Sussex Cricket Yearbook 2022 by Sussex Cricket

SUSSEX CRICKET

YEARBOOK

1ST XI FIXTURES

1ST XI

FIXTURES DATE

HOME

AWAY

VENUE

COMP

Wed 23 – Fri 25

Sussex

Surrey

The 1st Central County Ground

PSF

Mon 28 – Wed 30

Sussex

Durham UCCE

The 1st Central County Ground

UNI

Thurs 07 – Sun 10

Sussex

Nottinghamshire

The 1st Central County Ground

Thurs 14 – Sun 17

Derbeyshire

Sussex

The Incora County Ground

Thurs 21 – Sun 24

Worcestershire

Sussex

New Road

Thurs 28 – Sun 01

Sussex

Durham

The 1st Central County Ground

Thurs 05 – Sun 08

Sussex

Middlesex

The 1st Central County Ground

Thurs 12 – Sun 15

Leicestershire

Sussex

Uptonsteel County Ground

Fri 20 – Mon 23

Sussex

New Zealand

The 1st Central County Ground

TOUR

Thurs 26

Sharks

Glamorgan

The 1st Central County Ground

T20

Fri 27

Gloucestershire

Sharks

Bristol

T20

Sun 29

Sharks

Kent

The 1st Central County Ground

T20

Wed 01

Somerset

Sharks

The Cooper Associates County Ground

T20

Fri 03

Sharks

Middlesex

The 1st Central County Ground

T20

Sat 04

Hampshire

Sharks

Ageas Bowl

T20

Wed 08

Surrey

Sharks

Kia Oval

T20

Fri 10

Sharks

Gloucestershire

The 1st Central County Ground

T20

Sun 12 – Wed 15

Glamorgan

Sharks

Sophia Gardens

Fri 17

Essex

Sharks

The Cloud County Ground

T20

Sun 19

Glamorgan

Sharks

Sophia Gardens

T20

Thurs 23

Shakrs

Surrey

The 1st Central County Ground

T20

Fri 24

Kent

Sharks

Canterbury

T20

Sun 26 – Wed 29

Sussex

Derbyshire

The 1st Central County Ground

Fri 01

Sharks

Essex

The 1st Central County Ground

T20

Sun 03

Sharks

Hampshire

The 1st Central County Ground

T20

Wed 06

Quarter Final

TBC

T20

Fri 08

Quarter Final

TBC

T20

Sat 09

Quarter Final

TBC

T20

Mon 11 – Thurs 14

Sussex

The 1st Central County Ground

Sat 16

Finals Day

Edgbaston

T20

Tues 19 – Fri 22

Middlesex

Sussex

Lord’s

Tues 26 – Fri 29

Nottinghamshire

Sussex

Trent Bridge

Sun 31

Oxfordshire

Sharks

TBC

Tues 02

Nottinghamshire

Sharks

Trent Bridge

50L

Fri 05

Sharks

Gloucestershire

The 1st Central County Ground

50L

Sun 07

Sharks

Leicestershire

The 1st Central County Ground

50L

Fri 12

Warwickshire

Sharks

Edgbaston

50L

Sun 14

Sharks

Surrey

The 1st Central County Ground

50L

Wed 17

Durham

Sharks

Emirates Riverside

50L

Fri 19

Somerset

Sharks

The Cooper Associates County Ground

50L

Tues 23

Sharks

Middlesex

The 1st Central County Ground

50L

Fri 26

Quarter Final

TBC

50L

Tues 30

Semi Final

TBC

50L

The 1st Central County Ground

Trent Bridge

50L

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

Leicestershire

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER Mon 12 – Thurs 15

Sussex

Sat 17

Final

Worcestershire

Tues 20 – Fri 23

Durham

Sussex

Emirates Riverside

Mon 26 – Thurs 29

Sussex

Glamorgan

The 1st Central County Ground

CONTENTS

FROM CONTENTS OPENERS Chairman: Bob Warren ...................................................... 04 Chief Executive: Rob Andrew .......................................... 10 Director of Cricket: Keith Greenfield .............................. 14 Coach: Ian Salisbury ............................................................ 16 T20 coach: James Kirtley .................................................. 18 Sussex Cricket Foundation ............................................... 21 Adrian Harms, of BBC Sussex ......................................... 22 Academy Director: Mike Yardy ....................................... 24 An appreciation of Ted Dexter and Ian Thomson ................................................................ 26 Museum and Educational Trust ...................................... 30 Remembering Stuart Ashby ............................................. 32 Obituaries .............................................................................. 35 Sussex Cricket Society ...................................................... 36

LV County Championship.............................. 38 Vitality Blast 2021.................................................. 60 Royal London One-Day Cup 2021........ 80 Second XI 2021........................................................ 93 Sussex Records...................................................... 100

THE EDITOR Welcome to the 2022 edition of the Sussex Yearbook.

t is my pleasure to bring Sussex supporters their 2022 yearbook, and it’s a slightly fatter issue than last year, reflecting that, on the field at least, 2021 saw a return to normality. The wonders of modern technology mean that as I write this, Tom Haines has just started 2022 with a century in a pre-season game against Surrey. We’ve even been able to include a couple of pictures – a first for the yearbook to have imagery from that year included! Let’s hope Tom’s century is an omen for what’s to come, both for him and the rest of our developing young team. The players will certainly be better for the experiences of 2021 and some good recruitment from home and abroad adds to the impression, certainly in my mind, that better times are ahead. Thanks to Chris Hewitt at O&G for his design work; to Ali McCreedy for some of the pictures (rest supplied by Getty Images), Roger Packham for the obituaries and photographs of Terry Gunn, Nick Sharp and Paul Elford for the scorecards and Norman Epps for updating the records. Enjoy your read, enjoy the season. GOSBTS! Bruce Talbot Editor March 2022

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GETTING SUSSEX

BACK ON TOP

This is my last report to members as chairman. When I took over from Jim May five years ago I never anticipated having to deal with the issues which have confronted Sussex over the last two years.

fter getting through 2020 I was looking forward to 2021 with optimism but although we were able to run a full programme, we were without spectators during the early part of the season and even when spectators were allowed, the numbers were limited. Once again, our members were amazing and donated their annual subscription to the club. Most our sponsors either refused repayment or, in some cases, extended their contracts. These gestures were much appreciated. Covid meant we were faced with potentially substantial financial issues. As a board our responsibility was to ensure that Sussex was able to manage those issues and, as the pandemic receded, Sussex would be financially sound and able to move forward. Members will have seen from the treasurer’s report that we achieved a position which will allow us to invest in players and facilities. I firmly believe that, unlike some other counties, the steps we have taken over the last two years will ensure that Sussex Cricket continues to exist for many years to come. Along with Covid, cricket has had to deal with the fallout from the Yorkshire revelations. Those hastened the time allowed for each FirstClass County (FCC) to reach the Sport England recommendations on Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI). For some, reaching these standards is proving difficult to achieve in the proposed timescales, but I am confident that we will reach the required standard by the time allowed. ECB The ECB had a mixed year. By staging Test matches they protected a huge amount of money which trickles down to the counties, women’s and girls, disabled and recreational cricket. However, it has become apparent that the FCCs need much more say in how the professional game is run and administered. Although unlikely, the 18 FCCs can be outvoted by the National Counties and others. This can’t be allowed to continue. There is a very strong argument which suggests that the regulatory running of the game should be separated from the operation of the game. This is an ongoing debate. We will keep members up to

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S U S S E X ’ S F R E YA DAV I E S H A S E S TA B L I S H E D H E R S E L F IN THE ENGLAND SQUAD

date with developments. There are many opinions about The Hundred. As far as the ECB are concerned it is here to stay. The current broadcast contract ends in 2024. The financial benefits for both the counties and the players who get selected are plain to see, however there are considerable downsides. Firstly, the County Championship has been pushed to the margins of the season. Big totals have virtually disappeared as has spin bowling. The impact of playing in April, May and September is reflected in England’s poor performances over the last year. Secondly, with The Hundred taking up most of the peak summer months there is a huge lack of cricket at a number of grounds. We had two days of cricket at Hove in August 2021. Of the other non-Hundred grounds, Durham had the most with four. If we want to produce players capable of playing Test cricket the schedule has to allow first-class cricket to be played when the pitches are at their best during high summer.

Professional Cricket County Championship Members will be aware that during 2020 we were faced with potentially large losses without knowing when the situation we were facing would end. This meant that we had to take some radical decisions including not to renew or offer new contracts to some senior players. They were not just taken on a financial basis but also considered performances over the previous two years. Retrospectively, it could be argued that releasing so many senior players in one go was going to create difficulties and while a lack of experience meant we lost more four-day games than we would like, it enabled a number of our youngsters to show enough potential to make me feel that our future is looking very good. Whilst a number of members, including a former player, were unhappy with our four-day performances, others either wrote or spoke to me congratulating the club for bringing through so many young players who ordinarily would not have

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got the chance to showcase their ability. There were a number of standout performances, none greater than 22-year-old Tom Haines finishing the leading run scorer in Championship cricket. Tom also took over as four-day captain from Ben Brown. The decision to change captains during the season was not taken lightly. However, the cricket department thought it was the best way forward. Unfortunately, but understandably, Ben decided that he wished to leave and, given his service to Sussex over a long period, we agreed to release him. Phil Salt and Chris Jordan both decided that it was time to move on. We thank them all for their contributions to and wish them well in the future. Jack Carson, Henry Crocombe and James Coles all made their debuts in 2020, in 2021 they were joined by Ali Orr, Danial Ibrahim, Jamie Atkins, Ollie Carter, Sean Hunt and Archie Lenham. All nine are under-21. Congratulations to Ollie Robinson who made his Test debut. Judging by his performances so far, we will have to get used to losing Ollie for a chunk of the 2022 season. Jofra Archer has undergone another operation and hope this will be the last stage in his recovery, and that we will see him bowling at Hove in the summer. New signings Steve Finn, Tom Alsop and Fynn Hudson-Prentice will be joined by the best wicketkeeper/batsman in the world, Mohammad Rizman and Cheteshwar Pujara and Josh Philippe. We have also appointed Grant Flower as batting coach which brings our coaching department back up to full strength. Vitality Blast Our side competed extremely well and again reached the semi-finals. There were great performances, particularly from Tymal Mills who was rewarded with an England recall for the delayed World Cup. Royal London One Day Cup With nine players selected for The Hundred [only Surrey lost more players, Essex lost only one] our team was decimated. Nevertheless, there were some very good performances. Academy, Boys and Girls Pathway For a second year the pandemic significantly disrupted the Academy, but thanks to the huge commitment of coaches and staff, who had greater control of the facilities at

Hove, Blackstone and BACA and the support of our groundstaff, meant that by the end of the summer virtually a full programme had been squeezed into seven months with an online cricket educational element created and delivered. BACA is our first-choice state school for cricket provision and is a positive force for the development of cricket in its community and across Brighton & Hove and beyond. Sussex Cricket is a beacon for developing state school cricket and for promoting participation amongst under-represented groups. For four years running, Brighton Aldridge Cricket Academy (BACA) has been voted one of the top 100 schools in the country by The Cricketer magazine, one of only four state schools to achieve such status. Phil Hudson and Alexia Walker have to take great credit for getting everything completed in their respective areas, but our planning has learned the lessons of 2021 and will be based on the facilities and venues we can control. This cricketing landscape continued to offer opportunities to many players in professional cricket across the country as part of the ECB’s training guidelines. Academy players training constantly with our professionals, which accelerated their development. There is no better example of this than at Sussex. We are blessed with a significant number of young players who have the potential to go on and really achieve in the game and this has been supported by the club in its strategy to develop them. Every member of the Academy had an opportunity in the first XI last summer, with many getting opportunity across multiple formats and there is much more to come. National recognition is also important and with six players selected in England full squads and three in the Lions’ programme, the future looks bright. At the end of 2021 the Academy cohort were taken on rookie or full contracts and an exciting new group of nine has been selected to work with the returning Mike Yardy, who has taken over as Academy Director from Richard Halsall. Our partnerships with Oxfordshire Cricket and BACA continue to grow and bear fruit, with James Coles and Harrison Ward joining the professional staff. A new five-year partnership will see this relationship flourish while our BACA cricket partnership provides a quality development programme within the state sector, supported by our coaches throughout players’ education, while

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BACA remains the home of women’s and girls’ cricket for us. Sussex continued to feed players into the England women’s set-up as well the Southern Vipers regional programme. Several Sussex players took part in The Hundred with Sussex captain Georgia Adams winning the competition, while in the 20 and 50 over tournaments, many pathway players got opportunities in the senior team. A new group of development players have been selected as a new regional academy programme is established within the ECB pathway strategy. Adams was joined in The Hundred by Georgia Elwiss, Sarah Taylor, Freya Davies, Danni Wyatt, Tara Norris, Paige Scholfield, Ella McCaughan and Carla Rudd. Elwiss, Davies and Wyatt were selected to play for England and Tara Norris for the United States. There is still work to be done on all these fronts, but our ambition is to work closely with the Foundation, clubs, independent schools in Sussex and the Oxfordshire Cricket Board. The unique cricket experience available at BACA and the Southern Vipers, a professional environment which values and integrates the pathway when possible and a supportive, ambitious parent body, means that there are exciting opportunities for every young cricketer in Sussex.

OFF-SPINNER JACK CARSON HAS FLOURISHED SINCE MAKING HIS DEBUT IN 2020

Mental Health By President, Sir Rod Aldridge. Last year Sussex Cricket became the first professional sports organisation in the world to launch its own, bespoke digital mental health and wellbeing programme, with the aim of providing long-lasting help to the Sussex cricket community. Given our reach of 3,500 members, 182 affiliated clubs, the thousands of supporters who attend our matches and the hundreds of thousands that follow Sussex on social media it is likely that there will many amongst us who will have need of support and will find the Frog programme immensely helpful. One benefit during the pandemic was that we had more open conversations about our mental health and wellness. Since its launch, the hub has helped thousands of people in our community and beyond. The platform does not offer medical advice but provides the user the ability to search topics including diversity, inclusion, mental health, addiction, domestic abuse, gambling and sexual orientation. It is signposted to their nearest local support and services at the point of need, all of which can be accessed on a mobile device. The primary purpose of the platform is to demonstrate to individuals that they are not alone; that they should feel neither inhibited nor stigmatised by their personal challenges and that help IS available by showcasing stories on Champions Cinema. During 2021 video contributors included Shane Warne, Hove MP Peter Kyle and many Sussex players. Their experiences sit alongside those of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, including club cricketers and NHS experts. Whilst its main purpose is to support those in Sussex, over 50,000 pages have been viewed by visitors from across the UK and 30 countries from Canada to New Zealand, with anxiety and stress-related topics accounting for 29% of all searches. We will continue to work with our partners Frog Systems on the development of the hub to ensure that we provide relevant, empathetic and useful mental health and wellness support for the community at the point of need, as we seek to navigate beyond the pandemic.

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Social Media During 2021, Sussex Cricket’s social media presence grew with 60,000 new followers across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. •

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Sussex Cricket’s Twitter following has increased to 111,500 followers, with impressions peaking at around 7 million during last summer. Our Facebook page has a following of 215,000 and our posts have a reach of over 1 million people each month. Instagram followers have risen to 97,000 and our content continues to reach millions of people every month across photo posts, video posts, stories and reels. Our LinkedIn following has passed 4,000 and we are third most followed first-class county. Live streaming of non-televised matches at the 1st Central County Ground on YouTube continues to be popular amongst supporters with 13,000 new subscribers. Across 2021, there have been 1.8 million total views of our video output on the platform.

Volunteers Cricket wouldn’t survive in Sussex or anywhere else without volunteers. At the last count we had over 7,000 in Sussex, and we owe them all a tremendous thank you for the work they perform week after week without any reward other than seeing the results of their efforts.

Staff No organisation runs well unless they have outstanding staff, and we are extremely fortunate at Sussex that our outstanding team ensure that we function at the highest possible levels. The level of commitment has been extraordinary. Led by our Chief Executive, Rob Andrew, the team of Keith Greenfield, Mark Judges, Kay Gunn, Alan Bradshaw, Ian Waring, Gary Wallis-Taylor, Laura Walford, Jamie Burnett, Jake Ketley and Ben Gibson deserve our collective thanks. This will be my last report to members as chairman of Sussex Cricket Ltd. I would like to thank my fellow board members for their support which has been, during a very difficult period for Sussex, unstinting. Also massive thanks to our outgoing president, Sir Rod Aldridge, whose support and advice have been invaluable. Our relationship with the Brighton Aldridge Cricket Academy is exceptional and producing top-class players. Whilst thanking Sir Rod I know members will be delighted that John Barclay will take over as his successor. Whoever takes over from me will find a financially strong organisation, led by Rob Andrew and a top-class leadership team, a cricket department as good as any in the country and a bunch of young players who are, in my opinion, about to take Sussex Cricket back to the top.

Bob Warren Chairman

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TYMAL MILLS’ DOMESTIC FORM WAS REWARDED WITH AN ENGLAND RECALL FOR THE T20 WORLD CUP

CHIEF EXECUTIVE: ROB ANDREW

THE FUTURE OF THIS

G R E AT C LU B I S S E C U R E

I am really looking forward to the summer of 2022 and a return to normality after two years of Covid-affected cricket. I hope you are too.

t really is quite hard to believe what we have been through and the challenges all sports clubs and conference and events businesses have faced for two years. I was very clear at the start of the pandemic, when we had no idea what we were facing, that our priorities would be protecting the health and wellbeing of our people and ensuring that whenever the crisis ended we would be in a strong financial position to protect the long-term viability and future of this great club. I make no apologies for this strategy. Despite many challenges ahead I do believe we have achieved this and assuming a Covid-free future we can look forward to watching the next chapter in the history of Sussex cricket unfold in the coming years with a very talented group of young home-grown players. There have been some difficult decisions taken over the last two years regarding players. As always players move for lots of reasons. Sometimes we have released players for financial and performance reasons, at other times players have chosen to move on for a range of personal reasons (even if we have wanted them to stay and made good offers). We have to respect this, thank them for their time with the club, wish them well and move on. As we celebrate 150 years of cricket at Hove it is timely to remind ourselves that the club will always be bigger than any one individual, and the most important thing is protecting the future and creating opportunities for the next generation to make their mark, hopefully both with Sussex and England. With this in mind, and following the return of Jason Gillespie to a full-time role with South Australia at the end of the 2020 season, we embarked on a new strategy for the performance cricket department. This followed a presentation by Ian Salisbury and James Kirtley with their vision for the future of the club as joint head coaches. We knew we had a very talented group of young players coming through and wanted to give them opportunity, provide enough support from senior players and coaches whilst fitting in with our financial strategy. Under the direction of Keith Greenfield, our Performance Director, we have now reshaped the cricket department. Ian looks after the Championship and 50-over team, and James the T20 side. We also have specific skill coaching

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roles for seam and spin bowling and believe this is a good balance to have in modern times. We have strengthened the coaching group with the appointment of Grant Flower as lead batting coach, and given greater commitment to Ash Wright and Sarah Taylor in their respective coaching roles. We are also delighted to welcome back Mike Yardy who will take up a new role as Academy Director. With this group we feel we have a very strong set-up to guide our talented youngsters to great things. It feels exciting and we are all looking forward to the journey. We very much hope you will enjoy it too and get behind the club as we rebuild. To help us along the way we are also delighted to welcome back Chris Adams and Tony Cottey to our cricket committee. Their knowledge and experience will be invaluable, and we are all looking forward to their input. The structure of domestic cricket has once again been in the spotlight since the disappointing Ashes. I always find it ironic when the counties get blamed for the failure of an Ashes series despite the fact

that the current structure, with the introduction of The Hundred, has pushed the Championship even further to the fringes of the season. Also, most of the players are on central contract so we have hardly seen them for the last two years, especially with the amount of red and white-ball international cricket that is played. As far more qualified people than I have commented, it does seem like many of the players have not improved while being away with England squads. There have been further changes to the England management set-up and we will watch with interest how the strategies are developed over the coming months and also the proposed red ball re-set for the domestic game. These are difficult issues to resolve, especially with the white ball franchise explosion around the world and the riches on offer for the best performers in this format. There are calls for the franchising of county cricket. This was always one of the major concerns following the introduction of The Hundred, and it appears that risk hasn’t gone away. The First-Class Counties (FCC) must resist

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T W O S TA LWA R T S O F PA S T S U C C E S S - C H R I S A D A M S ( C E N T R E ) AND TONY COTTEY (SECOND RIGHT) - WILL BRING THEIR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THE CRICKET COMMITTEE

this at all cost. Reducing the size of the professional footprint across England and Wales is not the way to grow the game. There may well be ways to improve the structure and that debate is for another day. The FCCs work tirelessly to grow the game in their communities across a whole range of activity including women and girls’ cricket, disability cricket and many more. This would all be destroyed if the number of counties were reduced. To underline the great work we do in the community, I recommend that you take a few minutes to review the Sussex Cricket Foundation 2021 Impact Report. During 2020 and 2021, and despite the pandemic, Gary Wallis-Tayler, our Community Cricket Director, and the team worked brilliantly not only to keep cricket on but ensure that we continue to grow all forms of the game across the county. In particular we are very pleased with the growth of the women and girls’ game and our disability programmes. More and more clubs and participants are getting involved in our great game and hopefully this will give them a lifelong love of the sport. In addition to our other community programmes, we were also delighted to announce

our two urban plans for Crawley and Brighton. Over the next few years we will look to grow the sport further and make it inclusive to everyone. All our planning and decision making has been done against a backdrop of the Covid pandemic. This has created financial challenges, but we have been prudent and looked to protect the long-term future of the club. The club did take advantage of a government-backed loan and have worked closely with our bank, Barclays, throughout this period. We will consider where we are at the end of the 2022 season but assuming a reasonably normal trading summer we do not expect to need to use the loan, and we can move out of the pandemic period still carrying no debt and in a strong position to move forward. To strengthen the finances of the club we embarked on a major masterplan development in 2021. Phase 1 consists of a mixed-use development at the entrance to the ground comprising 37 apartments, a new pub and three floors of commercial office space. You will notice an amazing change at the front as phase 1 comes out of the ground. We are also delighted to report that all 37

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apartments have been sold and the pub has been pre-let on a 25-year lease. There are 12,000 sq ft of commercial offices to let and marketing for these will take place in the spring with the intention of agreeing a letting later in the year, well before completion. We expect completion of the phase 1 in the first quarter of 2023. During 2022 we will consider our plans for phase 2 which involves the creation of a five-star conference and hospitality venue on the site of the current club offices. The club will retain the freehold of the development and the commercial elements of the scheme as a long-term asset, providing an annual revenue and creating a capital asset owned by the club. This year marks the 150th anniversary of Sussex County Cricket Club playing at Hove following the first match here against Gloucestershire in 1872. To mark this incredible anniversary, we have given the pavilion a makeover to celebrate this anniversary and reflect on the remarkable history of the club. I hope you enjoy the changes we have made and let us also hope that someone is still celebrating cricket at Hove in another 150 years!

I would like to thank our members, supporters, partners and colleagues for all their support over the last 12 months. Without their love for the club we would not be in the position to look forward to the next few years with real optimism. There will be challenges but we have put ourselves in the best place possible to meet those together. I am really looking forward to the summer of 2022, lets embrace what it brings and enjoy the ride. Finally, I want to add a personal thank you to our retiring chairman, Bob Warren. Bob took over in March 2017, not long after I joined, and has been a tower of strength as we have tackled the challenges of the last few years. He has served the club selflessly and driven forward change in lots of areas, most notably our governance structure, while fighting hard with the ECB to maintain the 18-county system. We owe him a huge debt of gratitude for all he has done for cricket in Sussex. Rob Andrew Chief Executive

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AN EXCITING

SUMMER AHEAD

I write this during Storm Eunice, which forced us to repair the marquee used in the nets for preseason training, and on the day that the government announced the end of Covid restrictions. We can look ahead to an exciting summer, including a game against the world Test champions New Zealand.

he last two Covid-dominated years have been extremely challenging, but we can look ahead to 2022 and beyond from a secure position and feeling positive about the future. Pre-season went according to plan, and we managed to get into the marquee and on grass pitches a week ahead of schedule in mid-February, which in years gone by was unthinkable and would have sent shivers down the groundsman’s spine! We have welcomed Grant Flower as lead batting coach which is a significant appointment. His expertise and experience from his roles with Sri Lanka and Pakistan will be invaluable. The return of Mike Yardy to lead our academy and pathway is also important, both in our strategy to produce highquality homegrown cricketers for our professional squad and in making sure our performance pathway activity enables this to happen. Both are significant appointments to continue the development of our young playing squad and our player production line going forward. Grant and Mike add to the quality we already had in Ian Salisbury and James Kirtley. Together with Sarah Taylor and Ash Wright we believe we have the right coaching team to develop our young squad. Last season we secured Steven Finn and Fynn Hudson-Prentice, who will add valuable experience, leadership and multi-format skills. We have already seen the qualities they offer off the pitch and look forward to them delivering their skills on the field too. Six Sussex players represented England in 2021, the most we have had in one year, and this needs to remain a strong focus for the staff. It is one of the reasons why we are here. James Coles, Archie Lenham and Dan Ibrahim all played for England Lions too and are an example of the young talent we have been actively playing and developing. Following our development strategy, we will continue developing a team that can compete and win in the years ahead. Yes, there will still be some bumps in the road but we need to stay on track and show patience and support. This year we will have a very competitive team in the Vitality Blast because of the international quality we have in our squad. We hope to reach the knockout stages again and banish the

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disappointment of losing at Finals Day in 2021. Let’s hope this year we are not hindered in the same way by the weather, which made qualifying from the group a brilliant achievement in itself. The year ahead looks busy for our women’s team, who will participate in the ECB T20 competition, the London Championship and the Vipers Cup. Many of our girls will play for the Southern Vipers, take part in The Hundred and play for England. The majority of this activity is run at the Brighton Aldridge Cricket Academy and I urge you to go along there to support the teams. During the winter we signed a new five-year partnership agreement with Oxfordshire Cricket, thus strengthening a hugely important relationship for us. We have seen players come through the performance pathway and into our professional squad and this integrated and combined programme will enable us to produce high-quality cricketers in future. Our thanks to Magdalen College for their support in running our Oxfordshire EPP and academy activity using their excellent facilities. Keep well, stay safe and we look forward to supporters at Hove watching cricket in the sunshine with no restrictions. Kieth Greenfield Director of Cricket

T O M H A I N E S O N H I S WAY TO A HUNDRED IN THE PRES E A S O N F R I E N D LY A G A I N S T SURREY IN MARCH 2022

COACH: IAN SALISBURY

OUT OF CHANGE

COMES OPPORTUNITY

Welcome everyone to 2022 and hopefully a return to normality and county cricket as we used to know it. To have no restrictions and crowds back as normal is so exciting.

he return to two division cricket is bittersweet as it means, unlike the last two years, we cannot win the County Championship. It means also we won’t be able to play sides like Hampshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Gloucestershire and Northants like in the last two years. As a result of where we finished in 2019, we are in the second division. I’m sure our first opponents of 2022 Nottinghamshire will feel this to be unjust after going into the final week of last season with a chance to win the Championship! But equally, I’m sure Northants and Gloucestershire would feel just as disappointed if their efforts in 2019 went unrecognised. The Covid years have meant big changes on and off the pitch at Sussex since the start of 2020. Players leaving: Luke Wells, Laurie Evans, Danny Briggs, Harry Finch, Will Sheffield, Phil Salt, Chris Jordan, Ben Brown, Stuart Meaker, Mitch Claydon, Aaron Thomason, Stiaan Van Zyl, David Wiese. Coaches leaving: Jason Gillespie, Richard Halsall, Jon Lewis and Jason Swift. We wish them all well and thank them for everything they did for Sussex. At the same time, it has meant the arrival of new faces. Players in: Jack Carson, Henry Crocombe, Tom Clark, Sean Hunt, Jamie Atkins, Ali Orr, Oli Carter, Archie Lenham, James Coles, Dan Ibrahim, Steven Finn, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammad Rizwan, Josh Philippe and summer contracts Harrison Ward and Tom Hinley. Coaches in: James Kirtley, Grant Flower, Sarah Taylor, Ash Wright, Mike Yardy and Ian Salisbury. Covid has been at the centre of unprecedented change in all our lives, and as the above illustrates cricket and indeed Sussex Cricket is no different, particularly when you add a new 100-ball competition into the mix. Sussex cricket has also seen unprecedented change. As Socrates said, “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” Out of change comes opportunity. There have been various opinions on the success of this period of time and the journey we are undertaking, but the journey has started where we want to be competing in all competitions

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with homegrown Sussex players and players from elsewhere that have become Sussex-fied, while all the time producing England players. This balance is not always easy to attain and we ask for patience in the development of this vision. Six Sussex players made England debuts last season: Ollie Robinson, Phil Salt, George Garton for the senior sides and Ibrahim, Coles and Lenham for the under-19s. Meanwhile, Tymal Mills returned to England colours, as we hope Jofra Archer will before too long as well. Add in Tom Haines as the top scorer in English domestic cricket, Jack Carson picked for a select counties side versus India and the fact the youngest side ever put out in county cricket (average age 19) took a full-strength Worcestershire side all the way to the last half an hour on the fourth day. There is plenty to be optimistic and excited for in the next few years for Sussex cricket. Recruitment, both domestically and overseas, will be crucial in the development of this young squad on the pitch and the reason why the

recruitment of the backroom staff off the pitch is equally as important. As with anything worth achieving in life, it will take hard work, periods of difficulty, some pain and some tears, but I assure you, this squad understand that anything worth having is worth working for. The backroom staff are fully behind the squad and will work equally as hard. I ask of every supporter who joins us to make sure this is an enjoyable journey and show patience. The squad has worked very hard this winter and fully buy into bringing sustained success back to Sussex in the future, backed fully by everyone involved at the club. We want to bring joy to every single supporter of Sussex, so please get behind every player and every Sussex team that are brave enough to go out into the arena. Above all, enjoy the journey with us! GOSBTS. Ian Salisbury

T20 COACH: JAMES KIRTLEY

CAN WE GO ONE BETTER

IN THE BLAST?

