Hove: the end of a fine career

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Hove: the end of a fine career

Image: © John Sutton Taken: 28 Sep 2017

It was the balmy, sunlit end of the 2017 first-class cricket season and also the end of the twenty-year career of Nottinghamshire's wicketkeeper-batsman and captain, Chris Read. The match had just ended as the draw Notts needed to secure promotion to Division 1 of the County Championship (they had also won both one-day competitions), something Read had done much to bring about, scoring 124 (his 26th first-class century) the previous day. On behalf of Sussex CCC Keith Greenfield presented Read with a framed print of the scorecards of his first and last County matches, both of which had been played at Hove. Players and staffs of both counties and an emotional crowd applauded Read and took photos of the occasion. (The statistically-minded can find more about Chris Read here: http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19346.html .)

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