sixth bowler used, had Bob Broadbent caught in the deep before bowling Gifford and Jack Flavell for ducks. At 133 for 9 it looked all over but Roy Booth and last man Bob Carter added 21 before Carter was run out and Sussex won just before 7pm by 14 runs.“I always felt we would defend 168 even though it was less than three an over,” said Jim. “The conditions didn’t really improve all day and when the last wicket fell it was very gloomy.” Jim remembered that Tony Mercer, who was directing the Black and White Minstrel Show at the Victoria Palace Theatre, had invited the players to come to the show were they to win. “Tony was a big cricket fan so we all piled into cabs and made our way down there. We’d had a few to drink and halfway through the show we were invited on stage and got a fantastic ovation. I will never forget it.” By the end of the night most of the £25 bonus had been drunk.Jim’s 277 runs put him at the top of the averages. He made four half-centuries and averaged 69.25. Even Dexter, who finished with 207 runs, was overshadowed. Happy days which will be re-lived later this summer at a 50th anniversary dinner.“It was one of the highlights of my career,” says Jim. “And we must have been pretty good because we won it again a year later.”

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After all, most European cricket is played on artificial pitches and often on roll-up ones laid in a local park for the day. And I know as I have played on a few during my touring days with Kent Cavaliers each September. Whilst the city scenery and nightlife is great in Prague, those roll out pitches are as scary as hell when it is a football pitch beneath!Anyway, here we are so much luckier and we can call

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One member of the Sussex side that pulled off a dramatic victory over Durham at Arundel 12 months ago will not be at the Castle Ground this week.

In fact Kirk Wernars will be 6,000 miles away in South Africa having shocked his former team-mates with the news he was quitting cricket to become a wild firefighter back in March.Wernars bowled 13 tidy overs in the first innings as Durham were dismissed for 231 but came into his own in the second innings to put Sussex in a great position to clinch victory.The former South Africa under-19 international claimed the key wicket of Paul Collingwood in the second over of the final morning as Durham collapsed to 93 all out.Wernars could only manage four with the bat as Sussex scrambled to a victory target of 94 with only two wickets to spare but his bowling in what was only his fourth Championship match hinted at the potential he possessed.The all-rounder went on to take 2 for 24 in a comfortable win over Northamptonshire in the CB40 on the Sunday – his best figures in six one-day matches for the county.Sussex had high hopes that Wernars – who was 22 last month – would play a big role in all formats of the game this season until he dropped his bombshell on the eve of the summer.And although he admits he is not missing cricket at all at the moment he will be keeping a close eye on how his former team-mates fare against Surrey at the Castle Ground this week as he follows his new passion in Cape Town.Kirk said: “It wasn’t an easy decision to make but I am happy as a person right now which shows it has been the right change for me.“I’m not missing cricket at all at the moment. I’ve not even picked up a bat since I came back to South Africa. To be honest I got my kit shipped back here and it hasn’t arrived yet so I might have to chase that up!“I am trying to stay clear of cricket altogether at the moment. I had been playing virtually non-stop since I was a youngster so I want to have a break to see whether I do start to miss it.“I might watch a little bit on TV and I’ve been following Sussex’s results all the time via Twitter to see how the lads are getting on as I still love the club and the friends I’ve left behind.“What I miss the most is the lads at Sussex because I formed some strong bonds while I was over there. I wish I could bring all the lads out here and play cricket with them.”

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Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has joined Surrey for a short stint as overseas player and scored a hundred on his debut against Derbyshire before heading to Sussex this week.The prospect of Ponting bringing his experience and run-making ability to Surrey is something that naturally excites their Director of Cricket Chris Adams. “Where do you start with someone like Ricky Ponting?,” said Adams. “He will bring presence, great experience of English

conditions and, we hope, runs. “We have got to make the most of his time with us because being around someone like Ricky is an

experience our young players in particular won’t get too often in their career. Gareth Batty is our captain but to be able to call on someone like Ricky for advice can only enhance his outlook as well.”Ponting retired after a magnificent 17-year Test career at the end of 2012 with 13,378 Test runs and 168 Australia caps to his name. Add in another 14,000 ODI and T20 runs from nearly 400 internationals and Ponting’s name among the greats of Australian cricket is assured.

He will be 40 next year but his appetite for the game remains undiminished. He was player of the year in Australian domestic cricket last season as he helped Tasmania win the Sheffield Shield.

Ponting is looking forward to his second stint in county cricket, having previously played for Somerset in 2004.

