While you very rarely get to know the people that represent the sports teams you support, you can gain an insight into their character when they strive for the same goals and aims as you. You see how much it means to them when they win and when they lose.
So it is always a shock when one of them doesn't get to fulfill their potential and promise. So when someone who is as young Matt Hobden was when he passed away yesterday.
I only got to see him play for Sussex a few times but he looked as if he was really starting to become a cricketer of quality. It wasn't just his bowling that had improved over beyond measure, but his batting that helped Ollie Robinson score a century from number nine.
All the messages on twitter suggest he was a good bloke and from the limited amount of time I saw him he certainly seemed to be just that. You could tell from the way he held himself and the way he was supported by his captain and teammates.
So my thoughts are with his family, friends, and everyone who saw him represent Sussex.
RIP Matt
So it is always a shock when one of them doesn't get to fulfill their potential and promise. So when someone who is as young Matt Hobden was when he passed away yesterday.
I only got to see him play for Sussex a few times but he looked as if he was really starting to become a cricketer of quality. It wasn't just his bowling that had improved over beyond measure, but his batting that helped Ollie Robinson score a century from number nine.
All the messages on twitter suggest he was a good bloke and from the limited amount of time I saw him he certainly seemed to be just that. You could tell from the way he held himself and the way he was supported by his captain and teammates.
So my thoughts are with his family, friends, and everyone who saw him represent Sussex.
RIP Matt
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