Well I'm also really excited about this match as I was for the others, Its going to be a good match and for me both teams are level, some people might say that Sussex have the edge with their experience, some people might say Lancashire have the edge with their hard working and team spirit. Well in the Sussex squad the player/s I support would be Rana Naved and Umar Gul but unfortunately he will not be able to play, since he's playing in the Moin Khan trophy. Rana Naved is in good form in this tournament but he needs some runs and try to be less expensive, Umar Gul has been dissapointing. The players that I like from the Lancashire squad are Junaid Khan and possibly Farveez Mahroof or Sajid Mahmood. Junaid Khan is a new player and is not in great form but he did win a game for Lancashire earlier. Nothing special yet from Mahroof or Mahmood. Mahmood can also whack so he is a good player to have. I think is Lancashire win the toss they should bat, set a good score and then get some yorkers from Junaid and bowl Sussex out, but Sussex will probably be thinking to do exactly that, so its going to be a good match. Its going to be a very tough battle and it might or might not rely that much on who win's the toss, it might rely more on who plays the better game!! Till the match starts, on this thread mods please can you put a poll up and lets discuss about the match, your views etc. The match is scheduled to begin at 19:10 local time(18:10 GMT). Well the rain didn't really interrupt yesterday but we still need to hope it stays away today, Remember this is the last quarter-final. Both these teams are going to fight really hard and I think a par score for the first innings is probably 180-200.
Well here are the possible teams:
Lancashire: G Chapple*, KR Brown, SJ Croft, GD Cross†, PJ Horton, Junaid Khan, G Keedy, SC Kerrigan, MF Maharoof, SI Mahmood, SC Moore, SD Parry, LA Procter, TC Smith
Sussex: BC Brown†, JS Gatting, MW Goodwin, CJ Liddle, CD Nash, Naved-ul-Hasan, Naved Arif, MS Panesar, WD Parnell, OP Rayner, L Vincent, KO Wernars, LJ Wright, MH Yardy
Well I hope you guys enjoy the match and I might give some links but I don't need to since I just got Star Cricket which is amazing! Good luck both teams, hope Rana and Junaid do well!