“I’m really excited to be playing for Surrey,” he said. “They are a forward thinking and historic club – and play at one of the greatest grounds in the world. It hasn’t been the friendliest place for me

but now it will be my home for two months this summer.“I’d like to think I can contribute a significant amount to the club – on and off the field – and

am looking forward to getting stuck in as soon as I arrive.”

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Some eye-catching winter recruitment, including two giants of the world game in Graeme Smith and Ricky Ponting as well as Vikram Solanki from Worcestershire, made Surrey one of the pre-season favourites for what is shaping up to be one of the most open Championship races in years.But five games in Surrey had yet to win and their defeat to Nottinghamshire three weeks ago came hot on the heels of a home loss to Durham. If that wasn’t bad enough, the county were left reeling after Smith had to return to South Africa because of a persistent ankle trouble, leaving Gareth Batty in charge, probably for the rest of the season.Adams, who is in his fifth season as Director of Cricket at The Oval, has been in the game long enough to know it won’t take much for fortunes to turn around, especially in four-day cricket, and there would be no better place to start than Arundel, where he enjoyed some memorable team and individual moments during 11 successful years as Sussex captain.“Yes, we did start the season with high expectations, but I was a player for 22 years and have been here five and in every one of those 27 seasons there have been high expectations of Surrey. This group - the players, the coaches and myself - share the same ambitions.“But with the points system as it is, if you can follow two defeats with two wins you are right back in there. We felt we were - and are - a genuinely competitive side in all competitions.“We had a difficult couple of weeks with Graeme going home, needing to regroup and with Gareth Batty taking on the captaincy. What we have to learn

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“Look, I cannot complain about the effort that all of my players have put in so far this season and I feel for them a bit because they certainly haven’t got the rewards for their hard work at times. We set them some stiff challenges at the start of the season and I am still confident they can deliver them.”

to do is not to just have fleeting moments in a game where we show what we are capable of but to put together a performance over four days, with bat and ball, that will get us over the line.”Those back-to-back defeats at the end of May followed three successive draws, including a high-scoring stalemate against Sussex when Luke Wells made 208, his third successive hundred against this week’s Championship opponents.It also gave Adams and his players a timely reminder of just how hard it is to win four-day matches. “We played some good sides on very flat wickets but that is what it’s like in Division One. Every side fights tooth and nail, it’s not what you would call an enjoyable ride at times.

“Look, I cannot complain about the effort that all of my players have put in so far this season and I feel for them a bit because they certainly haven’t got the rewards for their hard work at times. We set them some stiff challenges at the start of the season and I am still confident they can deliver them.“Arundel normally produces a result and I know from experience it’s hard work there. Sure, batsmen get full value for their shots but there is generally something in it for bowlers as well. I look at us and Sussex as two pretty evenly-matched sides. Whatever happens, Arundel is always a place I enjoy going to and it will be nice to catch up with some old friends this week.”


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Jim was delighted with the new refreshed exhibits featuring a strong Australian theme, including some quite excellent photographs taken by the late Arthur Smallwood, and a tribute to the 2003 County Championship (tenth anniversary) winners including the ladies who also won the county Championship that year. But Jim was really taken with Gillette Cup exhibition which this year sees the 50th anniversary of the club’s first Trophy. Jim, of course, played in the 1963 final (and indeed 1964, 1968 and 1970). This landmark victory was significant on many levels. Apart from the fact it was Sussex’s first silverware, it was of course the first one-day trophy ever to be played for anywhere in the world. For the club to actually win this magnificent trophy was indeed an honour and you can see the original Gillette Cup trophy in the Sussex Cricket Museum at Hove this season, which is kindly on loan to us from the MCC.As I am sure you would expect it is only appropriate that to help commemorate this historic achievement Sussex Cricket World in conjunction with the Sussex Cricket Combined Appeal are staging a major celebration lunch with the 1963 team including Jim, captain Ted Dexter, Tony Buss, Les Lenham, John Snow, Ian Thomson and Alan Oakman. Norman Gifford who represented Worcester on that famous day in 1963 and was nominated Man of the Match will also join us.

