Ishant Sharma will join Sussex for the first two months of the English county season.

[vvvslaxman]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/43072621

 

India fast bowler Ishant Sharma will join Sussex for the first two months of the English county season.

The 29-year-old has taken 234 wickets in 81 Test matches, and has also played 80 one-day internationals and 14 T20s for his country.

The right-armer will be available for five games in the County Championship, and all eight of Sussex's group stage fixtures in the One-Day Cup.

"I am looking forward to my maiden stint in county cricket," he said.

Only three Indian seamers have taken more wickets than Sharma in Test cricket, with his 234 dismissals making him the ninth-most prolific Indian Test bowler overall.

Sussex were looking to bring in another fast bowler after Chris Jordan and Jofra Archer signed deals to play in the Indian Premier League.

"Securing Ishant's services has been very important for us," Sussex director of cricket Keith Greenfield said.

"It became crucial to sign an experienced international-quality seam bowler who could provide valuable support and know-how to the rest of the seamers."

[vvvslaxman]

Advanced commiserations Sussex.

[sandeep]

This is awesome news.   I expect Ishant to learn a lot, at a minimum.  And a 60% chance of him really running through some of those county lineups.  

 

 

[sarcastic]

This is an excellent excellent news for team India. Ishant Sharma would be very acclimatized and may learn few tricks of trade on those English pitches and can be potent in the India's long test tour of England. 

 

Hatsoff to everyone involved in this decision!!!

[vvvslaxman]

It is somewhat forced. Nobody picked him in the IPL like nobody picked Pujara. May be a blessing in disguise. I never recall Ishant doing anything useful in the IPL (hehe Maniac)  except when he briefly did well with Dale Steyn. 

[sourab10forever]

Ban all test only senior Players from IPL.

Pay them 3 Crs for a county stint.

Edited February 15, 2018 by sourab10forever

[Cricketics]

Good for him, looks like he will surely play in the 5 match test series. 

[Laaloo]

Please keep him there

[speedheat]

F#@@ this means he will play all 5 test matches in England this year  man this sucks   when will this torture end??

[The Realist]

2nd division county level is about his standard.

Not sure what Sussex are getting out of this as mediocre seamers like Sharma are dime a dozen in county cricket.

[Unstable Joe]

Feeling sorry for poor Sussex.  Oh well, if he learns something, it will be good for team India, though I doubt it.

[Unstable Joe]

37 minutes ago, sourab10forever said:

Ban all test only senior Players from IPL.

Pay them 3 Crs for a county stint.

So...ban Parthiv & Saha too?

[Pollack]

To be blunt, Ishant sharma is a sh!T bowler and would remain so. You gotta have talent and brain. Ishant has none. Admire the fact he is mostly fit and seems to be honest tryer. Unfortunately he is not good enough.

[LORD_analyst]

1 hour ago, sandeep said:

This is awesome news.   I expect Ishant to learn a lot, at a minimum.  And a 60% chance of him really running through some of those county lineups.  

 

 

not until he learns outswing...inswing is only useful at 145k ...

[sandeep]

3 minutes ago, LORD_analyst said:

not until he learns outswing...inswing is only useful at 145k ...

He's going to be playing against 2nd tier batsmen, and the conditions will be helpful.  He has height, gets bounce and has enough pace - IF he learns to bowl according to the conditions, he should be effective. 

 

Then again, this is Ishant we are talking about.   To make a 70s phillum  analogy, some people are just cut out to be Shashi Kapoor, not everybody can be Amitabh.  No matter how tall or short you are.  

[Ankit_sharma03]

Der aaye durust aaye 

[Mosher]

Ishant and Pujara doing the right thing. Wish Umesh had gone there too instead of playing IPL. 

[LORD_analyst]

1 hour ago, sandeep said:

He's going to be playing against 2nd tier batsmen, and the conditions will be helpful.  He has height, gets bounce and has enough pace - IF he learns to bowl according to the conditions, he should be effective. 

 

Then again, this is Ishant we are talking about.   To make a 70s phillum  analogy, some people are just cut out to be Shashi Kapoor, not everybody can be Amitabh.  No matter how tall or short you are.  

yup...but only at this level...in international cricket he will always be reffered to as 'workhorse' ...rather than wicket taker coz of his inability to to take ball away from right handers

Edited February 15, 2018 by LORD_analyst

[sandeep]

18 minutes ago, LORD_analyst said:

yup...but only at this level...in international cricket he will always be reffered to as 'workhorse' ...rather than wicket taker coz of his inability to to take ball away from right handers

Happily, if Bhuvi, Shami and Bumrah are fit and firing, Ishant can still chip in as a workhorse in the squad.  For the times when Shami pulls up lame.  There's some value in having an experienced pacer who can do the dirty job of bowling a ton of tight overs to maintain pressure.   

[vvvslaxman]

40 minutes ago, sandeep said:

Happily, if Bhuvi, Shami and Bumrah are fit and firing, Ishant can still chip in as a workhorse in the squad.  For the times when Shami pulls up lame.  There's some value in having an experienced pacer who can do the dirty job of bowling a ton of tight overs to maintain pressure.   

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