Writing this offered me the benefit of hindsight and also a fantastic opportunity to reflect. It reinforced what we did well and posed questions. Ultimately how do we go two wins further in the Vitality Blast this year so we can win it?

he 2021 campaign didn’t start at Bristol on 11 June. The serious planning began during the second XI T20 games preceding the tournament. We got some wonderful momentum from those matches and hit the Blast running with some very convincing early performances. Archie Lenham emerged whilst we were without Rashid Khan, and Chris Jordan led the side brilliantly in the absence of Luke Wright, who split his webbing on the eve of the tournament. We were brave, ruthless and prepared to make positive decisions based on the information provided by our analyst Luke Dunning and the vast experience in the side. Unfortunately, the weather hit us and a string of abandoned games followed, many at home. When we returned we looked a little rusty and more cautious. International call-ups and a couple of injuries disrupted our dynamic and qualification for the quarter-finals looked at risk. As coach I wondered whether we approached a few of those games more defensively. This could have been a confidence thing, but I wanted us to continue to make brave decisions as I was certain this would allow us to play to our potential in the knockout stages. These questions will be posed to the players again this year. Luke Dunning and I have reviewed the whole campaign and I will sit down with new captain Ravi Bopara to get his observations. There were none of the tight finishes we had seen in 2020. I believe this vindicated our way of playing and our decision making. We believed in the mindset we employed when we played well. On an individual basis there were good performances from virtually everyone. This was massively important as it settled the inner belief in each player. The opening partnership of Luke Wright and Phil Salt continued to dominate, and the performances of Travis Head, Ravi Bopara, George Garton, Chris Jordan and Delray Rawlins all dovetailed nicely. All the bowlers revelled in their roles. George found his at the top of the innings and Chris Jordan and Tymal Mills showed their class closing games out. Ravi and David Wiese bowled with wisdom and used their vast experience to their advantage. Will

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GEORGE GARTON HAS FOUND A NEW ROLE WITH T H E B AT I N T H E B L A S T

Beer continued to shore up the middle overs and take key wickets and Archie Lenham’s wicket-taking ability was invaluable. We finally made the quarter-finals with a win over a weakened Kent at Canterbury. We were drawn against Yorkshire at Durham and our approach and preparation was outstanding. This showed in the belief we had to make some aggressive decisions such as Archie bowling the second over and promoting Rashid Khan up the order to finish things off in our successful run chase. Finals Day beckoned and again I thought our preparation was great but the semi-final against Kent didn’t go to plan. The questions that arose and the subsequent answers are key to our improvement and our progress in this tournament going forward. They are all ifs, could haves, whys and should haves. I still believe with a measured start we could have chased Kent’s score, but we weren’t at our best for all the power play with the ball and perhaps we could have been more ruthless

when Kent were 99/5. There are things to address and hopefully put right in 2022. As with any season there are goodbyes, and last year was no different. The holes left by Chris Jordan, Phil Salt and David Wiese are huge. Chris and Phil will be sorely missed not just for what they do on the pitch but the fantastic professionals they are. David is an outstanding professional and human being and with a gap in a top three batter/keeper role we have had to change our overseas balance. We wish Mitch Claydon all the best in his next chapter too. Mitch didn’t play a big a role but his support off the pitch was gratefully received. I’d also like to extend my thanks to the coaching team that supported the squad and my personal gratitude to Richard Halsall for all his help, time and the wisdom he shared. We wish him well in his future endeavours. James Kirtley

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BUILDING OUR

MOMENTUM

This year is shaping up to be another exciting one for the Sussex Cricket Foundation, as we aim to build upon our successes in 2021.

ast year saw a huge increase in participation. More clubs provided opportunities for women and girls, there were more chances for participants with disabilities, Urban Cricket Plans were launched in Brighton and Crawley, our Mental Health & Wellbeing Hub got established and ‘In the Bag’, where food bags are provided to families in need in Brighton & Hove, continued. The year ended with the return of our fundraising lunch, Where Cricket Meets, where we were joined by former England manager Glenn Hoddle. More than £40,000 was raised towards supporting key Foundation initiatives. In 2022 our aim is to continue the momentum and make the game as accessible as possible across the county. There are increased opportunities available for all to access cricket this summer, no matter your ability, age or gender. The continued growth and development of women and girls and disability cricket is very important to us, as we strive to make cricket accessible for all.

We are also supporting talented players on our boys and girls pathway, whose families may struggle with costs associated with playing cricket, through our ‘Champions Fund’. This aims to help support young players of all ages, abilities and genders access financial support or equipment. Supporting our communities is extremely important as we actively aim to change lives through the power of cricket. We are really excited about the work we are conducting in Brighton and Crawley, where we launched five-year plans to grow and develop the game, while also addressing facility issues in both areas. We continue to run successful Sporting Memories programmes which help support those with early stages of dementia or memory loss as well as Walking Cricket, which provides opportunities for the over-55s to continue to play the game. With capacity crowds due to return this summer, we want to provide as many opportunities for people to visit the ground as possible. Whether you’re a child at a school, a player at a club or someone from our local communities, we want to ensure everyone can watch our exciting young team in action. We anticipate that our annual Schools Day, Clubs Day and DIScoverABILITY days will all run. Finally, we continue to grow as a team and have recently recruited five Community Coaches, including three female coaches. My team deserve huge credit for their hard work, passion and commitment to help deliver our objectives. They have all played a part in the successes we have achieved and they should be proud of this. If you would like to learn more about the Sussex Cricket Foundation please read our 2021 Impact Report - sussexcricket.co.uk/foundation-latest-news If anyone is interested in volunteering or sponsoring or donating to any of our activities, please get in touch at foundation@sussexcricket.co.uk Thank you for your support and I look forward to seeing you all at The 1st Central County Ground during the course of the summer. Gary Wallis-Tayler Sussex Cricket Foundation

ADRIAN HARMS, OF BBC SUSSEX

TEN YEARS

BEHIND THE MICROPHONE A new season, a fresh start and feelings in equal measure of expectation, anticipation and some trepidation as Sussex embark on another chapter in its long history.

ussex should be applauded for their strategy of giving young players an opportunity: it’s all too easy to wave the cheque book and attract top players from other counties. However, there is no question that last season matches were lost, in part, due to the collective lack of experience in the side. The low point of the season was undoubtedly the defeat by an innings inside three days at Leicester. The average age of the side in that game was 21, including four teenagers, but it would be wrong to be critical of players who were unquestionably trying their hardest. However, in the main they were overwhelmed by the match situation as Leicestershire smelt blood on the final day and wouldn’t let go. This was Championship cricket at its most brutal, and the hope will be that the players will remember the sound of the Leicestershire players loudly celebrating in their dressing room as they trudged silently back to the coach to start the long trip back to Sussex. That’s not to say the season was all doom and gloom. Those who made the journey to Sedbergh for the 50-over game against Lancashire were reward with a beautiful day, at the most picturesque ground I’ve ever been too. It was stunning! The performances of Tom Haines, Daniel Ibrahim, Ali Orr and Archie Lenham lifted the spirits considerably, as did Luke Wright and his T20 side even if they couldn’t quite make go all the way in the competition. I was particularly pleased for Tom. There have been times in the last couple of years when his game had looked out of sorts, and after his first century of the season at Old Trafford he said that at times he had almost fallen out of love with cricket. For Tom to finish the season as the highest run scorer in the Championship was a magnificent achievement, and testimony to his hard work and determination.

Of the crop of young players who emerged during the summer Ibrahim was the most impressive. Batting on debut against Yorkshire at Headlingley with Sussex in desperate trouble, he looked totally unfazed and became the youngest player in the history of the Championship to score a half-century. The record books should have been rewritten again at Worcester in September when Danial was just six runs away from becoming the youngest ever centurion in the Championship. However, the chase for quick runs to enable a declaration meant that record stayed intact for another day. Unquestionably the performance of the season came in Cardiff in April, when Ollie Robinson bowled Sussex to victory. His figures of 9/78 in the second innings and 13/128 the match tell the story, He was simply magnificent on a flat deck offering little or no assistance. The exciting signings of Cheteshwar Pujara, Josh Philippe and Mohammad Rizwan bring much needed experience and quality to the squad. Rizwan is an exciting cricketer who I’m really looking forward to commentating on. If he can produce his current form across all formats, it could be a very exciting first half of the summer. The departures of Phil Salt and Chris Jordan are unquestionably big blows for the club, but the loss of Ben Brown was perhaps the biggest disappointment. Ben’s first-class record speaks for itself, and it’s a great shame that he won’t be adding to that record in a Sussex shirt. On a personal level this will be my tenth season commentating on Sussex for the BBC. I remind myself every day that’s a huge privilege. My journey began at a freezing cold Aigburth in April 2012 when Steve Magoffin took 9/55 on debut, and Sussex rolled over defending champions Lancashire inside three days. Those were heady days, and who knows maybe this is the season when the Sussex Championship

ADRIAN HARMS, OF BBC SUSSEX

PA K I S TA N ’ S M O H A M M A D R I Z WA N IS AN EXCITING ADDITION TO THE SQUAD FOR 2022

fightback begins, but whatever happens the thrill of commentating will always remain. Here’s to the next ten years! Don’t forget BBC Radio Sussex will have online commentary on every ball of every game throughout the season. Enjoy!

Adrian Harms BBC Sussex commentator

AC A D E M Y D I R E C TO R : M I K E YA R DY

DEVELOPING OUR

P L AY E R S O F T H E F U T U R E

When you start any cricket season there is huge excitement and expectations. This is a season like no other as I have the opportunity in my new role to help develop the players who can go on to win games for Sussex in the years to come.

hope that I’m well placed to help the players understand the standards and levels required to become high performing professional cricketers, whilst also understanding that cricket is a game that should be enjoyed and embraced at any level. For the current set of academy players it’s hugely exciting to see those who were in their positions in the last few years get firstteam opportunities. My aim is for them to have short-term aims but also to understand that their aim long term is to build the foundations to reach their potential and hopefully enjoy successful domestic careers and beyond. At their ages it’s important for players to understand that talent has got them this far and now it’s about developing their mentality and understanding as well as strengths as players and people. Growing up with Matt Prior, this is where I saw him stand out from so many - the mentality to want to be the best, backed up by a tenacious belief. More recently, in a number of coaching roles I’ve been lucky to have, I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of the best players in the world. I hope I can pass on the information I learned to help develop future Sussex and England players from our county. Mike Yardy Academy Director

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WELCOME TO THE SUSSEX FAMILY 2022

AC A D E M Y I N TA K E Frankie Cripps Under-16, all-rounder Frankie is a pupil at Sussex Cricket’s state school partner, Brighton Aldridge Community Academy, and is part of the Aldridge Cricket Academy.

Henry Rogers Under-16 Henry is a right-handed batter who made a century against Kent Under-15s last season. Also a seam bowler, he goes to Hurstpierpoint College.

Dylan Driscoll A right-handed batter and right-arm seam bowler, under-17 Dylan is one of two Oxfordshire juniors to be included in the 2022 Academy.

Rahul Tangirala Rahul is an under-16 right-handed batter and leg-spinner from Horsham CC. He made 96 against Middlesex Under-15s last summer and was called up for the Bunbury Festival.

Bertie Foreman Under-18 off-spinner Bertie made his Sussex 2nd XI debut last season. He took 11 wickets in a match against Hampshire Under-19s. A pupil at Hurstpierpoint College, Bertie plays for Preston Nomads. Sam Henderson Sam is an under-17 right-handed batter who also bowls seam. Another Hurstpierpoint College pupil, his club is Roffey CC. Zach Lion-Cachet Zach is an under-18 who has progressed through the Oxfordshire pathway. He is a batting all-rounder who bowls off-spin and can also keep wicket.

Charlie Tear A right-handed wicketkeeper-batter, Charlie has already represented Sussex 2nd XI and Scotland and he is under the cricketing supervision of Chris Adams at Seaford College. Sam Topping Sam is an under-16 who bats left-handed and keeps wicket. He comes from the same club – Waringstown CC in Northern Ireland - as Jack Carson and is a student at Brighton College.

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A G R E AT P L AY E R A N D A N

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Paul Weaver pays tribute to Ted Dexter, who died in 2021.

What a cricketer, what a man, what a life.” That was how The Guardian’s Matthew Engel concluded his appreciation of Ted Dexter, who died in August last year, aged 86. It seemed an appropriate way to sum up not only a great player but an extraordinary human being. It seemed fitting that Dexter was born not only in Italy but in Milan, that country’s most fashionable city, with its glitzy catwalks, haute couture stores and the home of the majestic Duomo Cathedral and Leonardo da Vinci. So he was a little special from the off, and never stopped being so throughout his long life. He wrote a thought-provoking blog almost to the end and in 2020 compiled an entertaining and quick-selling autobiography, Ted Dexter 85 Not Out. He was Edward by name and Edwardian in style for there was, in his debonair and charismatic play, more than a reminder of the golden age of cricket at the beginning of the 20th century. AC McLaren, you sense, would have approved of him. Like the classical and attacking McLaren, he dominated his crease from the moment he arrived and never looked in any trouble. Until he got out. Yet he was, in so may ways, a modern and innovative cricketer and a true Renaissance man. In 1963 and 1964 Sussex won the first two Gillette Cups under his leadership because he was the first captain to understand that limited-overs cricket was essentially a defensive game. When he stopped playing he was the brains behind the first player rankings system, sponsored by Deloitte. When he became chairman of the England selectors he played a key role in setting up central contacts, four-day county cricket and England A matches. He was also an outstanding golfer – “the best amateur player I’ve ever seen,” said Gary Player, with whom he once halved a match. When he was 85 he beat his age in a round at Sunnningdale. He played rugby to a high level and was an original newspaper columnist and TV commentator – when asked to cover England’s Ashes tour of Australia he flew there in his own light aircraft, Pommie’s Progress. He took his model wife, Susan with him, as well as his two children, The journey took five weeks. He would have been an even greater sensation

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in today’s celebrity culture, because apart from flying planes he drove fast cars and motorbikes. In 1964 he stood for Parliament against future Labour prime minister James Callaghan. He was the author of a number of books, including a novel, and ran his own PR company. But it is as a fabulous batsman that he will be most fondly remembered. For me, there was not another player who created such a frisson of excited expectation as he strode to the crease. It was something the same with Viv Richards and Denis Compton. I first saw him in 1963, when he scored that thunderous 70 from 75 balls (very fast scoring at that time) to tame the West Indies fast bowling attack of Wes Hall and Charlie Griffith. I watched it on TV – when a TV looked like a snowstorm paperweight inside a lump of walnut. He was often criticised for playing too many vignettes, but this great attacking batsman had a Test average of 47.89. He also played two outstanding match-saving innings, 180 at Edgbaston in 1961 and 174 in eight hours at Old Trafford in 1964, both against Australia. How many of today’s England batsmen, distracted by the white ball game, have the temperament and technique to play

innings such as these? He retired in 1965 after running himself over with his own pale-blue Jaguar as he attempted to push it to a petrol station. But, to my delight, he made a brief comeback in 1968 because he was told he was need by England to play against Australia that year. At Hastings, three years after that retirement, he warmed up for his Test recall by scoring 203 against Kent, with Derek Underwood at his peak. Tony Greig recalled: “Our 12th man was sent out from the ground to clear a runway of sorts so that Ted could land his private plane. When he strode into the dressing room, a strange smell accompanied him. It was his cricket case, unchanged after three years, and suffering severely from mould and dry rot.” A week or two later Jack Arlidge, the respected local freelance, asked me to get a few quotes from Dexter concerning his England recall. I rushed up to the great man, pen and notepad ready. “Not today, sonny,” he said, pushing me gently away, He thought I was an autograph hunter! But I forgave him.

TED DEXTER GETS R E A DY TO B AT AG A I N S T K E N T AT H O V E I N 1 9 6 4

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SUSSEX SUPPORTERS KNEW HOW GOOD

THOMMO WAS IAN WITH THE BALL HE TOOK TEN WARWICKSHIRE WICKETS W I T H AT W O R T H I N G I N 1 9 6 4

Paul Weaver pays tribute to Ian Thomson, who died in 2021.

an Thomson was the finest medium-fast bowler produced by Sussex since the great Maurice Tate. His shuffling, almost apologetic approach to the wicket disguised the dangers he presented to the unwary batsman. He took 1,597 first-class wickets at the miserly average of 20.57 and claimed 100 wickets in a season on 12 successive occasions between 195364, two fewer than Tate. He bowled inswingers, an often deadly leg-cutter and achieved surprising bounce. At the Manor Ground in Worthing, in 1964, he took all ten wickets in Warwickshire’s first innings and finished with a match analysis of 15/75. He bowled 59.4 overs, and 34 of them were maidens. “But the highlight of my career was winning the second Gillette Cup in 1964,” he told me a few years ago. “We beat Warwickshire in the final and I was man of the match after picking up four wickets. Mike Smith was the Warwickshire captain and when he was selected to lead England in South Africa that winter he picked me for the trip because of how I’d

bowled against Warwickshire. In those days you could often book a tour place with a good performance in the September cup final.” “Was he a poor man’s Alec Besder?” I once asked the Lancashire and Gloucestershire opening biffer David Green. Green shook his head earnestly. “No,” he replied. “He was too good to be described in that way. Thomson was a very fine bowler in his own right.” Thomson died in August 2021, aged 92. Jim Parks, who succeeded him as England’s oldest surviving Test cricketer, said: “I’ve got so many fond memories of Thommo. We shared a room all the way through our careers. He was very accurate and very effective. He was unlucky not to play more often for England. He wasn’t quite quick enough to be an England regular but he was so successful on the county circuit, especially when there was something in the pitch for him. He was also a more than useful bat and had a great arm in the field.” Sussex were fortunate not to lose such a fine player to Essex. Thomson was born in Walsall but his family moved to Ilford when he was a boy. He has a successful schoolboy career as an all-rounder and played for Essex Young Amateurs but, it was said, he failed to impress the very influential Trevor Bailey. His cricket career took off when his family moved to Brighton in 1951 and he wrote to Sussex asking for a trial. That season, in ten 2nd XI matches, he batted in the middle order and scored 380 runs at 25.33. His bowling, though, disappointed and he only took four wickets at 74.25 each. That changed in 1952 when he and Parks first played for Sussex. He immediately became an important member of the side and the following season – when Sussex, inspired by the captaincy of David Sheppard, finished second – he topped the county’s bowling averages with 101 wickets at 20.06 each. For the next decade he was the mainstay of the attack. He thrived on pitches with a bit of green in them. There were three wickets in four balls against Gloucestershire in 1953 and against Kent in 1957. He had figures of 8/79 against Worcestershire in 1956 and 7/12 against Northants the following year, including four wickets in eight deliveries without conceding a run.

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I A N , L E F T, O P E N S T H E E X H I B I T I O N D E D I C AT E D TO H I S T E N - F O R W I T H C H R I S ADAMS AND ROB BODDIE AND JON F I L B Y, R I G H T, O F T H E S U S S E X M U S E U M

He retired while still at the top of his game, at the end of the 1965 season. He returned to play a few matches in 1971 and 1972, playing his final game at the age of 43, before starting a teaching career. In later life he cared for his wife, Eileen. When she died in 2015 he became an enthusiastic participant in the old players’ reunions and in 2018 opened the Sussex Cricket Museum exhibition dedicated to his capture of ‘all ten’ against Warwickshire. There were two professional disappointments. “We so nearly won the Championship in 1953 and would have done so if we had Mushtaq Ahmed in the team,” he told me. “It gave me great satisfaction to cheer the team on to their first title some 50 years later.”

His long-awaited international career proved to be an anti-climax. His five Tests were all played on that 1964-65 tour of South Africa, which brought him nine wickets at 63.11. He was better than that. But with other outstanding medium-pacers around, most notably Hampshire’s Derek Shackleton and Tom Cartwright of Warwickshire, he never won a home cap. Sussex supporters, though, knew exactly how good Ian Thomson was.

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SUSSEX CRICKET MUSEUM &

E D U C AT I O N A L T R U S T

LUKE WRIGHT WILL OPEN THE MUSEUM IN APRIL 2022

We are looking forward to our beloved museum springing back to life in 2022.

he pandemic has affected us hugely with the museum unable to open, volunteers restricted in their visits and the 2020 and 2021 exhibitions never seen by our friends and supporters. But in the background there has been a huge amount going on and we are looking forward to our opening with Luke Wright on Thursday 7 April, the first day of the 2022 season. I am especially grateful to Mark Foster who ensured the safety and security of the collection during the lockdowns. Our volunteers have done an amazing job working in smaller groups than usual but under Rob Boddie’s leadership they have prepared a wonderful exhibition to enjoy this summer. Paul Hutson, Norman Epps and Mark Foster have joined Rob to get the museum prepared and the theme will be a celebration of 150 years at the County Ground with special features on Sussex favourites Ted Dexter, John Snow, Jim Parks and Ian Thomson. A cabinet will be dedicated to our friends from New Zealand who will be visiting us for the first time since 1990,

having played 12 matches at Hove since 1927. Our volunteers made great strides in the cataloguing and care of our collection, detailing its various aspects. I am particularly grateful to Nigel Tarr and Keith Ridge for their great work in our picture archive; to Peter Crowhurst, Ian Bishop and David Jeater for the order that is beginning to appear in the Archive Room; to Sheila Phillips for brilliantly sorting out our office and shining exhibits until they gleam; and to the indefatigable Tim Burges who returned caps and ties to players who were awarded them at the 2004 Celebration Dinner and also made sure that our autograph collection is fully up to date. Thank you all. Our publications prospered during the lockdowns. We were thrilled to be the inaugural winners of the Howard Milton Award for Cricket Scholarship awarded by the Cricket Society in Autumn 2020 and finally presented in October 2021 by none other than Johnny Barclay. Our lockdown publications included Treasure Trove by David Stoner, which details the history of the library and

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the museum collection, and Bruce Talbot’s delightful monograph on Murray Goodwin. Just a few copies remain of each. We are delighted to be working with Patrick Ferriday and James Mettyear on The Field of Dreams, detailing 150 years of cricket and other activities at the County Ground which will be published in April. Meanwhile, Norman Epps has been working hard on a record of the great and unusual events at the ground which will be published later in the season. Phil Barnes has finished our record of Danial Ibrahim’s prodigious feats which will be published in our pamphlet series and we are pleased to announce that we are working with the great historian and writer David Boorman on a series of publications about club and recreational cricket in the Horsham area. The first of these will be the great story of Cricket at Knepp Castle, to be published in July. We continue to work with Stephen Baldwin on his biography of John Wisden which is nearing completion. We are so lucky to have such an efficient and professional support team led by secretary Mary Gallivan and treasurer Cliff Robinson. Mary, with much help from Phil Barnes, does a wonderful job

keeping our valued friends and patrons informed, whilst Cliff ensures our finances are well looked after. Supporters will be pleased to know that we made a profit of about £3000 last year which is added to our reserves and can be used for acquisitions should anything become available to buy for the collection. I would like to also record my sincere thanks to all the trustees, notably Nicholas Sharp who does so much for the museum and who has published his own booklet about the museum which I am sure readers will enjoy. But the final word must go to our much-loved curator Rob Boddie. We are absolutely delighted that at the 2022 AGM Rob was made a vice president in recognition of well over 20 years selfless service to the club and the Museum Trust. Few such awards have been so hard earned. We all look forward to welcoming you to the museum this summer to see the fruits of our labours. Jon Filby Chairman

REMEMBERING STUART ASHBY

KING OF

THE COLLECTORS

John Barnett pays an affectionate tribute to Stuart Ashby, who died last year.

tuart was a Sussex member, following them home and away for many years, as well as a season ticket holder at Brighton & Hove Albion and Southend United. That may sound enough for most people, but not Stuart. Becoming a member of football’s ‘92 Club’ was meat and drink to him. When it came to collecting or “ticking off” things he went big. Really big. For those that don’t know, Stuart sat at the Cromwell Road end of Hove and may have even been known to some of you as ‘bag man’, a reference to the carrier bags he hauled around, full of things to be signed. At some point he set out to watch every county play each other in a Championship match, home and away, 306 different permutations if you were wondering. And he was strict. He had to see a ball bowled, so any washouts meant a return visit. What might have set Stuart off on this journey and certainly help shape it - was benefit brochures. Every season, Stuart would buy the brochure for every county’s beneficiary, take a photo of the beneficiary holding it and get the photo signed.

I recall one tale from May 2005 when Sussex were playing a four-day game at Trent Bridge. Lancashire’s beneficiary was Gary Yates and - with photograph already secured – he heard that Yates wasn’t too far away playing against Nottinghamshire seconds. He wasn’t, but had Stuart known in advance he could have achieved the full brochure/ photo/signature set by the end of April! When centrally contracted players only made rare appearances for their counties getting any beneficiaries photographed proved more difficult, so much so that Stuart had to wait until October one year to capture Michael Vaughan after he gate-crashed a dinner. The following year he pinned down Andrew Flintoff in the members’ room at Old Trafford. Stuart collected autographs and took a lot of photographs. That was easy, so Stuart challenged himself. If there were any cricketing father and sons or brothers on the same ground they had to be snapped. The Stewarts, Butchers and Sidebottoms plus, of course, the Lenhams and Wells were all captured. And if they transcended multiple sports, even better. Or how about homonymy in the form of Matt Wood of Somerset and Matthew Wood of Yorkshire? Was there ever a more satisfying pairing for Stuart than when Sussex played Essex and lined up Phil Salt and Michael Pepper? Then there were what became known as the squad photos, that was a picture of the friends that Stuart sat with, often taken after a sneaky incursion onto the edge of the outfield. His finest achievement, which he tied in with cricket and football watching, was his bid to visit every one of the 14,000 pubs in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide, 1984 edition. Holidays so he could tick off a few more pubs became the norm in Stuart’s life. Hectic itineraries would be put together and he slowly ticked them off using a mixture of public transport, hitch-hiking or lifts from his great mate Peter Dean. A mix of pub signs, local landmarks, signposts and railway stations were photographed as evidence and in July 2005 he was joined by many of his friends when he ticked off the final pub, the Lamb in Pagham. Earlier that year he’d taken in a Championship game at Trent Bridge, two one-

REMEMBERING STUART ASHBY

STUART LIFTS THE C&G TROPHY AFTER SUSSEX B E AT L A N C A S H I R E AT LORD’S IN 2006

day matches at Headingley and Chester-le-Street before getting a ferry to the Shetland Isles to visit another hostelry. Stuart also scored the match in front of him and would enter the batsman’s score cumulatively, so 1 4 1 1 1 4 would be written as 1 5 6 7 8 12. Naturally, with so much going on around him, he wasn’t always entirely in synch with the official scorers. I’m not sure which sounded better – Stuart calling out “10 overs, 3 maidens, 3 for 39” just before the PA announcer confirmed “10 overs, 2 maidens, 2 for 35”. Sometimes the PA man got in first, and one of his friends would mischievously enquire ‘and what did you make it Stuart?’ Facebook gave Stuart the opportunity to share his treasure trove of photos, and sometimes he’d have three threads going on at once: what he had done recently, a trail through relatively recent history and some golden oldies from even

further back. He was up to January 2004 with his Facebook memories when the country went into lockdown in March 2020, so at least Sussex’s first Championship success was covered. Perhaps it was meant to be that Stuart didn’t get much further than 2010, when we won our last trophy. Stuart never did anything by halves, except the quantity of beer he would order in each pub. Any more would threaten his often-complex itinerary. Many of you will have your own memories, but what we can agree on is that there never will be another Stuart Ashby, the absolute daddy of collectors and “ticker-offers.” He’s probably at the front of the queue waiting to get into the great pavilion in the sky, armed with camera and scorebook. And, of course, the pavilion bar will be in CAMRA. John Barnett

OBITUARIES

SUSSEX CRICKET

OBITUARIES

TERRY GUNN IN THE NETS A T H O V E , L E F T. H E P L AY E D 4 1 F I R S T- C L A S S M ATC H E S FOR SUSSEX

KATHY BENNETT

TERRY GUNN

well-known supporter of the Sussex Cricket Society, Kathy died in August 2021. She was involved with the Society since its inception in 1965 and served as president from 2012-19. With husband Eddie, another loyal Society member, she gave slide and film shows of their Ashes cricket tours to Australia. Kathy regularly attended matches and was a life member of Sussex CCC. Andrew Long and Barbara Eagles represented the Sussex Cricket Society at the funeral in Shoreham on 21 September.

ied at Lancing on 5 April 2021. He was an accomplished Sussex wicketkeeper in the 1960s, representing the county in 41 firstclass matches between 1961-67, and often playing when Jim Parks was on England Test duty. Terry was born in Barnsley on 27 September 1935 and played for Yorkshire II in 1959 before moving south. He made his debut for Sussex II in 1960 and still played for the second XI after his first team career had ended. He represented Sussex Cricket League in 1974 and the Sussex Cricket Association in 1975 as well as being a valued member of the Hove Montefiore club. As a tail-end batsman his highest score for Sussex was 19* v Worcestershire at Hove in 1965 and his qualities as a fine wicketkeeper were recognised by the award of his county cap in 1965. His tally of 109 catches and five stumpings in a short career also illustrate his ability. In recent years Terry was a welcome visitor to matches at Hove.

SUSSEX CRICKET SOCIETY

SUSSEX CRICKET

SOCIETY Thanks to the pandemic, government restrictions and the committee’s concern for the safety of our members, 2021 was an on-off sort of year, mostly oﬀ.

he committee met throughout the early part of the year using Zoom and noted with regret the resignation of Richard Barrow who has contributed much from his long experience of cricket in Sussex. In May 2021 we were shocked to learn of the death of our much-valued treasurer Jim Grinsted, a great loss as a committee member and friend. Terry Burstow, well-known to cricket supporters throughout the county, was kind enough to put his name forward and has been duly appointed treasurer. Although the 2020 Annual General Meeting had to be cancelled, our 2021 AGM was the first member meeting for Autumn/Winter 2021-22. Some important matters were approved by members, who also noted that in 2021 the committee had awarded the purchase of a second Lobster ball-catching machine to Sussex youngsters and the purchase of 13 deck chairs in Sussex colours for the BACA Cricket Academy, all from the Whenman Bursary. Vice-Presidencies were approved for Roger Oakes [carried over from the cancelled 2020 AGM], Jon Filby and Malcolm Reid, our longstanding Honorary Auditor. An increase in the membership fee to £20 [£25 for family membership] was approved as was the transition of the longestablished Garden Party to a Presidents’ Day to be held in conjunction with Sussex Cricket. Tom Haines was awarded Cricketer of the Year, for his very successful batting performances. The AGM was followed by a fascinating discussion between our president David Bowden and the Sussex chairman Bob Warren, mainly focusing on the 2021 playing season. This was followed in late October by the now famous Autumn Lunch with guest speakers Fred Rumsey and Stephen Chalke. An excellent meal provided by our caterers Sodexo was followed by a most entertaining dialogue from the Morecambe & Wise of the cricket

world. In November we were privileged to hear from Sir Rod Aldridge who gave a very professional presentation of the work of the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy which is based at Falmer and which has been appointed a training hub by MCC. This is an invaluable opportunity for state school youngsters who wish to develop as cricketers, and it is also the home of Sussex women and girls’ cricket. Our final 2021 meeting was in December and saw another amusing presentation in the form of a question and answer between Ian Gould and Bruce Talbot. Ian spoke both about his autobiography ‘Gunner’, his time as a player and coach and his subsequent career as a first-class and international umpire. Ian was especially interesting on the diﬀerence between “banter” and “sledging”. All in all, the Society managed to keep progressing in 2021 despite the diﬃcult times. David Harrison Chairman

F O R M E R C A P TA I N I A N GOULD WAS A POPULAR G U E S T AT O N E O F O U R Q&AS DURING THE WINTER

2022 SQUADS

THE SUSSEX SQUADS IN T H E I R C H A M P I O N S H I P, O N E DAY C U P A N D B L A S T K I T S AHEAD OF THE 2022 SEASON.