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The lunch to be held on Sunday 8th September in the Montefiore Boundary Rooms at Hove and will be hosted by the inimitable and peerless Neil Lenham. Tickets are just £35 per person and available from Richard Barrow at either www.sussexcricketworld.com or www.sussexcricket.co.uk or by postal application to SCCA at Sussex CCC, Eaton Road, Hove. BN3 3AN, please mark envelope ‘Gillette 50th’If the lunch is as good as the recent and quite excellent Tony Greig and Christopher Martin-Jenkins tribute lunch you are guaranteed a really wonderful day. It demonstrated everything that is good about Sussex cricket: it’s members and supporters, catering and general ambience. The speakers, Peter Baxter and

former club captain Johnny Barclay, were quite outstanding. John was at his hilarious best and brought the house down with tales of unintentional slapstick, cricketing incompetence, ineptitude and weak bladders. We all agreed Tony and Christopher, watching down on us all from above, would have absolutely loved it.So please do come and visit us in the Sussex Cricket Museum at Hove and enjoy the many exhibits and audio exhibits. If you can support the Gillette 50th Anniversary lunch you will know that the proceeds will be not only supporting our admirable Museum but young cricketers in the Sussex community. I look forward to seeing you.

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and supporters just isn’t what it used to be . . . and if nothing else, that’s cause for celebration, writes Mark

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Gone are the days of ground-sharing with the football club, watching cricket from the terraces and enduring a tepid cup of tea and cold bacon butty in a draughty cafeteria that doubled as both the indoor net area and a supposed members’ restaurant.Yes, with its magnificent new stands and indoor Academy times have changed at the County Ground and, if their early season form is anything to judge by, it has all been for the good.With the arrival of former Warwickshire batsman David Smith as chief executive, a new coach in David Ripley and under the burgeoning four-day captaincy of Stephen Peters, the Steelbacks appear to be a club on the up.And, following the early-season signature of an overseas strike bowler, the 6ft 5in Aussie Trent Copeland, they appear a stronger and more competitive unit all round.One man to have witnessed most of the changes is Andrew Hall, the former South Africa and Kent all-rounder currently enjoying a sixth season with his third county.“In the past few years we’ve generally done quite well on the field only to miss out on County Championship promotion by a point here and there, but last year it all went a bit wrong and that led to the backroom changes and new faces in the side,” explained Hall.“Quite a few of our younger players have started to come through the ranks, which is long term work that’s finally borne

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fruit, and they are playing some exceptionally good cricket and giving us strength in depth that we’ve lacked before.“With these lads about, performing well, it means that if the senior guys need a blow or if something happens injury-wise, we have back-up on hand and some good young cricketers to lean on.” Hall also confirmed that Northamptonshire are a good one-day unit as they prepare to face the Sharks for the second successive year at Arundel. “We have people in new positions in the background and fresher faces in the side as well and all that brings energy and vitality right across the board,” said Hall, now 37.“In the past we’ve had guys playing at crucial times of the season when they’re struggling

through tiredness or carrying niggles. We’ve rectified that to some extent and, with this stronger squad, we will be able to rotate and rest guys and, when we do need them to step up to the plate, they will be fresh and ready.“We all know what we have to do to get ready ahead of matches and the new management here have a trust factor with the senior players and leave us to do what we need to prepare for big games. “So far we’re doing the basics well in the white-ball game too. I felt that, previously, we struggled to find a game plan we were comfortable with, but now we have a good mix, some great players and, if we get the basics right, I believe we’ll go a long way.”

“We all know what we have to do to get ready ahead of matches and the new management here have a trust factor with the senior players and leave us to do what we need to do to prepare for big games.”


163 BUt It WAsn’t MY Best

On the attack: “I think I batted for most of my innings in a cap,” says Adams.


163 BUt It WAsn’t MY Best

it remains the biggest individual score made by a sussex batsman in limited overs cricket, but chris Adams admits the 163 he

plundered against Middlesex 14 years ago here at Arundel was not the best one-day innings he’s ever played.

The memories of it, however, are still strong as Adams returns to what he describes as his favourite ground in the world this week as Surrey’s Director of Cricket, not for a one-day game but crucial Championship action.Adams was in his second season in charge and the start of our ‘golden era’ was still in its infancy when Middlesex, known in those days as the Crusaders, arrived on a gloriously sunny and warm Sunday in July 1999.That season, the one-day competition was 45 overs a-side, split into two divisions and sponsored by insurance company CGU. Sussex went into the game top of the table, having stayed two points clear of Somerset by beating Glamorgan at Swansea by 88 runs the previous week, Adams hitting an unbeaten 80. They had won six out of seven.A year earlier, Adams had made his England ODI debut against South Africa but he was arguably in better form 12 months on. “Very much so,” he says. “I’d been consistent in one-day cricket in the three competitions all season. In terms of the Championship we were still a work in progress but we’d reached the semi-finals of the Benson & Hedges Cup and in the NCL, as it was called then, we were going very well.“That day I came in very early after Richard Montgomerie was out for a duck and I remember hitting my second ball for four and I felt full of confidence from the start. It was one of those days.”

