Ross Taylor has broken his silence on a farcical Sussex defeat – and insisted they can still claim a place in the T20 sun.
Sharks host Surrey in the NatWest T20 Blast at Hove tonight (7pm) needing a win to re-ignite quarter-final hopes.
Skipper Taylor was unhappy at being forced to play in rain when they lost at Somerset on Sunday but believes a last-eight place is not out of reach.
He told The Argus: “Realistically we are going to have to win four or five out of six.
“It has been a frustrating campaign with the weather but hopefully we can get some fine days and get on a bit of a roll.”
He added: “I don’t know how much I can elaborate about Sunday but I’ve never played in anything like it in terms of rain.
“It was a lot heavier than in the game that got called off on Friday against Middlesex.
“The wicket was mud. All you ask for is a fair contest and I don’t think that was a fair contest.”
Luke Wright (back) again misses out but Tymal Mills returns to a 13-man squad for tonight's match and that at Kent tomorrow.
Of the 14 players who travelled to Taunton, Ollie Robinson and Harry Finch are the two to miss out.
Squad: Taylor (captain), Jordan, Beer, Brown, Briggs, Nash, Van Zyl, Wiese, Evans, Garton, Archer, Mills, Salt.
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