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COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP 2021

When Sussex last finished bottom of the County Championship in 2000 it nearly cost Peter Moores and Chris Adams their jobs.

on Trangmar, chairman at the time, persuaded the committee, some of whom were pushing for a change of coach and captain, not to lose faith. Within three years the county were embarking on the most successful few years in their history. Can the current squad start another climb back towards the top in red-ball cricket? Anything better than last year, when Sussex again finished 18th of the 18 counties, will be an improvement of course, but it’s not unreasonable to think that Sussex supporters celebrating the 150th anniversary of cricket at Hove will have quite a bit more to cheer in 2022. Winning the title again remains a dream for now, but it’s reasonable to expect that as the Championship reverts back to a two-division format that Sussex can start looking forward with confidence. Important moves were made before the end of last season with the return of all-rounder Fynn Hudson-Prentice and the signing of the vastly experienced Steven Finn from Middlesex. Since then it has been confirmed that the experienced

Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara and Australian wicketkeeper Josh Philippe will play in 2022 while Pakistan’s hugely talented wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan will be at Hove until the end of the Blast group games in July. Haines has been appointed interim captain for 2022. Having broken through with a century against Surrey in the final game of the 2020 season, Haines was leading run-scorer in the Championship with 1176 runs including three hundreds. Even with the extra responsibility of opening the batting and, in the second half of the season, captaining the side after Ben Brown stepped down, the left-hander was a model of consistency and was entitled to ask why he wasn’t part of England Lions’ winter plans. If he can perform anywhere near as well in 2022 who knows what it might lead to? England aren’t exactly stocked full of top-order batsmen with a solid technique and temperament. In 2021 a conference system operated in the LV Insurance County Championship with the teams split into three groups of six. Sussex’s section included four rivals who would otherwise have been

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TOM HAINES HAD A BRILLIANT 2021, SCORING 1176 CHAMPIONSHIP RUNS

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in Division One but in the first half of the season they acquitted themselves well, beating Glamorgan in Cardiff thanks to a stellar bowling performance by Ollie Robinson, who less than three months later was making his England debut, and what turned out to be Stiaan van Zyl’s last century for Sussex. Against both group heavyweights Lancashire and Yorkshire at Hove, Sussex were in a position to win. They might well have done had their spectators been in the ground to support the team. That didn’t happen until Northamptonshire visited in May. Having finished sixth in their conference, four more games took place in September to decide final positions and by then a lot of the team were struggling mentally and physically at the end of a long summer. Ian Salisbury hadn’t been afraid

to promote youngsters from the Academy or local independent schools during the truncated 2020 campaign and last year more were given an opportunity, often it seemed at bewildering speed. At 19.7 years, the team beaten by Worcestershire at New Road in August had the youngest average age in Championship history while ten of the side which faced Middlesex at Hove were educated in the county. But several made a good impression and made those important first moves towards establishing themselves as county cricketers. Opening batsman Ali Orr, all-rounder Dan Ibrahim, who at 16 became the youngest player to make a half-century in Championship history, and seamers Henry Crocombe, Sean Hunt and Jamie Atkins all showed promise. For some it was also the first

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experience of playing in front of spectators, and the pressure that can bring. Off-spinner Jack Carson struggled with a knee injury in the second half of the season but still took 37 wickets, bowled 450 overs and often spun the ball hard. He confirmed the promise he had shown when making his debut in 2020. The last two home games against Middlesex and Derbyshire both ended in defeat and were sometimes a difficult watch. A young side had nothing more to give. Back in 2000, when Adams and Moores appeared on the committee-room balcony after the last game there were boos. But when Haines led the team off on a sunny final day of 2021 it was to a standing ovation. Sure, there was frustration that Sussex hadn’t

won more games at home but there was also a realisation, especially among supporters who watched the team in the flesh rather than making assumptions based on the scorecard before venting their spleen on social media, that the first building blocks in the rebuilding of the county as a red-ball force were in place. Those youngsters will be hardened for their experiences, good and bad. The difference in 2022 that they can play around a solid core of experienced players, who are as anxious as they are to make Sussex strong. Bruce Talbot

LANCASHIRE V SUSSEX

Umpires: Neil Bainton & Martin Saggers Match referee: Phil Whitticase

Toss: Sussex Result: Match drawn

LA N CASH I RE V S US S EX AT OLD TRAFFORD FROM 8TH APRIL TO 11TH APRIL 2021 SUSSEX

1st Innings b Mahmood

2nd innings

AD Thomason [24]

TJ Haines [20]

S van Zyl [74]

lbw b Bailey

lbw b Mahmood

TGR Clark [27]

c Lamb b Wood

not out

BC Brown [26] *+

c Croft b Bailey

DMW Rawlins [9]

lbw b Wood

GHS Garton [15]

OE Robinson [25]

SC Meaker [12]

JJ Carson [16]

lbw b Lamb

SF Hunt [21]

lbw b Bailey

c Davies b Bailey

wd 0

3 155

c Jennings b Lamb

c Davies b Mahmood

not out

c Hartley b Mahmood

4 7

lb 7

nb 2

Overs

100.4 Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-3

2-6

3-14

4-40

5-106

Wickets

Inns

6-127

7-253

8-277

9-290

10-301

lb 5

Overs

56.3

2nd

1-72

Inns

301

wd 0

nb 4

Wkts

Total

2-80

221 510-

BOWLING

Ovs

Bailey Mahmood Wood Lamb Hartley Bohannon Croft

22.4 20 17 16 17 6 2

6 5 2 3 1 1 0

48 61 59 55 48 16 5

4 2 2 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0

11.3 13 5 10 17

2 5 1 3 9

19 19 11 24 21

0 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 1 0

LANCASHIRE

1st Innings

KK Jennings [1]

c Thomason b Robinson

AL Davies + [17]

JJ Bohannon [20]

SJ Croft [15]

DJ Vilas * [33]

c Thomason b Carson

189

RP Jones [12]

c Clark b Carson

L Wood [14]

lbw b Hunt

DJ Lamb [26]

lbw b Hunt

TE Bailey [8]

run out (Garton)

TW Hartley [2]

run out (van Zyl)

S Mahmood [25]

not out

lbw b Hunt

c Brown b Robinson

c Brown b Garton

wd 0

2nd Innings

1 24

lb 9

Overs

109.4

nb 8

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-8

2-30

3-41

4-132

5-257

2nd

Wickets

Inns

6-350

7-354

8-394

9-404

10-407

Inns

Overs 407

BOWLING

Ovs

Robinson Hunt Garton Meaker Carson Rawlins

23 21 20 12 24.4 9

4 4 3 1 3 0

69 47 78 56 106 38

2 3 1 0 2 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 0 0 0 1

Wkts

Ovs

Total

510wd

GLAMORGAN V SUSSEX

Umpires: Ben Debenham & Alex Wharf Match referee: Phil Whitticase

Toss: Sussex Result: Sussex won by 8 wickets

G L AM O R GAN V S US S EX AT CARDIFF FROM 15TH APRIL TO 18TH APRIL 2021 GLAMORGAN

1st Innings

NJ Selman [9]

DL Lloyd [73]

A Balbirnie [63]

WT Root [66]

KS Carlson [5]

CB Cooke *+ [46]

CZ Taylor [4]

DA Douthwaite [88]

T van der Gugten [64]

WJ Weighell [28]

MG Hogan [31] b4

lb 6

Overs

2nd innings

lbw b Robinson

c Garton b Crocombe

lbw b Robinson

lbw b Crocombe

not out

127

c Thomason b Robinson

132

lbw b Robinson

c Brown b Robinson

c van Zyl b Robinson

c Clark b Meaker

lbw b Robinson

c Brown b Carson

lbw b Robinson

lbw b Carson

lbw b Robinson

st Brown b Carson

not out

wd 0

nb 2

Wkts

Total

lb 14

Overs

127.1

2nd

1-29

Inns

6-267

285

Fall of

1st

1-0

2-22

3-23

4-133

5-169

Wickets

Inns

6-179

7-266

8-277

9-285

10-285

wd 1

nb 8

Wkts

Total

2-30

3-46

4-95

5-150

7-346

10-349

349

8-346

9-348

BOWLING

Ovs

Robinson Crocombe Garton van Zyl Meaker Carson Clark Rawlins

18 15 12 4 16 7 3

3 3 0 1 2 2 0

50 44 72 12 62 14 21

4 2 0 0 1 3 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0

30.1 20 7

10 3 0

78 85 19

9 1 0

0 1 0

3 0 0

16 32 2 20

1 8 2 4

57 62 0 29

0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0

SUSSEX

1st Innings

AD Thomason [24]

TJ Haines [20]

S van Zyl [74]

TGR Clark [27]

BC Brown [26] *+

DMW Rawlins [9]

lbw b Taylor

GHS Garton [15]

lbw b Hogan

OE Robinson [25]

lbw b Hogan

SC Meaker [12]

lbw b Lloyd

JJ Carson [16]

lbw b Lloyd

HT Crocombe [5]

2nd Innings (target 154 runs)

c&b Hogan

not out

lbw b Hogan

c Balbirnie b Hogan

c Cooke b van der Gugten

113

c Cooke b Lloyd

c Weighell b Douthwaite

not out

c Cooke b Douthwaite

not out wd 0

nb 10

lb 9

Overs

123.3 Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-8

2-30

3-41

4-132

5-257

Wickets

Inns

6-350

7-354

10-407

lb 2

Overs

40.1

2nd

1-15

Inns

481

wd 0

nb 2

Wkts

Total

2-42

154 5-

8-394

9-404

BOWLING

Ovs

10nb

van der Gugten Hogan Weighell Douthwaite Lloyd Taylor Root

20 23.3 15 18 15 29 3

3 4 0 2 2 2 0

79 46 96 72 57 97 21

1 4 0 2 2 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 4 1 0 0 0

10 9 4.1 4 5 8

1 1 0 0 0 1

42 24 27 13 22 24

0 1 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0

SUSSEX V YORKSHIRE

Umpires: Ian Blackwell & Paul Pollard Match referee: Dean Cosker

Toss: Yorkshire Result: Yorkshire won by 48 runs

SUS SE X V YO RKS H I RE

AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE FROM 22ND APRIL TO 25TH APRIL 2021 YORKSHIRE

1st Innings

A Lyth [9]

T Kohler-Cadmore [32]

GS Ballance [19]

JE Root [66]

HC Brook [88]

JA Tattersall + [12]

DM Bess [47]

JA Thompson [44]

DJ Willey [15]

SA Patterson * [17]

D Olivier [74] b2

lb 6

Overs

50.5

2nd innings

c Clark b Garton

lbw b Robinson

b Garton

st Brown b Carson

66 21

c Garton b Hunt

lbw b Carson

lbw b Garton

c Brown b Carson

b Rawlins

c Brown b Garton

c Brown b Hunt

c Garton b Carson

c Brown b Rawlins

lbw b Robinson

lbw b Carson

c Thomason b Robinson

c & b Robinson

not out

c Brown b Robinson

b Garton

not out

lbw b Carson

wd 0

nb 0

Wkts

Total

lb 7

Overs

103.4

2nd

1-90

Inns

6-194

150

Fall of

1st

1-60

2-61

3-75

4-102

5-102

Wickets

Inns

6-126

7-126

10-150

wd 0

nb 10

Wkts

Total

2-96

3-113

4-134

5-157

7-226

8-251

9-254

10-305

305

8-140

9-149

BOWLING

Ovs

Robinson Hunt Crocombe Garton Carson Rawlins

7.5 11 4 11 11 6

1 3 0 4 1 2

17 45 19 25 24 12

2 2 0 3 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0

11 14 39.4 15

3 2 7 2

22 69 85 40

0 2 5 0

0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0

SUSSEX

1st Innings

AD Thomason [24]

TJ Haines [20]

S van Zyl [74]

HT Crocombe [5]

TGR Clark [27]

6 7 8

GHS Garton [15]

9 10 11

SF Hunt [21]

2nd Innings (target 235 runs)

c Brook b Thompson

b Bess

c Tattersall b Thompson

c Kohler-Cadmore b Olivier

b Bess

c Tattersall b Olivier

c Willey b Bess

b Olivier

c Brook b Bess

BC Brown [26] *+

lbw b Patterson

b Thompson

DMW Rawlins [9]

c Root b Olivier

c Kohler-Cadmore b Bess

c Kohler-Cadmore b Patterson

c Tattersall b Bess

OE Robinson [25]

b Patterson

lbw b Patterson

JJ Carson [16]

b Patterson

c Lyth b Root

not out b0

lb 5

Overs

76.3

wd 0

nb 8

Wkts

Total

0 13

not out b6

lb 2

Overs

69.5

2nd

1-45

Inns

6-136

221

Fall of

1st

1-60

2-104

3-104

4-168

5-168

Wickets

Inns

6-179

7-212

10-221

wd 0

nb 4

Wkts

Total

2-64

3-81

4-86

5-86

7-145

10-186

186

8-212

9-212

8-180

9-180

BOWLING

Ovs

Willey Olivier Patterson Root Bess Thompson

9 15 12.3 4 25 11

0 2 3 0 6 3

35 61 26 6 55 33

0 4 4 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 4 0 0 0 0

2 4 12 11 29.5 11

00 3 3 9 2

13 23 32 26 53 31

0 0 1 1 6 2

0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 0

SUSSEX V LANCASHIRE

Umpires: Peter Hartley & Neil Mallender Match referee: James Whittaker

Toss: Sussex Result: Lancashire won by 5 wickets

SU SS E X V L A NCAS H I RE

AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE FROM 29TH APRIL TO 2ND MAY 2021 SUSSEX

1st Innings

AD Thomason [24]

TJ Haines [20]

S van Zyl [74]

TGR Clark [27]

2nd innings

b Bailey

c Wells b Lamb

c Vilas b Mahmood

lbw b Bailey

c Wells b Livingstone

c Livingstone b Bailey

lbw b Bailey

BC Brown [26] *+

lbw b Lamb

DMW Rawlins [9]

c Wells b Parkinson

b Parkinson

GHS Garton [15]

c Mahmood b Lamb

lbw b Mahmood

SC Meaker [12]

JJ Carson [16]

HT Crocombe [5]

JA Atkins [32] b8

lb 3

Overs

102.2

lbw b Bailey

c Croft b Livingstone

b Lamb

lbw b Parkinson

run out (Lamb)

lbw b Livingstone

not out

wd 1

nb 4

Wkts

Total

lb 5

Overs

46.1

328

wd 0

nb 4

4 14

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-6

2-139

3-153

4-197

5-259

2nd

1-28

2-28

3-37

4-38

5-52

154

Wickets

Inns

10-328

Inns

6-87

7-106

10-154

6-275

7-292

8-323

9-328

8-139

9-148

BOWLING

Ovs

Bailey Mahmood Lamb Parkinson Livingstone

23 22 23.2 9 25

8 5 8 0 5

69 73 59 53 63

3 1 3 1 1

0 0 0 1 0

2 0 0 0 0

10 10 13 3 10.1

5 2 2 0 1

28 29 39 14 34

3 1 2 2 2

0 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 0

LANCASHIRE

1st Innings

KK Jennings [1]

2nd Innings (target 154 runs)

c van Zyl b Carson

not out

AL Davies [17]

b Carson

b Meaker

LWP Wells [3]

c Brown b Meaker

lbw b Carson

JJ Bohannon [20]

lbw b Atkins

[6] c Clarke b Crocombe

SJ Croft [15]

c Brown b Carson

not out

DJ Vilas *+ [33]

b Atkins

LS Livingstone [7]

c Thomason b Carson

[5] c Rawlins b Carson

DJ Lamb [26]

lbw b Meaker

TE Bailey [8]

b Crocombe

S Mahmood [25]

not out

[4] st Brown b Carson

MW Parkinson [28]

c Brown b Meaker

b 11

lb 9

Overs

98.2

wd 3

nb 2

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-93

2-137

3-145

4-150

5-151

Wickets

Inns

6-152

7-205

215

9-228

230

lb 4

wd 1

nb 2

Overs 230

Wkts

Total

2nd

1-102

2-123

Inns

BOWLING

Ovs

Crocombe Atkins Garton Meaker Haines Carson Rawlins

16 20 11 13.2 3 29 6

1 4 1 4 0 6 0

40 50 33 22 3 51 11

1 2 0 3 0 4 0

0 2 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0

10 11 4 16.2

0 1 0 1

59 41 29 62

1 0 0 1

24 3

5 0

45 15

3 0

255 510-

1 1 1

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE V SUSSEX

Umpires: Neil Bainton & Paul Baldwin Match referee: Wayne Noon

Toss: Northamptonshire Result: Northamptonshire won by an innings & 120 runs

NORT HA M P TO NS H I RE V SU SSEX AT NORTHAMPTON FROM 6TH MAY TO 9TH MAY 2021 SUSSEX

1st Innings

AD Thomason [24]

TJ Haines [20]

S van Zyl [74]

TM Head [62]

TGR Clark [27]

6 7

2nd innings

c Rossington b Sanderson

c Curran b Sanderson

c Vasconcelos b Sanderson

c Taylor b Berg

b Sanderson

c Vasconcelos b Sanderson

c Vasconcelos b Berg

c Rossington b Berg

lbw b Sanderson

b Sanderson

BC Brown [26] *+

lbw b Berg

DMW Rawlins [9]

c Vasconcelos b Berg

c Rossington b Berg

OE Robinson [25]

not out

lbw b Sanderson

SC Meaker [12]

c Rossington b Berg

c Rossington b Sanderson

JJ Carson [16]

b Berg

b Taylor

JP Sarro [ ]

c Berg b Sanderson

lb 3

Overs

42.2

wd 0

nb 0

Wkts

Total

not out b4

lb 6

Overs

63.2

2nd

1-24

Inns

6-160

106

Fall of

1st

1-1

2-10

3-19

4-21

5-21

Wickets

Inns

6-21

7-25

8-81

9-105

10-106

wd 0

nb 2

Wkts

Total

2-34

3-55

4-68

5-159

7-169

8-194

9-205

10-215

215

BOWLING

Ovs

Sanderson Taylor Berg Parnell Keogh Procter

15.2 8 13 6

4 0 5 1

28 37 18 20

5 0 5 0

0 0 0 0

22 8.2 21 5 4 3

5 3 5 2 0 0

71 22 72 17 9 14

5 1 4 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1

BJ Curran [57]

RS Vasconcelos [27]

CO Thurston [96]

4 5 6

SA Zaib [18]

AM Rossington [7] *+

TAI Taylor [16]

WD Parnell [45]

GK Berg [13]

BW Sanderson [26]

1st Innings (declared) lbw b Robinson lbw b Sarro

c van Zyl b Robinson

RI Keogh [21]

c Thomason b Robinson

LA Procter [2]

b Robinson

lbw b Rawlins

135

c Head b Sarro

not out

c Brown b Robinson

c Sarro b Head

not out wd 0

2nd Innings

lb 8

nb 10

Overs

76.3

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-0

2-8

3-36

4-60

5-148

2nd

Wickets

Inns

6-346

7-354

8-357

9-420

10-

Inns

Overs 441

BOWLING

Ovs

Robinson Sarro Meaker Clark Carson Haines Rawlins Thomason Head

26 14 21 15 5 2 12 3 4

7 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1

58 71 83 58 34 16 53 30 23

5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0

Wkts

Ovs

Total

510wd

SUSSEX V KENT

Umpires: Graham Lloyd & David Milns Match referee: Steve Davis

Toss: Sussex Result: Match drawn

SU SS E X V KENT

AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE FROM 13TH MAY TO 16TH MAY 2021 KENT

1st Innings

DJ Bell-Drummond [23] *

JM Cox [22]

Z Crawley [16]

JA Leaning [34]

OG Robinson [21] +

TS Muyeye [14]

2nd innings (declared)

c Garton b Archer

c Clark b Robinson

b Robinson

lbw b Archer

c Thomason b Carson

c Brown b Archer

c Thomason b Robinson

not out

127

c Haines b Garton

lbw b Clark

lbw b Robinson

not out

DI Stevens [3]

c Thomason b Garton

MK O'Riordan [55]

c Thomason b Garton

NN Gilchrist [17]

c & b Carson

ML Cummings [41]

MR Quinn [94] wd 5

b Carson

not out

lb 7

Overs

54.3

nb 2

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-3

2-11

3-70

4-85

5-86

Wickets

Inns

6-91

10-145

b 15

lb 17

Overs

111

2nd

1-22

Inns

145

wd 1

nb 6

Wkts

Total

2-59

3-189

4-361

10-

387

7-112

8-140

9-142

BOWLING

Ovs

Robinson Archer Garton Clark Carson Rawlins Haines Head

18 13 17 2 4.3

4 4 1 0 1

29 29 65 4 7

3 2 3 0 2

1 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0

24 5 21 11 14 28 1 7

5 0 0 1 1 4 0 1

53 14 88 37 57 86 1 19

1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

SUSSEX

1st Innings

AD Thomason [24]

c O'Riordan b Gilchrist

TJ Haines [20]

c Robinson b Stevens

S van Zyl [74]

lbw b Gilchrist

TM Head [62]

b Stevens

TGR Clark [27]

b Gilchrist

BC Brown [26] *+

c Robinson b Stevens

DMW Rawlins [9]

lbw b Quinn

GHS Garton [15]

c Robinson b Quinn

OE Robinson [25]

c Crawley b Quinn

JC Archer [22]

c Robinson b Quinn

JJ Carson [16]

not out wd 0

2nd Innings

b 11

lb 5

nb 8

Overs

76.3

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-24

2-51

3-103

4-123

5-184

2nd

Wickets

Inns

6-202

7-212

8-241

9-245

10-256

Inns

Overs 256

BOWLING

Ovs

Quinn Stevens Cummins Gilchrist O'Riordan

19.3 22 19 14 2

4 6 4 1 0

54 64 67 51 4

4 3 0 3 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 4 0 0

Wkts

Ovs

Total

510wd

SUSSEX V NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Umpires: Paul Baldwin & Nigel Llong Match referee: Wayne Noon

Toss: Sussex Result: Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets

SUS SE X V NO RTH A MPTO N SHIRE AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE FROM 27TH MAY TO 30TH MAY 2021 SUSSEX

1st Innings

AD Thomason [24]

TJ Haines [20]

3 4 5

TGR Clark [27]

6 7 8

GHS Garton [15]

JJ Carson [16]

HT Crocombe [5]

JA Atkins [32]

2nd innings

lbw b Sanderson

c Rossington b Sanderson

c Vasconcelos b Berg

c Taylor b Kerrigan

S van Zyl [74]

c Vasconcelos b Sanderson

c & b Kerrigan

TM Head [62]

c Berg b Sanderson

c Vasconcelos b Kerrigan

b Taylor

c Curran b Berg

BC Brown*+ [26]

c Rossington b Parnell

c Procter b Kerrigan

DMW Rawlins [9]

lbw b Parnell

b Taylor

lbw b Sanderson

c Vasconcelos b Taylor

c Taylor b Sanderson

lbw b Kerrigan

not out

lbw b Taylor

c Curran b Berg

not out

lb 4

Overs

59.3

wd 0

nb 2

Wkts

Total

lb 3

Overs

99.1

2nd

1-10

Inns

6-232

175

Fall of

1st

1-8

2-28

3-29

4-30

5-51

Wickets

Inns

8-67

9-166

10-175

8 103 17

wd 1

nb 12

Wkts

Total

2-77

3-79

4-98

5-209

7-232

10-298

298

6-55

7-57

8-297

9-298

BOWLING

Ovs

Sanderson Berg Parnell Taylor Kerrigan Keogh

18 13.3 10 12 6

2 1 2 1 0

45 31 27 36 23

5 2 2 1 0

0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0

24 20 6 13 34.1 2

6 1 1 1 5 0

53 79 29 43 70 15

1 1 0 3 5 0

0 0 0 0 0 1

1 0 0 0 0 0

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

1st Innings c Brown b Crocombe

2nd Innings (Target 218 runs)

BJ Curran [57]

RS Vasconcelos [27]

LA Procter [2]

c Brown b Atkins

c Thomason b Atkins

RI Keogh [21]

c Rawlins b Carson

not out

SA Zaib [18]

c Brown b Atkins

not out

SC Kerrigan [10]

b Garton

AM Rossington*+ [7]

c Clark b Garton

TAI Taylor [12]

WD Parnell [45]

GK Berg [13]

BW Sanderson [26]

c Brown b Garton

run out (Head)

c Brown b Atkins

run out (Haines)

c Head b Crocombe

wd 1

not out

b Garton

lb 11

nb 10

Overs

81.5

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-11

2-42

3-53

4-81

5-107

Wickets

Inns

6-160

7-167

8-176

9-205

10-256

lb 1

Overs

99.1

2nd

1-15

Inns

256

nb 2

Wkts

Total

2-57

BOWLING

Ovs

Crocombe Atkins Garton Carson Rawlins Head

19 21 14.5 18 9

4 4 0 2 0

44 49 69 60 23

2 2 4 1 0

0 1 0 0 0

1 2 1 1 0

4 16 3 13 20 5.4

0 1 0 2 2 1

22 39 12 46 71 18

0 2 0 0 0 0

12 218 510wd

nb 1

YORKSHIRE V SUSSEX

Umpires: Rob Bailey & Graham Lloyd Match referee: Peter Such

Toss: Sussex Result: Yorkshire won by an innings & 30 runs

YO R K SH I RE V S US S EX AT HEADINGLEY FROM 3RD JUNE TO 6TH JUNE 2021 SUSSEX

1st Innings

AGH Orr [3]

TJ Haines [20]

S van Zyl [74]

AD Thomason [24]

TM Head [62]

BC Brown [26] *+

7 8 9

SC Meaker [12]

HT Crocombe [5]

JA Atkins [32]

2nd innings

c Sub (Olivier) b Brook

b Bess

c Brook b Willey

c Lyth b Bess

c Duke b Thompson

c Malan b Thompson

c Lyth b Bess

c Duke b Thompson

c Kohler-Cadmore b Coad

c Duke b Coad

127

c Duke b Patterson

D Ibrahim [40]

c Brook b Coad

c Lyth b Bess

JJ Carson [16]

not out

c Thompson b Willey

b Patterson

c Brook b Willey

lbw b Willey

c Duke b Willey

run out (Willey)

not out

b 11

lb 8

Overs

115.3

wd 0

nb 4

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-8

2-25

3-38

4-68

5-175

Wickets

Inns

10-313

lb 11

Overs

113.4

2nd

1-60

Inns

6-180

313

wd 0

nb 2

Wkts

Total

2-61

3-125

4-164

5-180

7-187

10-215

6-269

7-296

8-310

9-311

8-187

9-187

BOWLING

Ovs

Coad Willey Thompson Patterson Brook Bess Lyth

26 21 24 25.3 8 11

7 3 8 11 1 2

64 83 53 42 24 28

2 2 3 1 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 0 0 0 0

20 19 24 9.4

11 10 6 1

43 26 55 21

1 3 1 1

35 6

15 2

51 4

4 0

YORKSHIRE

215

1st Innings

A Lyth [9]

b Atkins

T Kohler-Cadmore [32]

DJ Malan [27]

GS Ballance [19]

c Brown b Carson

HC Brook [88]

c Brown b Atkins

DM Bess [47]

c Brown b Meaker

HG Duke [22] +

lbw b Atkins

JA Thompson [44]

c Meaker b Atkins

DJ Willey [15]

not out

SA Patterson * [17]

c & b Carson

BO Coad [10]

lbw b Ibrahim

b Carson

199

b Atkins wd 3

nb 16

2nd Innings

lb 11

Overs

145

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-83

2-95

3-275

4-374

5-402

2nd

Wickets

Inns

6-459

7-535

8-542

9-555

10-558

Inns

Overs 558

BOWLING

Ovs

Crocombe Atkins Meaker Ibrahim Carson Haines Head

16 26 23 21 43 7 9

1 2 0 3 7 1 0

80 98 103 72 124 18 43

0 5 1 1 3 0 0

1 1 1 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 5 0 0 0

Wkts

Ovs

Total

510wd

SUSSEX V GLAMORGAN

Umpires: Ben Debenham & Russell Warren Match referee: Alec Swann

Toss: Sussex Result: Match drawn

SUS SE X V GL A MO RGAN

AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE FROM 4TH JULY TO 7TH JULY 2021 SUSSEX

1st Innings

AGH Orr [6]

AD Thomason [24]

2nd innings (declared)

lbw b van der Gugten

lbw b Lloyd

c C Cooke b van der Gugten

S van Zyl [74]

b Hogan

lbw b van der Gugten

TM Head [62]

lbw b van der Gugten

c J Cooke b Hogan

OJ Carter [11]

lbw b Weighell

c & b Salter

BC Brown*+ [26]

c C Cooke b Douthwaite

not out

100

DK Ibrahim [40]

st C Cooke b Salter

lbw b van der Gugten

WAT Beer [18]

c J Cooke b Hogan

not out

JJ Carson [16]

SC Meaker [12]

ME Claydon [4]

b Hogan

c van der Gugten b Salter

not out

lb 8

wd 0

nb 10

Overs

75.3

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-6

2-13

3-23

4-34

5-75

Wickets

Inns

10-226

lb 3

Overs

2nd

1-10

Inns

6-198

226

wd 0

nb 4

Wkts

Total

2-10

3-19

4-62

5-162

10-

263

6-96

7-161

8-163

9-194

BOWLING

Ovs

Hogan van der Gugten Weighell Douthwaite Lloyd Salter

22 21 8 10 5 9.3

4 7 1 1 1 2

46 45 36 54 14 23

3 3 1 1 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 3 1 0 0

21 23 3 4 7 21

5 4 0 0 0 2

38 94 25 19 13 63

1 3 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 1 0 0

GLAMORGAN

1st Innings

JM Cooke [57]

DL Lloyd [73]

CA Ingram [41]

WT Root [7]

KS Carlson [5]

CB Cooke*+ [46]

DA Douthwaite [88]

WJ Weighell [29]

AG Salter [21]

T van der Gugten [64]