“The league record was Ally Brown of Surrey who made 203. With five overs to go I was definitely after 200. I was seeing it like a football and everything was coming off the meat of the bat – but then I got out!”

Adams added 91 for the second wicket with Michael Di Venuto (35) and 42 with Tony Cottey (14) but the really big partnership of the innings was formed with Jamie Carpenter, whose contribution to a fourth-wicket stand of 125 was 60 good runs of his own.“Jamie played well that day. He was a very good ball-striker in one-day cricket and we just seemed to feed off each other,” remembers Adams. A blameless pitch, small outfield and a Middlesex attack which lacked bite once Angus Fraser (1 for 26 from 9 overs) had bowled his spell all combined to make it an afternoon to remember for Adams and a sun-drenched crowd of 4,000.He hit nine sixes – another county record at the time – and 15 fours with Paul Weekes (0 for 84) coming in for the stiffest punishment as Adams re-assessed his target.

“The league record was Ally Brown of Surrey who made 203. With five overs to go I was definitely after 200. I was seeing it like a football and everything was coming off the meat of the bat – but then I got out!”The fun ended when Adams picked out Mark Ramprakash on the long-on boundary. Another yard and it would have been six. He departed to a standing ovation. “It was a special innings,” he says. “But I’m not sure if it was my best in one-day cricket. Other games and different circumstances when I played a match winning knock probably meant more. That day the boundaries were quite small and the pitch was flat. We got on top of their attack quite quickly. It’s in the top five I played in my career, but I’m not sure where I’d put it.”

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In an amazing contest, Middlesex nearly spoiled Adams’ day. A young Owais Shah scored a brilliant 134 and it was only when he holed out that Sussex could feel secure. The bowler? CJ Adams.“People forget I used to bowl some seam-up in those days before my knee started giving me problems,” he laughs. “I was knackered to be honest, but when it’s your day. I ended up taking two wickets.” Mark Robinson (0-42) was Sussex’s most economical bowler but Billy Taylor, who took the new ball on his debut with Alex Edwards, having recently joined the staff following a successful trial, took two wickets with a certain A.J. Strauss not out 2 at the end, having come in at No.7 for Middlesex.Although Sussex were beaten by Nottinghamshire at Cleethorpes the following week their form in the competition remained pretty consistent. They lost just once more – under the Hove lights against Somerset – before clinching the title with a seven-wickets win over Derbyshire in a ten over thrash on a gloomy September Sunday at the Racecourse Ground.It was the first trophy of the Adams’ era and the skipper played his part with 789 runs in the competition. By then Adams had been recalled to the England squad for the tour to South Africa in 1999-2000, the first under new coach Duncan Fletcher.“The first trophy was always going to be special,” says Adams. “If you look at the side we had then we didn’t have a team full of stars. Sussex were evolving at that stage but in one-day cricket we always gave anyone a game.”

Chris Adams salutes the Arundel crowd after reaching his hundred

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one-DAY ReCoRDs At ARUnDeLHighest totals

327-4 Unicorns v Sussex 2010 325-4 Sussex v Unicorns 2010 297-5 Sussex v Middlesex 1999 288-6 Middlesex v Sussex 1999 272-6 Sussex v Yorkshire 2000 256-9 Essex v Sussex 2007

Lowest totals

96 Sussex v Gloucestershire 200698 Gloucestershire v Sussex 2006

Highest individual scores

163 CJ Adams Sussex v Middlesex 1999 137 MJ Prior Sussex v Somerset 2008 134 OA Shah Middlesex v Sussex 1999 129* MW Goodwin Sussex v Derbyshire 2003 126* CWG Bassano Derbyshire v Sussex 2003 117 WJ Durston Unicorns v Sussex 2010 103 AP Wells Sussex v Middlesex 1994 102 K Greenfield Sussex v Nottinghamshire 1995

Highest partnership

160 OA Shah & JL Langer Middlesex v Sussex 1999 165 JPT Knappett & WJ Durston Unicorns v Sussex 2010 125 CJ Adams & JR Carpenter Sussex v Middlesex 1999 125 ME Trescothick & Z de Bruyn Somerset v Sussex 2008116 AP Wells & K Greenfield Sussex v Middlesex 1994 99 MJ Prior & LJ Wright Sussex v Somerset 2008

Best Bowling

5-10 MJ Procter Gloucestershire v Sussex 1972

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