Sussex have built a slight first innings lead over Surrey after a patient morning session on Day Three at Horsham.
Resuming on 90-6, Luke Wells and Naveed Arif Gondal added 82 runs before lunch in blustery but dry conditions to give Sussex a 48-run lead.
But Arif Gondal was caught on 34 with the last ball before lunch to leave the game right in the balance.
After a slow start Wells brought up his 50 - justifying his selection in place of the dropped Murray Goodwin - and a pull to the rope from the left hander took Sussex beyond their opponent’s 124 first innings score.
Having allowed Wells most of the early strike Arif Gondal took a while to find his first boundary, but the following ball he drove Murali Kartik over long on for Sussex’s first six of the innings.
After losing four wickets in the six overs played yesterday because of the heavy rain, the Sussex pair’s patient approach was much needed, though Surrey found a late breakthrough when Murali Kartik had Arif Gondal caught behind by Gareth Batty with the final ball of the session.
Sussex will resume on 172-7 with Wells edging towards his century, unbeaten on 82 with Steve Magoffin joining him at the crease.
Despite yesterday’s heavy rain the pitch at Cricketfield Road looks immaculate with the ground staff doing an excellent job to get today started on time while a host of other County Championship games are yet to begin.
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Sussex farm with Elizabethan heritage - FarmersWeekly
A residential farm in Sussex comes to the market with pasture and a listed farmhouse.
Swains Farm, close to Partridge Green, is 110ha (273 acres) and is on the market for £3m.
The former dairy farm has been converted into a beef unit, but would be well-suited to equestrian use, said selling agent Strutt & Parker.
All the fields are laid to grass and well-fenced with four-rail fencing.
With views of the South Downs and only a few miles from direct rail links to London, the farm is expected to attract both lifestyle buyers and farmers.
Swains Farmhouse has Elizabethan origins and is grade II listed, with three bedrooms.
The farmyard includes modern livestock buildings, which are in good condition.
Swains Farm Cottage is a four-bedroom detached cottage made up of two former farm workers' cottages.
The rolling land is grade 3, a fine silty over clay soil with five acres of woodland.
Entitlements are included in the sale, as well as sporting and mineral rights.
(Strutt & Parker 020 7318 4668)
Source: www.fwi.co.uk
Ben and Kate Goldsmith call Twitter truce after online divorce spat - Daily Telegraph
But earlier this week on Twitter he branded his estranged wife’s decision to call the police to the family home “appalling” as he prepared for a lengthy divorce battle with the Rothschild heiress.
Today they issued a joint statement admitting that they should have kept their private life to themselves.
"We are both deeply saddened that our marriage has ended after nine years," the statement said.
“It is a matter of regret to us that, at a time when our emotions and those of our friends have run high, things have been said in public which should have been kept private. We accept our full share of responsibility for this.
“Contrary to what has been publicly stated, neither of us anticipates any major issues of contention to arise in the divorce, in which the interests of our children will come first.
“There will be no further comment, either directly or indirectly, from us on any aspect of our family’s private life.”
Mr Goldsmith will file for divorce on the grounds of adultery, reportedly believing there is “no way back” following what he claims was a “serious” affair as opposed to a brief fling.
He is currently on holiday in Sicily with his mother Lady Annabel. The couple’s £20 million home in Kensington, West London, has been put up for sale.
The acrimonious split has been played out on the social networking site Twitter, with Mr Goldsmith unable to contain his fury over the alleged betrayal.
Yesterday, when a supporter expressed incredulity that Mrs Goldsmith, 29, had called the police, he replied: “agree, appalling.”
As scions of two of Britain's most illustrious families, the Goldsmiths are both wealthy in their own right.
Mr Goldsmith inherited an estimated £300 million after the death of his father, who built up a £1.2 billion fortune as a food magnate and then investor. His wife inherited an £18 million fortune after the suicide of her banker father Amschel Rothschild.
A divorce will almost certainly cause further frictions within the family however, not least because Mrs Goldsmith’s sister Alice is in a relationship with her husband’s brother, Zac Goldsmith, the Tory MP.
The brothers’ sister Jemima Khan is also believed to be close to Mrs Goldsmith.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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