MG Hogan [31]

c Thomason b Beer

b Meaker

c Thomason b Meaker

c Brown b Claydon

c Thomason b Carson

lbw b van Zyl

c Carter b Carson

c Thomason b Claydon

c Head b Carson

c Thomason b Carson

29 not out

not out

c Carter b Beer

b Beer

not out

c Meaker b Carson

b Carson wd 0

2nd Innings (target 275 runs)

lbw b Meaker

lb 7

nb 6

Overs

64.5 Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-15

2-28

3-82

4-111

5-117

Wickets

Inns

6-157

7-187

10-215

b 20

lb 1

Overs

50.2

2nd

1-20

Inns

215

wd 0

nb 2

Wkts

Total

2-63

3-79

4-95

5-131

10-

154

8-187

9-188

BOWLING

Ovs

Claydon Meaker Carson Ibrahim van Zyl Beer Head

12 13 16.5 5 7 11

1 0 2 0 1 0

51 58 39 19 10 29

2 2 3 0 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 0 0 0 0

5 5 20.2

2 1 5

3 22 61

0 1 3

0 0 0

0 0 1

18 2

6 1

41 6

1 0

0 0

KENT V SUSSEX

Umpires: HMS Adnan and Billy Taylor Match referee: S. Cummings

Toss: Sussex Result: Match drawn

K ENT V S US S EX

AT CANTERBURY FROM 11TH JULY TO 14TH JULY 2021 SUSSEX 1

AGH Orr [6]

1st Innings

2nd innings (declared

c O'Riordan b Singh

c Lincoln b Singh

119

TJ Haines [20]

c Kuhn b Singh

lbw b Quinn

HD Ward [35]

lbw b Gilchrist

c Kuhn b Quinn

TM Head [62]

c Kuhn b Singh

not out

OJ Carter+ 11]

c Houillon b Singh

c O'Riordan b Quinn

JM Coles [30]

lbw b Qadri

not out

DK Ibrahim [40]

OE Robinson* [25]

JJ Carson [16]

SF Hunt [21]

JA Atkins [32]

c Houillon b Gilchrist

c Houillon b Podmore

not out

lbw b Podmore

b Podmore wd 0

lb 5

nb 0

Overs

115.3 Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-50

2-51

3-61

4-81

5-132

Wickets

Inns

6-143

7-143

10-181

b 11

lb 3

Overs

2nd

1-209

Inns

313

wd 1

nb 8

Wkts

Total

2-230

3-259

4-285

10-

332

8-173

9-173

BOWLING

Ovs

Podmore Quinn Gilchrist Singh Qadri Wightman O'Riordan

12.5 15 12 11 7

2 5 3 2 1

49 26 24 51 20

3 0 2 4 1

0 0 0 0 0

27 24

3 2

96 118

0 3

0 1

3 1

13 10 12 13

1 1 4 3

32 24 23 25

1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

KENT

1st Innings

JA Gordan [ ]

2nd Innings (target 349 runs)

lbw b Robinson

c Carter b Robinson

MK O'Riordan [55]

lbw b Atkins

run out (Haines)

HZ Finch [ ]

lbw b Atkins

c Carter b Hunt

115

HG Kuhn* [4]

b Atkins

b Carson

DJ Lincoln [ ]

b Atkins

c Robinson b Carson

HF Houillon+ [ ]

lbw b Robinson

c Ibrahim b Carson

HW Podmore [1]

c Carter b Hunt

not out

Hamidullah Qadri [75]

BJ Wightman [ ]

MR Quinn [64]

J Singh [ ]

NN Gilchrist [17] (see below) wd 1

not out

lbw b Hunt

b Atkins

not out

c Carter b Robinson

lbw b Hunt

b 13

lb 3

Overs

51.5

nb 10

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-20

2-48

3-56

4-56

5-57

Wickets

Inns

10-165

lb 1

Overs

85.4

2nd

1-0

Inns

165

wd 0

nb 16

Wkts

Total

2-120

3-128

4-214

5-224

10-

275

6-69

7-119

8-123

9-162

6-257

7-265

BOWLING

Ovs

Robinson Hunt Atkins Carson Ibrahim Coles Haines

18 11.5 14 5 3

4 3 1 1 1

54 24 51 16 4

3 2 5 0 0

0 0 1 0 0

1 3 1 0 0

18 17 5 32.4

6 5 0 7

66 48 24 87

1 2 0 3

0 0 0 0

1 4 1 2

11 2

0 0

41 6

0 0

BJ Wightman was a Covid-19 substitute for NN Gilchrist on the last three days of the match

WORCESTERSHIRE V SUSSEX

Umpires: Neil Bainton & Neil Pratt Match referee: Dean Headley

Toss: Sussex Result: Match drawn

WO R C E STE RS H I RE V S US SEX AT WORCESTER FROM 30TH AUGUST TO 2ND SEPTEMBER 2021 SUSSEX

1st Innings

AGH Orr [6]

TJ Haines* [20]

HD Ward [35]

c Haynes b Finch

JM Coles [30]

OJ Carter+ [11]

FJ Hudson-Prentice [33]

DK Ibrahim [40]

AD Lenham [41]

JJ Carson [16]

HT Crocombe [5]

JP Sarro [29] wd 0

2nd innings (declared)

hit wicket b Finch

c & b Baker

lbw b Leach

c Fell b Leach

lbw b Leach

b Pennington

lbw b Leach

b Leach

c & b Baker

c Cox b Leach

st Cox b Baker

lbw b Leach

c Cox b Barnard

b Leach

lbw b D'Oliveira

not out

lb 3

Overs

82.4

nb 4

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-29

2-46

3-66

4-71

5-75

Wickets

Inns

6-97

7-138

8-183

9-249

10-264

lb 3

Overs

2nd

1-1

Inns

6-185

264

wd 0

nb 4

Wkts

Total

2-1

3-3

4-87

5-98

10-

263

BOWLING

Ovs

Leach Pennington Barnard Finch Baker D'Oliveira

22.4 19 13 15 12 1

6 6 4 6 2 0

68 66 34 32 42 11

5 1 1 2 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 0 0 0

21 23 3 4 7 21

5 4 0 0 0 2

38 94 25 19 13 63

1 3 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 1 0 0

WORCESTERSHIRE

1st Innings

DKH Mitchell [27]

2nd Innings (target 275 runs)

c Carter b Ibrahim

c Thomason b Beer

JD Libby [2]

b Hudson-Prentice

c Thomason b Meaker

TC Fell [29]

c Ward b Carson

c Thomason b Carson

JA Haynes [17]

BL D'Oliveira [15]

EG Barnard [30]

OB Cox+[8]

J Leach* [23]

JO Baker [33]

DY Pennington [22]

AW Finch [61]

b Ibrahim

c Carter b Carson

c Carter b Sarro

c Head b Carson

c Carson b Sarro

17 not out

not out

c Carter b Crocombe

lbw b Crocombe

c Carter b Crocombe

c & b Hudson-Prentice

not out

lb 2

Overs

64 Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-44

2-63

3-71

4-147

5-174

Wickets

Inns

9-202

10-213

BOWLING Hudson-Prentice Sarro Crocombe Ibrahim Carson Lenham Coles

wd 0

nb 22

b 20

lb 1

Overs

50.2

2nd

1-20

Inns

213

wd 0

nb 2

Wkts

Total

2-63

3-79

4-95

5-131

10-

154

6-175

7-177

8-201

Ovs

13 13 16 9 11 1 1

3 1 5 4 0 0 0

49 53 44 9 40 11 5

2 2 3 2 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 10 0 0 1 0 0

5 5 20.2

2 1 5

3 22 61

0 1 3

0 0 0

0 0 1

18 2

6 1

41 6

1 0

0 0

SUSSEX V MIDDLESEX

Umpires: Nigel Llong & Chris Watts Match referee: Devon Malcolm

Toss: Middlesex Result: Middlesex won by an innngs & 54 runs

SU SS E X V M I D D L ES EX

AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE FROM 6TH TO 9TH SEPTEMBER 2021 MIDDLESEX

1st Innings (declared)

SD Robson [12]

MD Stoneman [11]

SS Eskinazi [28]

RG White [14]

MDE Holden [4]

c Brown b Carson

MK Andersson [24]

c Brown b Rawlins

JA Simpson+ [20]

not out

LBK Hollman [56]

BC Cullen [19]

TN Walallawita [32]

TJ Murtagh* [34]

253

c Lincoln b Singh

119

c Carter b Crocombe

174

lbw b Quinn

c Carter b Hunt

not out

wd 5

2nd innings (declared)

c Haines b Carson

c Kuhn b Quinn

not out

110

lb 10

Overs

161

nb 22

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-376

2-397

3-494

4-499

5-673

2nd

Wickets

Inns

10-

Inns

c O'Riordan b Quinn

not out

Wkts

Total

Overs 676

BOWLING

Ovs

Hunt Hudson-Prentice Crocombe Ibrahim Carson Rawlins Haines

23 30 22 7 46 27 6

2 1 1 0 4 2 0

108 94 88 51 183 110 25

1 0 1 0 2 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 5 0

6 0 3 1 1 0 0

SUSSEX

Ovs

1st Innings

AGH Orr [6]

c Simpson b Cullen

TJ Haines* [20]

c Simpson b Murtagh

BC Brown [26]

510wd

2nd Innings (following on) b Hollman

156

c Walallawita b Hollman

st Simpson b Hollman

GHS Garton [15]

c White b Hollman

c Simpson b Hollman

DK Ibrahim [40]

c Hollman b Robson

c Murtagh b Hollman

FJ Hudson-Prentice [33]

c Simpson b Murtagh

c Simpson b Walallawita

OJ Carter+ [11]

c Holden b Hollman

not out

DMW Rawlins [9]

b Hollman

c Hollman b Murtagh

JJ Carson [16]

c Simpson b Hollman

b Murtagh

HT Crocombe [5]

b Andersson

lbw b Andersson

SF Hunt [21]

not out

lbw b Robson

wd 0

lb 5

Overs

95.4

nb 4

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-104

2-222

3-250

4-271

5-307

Wickets

Inns

9-317

10-319

lb 9

Overs

89.2

2nd

1-58

Inns

6-223

319

wd 0

nb 10

Wkts

Total

2-74

3-79

4-108

5-142

7-245

10-303

303

6-308

7-308

8-308

8-278

9-290

BOWLING

Ovs

Murtagh Cullen Andersson Walallawita Hollman Robson

16 20 13.4 24 20 2

5 2 3 11 5 0

28 99 47 58 65 8

2 1 1 0 5 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 0 0 0 0

16 10 12.2 18 28 5

4 1 1 2 6 0

47 31 48 50 90 19

2 0 1 1 5 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 3 1 0 1 0

LEICESTERSHIRE V SUSSEX

Umpires: Mark Newell & Tim Robinson Match referee: James Whitaker

Toss: Leicestershire Result: Leicestershire won by an innings & 5 runs

LEIC E STE R SH I RE V S US S EX AT LEICESTER FROM 12TH TO 15TH SEPTEMBER 2021 SUSSEX 1

AGH Orr [6]

1st Innings

2nd innings

c Barnes b Wright

c Swindells b Parkinson

TJ Haines* [20]

c Rhodes b Mike

lbw b Barnes

BC Brown [26]

not out

133

c Sakande b Mike

FJ Hudson-Prentice [33]

OJ Carter+ [11]

DMW Rawlins [9]

TI Hinley [ ]

JJ Carson [16]

HT Crocombe [5]

SF Hunt [21]

JP Sarro [29]

retired not out b Sakande

b 10

lb 8

Overs

107.4

absent injured

c Evans b Mike

c Swindells b Mike

c Swindells b Wright

c Barnes b Wright

b Parkinson

c Swindells b Wright

lbw b Parkinson

b Wright

lbw b Mike

b Wright

not out

c Sakande b Barnes

c Swindells b Parkinson

wd 0

nb 20

Wkts

Total

lb 5

Overs

45.2

2nd

1-57

Inns

6-122

359

Fall of

1st

1-106

2-170

3-291

4-302

5-334

Wickets

Inns

6-334

7-352

10-

wd 0

nb 6

Wkts

Total

2-77

3-83

4-117

5-120

7-122

10-

128

8-352

9-359

8-122

9-128

BOWLING

Ovs

Wright Sakande Mike Barnes Parkinson Rhodes

29 22 16 17.4 16 7

3 3 2 2 3 0

94 77 55 62 38 15

6 1 1 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

2 3 1 4 0 0

8 14 9 14.2

0 4 3 6

48 34 18 18

0 4 1 4

0 0 0 0

1 1 0 1

LEICESTERSHIRE

1st Innings (declared

MH Azad [42]

c (sub) Foreman b Crocombe

ST Evans [21]

c Rawlins b Hunt

GH Rhodes [34]

b Haines

LJ Hill [23]

c (sub) Foreman b Crocombe

145

LPJ Kimber [17]

not out

HJ Swindells+ [28]

not out

BMW Mike [8]

CF Parkinson* [10]

E Barnes [62]

CJC Wright [31]

A Sakande [20] wd 0

2nd Innings

152

lb 1

Overs

102

nb 20

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-5

2-108

3-356

4-362

2nd

Wickets

Inns

10-

Inns

Overs 492

BOWLING

Ovs

Hunt Crocombe Carson Sarro Haines Rawlins Hinley

21 21 23 9 9 13 6

0 3 0 0 2 0 0

127 70 90 64 21 75 35

1 2 0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 0 0 4 0 0 0

Wkts

Ovs

Total

510wd

SUSSEX V DERBYSHIRE

Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Neil Bainton Match referee: Simon Hinks

Toss: Derbyshire Result: Derbyshire won by 9 wickets

SU SS E X V D ERBYS H I RE

AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE FROM 21ST TO 23RD SEPTEMBER 2021 DERBYSHIRE

1st Innings

HRC Came [4]

lbw b Crocombe

BA Godleman* [1]

c Carter b Atkins

JL du Plooy [76]

c Ibrahim b Crocombe

WL Madsen [77]

c Orr b Hunt

111

MJJ Critchley [20]

BD Guest+ [29]

AK Dal [65]

MH McKiernan [21]

BW Aitchison [11]

DR Melton [13]

EHT Moulton [23]

b Atkins

lbw b Atkins

not out

c Carter b Hunt

c Brown b Crocombe

c Ibrahim b Crocombe

c Brown b Atkins

b 12

lb 19

wd 0

Overs

118.4 Wkts

Total

Fall of

1st

1-89

2-89

3-185

4-308

Wickets

Inns

6-374

7-428

lb 0

Overs

3.4

5-353

2nd

1-9

10-465

Inns

465

8-439

9-453

BOWLING

Ovs

Hunt Crocombe Atkins Ibrahim Haines Carson Rawlins Ward

23 26 24.4 16 11 14 3 1

1 4 1 2 1 1 0 0

88 92 117 54 24 47 10 2

2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 1 9 0 0 0 0 0

AGH Orr [6]

not out

nb 26

SUSSEX

2nd innings (target 23 runs) b Crocombe

wd 0

nb 0

Wkts

Total

23 510-

Ovs

1.4

1st Innings

2nd Innings (following on)

c Guest b Aitchison

c Guest b Moulton

TJ Haines* [20]

c Guest b Melton

run out (Aitchison)

BC Brown [26]

c McKiernan b Aitchison

157

DK Ibrahim [40]

HD Ward [35]

OJ Carter+ [11]

DMW Rawlins [9]

JJ Carson [16]

HT Crocombe [5]

SF Hunt [21]

JA Atkins [32]

c Madsen b Aitchison

lb 1

Overs

84.4

b Moulton

lbw b Melton

29 19

lbw b Aitchison

b Critchley

c Came b Melton

lbw b Melton

c & b Melton

st Guest b Madsen

58 16

not out

c Guest b Dal

lbw b Critchley

b Madsen

b Critchley

c Aitchison b Dal

b Critchley

wd 0

nb 8

Wkts

Total

not out b4

lb 1

Overs

50.3

2nd

1-43

Inns

6-116

300

Fall of

1st

1-0

2-36

3-44

4-46

5-188

Wickets

Inns

6-188

7-275

10-300

wd 1

nb 6

Wkts

Total

2-43

3-51

4-92

5-105

7-168

10-187

187

8-276

9-300

8-172

9-173

BOWLING

Ovs

Aitchison Melton Dal Moulton Critchley McKiernan Madsen

21 14 17 11 17.4 4

2 2 1 2 1 0

80 57 36 50 60 16

4 3 0 0 3 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 0 1 0 0

12 8 4 5 19

3 1 0 2 6

22 40 17 24 71

0 2 2 2 1

0 0 1 0 0

0 2 1 0 0

2.3

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AV E R AG E S BATTING

MAT

INNS

RUNS

AVE

100

BC Brown

976

157

51.36

1636

59.65

0 3

TJ Haines

1176

156

47.04

2231

52.71

WAT Beer

23*

112

37.5

AGH Orr

548

119

39.14

1371

39.97

FJ Hudson-Prentice

145

36.25

238

60.92

Oe Robinson

250

35.71

466

53.64

D Ibrahim

328

29.81

731

44.87

AD Thomason

379

78*

25.26

1081

35.06

S Van Zyl

422

113

24.82

828

50.96

JM Coles

127

56.69

GHS Garton

247

22.45

443

55.75

TGR Clark

240

54*

21.81

553

43.39

OJ Carter

235

21.36

623

37.72

JJ Carson

385

20.26

769

50.06

TM Head

183

49*

18.3

311

58.84

AD Lenham

14.5

41.42

SC Meaker

113

30*

14.12

243

46.5

DMW Rawlins

233

13.7

384

60.67

TI Hinley

43.47

HT Crocombe

46*

5.53

251

33.06

JA Atkins

10*

5.25

HD Ward

126

23.8

JP Sarro

2.66

14.54

SF Hunt

13.18

JC Archer

ME Claydon

22*

115.78

BOWLING

MAT

INNS

OVERS

MDNS

RUNS

WKTS

BBI

BBM

AVE

ECON

JC Archer

2 for 29

3 for 43

14.33

2.38

OE Robinson

207

547

9 for 78

13 for 128

16.57

2.64

37.6

S van Zyl

1 for 10

WAT Beer

2 for 29

3 for 70

23.33

2.41

JA Atkins

137.4

469

3 for 51

5 for 75

23.45

3.4

41.3

ME Claydon

2 for 51

2 for 54

3.17

JJ Carson

449.4

1336

3 for 85

7 for 96

36.1

2.97

72.9

SF Hunt

127.5

487

3 for 47

4 for 72

37.46

3.8

HT Crocombe

211

756

4 for 92

5 for 83

37.8

3.58

63.3

GHS Garton

134.5

559

4 for 69

5 for 94

4.14

62.2

JP Sarro

220

2 for 53

2 for 71

5.11

64.5

SC Meaker

135.4

525

3 for 22

4 for 84

58.33

3.86

90.4

FJ Hudson-Prentice

58.2

204

2 for 49

3 for 110

3.49

116.6

AD Lenham

1 for 60

1 for 71

5.46

D Ibrahim

67.4

236

2 for 9

2 for 21

78.66

3.48

135.3

TM Head

27.4

109

1 for 23

109

3.93

166

TJ Haines

114

1 for 21

114

2.78

246

TGR Clark

120

1 for 37

1 for 41

120

3.63

198

DMW Rawlins

171

573

2 for 12

2 for 52

143.25

3.35

256.5

HD Ward

AD Thomason

TI Hinley

5.83

JM Coles

4.18

SC Meaker

46.5

225

1 for 17

2 for 56

112.5

4.8

140.5

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TA B L E S GROUP 3

PLAYED

WON

LOST

DRAWN

BATTING

BOWLING

POINTS

Lancashire

150

Yorkshire

149

Glamorgan

127

Northamptonshire

123

Kent

Sussex

POINTS

DIVISION 3

PLAYED

WON

LOST

DRAWN

BATTING

BOWLING

Kent

Middlesex

3.5

1.5

9.5

Worcestershire

2.5

0.5

8.5

67.5

Leicestershire

1.5

2.5

9.5

54.5

Derbyshire

2.5

1.5

12.5

51.5

Sussex

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NOTES ON THE SEASON HIGHEST INNINGS TOTAL FOR SUSSEX 481

v Glamorgan

Cardiff

AGAINST SUSSEX 676-5 dec. by Middlesex Hove (This is the highest innings total for Middlesex; the highest against Sussex, beating 632-8 dec. at Hove in 1937; and the sixth highest innings total against Sussex) 552 by Yorkshire Headingley 492-4 dec. by Leicestershire Grace Road 465 by Derbyshire Hove 441-9 dec. by Northamptonshire Northampton 407 by Lancashire Old Trafford LOW INNINGS TOTAL 106

v Northamptonshire

Northampton

v Northamptonshire v Northamptonshire v Yorkshire v Leicestershire

Northampton and made 106 Hove and made 175 Headingley Leicester

v Derbyshire v Middlesex v Lancashire v Leicestershire v Yorkshire v Kent v Glamorgan v Northamptonshire v Glamorgan

Hove Hove Old Trafford Grace Road Headingley Canterbury Cardiff Hove Hove

for Middlesex

Hove

for Yorkshire for Lancashire for Middlesex for Leicestershire for Leicestershire for Northamptonshire for Glamorgan for Glamorgan for Kent for Worcestershire for Kent for Derbyshire for Middlesex

Headingley Old Trafford Hove Grace Road Grace Road Northampton Cardiff Cardiff (1st innings) Hove New Road Canterbury Hove Hove

COLLAPSES 25/7 67/8 180/4 to 187/9 (5 wickets in 7 balls) 117/3 to 128/9 (6 wickets in 11 balls) RECOVERIES Sussex were 40/4 and made 301 v Lancashire at Old Trafford CENTURY FOR SUSSEX 157 Ben Brown 156 Tom Haines 155 Tom Haines 133* Ben Brown 127 Ben Brown 119 Ali Orr 113 Stiaan van Zyl 103 Tom Haines 100* Ben Brown AGAINST SUSSEX 253 Sam Robson (this is the ninth highest innings against Sussex at Hove) 199 Dawid Malan 189 Dane Vilas 174 Mark Stoneman 152 M.H. Azad 145 Lewis Hill 135 S.A. Zaib 132 Kiran Carlson 127* Kiran Carlson 127* Jack Leaning 125* Jake Libby 115 Harry Finch 111 Wayne Madsen 110* Robbie White CENTURY PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSSEX 209 for 1st: Ali Orr and Tom Haines v Kent 142 for 5th: Ben Brown and Oli Carter v Derbyshire 134 for 7th: George Garton and Ollie Robinson v Glamorgan 133 for 2nd: Tom Haines and Stiaan van Zyl v Lancashire 126 for 7th: Tom Haines and Ollie Robinson v Lancashire (This is a new seventh-wicket record v Lancashire, beating the 115 by G. Bean and F. Parris in 1897) 118 for 2nd: Tom Haines and Ben Brown v Middlesex 115 for 1st: Aaron Thomason and Tom Haines v Glamorgan 112* for 3rd: Aaron Thomason and Tom Clark v Glamorgan

Canterbury Hove Cardiff Hove Old Trafford Hove Cardiff Cardiff

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111 for 5th: Tom Haines and Ben Brown 107 for 5th: Aaron Thomason and Ben Brown 106 for 1st: Ali Orr and Tom Haines 106 for 3rd: Ben Brown and Oli Carter 104 for 1st: Ali Orr and Tom Haines 100 for 5th: Ali Orr and Ben Brown NB: Jack Carson and Henry Crocombe made 99 for the 9th wicket

v Northamptonshire v Yorkshire v Leicestershire v Leicestershire v Middlesex v Glamorgan v Northamptonshire

Hove Headingley Grace Road Grace Road Hove Hove Hove

AGAINST SUSSEX 376 for 1st: Mark Stoneman and Sam Robson for Middlesex Hove (This is the highest partnership for Middlesex against Sussex, beating 332 for the 5th wicket by RS Lucas and TC O’Brien at Hove in 1895) 248 for 3rd: MH Azad and Lewis Hill for Leicestershire Grace Road (This is the highest 3rd wicket partnership for Leicestershire v Sussex) 198 for 6th: SA Zaid and Adam Rossington for Northamptonshire Northampton (This is the highest 6th wicket partnership for Northamptonshire v Sussex) SIXES BY SUSSEX BATSMEN (18) 27: Delray Rawlins 5; Jack Carson 4; Tom Clark 3; Ben Brown, Travis Head, Stiaan van Zyl 2; Olly Carter, Mitch Claydon, George Garton, Tom Haines, Ali Orr, Dan Ibrahim, Ollie Robinson 1. 38 sixes were hit off the Sussex bowling DUCKS AND PAIRS 20 Sussex batsmen were out for a duck on 45 occasions: Henry Crocombe 6; Jack Carson, Sean Hunt, Delray Rawlins 5; Ben Brown, Stiaan van Zyl 3; Jamie Atkins, Tom Haines, Joe Sarro, Harrison Ward 2; Olly Carter, Tom Clark, George Garton, Travis Head, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Stuart Meaker, Ali Orr, Ollie Robinson, Aaron Thomason 1. Two batsmen recorded a pair: Sean Hunt v Derbyshire at Hove; Delray Rawlins v Northamptonshire at Northampton. BATTING MEMORABILIA Fynn Hudson-Prentice retired hurt on 7 in the first innings against Leicestershire at Grace Road after he was hit on the hand by a ball from former Sussex player Abi Sakande At 16 years 299 days, Dan Ibrahim became the youngest player to score a fifty in the County Championship when he made 55 against Yorkshire at Headingley In the match against Glamorgan at Cardiff, 18 of the 32 dismissals were lbw, 12 to Glamorgan, including six of seven in the first innings by Ollie Robinson) and 6 Sussex.

BOWLING MOST WICKETS IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX 9/78 by Ollie Robinson v Glamorgan Cardiff (This is the best Sussex bowling performance by Sussex against Glamorgan, beating Maurice Tate’s 8/30 at Hove in 1925; It is the best by a Sussex player since Mushtaq Ahmed took 9/48 v Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 2006). MOST WICKETS IN AN MATCH FOR SUSSEX 13/128 by Ollie Robinson

v Glamorgan

Cardiff

FIELDING MOST CATCHES IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX 3: Aaron Thomason v Kent at Hove and Glamorgan Hove NB: In the Leicestershire first innings at Grace Road, two Leicestershire batsmen were caught by substitute fielder Bertie Foreman, grandson of former Sussex player Denis Foreman

WICKETKEEPING MOST DISMISSALS IN AN INNINGS 4: Ben Brown

v Northamptonshire

Hove; Oli Carter v Worcestershire at New Road

MISCELLANEOUS Ten players made their first-class debut for Sussex: Jamie Atkins v Lancashire at Hove; Oli Carter v Glamorgan at Hove; Travis Head v Kent at Hove; Tom Hinley v Leicestershire at Leicester; Sean Hunt v Yorkshire at Hove; Daniel Ibrahim v Yorkshire at Headingley (the fifth youngest player to represent Sussex); Archie Lenham v Worcestershire at Worcester; Ali Orr v Yorkshire at Headingley; Joe Sarro v Northamptonshire at Hove (Sarro took the wicket of Ricardo Vasconcelos with his ninth ball in first-class cricket); Harrison Ward v Kent at Canterbury. Against Derbyshire at Hove, Sussex conceded 57 extras The match against Lancashire at Old Trafford was abandoned just after lunch on the fourth day following a heavy snow fall.

