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| The
big screen ensures people knew what game they were watching |
Luke
Wright was looking as good as ever in the warm up |
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| Yasir
Arafat prepares for the game |
Chris
Adams would be looking to have a knock similar to his one on Sunday
against Lancashire |
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| Hopkinson
is smiling |
Matt
Prior scans the arena |
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| Dancing
sensation Darren Gough was in the line up for Essex |
As
was one of McCarthys cricketing heroes, Ronnie Irani |
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| McCarthy
had his traditional cheese and biscuits |
Bert
was making his first appearance at the cricket of the season |
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| While
Kinch was losing his cricket virginity |
Chapman
was wearing his new bright yellow Leeds top, which attracted wasps |
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| Kieran
was looking forward to the big game |
Things
could get sticky at the toss, as Ronnie
Irani Warne won it
and elected to bat |
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| The
big screen does its job |
Mr
Gooch! |
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| Sid
won the Mascot Race at the Twenty20 finals day, and here he is with his
medal |
Graeme
makes his way to his announcers position |
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| The
now legendary McCarthy Industries timepiece shows us it was extremely
early when the floodlights came on |
Kinch
licks this man seductively |
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| McCarthys
no drink policy was in operation. He gives thumbs up to this water,
which was checked by Kieran to ensure it wasn't vodka |
Cider
is bad - amazingly, he went the whole evening without drinking, despite
the attempts of the rest of the Barmy Army |
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| The
umpires enter the arena |
The
Sussex team prepare to field |
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| Behind
the stumps, with a wicket keeper and two slips |
The
advertising sight screen got stuck, and meant play was delayed for 5
minutes as they attempted to change it to black |
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| The
sky commentary position |
The
crucifix was still in position |
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| Bizarrely,
Robin Martin-Jenkins statistics were accompanied by a picture of James
Kirtley |
This
attractive young lady was selling raffle tickets - needless to say
McCarthy enquired how much for a strip |
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| Chapman
and Kinch enjoying the game |
The
game was ticking on nicely |
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| Darren
Gough comes in to bat, as Essex pile on the runs |
Ronnie
Irani is out, after another superb knock, scoring over a century |
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| Sussex
enjoy taking another wicket |
Carl
Hopkinson in the field |
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| Essex
innings are over, and they have posted a huge total |
Sussex
will have to go some way to get near that |
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| Sid
embarks on a lap of honor in order of his win |
Kinch
about to contravene all ground regulation orders |
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| McCarthy
tucks into his curry chips, which being sober he finally realised are
foul |
Kev
'the Ape' Ticehurst had arrived and was soon tucking into Fish and Chips |
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| John
Hewitt was in the house |
Essex
take to the field |
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| Richard
Montgomerie and Matt Prior about to begin the Sussex reply |
Darren
Gough appeared to be getting wider by the minute |
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| Tom
Stewart was again present in the stadium |
Graeme
uses these handy binoculars to view the game |
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| Chapman
let the side down again by opting for these fruit pastilles as opposed
to the nutritious jelly sweets |
Kinch
makes a suggestion, obviously having heard of McCarthys legendary penis
size |
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| The
game heads towards its conclusion, and Sussex look to be about to lose |
Essex
take the victory |
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| Ronnie
Irani does an interview for Sky |
And
waves at the fans after securing the man-of-the-match award |
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| The
sky team wrap up their show on a disappointing night for Sussex |
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