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V I TA L I T Y

BLAST 2021

Sussex’s fifth appearance at Finals Day ended at the semi-final stage with defeat to Kent, just as it had back in 2007 when they took part in the domestic showpiece for the first time.

efeat by 21 runs reflected Kent’s superiority and as Sussex supporters headed back down the M40 there was little consolation that they lost to the eventual winners, or that the seemingly ageless Darren Stevens had delivered the punchline with his 47 off 28 balls at the age of 45. Being without Rashid Khan, whose impish innings of 27 had propelled them to victory in the semi against Yorkshire, is something Sussex have had to get used to in recent years. But there was no Jofra Archer or Ollie Robinson either and while head coach James Kirtley still felt his side had enough potential matchwinners to win the Blast they rarely looked like reeling in Kent’s 168/6, particularly after neither Phil Salt nor Luke Wright could give the chase impetus at the start, although Wright was desperately unlucky when a ball from

Matt Milnes trickled onto his stumps. With David Wiese as high as No.5, Sussex looked a batsman light and although George Garton kept their hopes flickering with 41 from 23 balls no one was able to match his scoring rate against accurate bowling, personified by Milnes and Fred Klassen, who took seven wickets between them. It was a disappointing way for both Salt and Chris Jordan, two stalwarts of the Sharks’ Blast campaigns in recent years, to bow out in their last game for the county. The anti-climactic finale summed up the campaign as a whole. In the group stage Sussex only lost three of their 14 games, fewer than any other county, and they had the second-best run rate in the South Group. But rain almost sunk their chance of making the knockout stages. After starting with three wins, five of their next six games were either washed out completely or abandoned

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LUKE WRIGHT IN FULL FLOW D U R I N G T H E G R O U P S TAG E S

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because of rain and the other match in that sequence saw a home defeat to Gloucestershire, who were inspired by a brilliant 94 from New Zealander Glenn Phillips. When they got it together few teams could live with Sussex. Arguably their best performance came at the start when they followed up an opening-night win in Bristol by crushing Hampshire by nine wickets at the 1st Central County Ground. After months of Covid restrictions it almost felt like old times as a socially-distanced crowd of 2500 watched Salt and Ravi Bopara hit unbeaten half-centuries in the Saturday evening sunshine as Sussex eased to victory with 22 balls to spare. Both were worthy man of the match candidates, but instead the award went to 16-year-old Archie

Lenham who took 3/14 with his leggies including a wicket with his first ball. He looked as comfortable on the Hove stage as his grandfather Les and father Neil had done during their Sussex careers. He was the first cricketer to play in the Blast who was born after it started in 2003. When Wright slammed 75 off 44 balls to help secure a seven-wicket victory at Chelmsford, Sussex had won three out of three but then came frustration, not least when the umpires took the teams off with only ball needed to constitute a match and Sussex on their way to beating Surrey at a drizzly Hove. They picked up the winning thread again at the Swalec Stadium where Wright and Salt put on 144 for the first wicket in a convincing 33-run win over

V I TA L I T Y B L A S T 2 0 2 1

Glamorgan. Bopara, who showed his class after a disappointing first season, made an unbeaten 62 to set up victory over his former club Essex before taking 3/15 on a poor pitch at Canterbury to secure Sussex’s place in the last eight. It was five weeks before the Blast team convened for the quarter-final and in the meantime some of the squad had gilded their reputations in The Hundred. Yorkshire couldn’t stage the game at Headingley, which was being prepared for a Test against India, and opted to play at the Emirates Riverside instead. Having beaten Durham there in the semi-final in 2018 it wasn’t an unfamiliar venue for Sussex but Yorkshire made a competitive 177/7 on a sluggish pitch and seemed to be in the driving seat when Wright fell for 54 in the reply. Sussex

needed 41 from 19 deliveries at one stage but ended up winning with two balls to spare thanks to Rashid Khan’s potent mix of improvised stroke play and brutal hitting. The departures of Salt and Jordan leave big holes to fill but Sussex ought to be competitive again in the 2022 Blast with experienced T20 performers like Mohammad Rizwan, Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Steven Finn all on board. Another appearance in the knockout stage should be the minimum expectation. With Wright stepping down as captain, the experienced Bopara will lead Sussex in 2022. Bruce Talbot

GLOUCESTERSHIRE V SUSSEX SHARKS

Umpires: Nick Cook & Mark Newell Match referee: Wayne Noon

Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to field Result: Sussex won by 5 wickets

G LOU C E STERS H I RE V S USSEX SHARKS AT BRISTOL ON FRIDAY 11TH JUNE 2021 GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Runs

Miles Hammond [88]

Chris Dent [15]

Ian Cockbain [28]

b Jordan

Glenn Phillips+ [23]

b Jordan

Jack Taylor* [10]

c Rawlins b Lenham

Benny Howell [13]

c Jordan b Garton

Graeme van Buuren [12]

c Rawlins b Wiese

Matt Taylor [36]

not out

Tom Smith [6]

not out

David Payne [14]

Josh Shaw [5] b0

lb 4

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-30

Wickets

6-153

2-41 7-171

c Head b Garton

c Thomason b Garton

wd 8

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-49

4-77

5-127

177

10-

BOWLING

Wiese Crocombe Garton Jordan Beer Lenham

4 1 4 4 3 4

0 0 0 0 0 0

46 19 19 35 20 34

1 0 3 2 0 1

0 0 2 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

10 1 13 9 6 4

SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

not out

Travis Head [62]

c Payne b Shaw

Ravi Bopara [23]

c & b Payne

David Wiese [96]

b Shaw

Delray Rawlins [9]

c Hammond b van Buuren

George Garton [15]

b Shaw

Chris Jordan* [8]

not out

Aaron Thomason [24]

Will Beer [18]

Henry Crocombe [5]

Archie Lenham [41]

Phil Salt+ [28]

lb 1

Overs

17.2

Pens Fall of

1-12

Wickets

BOWLING Payne Shaw M Taylor van Buuren Smith Howell

2-13 7-

wd 4

nb 4

Wkts

Total

3-35

4-52

5-144

178

10-

4 4 2 1 3 3.2

0 0 0 0 0 0

49 32 25 15 29 27

1 3 0 1 0 0

1 3 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 1 0 0

8 10 2 2 2 1

S U S S E X S H A R K S V H A M P S H I R E H AW K S

Umpires: Peter Hartley & Alex Wharf Third Umpire: Billy Taylor Match referee: Will Smith

Toss: Hampshire Hawks who elected to bat Result: Susssex won by 9 wickets

SUSSEX SHARKS V HAMPSHIRE HAWKS AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE ON SATURDAY 12TH JUNE 2021 HAMPSHIRE HAWKS 1

James Vince* [14]

b Beer

D'Arcy Short [21]

Tom Alsop [9]

Joe Weatherley [5]

Lewis McManus+ [18]

Liam Dawson [8]

James Fuller [26]

Ian Holland [22]

Chris Wood [25]

not out

Mason Crane [32]

Brad Wheal [58] b1

lb 3

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-3

Wickets

6-110

2-54 7-129

c Salt b Garton

c Thomason b Lenham

21 14

st Salt b Lenham

c Garton b Lenham

c Salt b Mills

not out

c & b Garton

wd 4

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-56

4-75

5-96

Runs

154

10-

BOWLING

Garton Mills Beer Jordan Bopara Lenham

4 4 4 4 1 3

1 0 0 0 0 0

11 35 38 41 11 14

2 1 1 0 0 3

1 1 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

16 8 7 5 1 5

SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

not out

Travis Head [62]

c Dawson b Holland

Ravi Bopara [23]

not out

Delray Rawlins [9]

David Wiese [96]

George Garton [15]

Chris Jordan* [8]

Aaron Thomason [24]

Will Beer [18]

Tymal Mills [7]

Archie Lenham [41]

Phil Salt+ [28]

lb 1

Overs

16.2

Pens Fall of

1-37

Wickets

BOWLING Wood Wheal Dawson Holland Crane Short Fuller

27-

wd 1

nb 0

Wkts

Total

155

10-

3 2.2 3 1 4 2 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

34 14 30 14 24 17 19

0 0 0 1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 5 5 2 12 1 0

SUSSEX SHARKS V ESSEX EAGLES

Umpires: Rob Bailey & Nick Cook Match referee: Peter Such

Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to field Result: Sussex won by 6 wickets

SUS SE X S H ARKS V ES S EX EAGLES AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE ON FRIDAY 9TH JULY 2021 ESSEX EAGLES

Runs

c Head b Wiese

Adam Wheater* [31]

c Bopara b Robinson

Michael Pepper [19]

st Carter b Lenham

Paul Walter [22]

Jimmy Neesham [50]

Ryan ten Doeschate [27]

Tom Westley [21]

c Ward b Beer

c Bopara b Jordan

c Ward b Jordan

Feroze Khushi [23]

lbw b Robinson

Simon Harmer* [11]

b Jordan

Aron Nijjar [24]

c Wright b Wiese

Jack Plom [77]

not out

Sam Cook [16]

not out

lb 1

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-8

Wickets

6-125

2-80 7-126

wd 4

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-103

4-121

5-121

8-139

9-143

146

10-

BOWLING

Rawlins Robinson Jordan Wiese Beer Lenham Bopara

2 4 4 4 2 3 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

22 15 30 28 14 26 10

0 2 3 2 1 1 0

1 0 2 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 12 10 6 3 5 1

SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

run out (Plom)

Luke Wright* [10]

c Harmer b Nijjar

Ravi Bopara [23]

not out

Travis Head [62]

st Wheater b Harmer

David Wiese [96]

c Plom b Nijjar

Delray Rawlins [97]

Oli Carter+ [11]

Chris Jordan [8]

Ollie Robinson [25]

Will Beer [18]

Archie Lenham [41]

Harrison Ward [35]

not out

lb 5

Overs

18.3

Pens Fall of

1-1

Wickets

2-40 7-

wd 2

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-64

4-67

148

10-

BOWLING

Nijjar Cook Plom Neesham Harmer Walter

3.3 3 3 4 4 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

19 26 39 40 15 4

2 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 1 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

11 7 3 5 12 2

SURREY V SUSSEX SHARKS

Umpires: Ben Debenham & Russell Warren Match referee: Steve Davis

Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to field Result: No result due to rain

SU R R E Y V S US S EX S H ARKS AT THE OVAL ON THURSDAY 17TH JUNE 2021 SURREY

Runs

Jason Roy [20]

Will Jacks [9]

Laurie Evans [10]

lbw b Beer

Sam Curran [58]

not out

Jamie Smith+ [11]

Jordan Clark [8]

Jamie Overton [88]

Tom Curran [59]

Rikki Clark [81]

Gareth Batty* [13]

Dan Moriarty [21] b0

lb 5

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-0

Wickets

2-50 7-

c Lenham b Wiese

not out

wd 2

nb 0

Wkts

Total

10-

BOWLING

Garton Mills Beer Jordan Bopara Lenham

4 4 4 4 1 3

1 0 0 0 0 0

11 35 38 41 11 14

2 1 1 0 0 3

1 1 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

16 8 7 5 1 5

Runs

SUSSEX SHARKS 1

Phil Salt+ [28]

Luke Wright* [10]

Travis Head [62]

Ravi Bopara [23]

Delray Rawlins [9]

David Wiese [96]

George Garton [15]

Chris Jordan [8]

Will Beer [18]

Tymal Mills [7]

Archie Lenham [41] b

Overs Wkts

Total

Fall of

Pens 1-

Wickets

BOWLING

SUSSEX SHARKS v SOMERSET No result due to rain

SUSSEX SHARKS v GLAMORGAN No result due to rain

10W

SUSSEX SHARKS v KENT SPITFIRES No result due to rain

SUSSEX SHARKS V GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Umpires: Paul Baldwin & Tom Lungley Match referee: James Whitaker

Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to field Result: Gloucestershire won by 27 runs

SUS SE X S H ARKS V GLO UC ESTER SHIRE AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE ON FRIDAY 25TH JUNE 2021 GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Runs

Miles Hammond [88]

Chris Dent [15]

Benny Howell [13]

run out (Bopara)

Glenn Phillips [23]

not out

James Bracey+ [25]

Jack Taylor* [10]

Ryan Higgins [29]

Tom Smith [6]

Daniel Worrall [41]

Josh Shaw [5]

David Payne [14] lb 3

Overs

Pens 1-5

Wickets

c Salt b Mills

c Wiese b Mills

Fall of

c Wiright b Robinson

2-6 7-

c Robinson b Mills

not out

wd 6

nb 2

Wkts

Total

3-31

4-35

5-159

162

10-

BOWLING

Rawlins Robinson Garton Mills Bopara Beer Lenham

4 4 3 4 1 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

26 38 39 20 4 13 19

0 1 0 3 0 0 0

1 1 1 3 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0

10 5 6 11 2 1 2

Runs

SUSSEX SHARKS 1

Phil Salt+ [28]

Luke Wright* [10]

Travis Head [62]

Ravi Bopara [23]

David Wiese [96]

Delray Rawlins [9]

George Garton [15]

Will Beer [18]

st Bracey bSmith

Ollie Robinson [25]

b Higgins

Tymal Mills [7]

b Higgins

Archie Lenham [41]

lb 0

Overs

19.5

Pens 1-11

Wickets

6-65

BOWLING Worrall Payne Shaw Higgins Howell Smith

c Higgins b Howell

c Taylor b Payne

c Shaw b Higgins

lbw b Howell

c Dent b Howell

b Howell

not out

Fall of

c & b Payne

2-19 7-76

wd 0

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-36

4-53

5-58

8-78

9-120

135

10-135

3 4 2 2.5 4 4

0 1 0 0 0 0

26 25 20 18 15 30

0 2 0 3 4 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

7 14 4 7 10 4

SUSSEX SHARKS V SURREY

Umpires: Paul Baldwin & Tim Robinson Match referee: James Whitaker

Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to field Result: No result due to rain

SU SS E X S H ARKS V S URR EY

AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE ON SUNDAY 27TH JUNE 2021 SURREY

Runs

Will Jacks [9]

Jamie Smith+ [11]

Laurie Evans [10]

Ollie Pope [32]

Jamie Overton [88]

Rory Burns [17]

Kyle Jamieson [31]

Ben Geddes [7]

Gus Atkinson [37]

Gareth Batty* [13]

Dan Moriarty [21] b7

lb 6

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-29

Wickets

6-169

2-88 7-169

b Robinson

b Beer

b Wiese

c sub (Carter) b Mills

b Wiese

not out

c sub (Carter) b Mills

not out

wd 5

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-118

4-143

5-153

c Wright b Mills

175

10-

BOWLING

Wiese Robinson Jordan Mills Beer Rawlins Bopara

3 3 1 4 4 2 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

30 36 11 21 26 16 22

2 1 0 3 1 0 0

0 1 2 0 1 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 5 2 11 4 3 6

Runs

SUSSEX SHARKS 1

Phil Salt+ [28]

c Evans b Overton

Luke Wright* [10]

not out

Travis Head [62]

not out

Ravi Bopara [23]

Delray Rawlins [97]

David Wiese [96]

Chris Jordan [8]

Ollie Robinson [25]

Aaron Thomason [24]

Will Beer [18]

Tymal Mills [7] b0

lb 1

Overs

4.5

Pens Fall of

1-36

Wickets

27-

wd 1

nb 0

Wkts

Total

10-

BOWLING

Jacks Jamieson Atkinson Overton

1 1.5 1 1

0 0 0 0

10 17 9 6

0 0 0 1

0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0

2 6 4 5

KENT SPITFIRES V SUSSEX SHARKS

Umpires: Neil Bainton & Russell Warren Match referee: Peter Such

Toss: Kent Spitfires who elected to bat Result: Sussex won by 4 wickets

K ENT S PI TF I RES V S US S E X SHARKS AT CANTERBURY ON SUNDAY 18TH JULY 2021 KENT SPITFIRES

Runs

c Carter b Wiese

c Robinson b Wiese

c & b Beer

c Robinson b Bopara

lbw b Rashid Khan

not out

Dan Lincoln+ [25]

c Wiese b Bopara

Harry Podmore [1]

c Wiese b Bopara

Safyaan Sharif [50]

not out

Elliot Hooper [42]

Matt Quinn [64]

George Munsey [93]

Zak Crawley* [16]

Heino Kuhn [4]

Harry Finch [72]

Calum MacLeod [60]

Marcus O'Riordan [55]

lb 4

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-21

Wickets

6-114

2-39 7-115

wd 1

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-48

4-92

5-101

130

10-

BOWLING

Robinson Archer Wiese Beer R Khan Bopara

2 3 3 4 4 4

0 0 0 1 0 0

23 20 16 26 26 15

0 0 2 1 1 3

0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

4 9 8 9 9 14

Runs

SUSSEX SHARKS 1

Phil Salt+ [28]

Luke Wright* [10]

Ravi Bopara [23]

Delray Rawlins [9]

b Hooper

c Munsey b O'Riordan

c Quinn b O'Riordan

c O'Riordan b Podmore

David Wiese [96]

c Kuhn b Podmore

Harrison Ward [35]

c Kuhn b Podmore

Oli Carter [11]

not out

Rashid Khan [1]

not out

Will Beer [18]

Ollie Robinson [25]

Jofra Archer [22] b0

lb 5

Overs

17.1

Pens Fall of

1-0

Wickets

6-129

2-61 7-

wd 5

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-67

4-117

129

134

10-

BOWLING

Hooper O'Riordan Quinn Sharif Podmore

4 4 3 2.1 4

0 0 0 0 0

23 24 31 16 35

1 2 0 0 3

2 0 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0

11 10 3 5 10

MIDDLESEX V SUSSEX SHARKS

Umpires: Neil Bainton & James Middlebrook Match referee: Stuart Cummings

Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to field Result: Middlesex won by 63 runs

M ID DL E S EX V S US S EX SHARKS AT LORD’S ON THURSDAY 1ST JULY 2021 MIDDLESEX

Runs

Stephen Eskinazi [28]

Max Holden [4]

3 4 5

c Wiese b Beer

c Head b Lenham

Joe Cracknell [48]

c Lenham b Mills

Daryl Mitchell [47]

b Bopara

John Simpson+ [20]

lbw b Mills

Luke Hollman [56]

b Claydon

Nathan Sowter [72]

not oyt

Tom Helm [7]

c & b Wiese

Mujeeb ur Rahman [88]

not out

Blake Cullen [19]

Steven Finn* [9] b0

lb 5

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-85

Wickets

6-152

2-115 7-163

wd 2

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-134

4-140

5-144

166

10-

BOWLING

Head Claydon Mills Wiese Bopara Beer Lenham

1 4 4 3 3 3 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 31 31 25 25 27 15

0 1 2 1 1 1 1

1 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 11 11 4 3 1 3

SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

c Eskinazi b Mujeeb ur Rahman

Luke Wright* [10]

c Finn b Helm

Travis Head [62]

b Cullen

Aaron Thomason [24]

b Sowter

David Wiese [96]

c Hollman b Cullen

Ravi Bopara [23]

c Holden b Sowter

Harrison Ward [35]

Will Beer [18]

Tymal Mills [7]

10 11

Phil Salt+ [28]

lbw b Sowter c Mitchell b Cullen

b Finn

Archie Lenham [41]

not out

Mitch Claydon [4]

not out

lb 1

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-11

Wickets

6-59

2-29 7-85

wd 4

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-41

4-44

5-54

8-87

9-102

103

10-

BOWLING

Mujeeb Helm Finn Sowter Cullen

4 4 4 4 4

0 0 0 0 0

17 25 26 13 21

1 1 1 3 3

1 0 0 1 2

0 0 0 0 0

12 12 10 12 13

GLAMORGAN V SUSSEX SHARKS

Umpires: Paul Pollard & Ian Ramage Match referee: Dean Cosker

Toss: Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat Result: Sussex Sharks won by 33 runs

G L A MO R GAN V S US S EX SHARKS AT CARDIFF ON FRIDAY 2ND JULY 2021 SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

b Douthwaite

Luke Wright* [10]

c Cooke b Douthwaite

Ravi Bopara [23]

c Weighall b Taylor

Travis Head [62]

c Carlson b Douthwaite

David Wiese [96]

lbw b Walker

Harrison Ward [35]

c Root b Weighall

Aaron Thomason [24]

c Douthwaite b Walker

Will Beer [18]

Tymal Mills [7]

Archie Lenham [41]

Mitch Claydon [4]

Phil Salt+ [28]

lb 2

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-144

Wickets

16-191

2-145 7-201

c Root b Walker

not out

wd 3

nb 2

Wkts

Total

3-164

4-173

5-174

8-201

201

10-

BOWLING

Salter Walker Douthwaite Lloyd Pearce Weighall Taylor

4 4 4 1 3 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

31 44 28 17 35 31 13

0 3 3 0 0 1 1

0 2 0 0 0 0 1

0 1 0 0 0 0 0

7 10 11 1 3 2 4

GLAMORGAN

Runs

Kiran Carlson [5]

c Head b Bopara

David Lloyd [73]

c Beer b Lenham

Colin Ingram [41]

run out (Mills)

Chris Cooke*+ [46]

c Salt b Lenham

Dan Douthwaite [88]

c Wiese b Lenham

Billy Root [7]

c Wright b Claydon

James Weighall [29]

lbw b Lenham

Callum Taylor [4]

c sub (Meaker) b Wiese

Sam Pearce [19]

c Lenham b Bopara

Andrew Salter [21]

b Wiese

Roman Walker [37]

not out

lb 2

Overs

18.4

Pens Fall of

1-67

Wickets

6-141

2-74 7-141

wd 1

nb 4

Wkts

Total

3-82

4-95

5-139

8-159

9-168

168

10-168

BOWLING

Wiese Claydon Mills Beer Bopara Lenham

3.4 3 1 3 4 4

0 0 0 0 0 0

19 42 12 35 32 26

2 1 0 0 2 4

1 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 0

10 4 1 5 9 8

ESSEX EAGLES V SUSSEX SHARKS

Umpires: Hassan Adnan & Peter Hartley Match referee: Steve Davis

Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to field Result: Sussex won by 7 wickets

ES SE X E AG L ES V S US S E X SHARKS AT CHELMSFORD ON TUESDAY 15TH JUNE 2021 ESSEX EAGLES 1

Will Buttleman+ [9]

Tom Westley [21]

Michael Pepper [19]

Paul Walter [22]

Ryan ten Doeschate [27]

Jimmy Neesham [50]

Runs

c Beer b Mills

c Head b Garton

c Wright b Garton

st Salt b Beer

c Jordan b Bopara

b Mills

Simon Harmer* [11]

c Wiese b Garton

Jack Plom [77]

c Head b Jordan

Aron Nijjar [24]

not out

Sam Cook [16]

not out

Jamie Porter [44] b2

lb 3

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-32

Wickets

6-108

2-33 7-110

wd 1

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-62

4-90

5-96

8-125

128

10-

BOWLING

Wiese Garton Mills Jordan Beer Lenham Bopara

1 4 4 4 3 1 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 31 21 21 20 11 17

0 3 2 1 1 0 1

0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 12 12 14 7 0 7

Runs

SUSSEX SHARKS 1

Phil Salt+ [28]

run out (ten Doeshate)

Luke Wright* [10]

c Buttleman b Nijjar

Travis Head [62]

c Neesham b Nijjar

Ravi Bopara [23]

not out

Delray Rawlins [9]

not out

David Wiese [96]

George Garton [15]

Chris Jordan [8]

Will Beer [18]

Tymal Mills [7]

Archie Lenham [41] b0

lb 1

Overs

wd 0

Pens

nb 2

Wkts

Total

Fall of

1-54

2-114

3-123

Wickets

510-

BOWLING

Porter Cook Plom Nijjar Harmer Neesham

2 2 2 3 3 2

0 0 0 0 0 0

17 21 19 26 33 13

0 0 0 2 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0

3 4 5 9 3 5

H A M P S H I R E H AW K S V S U S S E X S H A R K S

Umpires: Paul Pollard & Ian Ramage Match referee: Dean Cosker

Toss: Sussex Sharks won the toss and elected to bat Result: Hampshire won by 6 wickets

HAMPSHIRE HAWKS V SUSSEX SHARKS AT THE AGEAS BOWL, SOUTHAMPTON ON FRIDAY 16TH JULY 2021 SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

Phil Salt+ [28]

Luke Wright* [10]

Ravi Bopara [23]

Delray Rawlins [9]

David Wiese [96]

Rashid Khan [1]

Harrison Ward [35]

Will Beer [18]

Ollie Robinson [25]

Archie Lenham [41]

Mitch Claydon [4]

c Vince b Currie

c Currie b Short

c Vince b Dawson

lbw b Wheal

not out

c Prest b Currie

lb 2

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-4

Wickets

6-181

2-106 7-

wd 3

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-134

4-148

5-156

c Wheal b Dawson

183

10-

BOWLING

Dawson Wheal Currie de G'homme Crane Short

4 4 4 1 4 3

0 0 0 0 0 0

15 30 54 15 34 32

2 1 2 0 0 1

0 2 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

13 8 6 0 7 4

HAMPSHIRE HAWKS

Runs

hit wicket b Robinson

102

D'Arcy Short [21]

b Beer

Tom Prest [24]

b Beer

Colin de Grandhomme [77]

run out (Bopara)

Joe Weatherley [5]

not out

Lewis McManus+ [18]

not out

Liam Dawson [8]

James Fuller [26]

Scott Currie [44]

Mason Crane [32]

Brad Wheal [58]

James Vince* [14]

lb 0

Overs

19.2

Pens Fall of

1-120

Wickets

2-138 7-

wd 2

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-153

4-168

184

10-

BOWLING

Wiese Robinson Claydon R Khan Lenham Rawlins Bopara Beer

1 3.2 3 4 2 2 1 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 40 26 41 17 26 6 20

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 6 6 9 3 3 0 5

YORKSHIRE VIKINGS V SUSSEX SHARKS

Umpires: Peter Hartley & Nigel Llong Third Umpire: Paul Baldwin Match referee: Phil Whitticase

Toss: Yorkshire Vikings who elected to bat Result: Sussex won by 5 wickets

YORKSHIRE VIKINGS V SUSSEX SHARKS AT CHESTER-LE-STREET ON TUESDAY 24TH AUGUST 2021 - QUARTER FINAL YORKSHIRE VIKINGS

Runs

Adam Lyth [9]

Tom Kohler-Cadmore [32]

David Willey* [15]

Harry Brook [88]

Gary Ballance [19]

Jordan Thompson [44]

Will Fraine [31]

c Jordan b Lenham

c Salt b Mills

c Jordan b Mills

lbw b Rashid Khan

c Rashid Khan b Garton

c Rashid Khan b Mills

not out

Matthew Waite [6]

b Jordan

Matthew Fisher [7]

not out

Harry Duke+ [22]

Adil Rashid [95] b1

lb 5

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-7

Wickets

6-166

2-31 7-172

wd 11

nb 2

Wkts

Total

3-33

4-118

5-158

177

10-

BOWLING

Garton Lenham Mills R Khan Beer Jordan

4 3 4 4 1 4

0 0 0 0 0 0

44 19 39 25 9 35

1 1 3 1 0 1

2 1 2 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 1

9 7 9 8 2 10

SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

c Lyth b Thompson

Luke Wright* [10]

b Rashid

Ravi Bopara [23]

c Duke b Thompson

Delray Rawlins [97]

b Fisher

David Wiese [96]

c Lyth b Thompson

Rashid Khan [1]

not out

Chris Jordan [8]

not out

George Garton [15]

Will Beer [18]

Tymal Mills [7]

Archie Lenham [41]

Phil Salt+ [28]

lb 2

Overs

19.4

Pens Fall of

1-72

Wickets

2-91 7-

wd 2

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-111

4-135

5-156

178

10-

BOWLING

Willey Lyth Fisher Waite Rashid Thompson

4 2 3.4 2 4 4

0 0 0 0 0 0

35 23 33 18 35 28

0 0 1 0 1 3

1 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

7 3 6 0 3 7

SUSSEX SHARKS V KENT SPITFIRES

Umpires: Graham Lloyd & Martin Saggers Third Umpire: Neil Bainton Fourth Umpire: Michael Burns

Match referee: Wayne Noon Toss: Kent Spitfires who elected to bat Result: Kent won by 21 runs

SUS SE X S H ARKS V KENT SPITFIR ES AT EDGBASTON ON SATURDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2021 - SEMI-FINAL KENT SPITFIRES 1

Zak Crawley [16]

Runs

b Garton

Daniel Bell-Drummond* [23]

c Bopara b Jordan

Joe Denly [6]

c Jordan b Garton

Sam Billings *+ [7]

b Bopara

Jack Leaning [34]

Jordan Cox [22]

Darren Stevens [3]

Grant Stewart [9]

Qais Ahmad [11]

Matt Milnes [8]

not out

Fred Klaassen [18] b1

lb 1

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-24

Wickets

6-136

2-51 7-160

b Mills

c Salt b Mills

not out

c Salt b Mills

run out (Salt)

wd 4

nb 2

Wkts

Total

3-93

4-94

5-94

8-163

168

10-

BOWLING

Garton Wiese Mills Jordan Lenham Beer Bopara

4 1 4 4 2 3 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

24 15 33 36 13 24 21

2 0 3 1 0 0 1

3 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1

10 1 9 5 1 4 5

SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

c Billings b Klaassen

Luke Wright* [10]

b Milnes

Ravi Bopara [23]

c Billings b Qais Ahmad

Delray Rawlins [97]

c Leaning b Klaassen

David Wiese [96]

b Stevens

Harrison Ward [35]

c Bell-Drummond b Leaning

George Garton [15]

Chris Jordan [8]

Phil Salt+ [28]

c Stewart b Milnes

c Bell-Drummond b Klaassen

Will Beer [18]

not out

Tymal Mills [7]

b Milnes

Archie Lenham [41]

c Qais Ahmad b Klaassen

lb 5

Overs

19.1

Pens Fall of

1-15

Wickets

6-89

2-31 7-119

wd 3

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-39

4-43

5-57

8-136

9-146

147

10-147

BOWLING

Denly Klaassen Milnes Stewart Qais Ahmad Stevens Leaning

2 3.1 3 2 4 2 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 17 22 15 32 22 18

0 4 3 1 1 1 1

1 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 11 5 6 11 2 7

V I TA L I T Y B L A S T 2 0 2 1 AV E R AG E S & TA B L E S

V I TA L I T Y B L A S T

AV E R AG E S & TA B L E BATTING

MAT

INNS

RUNS

AVE

100

Rashid Khan

27*

247.82

CJ Jordan

24*

157.14

LJ Wright

370

41.11

244

151.63

PD Salt

302

77*

33.55

205

147.31

RS Bopara

259

62*

32.37

212

122.16

GHS Garton

165.51

OE Robinson

163.15

DMW Rawlins

155

50*

25.83

100

155

TM Head

108

15.42

112.5

TS Mills

14.66

112.82

HD Ward

14.6

114.06

D Wiese

8.55

93.9

WAT Beer

11*

8.33

78.12

AD Thomason

AD Lenham

ME Claydon

100

OJ Carter

BOWLING

MAT

INNS

OVERS

MDNS

RUNS

WKTS

BBI

AVE

ECON

JC Archer

6.66

TM Head

RS Bopara

163

3 for 15

20.37

7.08

17.2

GHS Garton

174

3 for 19

15.81

7.25

AD Lenham

194

4 for 26

17.63

7.46

14.1

Rashid Khan

1 for 25

7.66

WAT Beer

280

2 for 20

31.11

7.77

D Wiese

24.4

193

2 for 16

17.54

7.82

13.4

TS Mills

240

3 for 20

14.11

10.5

CJ Jordan

211

3 for 30

26.37

8.11

19.5

DMW Rawlins

OE Robinson

16.2

152

2 for 15

30.4

9.3

19.6

ME Claydon

1 for 31

49.5

9.9

HT Crocombe

SOUTH GROUP Kent

PLAYED

WON

LOST

DRAWN

POINTS

NRR

0.657

Somerset

0.371

Sussex

0.479

Hampshire

0.388

Surrey

0.332

Gloucestershire

0.201

Essex

-0.468

Middlesex

-0.389

Glamorgan

-1.371

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V I TA L I T Y B L A S T

NOTES ON THE SEASON HIGHEST INNINGS TOTAL FOR SUSSEX 201/8 183/6

v Glamorgan v Hampshire

Cardiff Southampton

v Gloucestershire v Glamorgan v Essex v Hampshire

Bristol Cardiff Chelmsford Hove

v Glamorgan

Cardiff, with 1 six and 9 fours

v Glamorgan

Cardiff

v Hampshire v Hampshire v Gloucestershire

Hove Southampton Bristol

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES 77* Phil Salt 77 Luke Wright 75 Luke Wright 72* Phil Salt NOTEWORTHY BATTING Phil Salt scored 63 off 35 balls NOTEWORTHY PARTNERSHIPS 144 for 1st: Phil Salt and Luke Wright (this is the third highest partnership for Sussex in T20 cricket) 118 for 2nd: Phil Salt and Ravi Bopara 102 for 2nd: Luke Wright and Ravi Bopara 92 for 5th: Phil Salt and George Garton SIXES 55: Phil Salt 12; Delray Rawlins, Luke Wright 10; George Garton 6; Ravi Bopara 5; Travis Head, Chris Jordan, Rashid Khan 3; Tymal Mills, Aaron Thomason and David Wiese 1.

BOWLING FOUR WICKETS IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX 4/26: Archie Lenham

v Glamorgan

Cardiff

v Hampshire v Kent v Essex v Hampshire v Gloucestershire

Hove Canterbury Hove Hove Bristol

ECONOMICAL BOWLING 4-1-11-2: George Garton 4-0-15-3: Ravi Bopara 4-0-15-3: Ollie Robinson 3-0-14-3: Archie Lenham 4-0-19-3: George Garton BOWLING MEMORABILIA Will Beer became the first Sussex bowler to take 100 T20 wickets against Surrey at The Oval.

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O N E - DAY C U P 2 0 2 1

It had been 15 years since Sussex’s last success in the oneday competition and supporters knew in advance of the 2021 edition that the chances of a repeat were virtually nil.

ew counties were as affected by call-ups to The Hundred, which was staged at the same time as the Royal London One-Day Cup, so much so that when the Sharks faced Lancashire in the first of their eight group games at picturesque Sedburgh School in late July nine of the team were making their List A debuts. So seventh place in the group and two wins were probably as much as a lot of supporters expected but there were positives for skipper Tom Haines, not least in his own form as he topped the run-scorers with 357 runs at 44.62. Not far behind was Travis Head, who hit four half-centuries,

although his unbeaten 38 to help Sussex get over the line against Worcestershire at New Road was arguably his most important contribution. After his struggles in the Championship, it was heartening to see the Australian showcase his class on a consistent basis. Sussex’s best performance came in their final game against Middlesex, one of the teams who finished below them, at Hove. That Haines scored his maiden List A hundred was not that much of a surprise given how little white-ball cricket he has played. What was a surprise was that it was also a first for Ben Brown. When he had played white-ball

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T O M H A I N E S O N H I S WAY T O HIS MAIDEN LIST A HUNDRED AGAINST MIDDLESEX

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cricket for Sussex he batted down the order for most of his career. Now, without the gloves and opening the innings, the shackles were off and he contributed 105 and Haines 123 to a stand of 219 for the second wicket, the county’s fourth highest partnership in List A matches. With Head and David Wiese adding 54 off 21 balls at the end, Sussex finished with their second highest List A total in games at Hove after plundering 130 from the last ten overs. Max Holden made an impressive 94 in the chase but Sussex squeezed home by three runs to give supporters enjoying a glorious August afternoon only their third home win in all competitions in 2021. Ali Orr scored the other hundred in the victory at New Road. The next highest score after his 108 was

40, which put the young opener’s efforts on a tricky surface into context. Chasing 234 Sussex were cruising at 182/2, but after a collapse Head showed all his experience to secure victory with three balls to spare. Two matches at Hove, against eventual runnersup Durham and Kent, were washed out and the home fixture against Gloucestershire was also badly affected by rain, although it produced a fantastic finish. Despite half-centuries by Brown and his successor with the gloves, Oli Carter, Sussex seemed out of it on 141/8 chasing 218 in 42 overs. Carter and 17-year-old Archie Lenham put on 62 for the ninth wicket and the equation was down to six from 12 balls when Lenham was run out with only last man Henry Crocombe for company.

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It had been a similar story at Sedburgh, where a good contingent of Sussex supporters enjoyed the stunning Lake District venue. Head and Carter contributed fifties to a total of 270/9 and Lancashire slipped to 115/7 before a blistering 86 not out from 69 balls by Danny Lamb took the game away from Sussex. Of the 53 wickets taken by Sussex bowlers across the tournament, 23 fell to slow bowlers, although pitches didn’t tend to be especially helpful to spinners. Lenham carried on where he’d left off in the Blast, Will Beer’s economy rate was under five an over and Head picked up some useful scalps with his leggies. It was in the seam-bowling attack where Sussex’s lack of experience was felt but James Coles, the leading wicket-taker, Dan Ibrahim,

Crocombe and Joe Sarro all made progress. Frustratingly, three of the matches at Hove were ruined by rain but where cricket was played, home and away, crowds were good and fears that there would be little spectator interest in the competition while the ECB threw their resources – financial and marketing – at The Hundred proved groundless. And although Sussex didn’t make it to the final, it was good to see Durham and eventual winners Glamorgan, two of the so-called smaller counties, do so. In 2022 the competition will again go up against The Hundred but at least there is the incentive of a Lord’s final for the best two teams. Bruce Talbot

LANCASHIRE V SUSSEX SHARKS

Umpires: Paul Baldwin & Neil Pratt Match referee: Alec Swann

Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to bat Result: Lancashire won by 2 wickets

LA N CASH I RE V S US S EX SHARKS AT SEDBERGH SCHOOL ON FRIDAY 23RD JULY 2021 SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

Harrison Ward [35]

c Vilas b Hurt

Tom Clark [27]

c Vilas b Hurt

Tom Haines* [20]

run out (Jones)

Travis Head [62]

c Lavelle b Wells

James Coles [30]

lbw b Morley

Oli Carter+ [11]

c Lavelle b Lamb

Daniel Ibrahim [40]

c Lamb b Hurt

Will Beer [18]

c & b Lamb

Henry Crocombe [5]

Archie Lenham [41]

Joe Sarro [29] b0

lb 9

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-4

2-13

Wickets

6-193

7-265

run out (Hurt)

not out

wd 9

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-87

4-101

5-134

8-270

9-270

270

10-

BOWLING

Bailey Hurt Lamb Morley Croft Wells

10 10 10 10 5 5

0 0 0 0 0 0

38 55 65 47 24 32

0 3 2 1 0 1

4 2 2 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

LANCASHIRE 1

Keaton Jennings [1]

Josh Bohannon [20]

Luke Wells [3]

Dane Vilas* [33]

Rob Jones [12]

Steven Croft [15]

George Lavelle+ [24]

Danny Lamb [26]

9 10 11

Jack Morley [18]

Runs

b Sarro

c Carter b Sarro

c Clark b Crocombe

c Clark b Ibrahim

lbw b Lenham

c Head b Lenham

st Carter b Lenham

not out

Tom Bailey [8]

st Carter b Lenham

Liam Hurt [22]

not out

lb 7

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-3

2-13

Wickets

6-114

7-115

wd 12

nb 2

Wkts

Total

3-19

4-65

5-93

8-227

274

10-

BOWLING

Sarro Crocombe Ibrahim Coles Beer Lenham Head

7 6 4 9 9 9 5

1 0 0 0 0 0 0

41 41 15 40 39 59 28

2 1 1 0 0 4 0

2 1 0 2 0 7 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0

SUSSEX SHARKS v DURHAM at The 1st Central County Ground, Hove on Sunday 25th July 2021 - Group A No result due to rain

HAMPSHIRE V SUSSEX SHARKS

Umpires: Richard Illingworth & Tom Lungley Match referee: Simon Hinks

Toss: Hampshire who elected to bat Result: Hampshire won by 98 runs

HA M P S H I RE V S US S EX SHARKS AT THE AGEAS BOWL, SOUTHAMPTON ON TUESDAY 27TH JULY 2021 HAMPSHIRE

Runs

Tom Alsop [9]

b Ibrahim

Tom Prest [24]

b Lenham

Nick Gubbins [31]

not out

131

119

Joe Weatherley [5]

Ian Holland [22]

Lewis McManus+ [18]

James Fuller [26]

Felix Organ [3]

Scott Currie [44]

Kyle Abbott* [87]

John Turner [6] b5

lb 0

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-81

2-137

Wickets

6-307

7-314

c & b Beer

c Wiese b Beer

c Ibrahim b Coles

run out (Coles)

wd 6

nb 4

Wkts

Total

3-170

4-182

5-191

b Wiese

not out

328

10-

BOWLING

Crocombe Wiese Ibrahim Head Lenham Beer Coles

9 9 7 4 10 6 5

0 1 0 0 0 0 0

74 64 43 30 56 34 22

0 1 1 0 1 2 1

2 1 2 0 1 0 0

0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Runs

SUSSEX SHARKS 1

Harrison Ward [35]

Tom Clark [27]

Tom Haines* [20]

Travis Head [62]

b Turner

c McManus b Currie

39 23

b Fuller

b Gubbins

David Wiese [96]

c Currie b Holland

James Coles [30]

b Gubbins

Oli Carter+ [11]

b Gubbins

Daniel Ibrahim [40]

b Gubbins

Will Beer [18]

c Currie b Organ

Archie Lenham [41]

not out

Henry Crocombe [5]

c Alsop b Organ

lb 4

Overs

41.2

Pens Fall of

1-35

2-71

Wickets

6-187

7-194

BOWLING Abbott Turner Currie Fuller Holland Organ Gubbins

wd 6

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-81

4-142

5-171

8-198

9-220

230

10-230

5 5 2 6 7 9.2 7

0 1 0 0 0 0 0

27 30 20 33 35 43 38

0 1 1 1 1 2 4

0 1 1 0 0 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SUSSEX SHARKS V KENT SPITFIRES

Umpires: Ben Debenham & Ian Gould Match referee: Simon Hinks

Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to bat Result: No result due to rain

SUS SE X S H ARKS V KENT SPITFIR ES AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE ON FRIDAY 30TH JULY 2021 SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

Ali Orr [6]

Tom Clark [27]

Tom Haines* [20]

Travis Head [62]

Ben Brown [26]

David Wiese [96]

Oli Carter+ [11]

James Coles [30]

Danial Ibrahim [40]

Archie Lenham [41]

Joe Sarro [29]

c Milnes b Qadri

run out (Kuhn)

lb 8

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-34

2-45

Wickets

6-167

7-209

c Stevens b Gilchrist

b Gilchrist

c Stewart b Milnes

c sub (Gordon) b Gilchrist

not out

wd 7

nb 2

Wkts

Total

3-94

4-157

5-159

c O'Riordan b Stewart

209

10-

BOWLING

Milnes Stevens Stewart Gilchrist Qadri O'Riordan

5 3 6 6 5 4

0 0 0 0 0 0

35 18 37 45 37 29

1 0 1 3 1 0

2 1 1 1 2 0

0 0 0 1 0 0

KENT SPITFIRES

Runs

c Carter b Coles

Tawanda Muyeye [14]

not out

Harry Finch [72]

not out

Heino Kuhn [4]

George Munsey [93]

Darren Stevens [3]

Marcus O'Riordan [55]

Grant Stewart [9]

Matt Milnes [8]

Hamidullah Qadri [75]

Nathan Gilchrist [17]

Ollie Robinson*+ [21]

lb 0

Overs

5.4

Pens Fall of

1-50

Wickets

BOWLING Wiese Sarro Coles

wd 1

nb 2

Wkts

Total

10-

3 2 0.4

0 0 0

34 14 2

0 0 1

1 0 0

SUSSEX SHARKS V GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Umpires: Neil Bainton & Chris Watts Match referee: Dean Cosker Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to field

Result: Gloucestershire won by 3 runs (DL method, target 218)

SU SS E X S H ARKS V GLOU C ESTER SHIRE AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE ON SUNDAY 1ST AUGUST 2021 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1

Ben Charlesworth [64]

Chris Dent* [15]

Tom Lace [8]

James Bracey+ [25]

Graeme van Buuren [12]

Jack Taylor [10]

George Scott [17]

Matt Taylor [36]

Tom Smith [6]

Jared Warner [4]

Dan Worrall [41] b0

lb 1

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-35

2-45

Wickets

6-210

7-217

Runs

c Carter b Wiese

run out (Haines)

c & b Beer

23 40

b Beer

c Head b Coles

c Wiese b Crocombe

c Coles b Wiese

run out (Carter)

not out

wd 9

nb 2

Wkts

Total

3-68

4-94

5-139

8-218

218

10-

BOWLING

Crocombe Wiese Ibrahim Beer Lenham Coles

6 7 5 9 8 7

0 0 0 0 0 0

33 44 29 30 49 32

1 2 0 2 0 1

0 6 1 1 1 0

0 0 1 0 0 0

Runs

SUSSEX SHARKS 1

Ali Orr [6]

c J Taylor b Worrall

Ben Brown [26]

b Warner

Tom Haines* [20]

Travis Head [62]

c Bracey b Worrall

lbw b Smith

5 6

James Coles [30]

lbw b Smith

David Wiese [96]

b Smith

Oli Carter+ [11]

b Warner

Danial Ibrahim [40]

Will Beer [18]

Archie Lenham [41]

Henry Crocombe [5] b4

lb 0

Overs

40.5

Pens Fall of

1-12

2-42

Wickets

6-124

7-132

lbw b Warner

c Worrall b M Taylor

run out (Lace)

not out

wd 6

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-63

4-95

5-109

8-141

9-203

214

10-214

BOWLING

Worrall M Taylor Warner Smith van Buuren

7.5 8 7 9 9

0 0 0 0 0

40 56 42 28 44

2 1 3 3 0

0 3 3 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

WORCESTERSHIRE RAPIDS V SUSSEX SHARKS

Umpires: Ben Debenham & Hassan Adnan Match referee: Wayne Noon

Toss: Worcestershire Rapids who elected to bat Result: Sussex won by 2 wickets

WO R C E STE RS H I RE RA PI DS V SU S S E X S H A RKS AT WORCESTER ON FRIDAY 6TH AUGUST 2021 WORCESTERSHIRE RAPIDS

Runs

Jack Haynes [17]

c Carter b Coles

Brett D'Oliveira [15]

run out (Haines)

Tom Fell [29]

b Lenham

Jake Libby [2]

Gareth Roderick+ [9]

Ed Barnard [30]

Joe Leach* [23]

Jacques Banton [77]

Josh Baker [33]

Charlie Morris [31]

Adam Finch [61] b0

lb 2

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-33

2-69

Wickets

6-132

7-137

lbw b Coles

c & b Lenham

b Lenham

lbw b Coles

c Carter b Sarro

c Haines b Crocombe

not out

wd 10

nb 4

Wkts

Total

3-79

4-81

5-89

8-177

9-194

233

10-

BOWLING

Sarro Crocombe Coles Ibrahim Lenham Beer

6 10 10 4 10 10

0 0 0 0 0 0

35 70 27 16 53 30

1 1 3 0 3 0

6 1 1 0 0 0

0 2 0 0 0 0

SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

c Morris b Banton

108

133

Ali Orr [6]

Ben Brown [26]

Tom Haines* [20]

Travis Head [62]

James Coles [30]

Oli Carter+ [11]

c Haynes b D'Oliveira

Danial Ibrahim [40]

Will Beer [18]

Archie Lenham [41]

Henry Crocombe [5]

Joe Sarro [29] b0

lb 2

Overs

49.3

Pens Fall of

1-33

2-160

Wickets

6-197

7-220

c & b Morris

c Leach b Baker

not out

c D'Oliveira b Banton

lbw b Banton

lbw b Barnard

c Banton b Baker

not out

wd 1

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-182

4-184

5-195

8-227

234

10-

BOWLING

Morris Leach Barnard Baker Libby D'Oliveira Banton

7 7 8 8.3 5 10 4

0 1 1 0 0 0 0

31 37 27 53 14 55 15

1 0 1 2 0 1 3

0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ESSEX EAGLES V SUSSEX SHARKS

Umpires: Nick Cook & Ian Ramage Match referee: Will Smith

Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to field Result: Essex Eagles won by 97 runs

ES SE X E AG L ES V S US S E X SHARKS AT CHELMSFORD ON TUESDAY 10TH AUGUST 2021 ESSEX EAGLES

Runs

lbw b Ibrahim

Alastair Cook [26]

b Wiese

Tom Westley* [21]

c Beer b Ibrahim

Feroze Khushi [23]

c Haines b Beer

Paul Walter [22]

c Lenham b Wiese

Ryan ten Doeschate [27]

c Brown b Beer

Adam Wheater+ [31]

c Coles b Sarro

Simon Harmer [11]

lbw b Coles

Aron Nijjar [24]

not out

Jack Plom [77]

not out

Ben Allison [65]

Josh Rymell [49]

lb 2

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-45

2-50

Wickets

6-223

7-247

wd 6

nb 0

Wkts

Total

3-165

4-219

5-222

8-307

321

10-

BOWLING

Sarro Wiese Ibrahim Coles Lenham Beer

9 10 9 8 7 7

0 0 0 0 0 0

74 65 54 39 42 45

1 2 2 1 0 2

2 1 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

Runs

SUSSEX SHARKS 1

Ali Orr [6]

Ben Brown [26]

Tom Haines* [20]

Travis Head [62]

James Coles [30]

c Wheater b ten Doeschate

David Wiese [96]

c Allison b ten Doeschate

Oli Carter+ [11]

c Khushi b Harmer

Danial Ibrahim [40]

c Wheater b Plom

Will Beer [18]

c Harmer b ten Doeschate

Archie Lenham [41]

c Westley b ten Doeschate

Joe Sarro [29]

not out

lb 4

Overs

43.2

Pens Fall of

1-22

2-35

Wickets

6-172

7-173

BOWLING Plom Allison Harmer Nijjar Westley ten Doeschate

b Plom

c Harmer b Nijjar

c Cook b Plom

b Harmer

wd 3

nb 2

Wkts

Total

3-66

4-92

5-144

8-186

9-208

224

10-224

7 6 10 10 1 9.2

0 0 1 1 0 0

52 34 29 60 11 34

3 0 2 1 0 4

1 2 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0

SUSSEX SHARKS V MIDDLESEX

Umpires: Ian Gould & Neil Mallender Match referee: Simon Hinks

Toss: Sussex Sharks who elected to bat Result: Sussex won by 3 runs

SUS SE X S H ARKS V M I D D LESEX AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE ON THURSDAY 12TH AUGUST 2021 SUSSEX SHARKS

Runs

Ali Orr [6]

c & b Harris

Ben Brown [26]

Tom Haines* [20]

Travis Head [62]

David Wiese [96]

Oli Carter+ [11]

James Coles [30]

Danial Ibrahim [40]

Will Beer [18]

Archie Lenham [41]

Joe Sarro [29] b2

lb 3

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-24

2-243

Wickets

c Holden b Walallawita

105

109

c Eskinazi b Andersson

123

131

not out

run out (White)

not out

wd 2

nb 6

Wkts

Total

3-276

4-332

333

10-

BOWLING

Bamber Harris De Caires Andersson Walallawita

10 10 10 10 10

0 1 0 0 0

56 68 46 83 75

0 1 0 1 1

1 0 0 1 0

0 1 0 2 0

MIDDLESEX

Runs

c & b Head

Steve Eskinazi [28]

c Haines b Ibrahim

Varun Chopra [63]

b Head

Peter Handscomb* [29]

lbw b Coles

Robbie White+ [14]

b Beer

Jack Davies [23]

c Carter b Wiese

Martin Andersson [24]

not out

Thilan Walallawita [32]

c Cater b Beer

Josh de Caires [25]

c sub (Ward) b Wiese

James Harris [5]

not out

Ethan Bamber [54]

Max Holden [4]

lb 2

Overs

Pens Fall of

1-65

2-145

Wickets

6-268

7-287

wd 7

nb 2

Wkts

Total

3-186

4-192

5-227

8-327

330

10-

BOWLING

Wiese Sarro Ibrahim Coles Beer Lenham Head

8 2 6 9 9 9 7

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

54 25 40 55 56 62 35

2 0 1 1 2 0 2

0 1 5 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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AV E R AG E S & TA B L E BATTING

MAT

INNS

RUNS

AVE

100

TM Head

346

57.66

315

109.84

BC Brown

252

105

50.4

263

95.81

TJ Haines

357

123

44.62

423

84.39

AGH Orr

174

108

228

76.31

D Wiese

132

26.4

104

126.92

OJ Carter

173

24.71

173

100

TGR Clark

19.25

86.51

WAT Beer

18.2

103

88.34

JM Coles

100

16.66

154

64.93

AD Lenham

16.33

83.05

JC Archer

136.36

HD Ward

52.5

HT Crocombe

10*

104

D Ibrahim

10.83

66.32

JP Sarro

BOWLING

MAT

INNS

OVERS

MDNS

RUNS

WKTS

BBI

AVE

ECON

JM Coles

57.4

253

3 for 27

25.3

4.38

34.6

WAT Beer

234

2 for 30

29.25

4.68

37.5

TM Head

116

3 for 23

23.2

5.27

26.4

D Ibrahim

220

2 for 54

5.64

46.8

AD Lenham

364

4 for 59

45.5

5.77

47.2

HT Crocombe

262

1 for 33

65.5

6.55

JP Sarro

220

2 for 31

36.66

6.87

D Wiese

261

2 for 44

37.28

7.05

31.7

SOUTH GROUP

PLAYED

WON

LOST

DRAWN

NRR

POINTS

AV PPG

Durham

0.921

1.63

Essex Eagles

0.238

1.38

Gloucestershire

0.094

1.14

Lancashire

0.014

1.13

Worcestershire Rapids

0.256

0.88

Hampshire

0.161

0.88

Sussex Sharks

-0.689

0.75

Middlesex

-0.286

0.71

Kent Spitfires

-1.258

0.5

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R OYA L L O N D O N O N E - DAY C U P

NOTES ON THE SEASON HIGHEST INNINGS TOTAL FOR SUSSEX 333-4 (50 overs) v Middlesex (This is the highest Sussex total in List A matches against Middlesex and the second-highest at Hove)

Hove

RECOVERY Lancashire recovered from 115/7 to 234/8 to win the match

Sedbergh School

LARGE MATCH AGGREGATE 663: Sussex

v Middlesex

Hove (18 wickets fell)

v Middlesex v Worcestershire v Middlesex

Hove New Road Hove

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL TOTALS FOR SUSSEX 123: Tom Haines 108: Ali Orr 105: Ben Brown

AGAINST SUSSEX 131*: Nick Gubbins for Hampshire (This is the highest Hampshire individual score against Sussex in List A matches)

Southampton

SIXES 33: Travis Head 8; David Wiese 6; Ali Orr 5; Oli Carter, Tom Haines 4; Will Beer 2; Tom Clark, James Coles, Ben Brown, Archie Lenham 1. 35 sixes were hit off the Sussex bowling NOTEWORTHY PARTNERSHIPS 219 for 2nd: Ben Brown and Tom Haines v Middlesex at Hove (This is the highest second-wicket partnership for Sussex in List A matches, beating the 189 by Paul Parker and Alan Wells v Warwickshire at Hove in 1983. It is also the fifth highest partnership for Sussex in List A matches). 127 for 2nd: Ali Orr and Tom Haines v Worcestershire at New Road Against Sussex, Danny Lamb and Tom Bailey put on 112 for Lancashire’s eight wicket at Sedbergh School, equalling the highest eighth-wicket partnership in List A matches against Sussex.

BOWLING FOUR WICKETS IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX 4/59: Archie Lenham

v Lancashire

Sedbergh School

2ND XI COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP & T20 2021

2ND XI

COUNTY T20 CHAMPIONSHIP At Hove, May 4-7: Sussex 487 & 243 for 8 dec; Surrey 410 & 153 for 5. Match drawn. Oli Carter (160) and Ali Orr (102) scored impressive hundreds while Jofra Archer took two wickets on his return to competitive action. At Southampton, May 10-13. Sussex 376 & 191; Hampshire 572 for 8 dec. Hampshire won by an innings & 5 runs. Harrison Ward made half-centuries in both innings, but Sussex were overwhelmed by Tom Prest’s 303. At Blackstone, May 18-21. Essex 477 for 6 dec; Sussex 191 & 146 for 3. Scores of 80 and 70 by Ali Orr helped Sussex save the game. At Blackstone, June 28-July 1. Sussex 268 for 5. Match drawn. Orr made 109 but only 79 overs were bowled because of rain. At Rockhampton, August 16-19. Sussex 451 for 9 dec & 152 for 7 dec; Gloucestershire 303 for 9 dec. & 301 for 3. Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets. Oli Carter and James Coles made centuries, but Gloucestershire reached their target in 61 overs.

At Southend, May 31. Sussex 160 for 9; Essex 142 for 7. Sussex won by 18 runs. At New Malden, June 1. Sussex 191 for 9, Surrey 163. Sussex won by 28 runs. At Hove, June 3. Kent 142 for 7, Sussex 143 for 6. Sussex won by 4 wickets; Sussex 216 for 4, Middlesex 174. Sussex won by 42 runs. At Hove, June 4. Sussex v Essex – abandoned due to rain. At Blackstone, June 7. Surrey 211 for 7, Sussex 213 for 6. Sussex won by 4 wickets. At Northwood, June 11. Middlesex 234 for 2, Sussex 207 for 8. Middlesex won by 27 runs. At Canterbury, June 14. Kent 180 for 8, Sussex 184 for 3. Sussex won by 7 wickets. At Hove, June 15. Hampshire 143 for 7, Sussex 144 for 8. Sussex won by 2 wickets; Hampshire 207 for 4, Sussex 75. Hampshire won by 132 runs. FINALS DAY, June 24 at Arundel. Semi-final: Yorkshire 134 for 6, Sussex 137 for 1; Sussex won by 9 wickets. Final: Warwickshire 149 for 5, Sussex 95. Warwickshire won by 50 runs.

At Radlett, August 24-26. Sussex 106 & 208; Middlesex 517 for 8 dec. Middlesex won by an innings & 203 runs. A strong home side dominated with Steve Eskinazi making 204 and Tim Murtagh taking seven wickets. At Blackstone, September 6-9. Durham 252 & 526 for 6 dec; Sussex 399 & 260. Durham won by 119 runs. Oxfordshire’s Freddie Smith made 167 on his Sussex debut.

An excellent campaign saw Sussex win seven of nine completed group games to reach Finals Day. They had home advantage at Arundel and cruised into the final thanks to half-centuries from Phil Salt and Travis Head before falling well short in the final against Warwickshire. Chasing 150, they were undone by George Garrett’s five wickets.

2 N D X I C O U N T Y C H A M P I O N S H I P 2 0 2 1 AV E R AG E S & TA B L E S

2ND XI CHAMPIONSHIP

B AT T I N G AV E R AG E S BATTING

MAT

INNS

RUNS

AVE

100

F Smith

199

167

99.5

314

63.37

AGH Orr

500

109

71.42

953

52.46

TGR Clark

71.25

S van Zyl

68.91

A Karvelas

100

122

81.96

OJ Carter

339

160

48.42

684

49.56

DMW Rawlins

87.27

LW Bartier

154

48.05

WA Sheffield

13*

39.77

JM Coles

138

109

34.5

269

51.3

HD Ward

342

34.2

599

57.09

JJ Carson

40*

30.5

102

59.8

BC Brown

29.5

121

48.76

WAT Beer

111

27.75

265

41.88

TI Hinley

111

27.75

120

92.5

C Tear

156

232

67.24

EP Taylor

94.54

JC Archer

70.42

JR Shaw

104

48.07

M Campopiano

165

23.57

302

54.63

AM Foreman

22.5

69.23

B Foreman

20*

47.61

Z Lion-Cachet

19.5

42.85

ED Woods

18.5

42.52

JA Pocklington

140

17.5

296

47.29

D Ibrahim

16.5

176

56.25

LM Benkenstein

16.5

39.75

FJ Hudson-Prentice

37.28

JP Sarro

13*

10.5

39.62

AD Lenham

9.5

44.18

HT Crocombe

7.66

100

JA Atkins

120

SF Hunt

61.53

J Reifer

3.5

23.33

GD Burrows

0.5

8.33

S Henderson

NJ Cooper

AT Drew

6.45

HJR Startin

2 N D X I C O U N T Y C H A M P I O N S H I P 2 0 2 1 AV E R AG E S & TA B L E S

2ND XI CHAMPIONSHIP

B O W L I N G AV E R AG E S & TA B L E BOWLING

MAT

INNS

OVERS

MDNS

RUNS

WKTS

AVE

ECON

FJ Hudson-Prentice

18.5

4.11

NJ Cooper

2.5

JA Pocklington

101

334

27.83

3.3

50.5

WAT Beer

67.4

185

30.83

2.73

67.6

JA Atkins

21.2

100

33.33

4.68

42.6

ED Woods

2.34

GD Burrows

167

41.75

4.63

WA Sheffield

178

44.5

4.56

58.5

JC Archer

29.2

102

3.47

HT Crocombe

257

51.4

3.77

81.6

JR Shaw

70.5

257

51.4

3.62

AT Drew

4.81

JM Coles

165

3.51

B Foreman

233

58.25

3.42

102

AD Lenham

23.3

117

58.5

4.97

70.5

JP Sarro

377

75.4

4.65

97.2

AM Foreman

101

4.8

126

A Karvelas

126

3.4

222

LW Bartier

127

4.37

174

HD Ward

SF Hunt

3.6

HJR Startin

TGR Clark

7.2

3.13

LM Benkenstein

3.5

JJ Carson

4.66

DMW Rawlins

2.77

D Ibrahim

24.4

2.67

TI Hinley

5.29

PLAYED

WON

LOST

DRAWN

Yorkshire 2nd XI

POINTS 167

Hampshire 2nd XI

163

Nottinghamshire 2nd XI

153

Durham 2nd XI

151

Lancashire 2nd XI

141

Glamorgan 2nd XI

135

Middlesex 2nd XI

132

Essex 2nd XI

118

Leicestershire 2nd XI

117

Gloucestershire 2nd XI

112

Worcestershire 2nd XI

105

Warwickshire 2nd XI

100

Northamptonshire 2nd XI

Somerset 2nd XI

Derbyshire 2nd XI

Surrey 2nd XI

Sussex 2nd XI

Kent 2nd XI

Kent & Sussex 2nd XI

2 N D X I T 2 0 2 0 2 1 AV E R AG E S & TA B L E S

2ND XI T20

B AT T I N G AV E R AG E S BATTING

MAT

INNS

RUNS

AVE

100

TM Head

66*

172

GHS Garton

30*

252

PD Salt

171

42.75

211.11

D Wiese

166

41.5

101

164.35

AGH Orr

124

87*

41.33

127.83

OJ Carter

37.5

141.5

0 7

LJ Wright

141

35.25

151.61

HT Crocombe

136.84

SF Hunt

41*

24.5

136.11

EP Taylor

23.33

145.83

LW Bartier

137.5

RS Bopara

21.75

133.84

D Ibrahim

135.48

JA Pocklington

15*

91.3

HD Ward

165

20.62

125

132

AD Thomason

18.5

119.35

BC Brown

16.33

128.94

DMW Rawlins

16.2

122.72

TS Mills

175

JR Shaw

162.5

SC Meaker

9.25

137.03

JM Coles

8.8

102.32

ME Claydon

TI Hinley

6.66

133.33

WAT Beer

88.88

AD Lenham

C Tear

66.66

JP Sarro

OE Robinson

CJ Jordan

16*

177.77

2 N D X I T 2 0 2 0 2 1 AV E R AG E S & TA B L E S

2ND XI T20

B O W L I N G AV E R AG E S & TA B L E BOWLING

MAT

INNS

OVERS

MDNS

RUNS

WKTS

AVE

ECON

CJ Jordan

5.33

D Wiese

8.5

11.2

6.33

10.6

JM Coles

18.4

6.57

16.8

JR Shaw

6.57

HD Ward

1.2

6.75

TI Hinley

HT Crocombe

106

17.66

7.06

AD Lenham

18.8

7.23

15.6

OE Robinson

7.5

AD Thomason

7.5

RS Bopara

14.14

7.61

11.1

SC Meaker

191

19.1

7.95

14.4

DMW Rawlins

146

29.2

8.58

20.4

ME Claydon

134

8.93

TS Mills

8.4

15.6

10.4

WAT Beer

121

30.25

9.3

19.5

GHS Garton

37.5

9.37

JA Pocklington

9.6

JP Sarro

156

9.75

SF Hunt

17.1

190

63.33

11.06

34.3

D Ibrahim

LW Bartier

BC Brown

OJ Carter

TM Head

AGH Orr

PD Salt

EP Taylor

C Tear

LJ Wright

PLAYED

WON

LOST

DRAWN

POINTS

NRR

Sussex 2nd XI

-0.048

Middlesex 2nd XI

0.64

Hampshire 2nd XI

0.465

Essex 2nd XI

-0.356

Surrey 2nd XI

0.106

Kent 2nd XI

-0.745

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SUSSEX

RECORDS FIRST- C L ASS CRI CKET THE SIDES

HIGHEST INNINGS TOTALS BY SUSSEX 742-5 dec 705-8 dec 686-8 676-5 dec 670-9 dec 668 644 631-4 dec 631-6 dec 620-9 dec 619-7 dec 618 614-4 dec 612 611 601-6 dec 600-7 dec

Somerset at Taunton Surrey at Hastings Leicestershire at Leicester Middlesex at Hove Northamptonshire at Hove Durham at Hove Somerset at Taunton Northamptonshire at Northampton Hampshire at Hove Worcestershire at Worcester Nottinghamshire at Horsham Kent at Hove Leicestershire at Hove Essex at Colchester Essex at Leyton Warwickshire at Edgbaston Surrey at The Oval

2009 1902 1900 2021 1921 2017 2002 1938 2002 2009 2003 2004 2003 2003 1905 2015 1903

Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge Glamorgan at Colwyn Bay Cambridge University at Hove Surrey at The Oval Yorkshire at Sheffield Nottinghamshire at Hove Oxford University at Hove

1895 2000 1890 1888 1897 1893 1895

AGAINST SUSSEX 726 718-3 dec 703-9 dec 698 681-5 dec 674 651

HIGHEST INNINGS TOTALS FOR AND AGAINST EACH COUNTY Derbyshire Durham Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey Warwickshire Worcestershire Yorkshire

FOR SUSSEX 576-3 dec (Horsham) 2010 668 (Hove) 2017 612 (Colchester) 2003 552-6 dec (Hove)2016 552-6 dec (Chichester) 1949 631-6 dec (Hove) 2002 618 (Hove) 2004 563 (Old Trafford) 1992 686-8 (Leicester) 1900 550-9 dec (Hove) 1980 670-9 dec (Hove) 1921 619-7 (Horsham) 2003 742-5 (Taunton) 2009 705-8 dec (Hastings) 1902 601-6 dec (Edgbaston) 2015 620-9 dec (Worcester) 2009 599-8 dec (Hove) 2007

AGAINST SUSSEX 603-6 dec (Derby) 1995 473-4 dec (Riverside) 2009 560-9 dec (Leyton) 1933 718-3 dec (Colwyn Bay) 2000 608-7 dec (Cheltenham) 1934 600-8 dec (Southampton) 1990 580-9 dec (Tonbridge) 1939 640-8 dec (Hove) 1937 609-8 dec (Leicester) 1900 676-5 dec (Hove) 2021 570 (Hove) 2004 726 (Trent Bridge) 1895 584-8 dec (Eastbourne) 1948 698 (The Oval) 1888 645-7 dec (Hove) 1996 491 (Worcester) 2016 681-5 dec (Sheffield) 1897

LOW INNINGS TOTALS BY SUSSEX 19 19 20 22 23 23 23 23

Nottinghamshire at Hove Surrey at Godalming Yorkshire at Hull Kent at Sevenoaks Kent at Hawkhurst MCC at Lord’s MCC at Lord’s Warwickshire at Worthing

1873 1830 1922 1828 1826 1838 1856 1964

Kent at Gravesend

1867

AGAINST SUSSEX 18

RECORDS |

23 23

Kent at Brighton Kent at Hove

1828 1859

HIGHEST FOURTH INNINGS TOTALS FOR SUSSEX 455-8 436 all out 428-5 405-5 385 all out 385-9

Sussex v Gloucestershire at Hove (Sussex won by 2 wickets) Sussex v Kent at Hove (Match tied) Sussex v Northamptonshire at Kettering (Sussex won by 5 wickets) Sussex v Warwickshire at Hove (Sussex were set 504 to win) Sussex v MCC at Lord’s (Sussex lost by 19 runs) Sussex v Northamptonshire at Northampton (Sussex were set 413 to win)

1999 1991 1939 2007 1895 1921

LARGEST MATCH AGGREGATES INVOLVING SUSSEX 1,808 - 20 wkts 1,578 - 37 wkts 1,569 - 30 wkts 1,473 - 31 wkts 1,457 - 35 wkts 1,451 - 36 wkts 1,448 - 36 wkts 1,431 - 32 wkts 1,427 - 21 wkts 1,423 - 38 wkts 1,412 - 39 wkts 1,410 - 28 wkts 1,409 - 28 wkts 1,408 - 33 wkts 1,402 - 40 wkts

Sussex v Essex at Hove Sussex v Kent at Hove Middlesex v Sussex at Southgate Sussex v Nottinghamshire at Hove Hampshire v Sussex at Portsmouth Sussex v Kent at Hastings Somerset v Sussex at Taunton Yorkshire v Sussex at Scarborough Sussex v Surrey at Hastings Essex v Sussex at Chelmsford Sussex v Lancashire at Horsham Sussex v Oxford University at Hove Sussex v Kent at Hove Sussex v Kent at Hove Sussex v Cambridge University at Hove

1993 1991 2006 2000 1993 1929 1993 2011 1902 1996 1994 1895 1992 2006 1891

BATTING HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS AGAINST AND FOR EACH OPPONENT Derbyshire Durham Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey Warwickshire Worcestershire Yorkshire Oxford University Cambridge University Tourists

250 238 258 254* 230 228* 250* 309* 280* 301 278 259 246 238* 225 322 335* 232 283 255* 333 282* 233 268* 344* 310 234* 266* 226 262* 272* 186 274* 311 219* 264* 241 212 257 300

EC Joyce (Derby) TS Worthington (Derby) LWP Wells (Hove) MJ Di Venuto (Riverside) KS Ranjitsinhji (Leyton) KWR Fletcher (Hastings) John Langridge (Hove) SP James (Colwyn Bay) EH Bowley (Hove) WG Grace (Bristol) TE Cook (Hove) CG Greenidge (Southampton) KS Duleepsinhji (Hastings) J Cox (Canterbury) RR Relf (Eastbourne) E Paynter (Hove) MW Goodwin (Hove) LG Berry (Leicester) EH Bowley (Hove) DL Haynes (Lord’s) KS Duleepsinhji (Hove) BM Duckett (Northampton) CB Fry (Trent Bridge) JA Dixon (Trent Bridge) MW Goodwin (Taunton) H Gimblett (Eastbourne) KS Ranjitsinhji (Hastings) MR Ramprakash (Hove) AW Greig (Hastings) IR Bell (Horsham) RR Relf (Eastbourne) GA Hick (Hove) MW Goodwin (Hove) JT Brown (Sheffield) CB Fry (Eastbourne) G Mordaunt (Hove) CB Fry (Hove) JG Dewes (Hove) MH Yardy v Bangladesh (Hove) VT Trumper for Australians (Hove)

2016 1937 2017 2009 1902 1968 1933 2000 1929 1896 1930 1975 1929 2020 1920 1937 2003 1930 1933 1990 1930 2016 1905 1897 2009 1948 1902 2007 1975 2004 1909 1991 2011 1897 1901 1895 1901 1950 2005 1899

101

102

RECORDS

INDIVIDUAL INNINGS OF 200 OR MORE FOR SUSSEX CJ Adams (2) EH Bowley (4)

HP Chaplin TE Cook (3)

G Cox, Jnr (4)

ER Dexter KS Duleepsinhji (3)

CB Fry (13)

MW Goodwin (8)

AW Greig EC Joyce VWC Jupp EH Killick John Langridge (8)

NJ Lenham FM Lucas RSC Martin-Jenkins GD Mendis (2) WL Murdoch W Newham ASM Oakman HW Parks JM Parks MJ Prior KS Ranjitsinhji (14)

217 v Lancashire (Old Trafford) 200 v Northamptonshire (Hove) 228 v Northamptonshire (Hove) 220 v Gloucestershire (Hove) 280* v Gloucestershire (Hove) 283 v Middlesex (Hove) 213* v Nottinghamshire (Hove) 278 v Hampshire (Hove) 214 v Worcestershire (Eastbourne) 220 v Worcestershire (Worcester) 232 v Northamptonshire (Kettering) 234* v Indians (Hove) 212* v Yorkshire (Headingley) 205* v Glamorgan (Hove) 203 v Kent (Hastings) 202 v Essex (Leyton) 246 v Kent (Hastings) 333 v Northamptonshire (Hove) 229 v Surrey (Hove) 241 v Cambridge University (Hove) 219* v Oxford University (Eastbourne) 244 v Leicestershire (Leicester) 209 v Yorkshire (Hove) 234 v Yorkshire (Bradford) 200 v Surrey (Hove) 226 v Derbyshire (Hove) 211 v Hampshire (Hove) 229 v Yorkshire (Hove) 201* v Nottinghamshire (Hove) 233 v Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) 214 v Worcestershire (Hove) 203* v Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) 210 v Essex (Colchester) 335* v Leicestershire (Hove) 235 v Yorkshire (Arundel) 214* v Warwickshire (Hove) 205* v Surrey (Hove) 344* v Somerset (Taunton) 274* v Yorkshire (Hove) 226 v Warwickshire (Hastings) 204* v Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) 250 v Derbyshire (Derby) 217* v Worcestershire (Worcester) 200 v Yorkshire (Hove) 250* v Glamorgan (Hove) 232* v Northamptonshire (Peterborough) 227 v Northamptonshire (Northampton) 215 v Glamorgan (Eastbourne) 202 v Leicestershire (Hastings) 234* v Derbyshire (Ilkeston) 241 v Somerset (Worthing) 200 v Derbyshire (Derby) 222* v Kent (Hove) 215* v Gloucestershire (Hove) 205* v Somerset (Taunton) 204 v Northamptonshire (Eastbourne) 209* v Somerset (Hove) 226 v Cambridge University (Hove) 201* v Somerset (Hove) 229* v Nottinghamshire (Shireoaks) 200* v Essex (Chelmsford) 205* v Somerset (Hove) 201* v Loughborough UCCE (Hove) 260 v MCC (Lord’s) 222 v Somerset (Hove) 215* v Cambridge University (Fenner’s) 202 v Middlesex (Hove) 275 v Leicestershire (Leicester) 220 v Kent (Hove) 285* v Somerset (Taunton) 204 v Lancashire (Hove) 219 v Essex (Hove) 230 v Essex (Leyton)

2002 2004 1921 1927 1929 1933 1914 1930 1933 1934 1939 1946 1949 1947 1968 1929 1929 1930 1900 1901 1901 1901 1901 1903 1903 1904 1904 1904 1905 1905 1908 2001 2003 2003 2006 2006 2007 2009 2011 1975 2013 2016 1914 1901 1933 1934 1938 1938 1939 1949 1950 1951 1992 1885 2002 1980 1984 1895 1896 1961 1931 1955 2004 1897 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1901 1901 1901 1902

RECORDS

RR Relf (3)

DS Sheppard DM Smith DV Smith KG Suttle MW Tate J Vine AP Wells CM Wells LWP Wells (2) KC Wessels LJ Wright MH Yardy RA Young

234* v Surrey (Hastings) 204 v Surrey (The Oval) 207* v Lancashire (Hove) 200 v Surrey (The Oval) 210 v Kent (Canterbury) 272* v Worcestershire (Eastbourne) 225 v Lancashire (Eastbourne) 204 v Glamorgan (Eastbourne) 213 v Essex (Southend) 206* v Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) 204* v Kent (Tunbridge Wells) 203 v Northamptonshire (Hove) 202 v Northamptonshire (Hastings) 253* v Yorkshire (Middlesbrough) 203 v Hampshire (Hove) 208 v Surrey (The Oval) 258 v Durham (Hove) 254 v Middlesex (Hove) 226* v Worcestershire (Worcester) 257 v Bangladesh (Hove) 220 v Essex (Leyton)

1902 1903 1904 1908 1907 1909 1920 1949 1992 1950 1962 1921 1920 1991 1984 2013 2017 1980 2015 2005 1905

NOTE: A total of 94 individual innings of 200 runs or more have been scored for Sussex HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS AGAINST SUSSEX 322 311 310 309* 301 300 291 286* 286 284 282* 270 268* 267 267 266* 264* 262* 259 255* 254* 253 250

E Paynter for Lancashire (Hove) JT Brown for Yorkshire (Sheffield) H Gimblett for Somerset (Eastbourne) SP James for Glamorgan (Colwyn Bay) WG Grace for Gloucestershire (Bristol) V T Trumper for Australians (Hove) JWA Taylor for Nottinghamshire (Horsham) WL Murdoch for Australians (Hove) GL Jessop for Gloucestershire (Hove) MA Noble for Australians (Hove) BM Duckett for Northamptonshire (Northampton) H Sutcliffe for Yorkshire (Headingley) JA Dixon for Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) A Shrewsbury for Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) MA Noble for Australians (Hove) MR Ramprakash for Surrey (Hove) GJ Mordaunt for Oxford University (Hove) IR Bell for Warwickshire (Horsham) CG Greenidge for Hampshire (Southampton) DL Haynes for Middlesex (Lord’s) MJ Di Venuto for Durham (Riverside) SD Robson for Middlesex (Hove)) AF Kippax for Australians (Hove)

1937 1897 1948 2000 1896 1899 2015 1882 1903 1902 2016 1932 1897 1890 1905 2007 1895 2004 1975 1990 2009 2021 1934

A CENTURY IN EACH INNINGS OF A MATCH FOR SUSSEX CJ Adams (2) MG Bevan G Brann GHG Doggart KS Duleepsinhji (2) CB Fry (4)

MW Goodwin (2) W Lambert John Langridge (2) GD Mendis HW Parks JM Parks KS Ranjitsinhji KG Suttle AP Wells MH Yardy

135 & 105 140 & 190 166 & 174 105 & 101 140 & 105 115 & 246 116 & 102* 108 & 123* 125 & 229 138 & 101* 156 & 106 115 & 203* 119 & 205* 105* & 157 115 & 129 146 & 146* 103 & 100* 114* & 105* 101 & 100* 100 & 125 112 & 120 107 & 136 130 & 122

Essex (Chelmsford) Lancashire (Hove) Nottinghamshire (Hove) Kent (Hove) Oxford University (The Parks) Kent (Hastings) Middlesex (Lord’s) Middlesex (Hove) Surrey (Hove) Kent (Hove) MCC (Lord’s) Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) Surrey (Hove) Epsom (Lord’s) Lancashire (Old Trafford) Derbyshire (Worthing) Lancashire (Hastings) Essex (Leyton) Worcestershire (Worcester) Yorkshire (Hove) Cambridge University (Horsham) Kent (Hove) Yorkshire (Scarborough)

NOTE: KS Ranjitsinhji scored both his centuries on the same day - the only instance in First-Class cricket

1998 2003 2000 1892 1954 1929 1930 1898 1900 1903 1905 2001 2007 1817 1949 1949 1985 1933 1957 1896 1971 1995 2011

103

104

RECORDS

A CENTURY ON DEBUT IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET FOR SUSSEX OE Robinson JS Gatting OP Rayner KA Higgs JGC Scott AH Trevor L Winslow

110 152 101 101 137 103 124

Durham (Riverside) Cambridge UCCE (Fenner’s) Sri Lankans (Hove) Worcestershire (Hove) Oxford University (Eastbourne) Kent (Hove) Gloucestershire (Hove)

2015 2009 2006 1920 1907 1880 1875

A CENTURY IN FIRST MATCH FOR SUSSEX HAVING PREVIOUSLY PLAYED IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET FW Marlow KS Ranjitsinhji WGM Sarel HT Bartlett NR Taylor LJ Wright PP Chawla JWA Taylor

144 150 103 122 127 100 102* 121*

MCC (Lord’s) MCC (Lord’s) Oxford University (Hove) Cambridge University (Worthing) Northamptonshire (Hove) Loughborough UCCE (Hove) Worcestershire (Worcester) Australians (Hove)

1891 1895 1919 1937 1997 2004 2009 2013

FIRST CLASS CENTURIES FOR SUSSEX 76 John Langridge

17 DV Smith

RJ Langridge

KA Higgs

68 CB Fry

15 LJ Wright

MW Machan

RL Holdsworth

58 KS Ranjitsinhji

14 AW Greig

RSC Martin-Jenkins

RDV Knight

50 G Cox snr.

14 VWC Jupp

WL Murdoch

W Lambert

49 KG Suttle

14 C Oakes

RM Prideaux

AH Lang

48 MW Goodwin

13 CWJ Athey

TJ Haines

G Leach

46 EH Bowley

13 GHG Doggart

IA Greig

Jas Lillywhite jnr.

42 HW Parks

13 GA Greenidge

JB Hide

John Lillywhite

42 JM Parks

13 Imran Khan

AJ Hodd

FM Lucas

40 AP Wells

13 MP Speight

RJ Hamilton-Brown

JD Morley

39 James Langridge

12 A Melville

K Newell

Rana Naved

39 JH Parks

10 KC Wessels

PD Salt

JY Oakes

37 PWG Parker

10 PA Cottey

MJ Di Venuto

MTE Pierce

35 KS Duleepsinhji

10 PJ Graves

AIC Dodemaide

UBA Rashid

33 J Vine

G Bean

JS Gatting

RSG Scott

32 TER Cook

K Greenfield

MJJ Faber

CLA Smith

27 CJ Adams

MA Buss

HZ Finch

W Quaife

27 DS Sheppard

DM Smith

KD Goldie

D Wiese

26 ER Dexter

JRT Barclay

IJ Gould

24 G Brann

HT Bartlett

RB Heygate

23 CD Nash

MG Bevan

CD Hopkinson

23 MH Yardy

AER Gilligan

CJ Jordan

22 GD Mendis

AF Wensley

PH Latham

22 AE Relf

AM Green

M Newell

22 EH Killick

LJ Lenham

FD Stephenson

22 RR Relf

Javed Miandad

NR Taylor

22 BC Brown

P Moores

TR Ambrose

21 CM Wells

HP Chaplin

HRJ Charlwood

20 RR Montgomerie

JW Hall

GC Cooper

20 ASM Oakman

AJ Holmes

G Cox snr.

20 NJ Lenham

FW Marlow

MJG Davis

18 MW Tate

IJ Ward

VC Drakes

18 EC Joyce

HL Wilson

RT Ellis

18 W Newnham

RA Young

PGH Fender

18 MJ Prior

S van Zyl

SC Griffith

18 LWP Wells

MG Griffith

FFJ Greenfield

THE FOLLOWING HAVE EACH SCORED ONE CENTURY FOR SUSSEX N Arif, DR Briggs, MGK Burgess, P Cartwright, PP Chawla, A Collins, JM Cotterill, LJ Evans, R Fillery, DJ Foreman, AHH Gilligan, HW Greenwood, FH Guttridge, HE Hammond, JRP Heath, SP Hoadley, C Howard, WA Humphreys, KJ Innes, WG Khan, DRC Law, MP Lucas, J Major, WJ Malden, HS Malik, JA North, G Osbaldeston, AGH Orr, DMW Rawlins, OE Robinson, AEW Parsons, Nawab of Pataudi, C Payne, H Phillips, ACS Pigott, OP Rayner, DA Reeve, HE Roberts, WGM Sarel, JGC Scott, KA Sellar, DJ Semmence, HL Simms, GA Stannard, GB Street, CG Taylor, JWA Taylor, LRPL Taylor, WA Tester, AH Trevor, CL St J Tudor, AC Watson, L Williams, RH Willson, AK Wilson, L Winslow, GN Wyatt, SAA Zaidi, B Zuiderent

RECORDS

MOST RUNS IN A SEASON 2,850 (Av 64.77) 2,847 (Av 51.76) 2,842 (Av 83.58) 2,824 (Av 88.25)

John Langridge JH Parks CB Fry KS Ranjitsinhji

1949 1937 1901 1900

NOTE: The last player to score 2,000 runs in a season for Sussex was: 2,326 (Av 39.42)

KG Suttle

1962

MOST RUNS IN A CAREER 34,152 29,375 29,138 28,894 25,439

John Langridge (1928-55) KG Suttle (1949-71) JM Parks (1949-72) James Langridge (1924-53) EH Bowley (1912-34)

1,000 RUNS IN A SEASON FOR SUSSEX 20 times 18 times 17 times 15 times 14 times 13 times 12 times 10 times 9 times 8 times 6 times 5 times 4 times 3 times twice once

James Langridge JM Parks (2,000 x3) John Langridge (2,000 x10); KG Suttle (2,000 x1) EH Bowley (2,000 x4) HW Parks (2,000 x1); J Vine G Cox, Jnr (2,000 x1) JH Parks (2,000 x1) TE Cook (2,000 x1); MW Tate; EH Killick; AP Wells CB Fry (2,000 x4); ASM Oakman (2,000 x1), MW Goodwin KS Ranjitsinhji (2,000 x4); AE Relf; DV Smith, CJ Adams; LJ Lenham (2,000 x1); GD Mendis; PWG Parker; RR Relf; CM Wells ER Dexter; KS Duleepsinhji (2,000 x2); GA Greenidge; C Oakes HT Bartlett; MA Buss; HP Chaplin; PJ Graves; AW Greig; RJ Langridge; RR Montgomerie; CD Nash; HL Wilson CWJ Athey; JRT Barclay; GC Cooper; AHH Gilligan; AM Green; VWC Jupp; EC Joyce; NJ Lenham; DS Sheppard (2,000 x1); DM Smith; MP Speight; AF Wensley BC Brown, G Brann; JW Hall; RB Heygate; AJ Holmes; Imran Khan; A Melville; WL Murdoch; W Newham; RM Prideaux; MJ Prior; LWP Wells; KC Wessels; MH Yardy G Bean; MG Bevan; PA Cottey; G Cox, Snr; MJ Di Venuto; AIC Dodemaide; GHG Doggart; MJJ Faber; TJ Haines; PGH Fender; RDV Knight; G Leach; RSC Martin-Jenkins; Javed Miandad;, Nawab of Pataudi; J Oakes; CLA Smith; NR Taylor; S van Zyl; IJ Ward, LJ Wright

LEADING WICKET PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSSEX FIRST WICKET: (250 RUNS OR MORE) 490 EH Bowley and John Langridge v Middlesex (Hove) 372* MW Goodwin and RR Montgomerie v Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) 368 EH Bowley and JH Parks v Gloucestershire (Hove) 305 HW Greenwood and John Langridge v Essex (Hove) 303 FW Marlow and GL Wilson v Oxford University (Hove) 295 JH Parks and John Langridge v Leicestershire (Hove) 294 IJ Ward and RR Montgomerie v Loughborough UCCE (Hove) 294 EC Joyce and CD Nash v Derbyshire (Horsham) 287 CB Fry and J Vine v Hampshire (Hove) 263 NJ Lenham and K Newell v West Indians (Hove) 258 JH Parks and John Langridge v Surrey (Horsham) 252 RR Relf and J Vine v Nottinghamshire (Hove)

1933 2001 1929 1935 1895 1938 2005 2010 1904 1995 1934 1912

SECOND WICKET: (250 RUNS OR MORE) 385 EH Bowley and MW Tate v Northamptonshire (Hove) 349 CB Fry and EH Killick v Yorkshire (Hove) 325 G Brann and KS Ranjitsinhji v Surrey (The Oval) 313 JW Hall and CM Wells v Cambridge University (Hove) 310 EC Joyce and LWP Wells v Derbyshire (Derby) 307 John Langridge and HW Parks v Kent (Tonbridge) 292* CB Fry and KS Ranjitsinhji v Somerset (Taunton) 292 RR Montgomerie and MG Bevan v Nottinghamshire (Hove) 281 John Langridge and HW Parks v Glamorgan (Eastbourne) 269 JRT Barclay and KC Wessels v Nottinghamshire (Eastbourne) 265 RR Montgomerie and MG Bevan v Nottinghamshire (Hove) 259 John Langridge and A Melville v Indians (Hove) 252 KS Ranjitsinhji and G Brann v Gloucestershire (Bristol)

1921 1901 1899 1993 2016 1939 1901 2000 1938 1980 2000 1936 1899

THIRD WICKET: (250 RUNS OR MORE) 385* MH Yardy and MW Goodwin v Warwickshire (Hove) 376 LP Wells and S van Zyl v Durham (Hove) 304 LWP Wells and MW Goodwin v Yorkshire (Hove) 298 KS Ranjitsinhji and EH Killick v Lancashire (Hove)

2006 2017 2011 1901

105

106

294 290 279 275 267 264 263 259 255 250

RECORDS

JM Parks and James Langridge v Kent (Tunbridge Wells) MW Machan and CD Nash v Somerset (Taunton) DS Sheppard and G Cox, Jnr v Yorkshire (Hastings) MH Yardy and MW Machan v Somerset (Taunton) MW Goodwin and CJ Adams v Leicestershire (Hove) J Vine and RR Relf v Oxford University (Hove) NJ Lenham and AP Wells v Lancashire (Old Trafford) DS Sheppard and G Cox, Jnr v Glamorgan (Eastbourne) KS Ranjitsinhji and CB Fry v Yorkshire (Sheffield) KS Duleepsinhji and EH Bowley v Surrey (The Oval)

1951 2015 1953 2013 2003 1913 1992 1949 1904 1931

FOURTH WICKET: (250 RUNS OR MORE) 363 MW Goodwin and CD Hopkinson v Somerset (Taunton) 326* James Langridge and G Cox, Jnr v Yorkshire (Headingley) 303* AP Wells and CM Wells v Kent (Hove) 282 LJ Wright and BC Brown v Worcestershire (Worcester) 281 James Langridge and TER Cook v Surrey (The Oval) 266 James Langridge and G Cox, Jnr v Lancashire (Hove) 260* CD Nash and RJ Hamilton-Brown v Yorkshire (Hove) 259* James Langridge and DV Smith v Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) 256 G Cox, Jnr and C Oakes v Northamptonshire (Northampton) 256 Imran Khan and CM Wells v Glamorgan (Swansea) 256 MJ Di Venuto and PA Cottey v Gloucestershire (Hove) 254 MW Goodwin and CJ Adams v Yorkshire (Arundel) 253* MW Goodwin and CJ Adams v Surrey (Hove)

2009 1949 1987 2015 1930 1939 2013 1950 1950 1980 1999 2006 2007

FIFTH WICKET: (200 RUNS OR MORE) 297 JH Parks and HW Parks v Hampshire (Portsmouth) 294 LWP Wells and BC Brown v Glamorgan (Hove) 258* BC Brown and HZ Finch v Leeds/Bradford MCCU 251 DM Smith and P Moores v Essex (Southend) 246 A Collins and KS Ranjitsinhji v Kent (Hove) 232 EC Joyce & RJ Hamilton-Brown v Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) 226* AJ Holmes and TER Cook v Leicestershire (Leicester) 216 KC Wessels and CM Wells v Middlesex (Hove) 215 James Langridge and HW Parks v Kent (Hastings) 207 KS Ranjitsinhji and J Vine v Middlesex (Lord’s) 202 PA Cottey and MJ Prior v Kent (Hove) 200 HT Bartlett and G Cox, Jnr v Kent (Tunbridge Wells)

1937 2016 2016 1992 1900 2013 1937 1980 1932 1905 2004 1949

SIXTH WICKET: (200 RUNS OR MORE) 335 LJ Wright and BC Brown v Durham (Hove) 255 KS Duleepsinhji and MW Tate v Northamptonshire (Hove) 241 MP Speight and P Moores v Nottinghamshire (Eastbourne) 232 CJ Adams and UBA Rashid v Glamorgan (Colwyn Bay) 226 G Cox, Jnr and G Potter v Worcestershire (Worcester) 222* AP Wells and AIC Dodemaide v Glamorgan (Swansea) 213* KS Ranjitsinhji and AE Relf v Lancashire (Hove)

2014 1930 1993 2000 1954 1991 1904

SEVENTH WICKET: (200 RUNS OR MORE) 344 KS Ranjitsinhji and W Newham v Essex (Leyton) 309 CJ Jordan and BC Brown v Northamptonshire (Northampton) 229 MJ Prior and LJ Wright v Loughborough UCCE (Hove) 228 MH Yardy and Rana Naved-Ul-Hasan v Middlesex (Lord’s) 225 MW Goodwin and RSC Martin-Jenkins v Derbyshire (Derby) 220 MGK Burgess and D Wiese v Cardiff MCCU (Hove)

1902 2019 2004 2005 2010 2019

EIGHTH WICKET: (175 RUNS OR MORE) 291 RSC Martin-Jenkins and MJG Davis v (Taunton) (This is the second highest eighth wicket partnership in England) 229* CLA Smith and G Brann v Kent (Hove) 209 GA Stannard and HE Roberts v Worcestershire (Hove) 188 RL Holdsworth and AER Gilligan v Lancashire (Eastbourne) 182 GN Wyatt and H Phillips v Australians (Hove) 179* G Leach and CLA Smith v Derbyshire (Hove) 178 AP Wells and BTP Donelan v Yorkshire (Middlesbrough) 176 HW Parks and AF Wensley v Cambridge University (Fenner’s)

2002 1902 1920 1927 1884 1909 1991 1936

NINTH WICKET: (150 RUNS OR MORE) 178 AF Wensley and HW Parks v Derbyshire (Horsham) 160* KS Ranjitsinhji and FW Tate v Surrey (Hastings)

1930 1902

TENTH WICKET: (100 RUNS OR MORE) 164 OE Robinson and ME Hobden v Durham (Riverside) 156 HR Butt and G Cox Snr v Cambridge University (Fenner’s) 130 GA Stannard and G Cox Snr v Essex (Hove) 113 G Cox, Snr and HR Butt v Hampshire (Chichester) 112 AE Relf and HE Roberts v Lancashire (Eastbourne) 106 MJG Davis and BV Taylor v Middlesex (Hove) 102 AP Wells and AM Babington v Hampshire (Southampton)

2015 1908 1919 1906 1914 2003 1989

RECORDS

107

HIGHEST WICKET PARTNERSHIPS AGAINST SUSSEX 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

378 423* 403 271 338 428

JT Brown and J Tunnicliffe for Yorkshire (Sheffield) J Cox and JA Leaning for Kent (Canterbury) MR Ramprakash and MA Butcher for Surrey (Hove) W Rhodes and BB Wilson for Yorkshire (Bradford) RS Lucas and TC O’Brien for Middlesex (Hove) WW Armstrong and MA Noble for Australians (Hove)

1897 2020 2007 1914 1895 1902

(This is the highest sixth wicket stand in England, and by Australians anywhere) 7th 8th 9th 10th

289* 289 203 193 183

IR Bell and T Frost for Warwickshire (Horsham) DR Brown and AF Giles for Warwickshire (Hove) WA Bourne and GW Humpage for Warwickshire (Edgbaston) WG Grace and SAP Kitcat for Gloucestershire (Bristol) SA Marsh and BJ Phillips for Kent (Horsham)

2004 2000 1976 1896 1997

CENTURY PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE FIRST WICKET IN BOTH INNINGS FOR SUSSEX

135 & 148

170 & 179 106 & 368 110 & 109 105 & 108 135 & 135 135 & 143 100 &119

CB Fry and G Brann v Middlesex (Lord’s) CB Fry and J Vine v Leicestershire (Hove) EH Bowley and JH Parks v Gloucestershire (Hove) JH Parks and HE Hammond v Hampshire (Portsmouth) PJ Graves and GA Greenidge v Australians (Hove) KC Wessels and JRT Barclay v Somerset (Hove) NJ Lenham and CWJ Athey v Durham (Durham University) 1993 EC Joyce and CD Nash v Nottinghamshire (Hove)

1899 1903 1929 1936 1972 1979 2011

NOTE: During the match against Oxford University (The Parks) in 1956, ASM Oakman shared in two century opening stands: 109 with DV Smith in the first innings and 100 with AAK Lawrence in the second

A L L- R O U ND CRI CKET THE DOUBLE - 1,000 RUNS AND 100 WICKETS IN A SEASON FOR SUSSEX 7 times 6 times 4 times twice once

MW Tate AE Relf James Langridge VWC Jupp EH Killick, JH Parks, J Vine, AF Wensley

100 RUNS AND 10 WICKETS IN A MATCH J Broadbridge ER Dexter ER Dexter CB Fry IA Greig VWC Jupp James Langridge AE Relf FD Stephenson MW Tate MW Tate J Vine

(63 and 92, at least 11 wickets) v Hampshire & Surrey (Petworth Park) (113, 6-63 and 4-46) v Kent (Tunbridge Wells) (27 and 94, 7-38 and 3-58) v Surrey (The Oval) (89 and 65, 5-81 and 5-66) v Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) 1896 (118*, 6-75 and 4-57) v Hampshire (Hove) (102 and 33*, 6-61 and 6-78) v Essex (Colchester) (13 and 103, 7-58 and 4-66) v Glamorgan (Swansea) (103* and 8-41 and 7-36) v Leicestershire (Hove) (87* and 29, 4-78 and 7-29) v Worcs (Worcester) (90 and 35, 5-48 and 6-42) v Oxford University (Hove) (101, 6-52 and 4-43) v Hampshire (Portsmouth) (86 and 54, 2-45 and 8-68) v Oxford University (Eastbourne)

1825 1962 1962 1981 1921 1929 1912 1992 1920 1927 1906

BOWLING FOUR WICKETS WITH CONSECUTIVE BALLS FOR SUSSEX JB Hide

v MCC and Ground (Lord’s)

1890

NOTES: This feat has been performed against Sussex on four occasions - in 1862 by J Wells for Kent; in 1924 by HA Peach for Surrey and in 1972 by PI Pocock for Surrey (Pocock went on to take five wickets in six balls and, in all, seven wickets in 11 balls) and in 2014 by AC Thomas for Somerset. HAT-TRICKS FOR SUSSEX AM Babington W Blackman A Buss (2) PAD Carey CH Ellis AER Gilligan HE Hammond WA Humphreys (3)

Gloucestershire (Bristol) Surrey (Hove) Cambridge University (Fenner’s) Derbyshire (Hove) Glamorgan (Hove) Kent (Hove) Surrey (The Oval) Warwickshire (Hove) Australians (Hove) Australians (Hove) Hampshire (Southampton)

1986 1881 1965 1965 1947 1862 1923 1946 1880 1884 1885

108

RECORDS

VWC Jupp (3)

Imran Khan James Langridge JD Lewry (2) GS le Roux ASM Oakman ACS Pigott AE Relf DV Smith FW Tate MW Tate (2) AF Wensley

Surrey (Hove) Essex (Leyton) Essex (Colchester) Warwickshire (Edgbaston) Derbyshire (Derby) Gloucestershire (Cheltenham) Hampshire (Hove) Warwickshire (Hove) Somerset (Hove) Surrey (Hove) Worcestershire (Hove) Cambridge University (Fenner’s) Surrey (The Oval) Middlesex (Lord’s) Northamptonshire (Peterborough) Middlesex (Lord’s)

1911 1919 1921 1983 1939 1998 2001 1981 1952 1978 1902 1958 1901 1926 1934 1935

NOTES: James Langridge took four wickets in five balls against Somerset (Weston-Super-Mare) in 1948; Imran Khan took four wickets in five balls against Derbyshire (Eastbourne) in 1981. JD Lewry took five wickets in seven balls, six in ten balls and seven in 13 balls against Hampshire (Hove) in 2001. The feat of taking three wickets in four balls has been performed for Sussex on 36 occasions. ALL TEN WICKETS IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX CHG Bland NI Thomson

(25.2-0-48-10) (34.2-19-49-10)

v Kent (Tonbridge) v Warwickshire (Worthing)

1899 1964

NINE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX EH Bowley J Cornford G Cox, Snr EB Dwyer (2) JEBBPQC Dwyer AE James James Langridge James Lillywhite, Jnr (2) FW Lillywhite (2) RG Marlar Mushtaq Ahmed AE Relf OE Robinson MW Tate FW Tate G Wells

9-114 Derbyshire (Hove) 9-53 Northamptonshire (Rushden) 9-50 Warwickshire (Horsham) 9-35 Derbyshire (Hove) 9-44 Middlesex (Hove) 9-60 Yorkshire (Hove) 9-34 Yorkshire (Sheffield) 9-29 MCC (Lord’s) 9-73 Kent (Sandgate) 9-* Hants & Surrey (Bramshill) 9-* Kent (Town Malling) 9-46 Lancashire (Hove) 9-48 Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) 9-95 Warwickshire (Hove) 9-78 v Glamorgan (Cardiff) 9-71 Middlesex (Lord’s) 9-73 Leicestershire (Leicester) 9-105 Surrey (Hove)

1929 1949 1926 1906 1906 1955 1934 1862 1863 1826 1836 1955 2006 1910 2021 1926 1902 1860

NOTES: W Caffyn took nine wickets for 29 runs for Surrey & Sussex against England (The Oval) in 1857. The best bowling performance against Sussex is 9 for 11 by AP Freeman for Kent (Hove) in 1922. *No analysis preserved. MOST WICKETS IN A MATCH FOR SUSSEX 17-106 16-100 16-* 15-68 15-77 15-75 15-98 15-119 15-133 15-161 15-193 15-297 15-*

G Cox, Snr Warwickshire (Horsham) EB Dwyer Middlesex (Hove) FW Lillywhite Hants & Surrey (Bramshill) FW Tate Middlesex (Lord’s) AE Relf Leicestershire (Hove) NI Thomson Warwickshire (Worthing) F Parris Gloucestershire (Bristol) RG Marlar Lancashire (Hove) RG Marlar Glamorgan (Swansea) J Vine Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge) WA Humphreys Somerset (Taunton) CH Ellis Surrey (Hove) J Wisden Kent (Hove)

1926 1906 1826 1902 1912 1964 1894 1955 1952 1901 1893 1863 1848

* NO ANALYSIS PRESERVED MOST WICKETS IN A SEASON FOR SUSSEX 198 164 161

MW Tate (Av 13.47) G Cox, Snr (Av 21.56) FW Tate (Av 14.92)

100 WICKETS IN A SEASON FOR SUSSEX 13 times 12 times

MW Tate NI Thomson

1925 1905 1902

RECORDS

10 times 5 times 4 times 3 times twice once

AE Relf G Cox, Snr, FW Tate, AF Wensley James Langridge DL Bates, CHG Bland, A Buss AER Gilligan, AE James, VWC Jupp, RG Marlar, Mushtaq Ahmed, JA Snow AB Hide, WA Humphreys, EH Killick, G Leach, JK Nye, JH Parks, J Vine, DJ Wood

MOST WICKETS IN A CAREER FOR SUSSEX 2,211 1,810 1,594 1,527 1,416 1,306 1,067 1,019

(av 17.41) (av 22.84) (av 20.96) (av 20.42) (av 22.34) (av 21.48) (av 26.42) (av 26.43)

MW Tate G Cox, Snr AE Relf NI Thomson James Langridge FW Tate AF Wensley JH Cornford

1912-1937 1895-1928 1900-1921 1952-1972 1924-1953 1887-1905 1922-1936 1931-1952

BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGS AGAINST AND FOR EACH OPPONENT Derbyshire Durham Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey Warwickshire Worcestershire Yorkshire Oxford University Cambridge University Tourists

9 - 35 9 - 20 6 - 15 8 - 51 8 - 22 8 - 33 9 - 78 9 - 60 8 - 21 9 - 34 8 - 28 8 - 43 10 - 48 9 - 11 9 - 46 9 - 25 9 - 73 8 - 73 9 – 44 9 - 63 9 - 53 9 - 35 9 - 48 9 - 54 8 - 20 9 - 51 9 - 105 9 - 49 10 - 49 9 - 39 8 - 18 9 - 122 9 - 34 9 - 48 8 - 68 9 - 31 8 - 77 8 - 49 7 - 47 8 - 48

EB Dwyer (Hove) FW Swarbrook (Hove) IDK Salisbury (Hove) C Rushworth (Chester-le-Street) AE Relf (Hove) CP Buckenham (Leyton) OE Robinson (Cardiff) OS Wheatley (Ebbw Vale) A.E. Relf (Cheltenham) HJ Huggins (Bristol) FW Tate (Southampton) M Heath (Portsmouth) CHG Bland (Tonbridge) AP Freeman (Hove) RG Marlar (Hove) A Appleby (Hove) FW Tate (Leicester) JE Walsh (Hove) EB Dwyer (Hove) VE Walker (Islington) JH Cornford (Rushden) V Broderick (Horsham) Mushtaq Ahmed (Trent Bridge) RJ Mee (Trent Bridge) SJ Magoffin (Horsham) AA Jones (Hove) G Wells (Hove) T Richardson (The Oval) NI Thomson (Worthing) CW Grove (Edgbaston) MW Tate (Horsham) JA Flavell (Hastings) James Langridge (Sheffield) JH Wardle (Hull) J Vine (Eastbourne) BJT Bosanquet (The Parks) AE Relf (Fenner’s) EL Kidd (Fenner’s) James Langridge (Hove) v Indians GE Palmer (Hove) for Australians

1906 1975 1996 2018 1909 1904 2021 1968 1921 1904 1902 1958 1899 1922 1955 1877 1902 1948 1906 1864 1949 1948 2006 1893 2013 1972 1860 1895 1964 1952 1924 1954 1934 1954 1906 1900 1908 1908 1936 1882

Worcestershire (Worcester) Glamorgan (Hove) Oxford University (Pagham) Somerset (Taunton) Glamorgan (Worthing) Lancashire (Hastings) Warwickshire (Edgbaston) Surrey (Horsham)

2017 1975 1976 1950 1958 1961 1932 1934

FIELDING MOST CATCHES IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

HZ Finch GA Greenidge Javed Miandad John Langridge ASM Oakman ASM Oakman AF Wensley AF Wensley

109

110

RECORDS

AFTER IMPRESSING IN THE SECOND XI LAST SEASON, WICKETKEEPER OLI CARTER GOT HIS CHANCE IN THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

RECORDS

MOST CATCHES IN A MATCH FOR SUSSEX 7 7 7 7

GC Cooper John Langridge ASM Oakman AF Wensley

Nottinghamshire (Hove) Somerset (Taunton) Glamorgan (Worthing) Surrey (Horsham)

1961 1950 1958 1934

WICKET-KEEPING MOST DISMISSALS IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX

CT ST 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

BC Brown BC Brown HR Butt HR Butt HR Butt MG Griffith AJ Hodd JM Parks H Phillips MJ Prior AA Shaw RT Webb RT Webb

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 6 3 3 6

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0

Middlesex (Hove) Gloucestershire (Cheltenham) Gloucestershire (Bristol) Hampshire (Hove) Leicestershire (Hove) Essex (Clacton) Hampshire (Rose Bowl) Worcestershire (Dudley) Surrey (The Oval) Warwickshire (Hove) Cambridge University (Hove) Nottinghamshire (Hove) Somerset (Hove)

2012 2018 1899 1901 1909 1964 2011 1959 1872 2013 1927 1955 1960

CT 5 9 2 8 8 8 4 8 8 8 8 3 7 8

ST 5 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 1 0

Surrey (The Oval) Somerset (Taunton) Hants & Surrey (Bramshill Park) Middlesex (Hove) Kent (Tonbridge) Somerset (Hove) Worcestershire (Worcester) West Indies (Hove) Kent (Hove) Yorkshire (Middlesbrough) Gloucestershire (Bristol) Kent (Hove) Worcestershire (Hastings) Somerset (Hove)

1872 2013 1826 2012 1899 1900 1928 1976 1976 1991 1994 1884 1923 1960

SUSSEX WICKETKEEPER P Moores SC Griffith P Moores SC Griffith

1997 1947 1988 1937

MOST DISMISSALS IN A MATCH FOR SUSSEX 10 H Phillips 9 BC Brown 9 W Broadbridge 8 BC Brown 8 HR Butt 8 HR Butt 8 WL Cornford 8 A Long 8 A Long 8 P Moores 8 P Moores 8 H Phillips 8 GB Street 8 RT Webb

LARGEST INNINGS WITHOUT BYES (SUSSEX BOWLING) TOTAL 561-8 dec 555-6 dec 553 all out 546 all out

OPPONENTS Lancashire at Old Trafford South Africans at Hove Surrey at Hove New Zealanders at Hove

APPEARANCE RECORDS – MATCHES FOR SUSSEX IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET (300 OR MORE) 622 618 601 567 563 525 517 506 497 484 480 459 458 450 448 448 434 403 373 360 334 330 315

James Langridge G Cox, Snr KG Suttle JG Langridge JM Parks MW Tate HR Butt J Vine ASM Oakman WL Cornford HW Parks TER Cook EH Bowley EH Killick G Cox, Jnr AE Relf JH Parks NI Thomson AF Wensley DV Smith W Newham JH Cornford DL Bates

1924 - 1953 1895 - 1928 1949 - 1971 1928 - 1955 1949 - 1972 1912 - 1937 1890 - 1912 1896 - 1922 1947 - 1968 1921 - 1947 1926 - 1948 1922 - 1937 1912 - 1934 1893 - 1913 1931 - 1960 1900 - 1921 1924 - 1939 1952 - 1972 1922 - 1936 1946 - 1962 1881 - 1905 1931 - 1952 1950 - 1971

111

112

RECORDS

312 304 300

FW Tate A Buss LJ Lenham

1887 - 1905 1958 - 1974 1956 - 1970

LIST A L I M I TED OV ERS CRIC KET BATTING

HIGH INNINGS TOTALS FOR SUSSEX 399-4 (40 overs) 384-9 (60 overs) 347-7 (50 overs) 346 (49.3 overs) 341-7 (50 overs) 336-5 (40 overs) 333-4 (50 overs) 332-4 (47.5 overs) 329-5 (60 overs) 327-6 (60 overs) 326-7 (50 overs) 325-4 (40 overs)

v v v v v v v v v v v v

Worcestershire at Horsham Ireland at Downpatrick Glamorgan at Hove Hampshire at Southampton Somerset at Taunton Kent at Canterbury Middlesex at Hove Kent at Canterbury Derbyshire at Derby Buckinghamshire at Beaconsfield Gloucestershire at Hove Unicorns at Arundel

2011 1996 2019 2019 2018 2013 2021 2017 1997 1992 2009 2010

AGAINST SUSSEX 377-9 (45 overs) 367-6 (50 overs) 355-5 (50 overs) 348-8 (48.4 overs) 346-3 (50 overs) 343-6 (50 overs) 342-3 (60 overs) 341-5 (50 overs) 337-3 (50 overs) 337-7 (38.3 overs) 335-6 (50 overs) 331-7 (50 overs) 330-4 (55 overs) 330-8 (50 overs)

by by by by by by by by by by by by by by

Somerset at Hove Middlesex at Hove Hampshire at Southampton Glamorgan at Hove Essex at Chelmsford Hampshire at Rose Bowl Warwickshire at Edgbaston Middlesex at Lord’s Surrey at Hove Kent at Canterbury Gloucestershire at Eastbourne Kent at Canterbury Lancashire at Old Trafford Middlesex at Hove

2003 2015 2019 2019 2008 2015 1997 2017 2002 2013 2019 2017 1991 2021

FOR SUSSEX 49 (35.2 overs) 59 (26 overs)

v v

Derbyshire at Chesterfield Glamorgan at Hove

1969 1996

AGAINST SUSSEX 36 (25.4 overs) 39 (26.4 overs)

by by

Leicestershire at Leicester Ireland at Hove

1973 1985

LOW INNINGS TOTALS

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS FOR SUSSEX 171 166 163* 158* 158 157*

D Wiese (50) v Hampshire at Southampton LJ Wright (50) v Middlesex at Lord’s CJ Adams (45) v Middlesex at Arundel MW Goodwin (60) v Essex at Chelmsford RJK Rao (60) v Derbyshire at Derby MG Bevan (50) v Essex at Chelmsford

2019 2019 1999 2006 1997 2000

AGAINST SUSSEX 198* 177 158 157* 154

GA Gooch (40) for Essex at Hove SJ Cook (55) for Somerset at Hove MM Ali (40) for Worcestershire at Horsham Inzamam-ul-Haq (55) for Pakistan at Hove BJ Hodge (45) for Leicestershire at Horsham

1982 1990 2011 1992 2004

FASTEST HUNDRED BY BALLS FOR SUSSEX 47 balls

MP Speight v Somerset at Taunton

1993

AGAINST SUSSEX 44 balls

DI Stevens for Kent at Canterbury

2013

RECORDS

HIGHEST SCORE AGAINST EACH COUNTY FOR SUSSEX Derbyshire Durham Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire

158 (60) 127 (50) 158* (50) 141 (40) 146 (50) 171 (50) 137* (50) 132* (40) 136 (45) 166 (50) 121* (40) 123* (40) 123* (40) 137 (40) 144 (50) 144 (45) 122 (40) 129 (40)

RK Rao at Derby EC Joyce at Hove MW Goodwin at Chelmsford MJ Prior at Hove EC Joyce at Hove D Wiese at Southampton PD Salt at Beckenham CJ Adams at Hove IJ Ward at Horsham LJ Wright at Lord’s PWG Parker at Hastings CD Hopkinson at Hove EC Joyce at Hove MJ Prior at Arundel MW Goodwin at Hove MJ Prior at Hove JS Gatting at Horsham AW Greig at Scarborough

1997 2009 2006 2006 2009 2019 2019 2006 2004 2019 1983 2007 2013 2008 2009 2005 2011 1976

129* (45) 129* (60) 86 (40) 198* (40) 107 (50) 122 (40) 131* (50) 138 (50) 136 (55) 154* (45) 143* (55) 120 (40) 118 (40) 177 (55) 142*(50) 117* (40) 158 (40) 132* (40)

MJ Di Venuto at Derby CJ Adams at Derby W Larkins at Horsham) GA Gooch at Hove SP James at Llanelli HJH Marshall at Hove N Gubbins at Southampton DJ Bell-Drummond at Canterbury G Fowler at Old Trafford BJ Hodge at Horsham MW Gatting at Hove AJ Lamb at Northampton PR Pollard at Trent Bridge SJ Cook at Hove MR Ramprakash at Hove DL Amiss at Horsham MM Ali at Horsham JA Rudolph at Scarborough

2005 1997 1992 1992 1993 2007 2021 2017 1991 2004 1985 1992 1996 1990 2007 1980 2011 2007

FOR SUSSEX 271 for 3rd (50) 248 for 1st (60) 232 for 6th (50) 228* for 3rd (45) 219 for 2nd (50) 209 for 4th (45) 207 for 4th (50)

CJ Adams and MG Bevan v Essex at Chelmsford DM Smith and CWJ Athey v Hampshire at Hove D Wiese and BC Brown v Hampshire at Southampton MW Goodwin and CJ Adams v Middlesex at Hove BC Brown and TJ Haines v Middlesex at Hove MJ Prior and MW Goodwin v Warwickshire at Hove HZ Finch and LJ Evans v Kent at Canterbury

2000 1993 2019 2003 2021 2005 2017

AGAINST SUSSEX 268* for 3rd (55) 268 for 2nd (50) 235 for 2nd (50) 221 for 1st (40) 214* for 3rd (40) 201 for 3rd (60) 199 for 1st (40) 198 for 1st (50)

GA Gooch and KWR Fletcher for Essex at Hove DJ Malan and NRT Gubbins for Middlesex at Hove VP Terry and RA Smith for Hampshire at Portsmouth CG Greenidge and VP Terry for Hampshire at Hove NMK Smith and DP Ostler for Warwickshire at Hove DL Haynes and MW Gatting for Middlesex at Lord’s PJ Prichard and SG Law for Essex at Hove PR Stirling & NRT Gubbins for Middlesex at Hove

1992 2015 1993 1985 1996 1989 1997 2018

Somerset Surrey Warwickshire Worcestershire Yorkshire AGAINST SUSSEX Derbyshire Durham Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey Warwickshire Worcestershire Yorkshire HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH WICKET FOR SUSSEX 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

248 (60) 219 (50) 271 (50) 209 (45) 146 (50) 232 (50) 115 (60) 84*(45) 99* (40) 52 (50)

DM Smith and CWJ Athey v Hampshire at Hove BC Brown and TJ Haines v Middlesex at Hove CJ Adams and MG Bevan v Essex at Chelmsford MJ Prior and MW Goodwin v Warwickshire at Hove MW Goodwin and CD Hopkinson v Essex at Chelmsford D Wiese and BC Brown v Hampshire at Southampton IJ Gould and GS Le Roux v Yorkshire at Headingley KJ Innes and MJG Davis v Surrey at Hove MW Goodwin and Mohammad Sami v Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge WAT Beer and DR Briggs v Somerset at Taunton

1993 2021 2000 2005 2006 2019 1986 2002 2008 2016

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RECORDS

AGAINST SUSSEX 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

221 (40) 268 (50) 268* (55) 167 (45) 167 (50) 163 (50) 178 (60) 151* (45) 112 (50) 112 (50) 61* (50) 38 * (50) 38 (55)

CG Greenidge and VP Terry for Hampshire at Hove DJ Malan and NRT Gubbins for Middlesex at Hove GA Gooch and KWR Fletcher for Essex at Hove RS Dravid and JC Kent for Scotland at Hove C Kieswetter and Z De Bruyn for Somerset at Taunton NRD Compton and OA Shah for Middlesex at Lord’s JP Crawley and ID Austin for Lancashire at Hove ID Blackwell and RJ Turner for Somerset at Taunton DC Nash and AA Noffke for Middlesex at Lord’s DJ Lamb and TE Bailey for Lancashire at Sedbergh School AP Cowan and MC Ilott for Essex at Chelmsford DA Graveney and SP Hughes for Durham at Durham University VJ Marks and MR Davis for Somerset at Taunton

MOST SIXES IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX 9 9 9 8

CJ Adams (163) v Middlesex at Arundel LJ Wright (166) v Middlesex at Lord’s D Wiese (171 v Hampshire at Southampton LJ Evans (134*) v Kent at Canterbury

1999 2019 2019 2017

AGAINST SUSSEX 10 8 8

ID Blackwell (134*) for Somerset at Taunton PT Marner (99) for Leicestershire at Leicester JMR Taylor (69*) for Gloucestershire at Eastbourne

2005 1969 2019

BOWLING MOST WICKETS IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX 7-41 (40) 6-9 (50) 6-14 (40) 6-27 (45) 6-28 (40) 6-29 (40) 6-29 (40) 6-50 (50)

AN Jones v Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge AIC Dodemaide v Ireland at Downpatrick MA Buss v Lancashire at Hove MH Yardy v Warwickshire at Hove AW Greig v Middlesex at Hove PW Jarvis v Northamptonshire at Hove DR Smith v Nottinghamshire at Hove RJ Kirtley v Durham at Hove

1986 1990 1973 2005 1971 1995 2009 2009

AGAINST SUSSEX 8-21 (60) 6-12 (40) 6-15 (60) 6-17 (55) 6-18 (60) 6-18 (60) 6-25 (40) 6-33 (40)

MA Holding for Derbyshire at Hove DL Underwood for Kent at Hastings WW Daniel for Middlesex at Hove WW Daniel for Middlesex at Hove TJP Eyre for Derbyshire at Chesterfield CEB Rice for Nottinghamshire at Hove GD Clough for Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge NMK Smith for Warwickshire at Edgbaston

1988 1984 1980 1978 1969 1982 2006 1995

BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGS AGAINST EACH COUNTY FOR SUSSEX Derbyshire Durham Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey Warwickshire Worcestershire Yorkshire

5-36 (40) 6-50 (50) 5-23 (50) 5-24 (45) 5-32 (40) 5-30 (40) 5-40 (40) 6-14 (40) 5-30 (40) 6-28 (40) 6-29 (40) 7-41 (40) 5-42 (50) 5-15 (40) 6-27 (45) 5-33 (40) 4-15 (40)

MA Buss (Eastbourne) RJ Kirtley (Hove) FD Stephenson (Hove) UBA Rashid (Swansea) AR Hansford (Hove) ACS Pigott (Basingstoke) AA Khan (Horsham) MA Buss (Hove) IDK Salisbury (Leicester) AW Greig (Hove) PW Jarvis (Hove) AN Jones (Trent Bridge) JC Archer (Taunton) JA Snow (Hove) MH Yardy (Edgbaston) K Newell (Worcester) Imran Khan (Sheffield)

1973 2009 1993 1999 1989 1991 1997 1973 1992 1971 1995 1986 2016 1972 1995 2005 1985

AGAINST SUSSEX Derbyshire Durham Essex

8-21 (60) 5-48 (45) 5-22 (40)

MA Holding (Hove) ML Lewis (Riverside) Danish Kaneria (Colchester)

1988 2005 2007

1985 2015 1982 2003 2009 2007 1997 2005 2002 2021 2000 1993 1984

RECORDS

Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire

JG Thomas (Cardiff) MJ Procter (Arundel) LA Dawson (Ageas Bowl) DL Underwood (Hastings) PJ Martin (Old Trafford) G Keedy (Old Trafford) D Williamson (Eastbourne) WW Daniel (Hove) TA Copeland (Northampton) GD Clough (Trent Bridge) JK Roberts (Torquay) ESH Giddins ( The Oval) NMK Smith (Edgbaston) RGM Carter (Hove) D Gough ( Hove)

1985 1972 1974 1984 1988 2000 1997 1980 2013 2006 1969 2002 1995 1971 1994

FOR SUSSEX A Buss GS Le Roux CJ Adams RJ Kirtley Yasir Arafat DR Smith JE Taylor

v Worcestershire at Hastings v Ireland at Hove v Middlesex at Hove v Hampshire at The Rose Bowl v Gloucestershire at Horsham v Nottinghamshire at Hove v Essex at Chelmsford

1974 1985 1998 2001 2009 2009 2017

AGAINST SUSSEX JDF Larter A Ward ARC Fraser RK Illingworth BAC Howell

for Northamptonshire at Northampton for Derbyshire at Hove for Middlesex at Lord’s for Worcestershire at Hove for Gloucestershire at Eastbourne

1963 1970 1988 1993 2019

Leicestershire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey Warwickshire Worcestershire Yorkshire

5-17 (60) 5-10 (40) 6-47 (50) 6-12 (40) 5-30 (60) 5-30 (45) 5-32 (40) 6-15 (60) 5-32 (40) 6-25 (40) 4-18 (40) 5-20 (45) 6-33 (40) 5-27 (40) 5-13 (40)

HAT-TRICKS

A WARD TOOK FOUR WICKETS IN FOUR BALLS FOR DERBYSHIRE AT HOVE IN 1970

T 2 0 R E C O RD S HIGH INNINGS TOTALS FOR SUSSEX (20 OVERS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED) 242-5 v Gloucestershire at Bristol 239-5 v Glamorgan at Hove 232-3 v Somerset at Hove 230-4 v Gloucestershire at Hove 215-5 v Middlesex at Hove 212-6 v Kent at Hove 209-6 v Essex at Hove 205-5 v Hampshire at Hove 204-6 v Hampshire at Hove 203-5 (17.4 overs) v Hampshire at West End

2016 2010 2016 2012 2018 2012 2012 2007 2008 2012

AGAINST SUSSEX (20 OVERS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED) 242-3 by Essex at Chelmsford 205-4 by Hampshire at Hove 205-4 by Surrey at Hove 203-2 by Surrey at Whitgift School 221-2 by Middlesex at Hove 204-3 by Hampshire at Hove

2008 2008 2016 2011 2015 2015

LOW INNINGS TOTALS FOR SUSSEX (20 OVERS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED) 67 all out (14.5) v Hampshire at Hove 68 all out (16.5) v Surrey at Hove

2007 2007

AGAINST SUSSEX (20 OVERS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED) 85 all out (18.2) by Hampshire at The Rose Bowl 88 all out (13.3) by Glamorgan at Hove

2008 2018

CENTURIES FOR SUSSEX 153* 117 116

LJ Wright v Essex at Chelmsford MJ Prior v Glamorgan at Hove LJ Wright v Hampshire at Southampton

2014 2010 2014

115

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RECORDS

112 111* 103 102* 101 100* 100*

CD Nash v Somerset at Hove LJ Wright v Gloucestershire at Bristol LJ Wright v Kent at Canterbury MW Goodwin v Essex at Chelmsford LJ Wright v Glamorgan at Arundel MW Goodwin v Surrey at Hove SB Styris v Gloucestershire at Hove

2016 2015 2007 2007 2017 2011 2012

AGAINST SUSSEX 152* 131 121 115* 114* 109 102 101* 100 100

GR Napier for Essex at Chelmsford AJ Finch for Surrey at Hove MM Ali for Worcestershire at Hove DJ Malan for Middlesex at Hove AJ Finch for Surrey at The Oval JJ Roy for Surrey at Hove JM Vince for Hampshire at Southampton CA Ingram for Glamorgan at Arundel RC Irani for Essex at Hove DJ Willey for Northamptonshire at Hove

2008 2018 2019 2015 2017 2016 2021 2017 2006 2015

FASTEST HUNDREDS (BY BALLS) FOR SUSSEX 37 balls 44 balls

SB Styris v Gloucestershire at Hove LJ Wright v Kent at Canterbury

2012 2007

AGAINST SUSSEX 40 balls 44 balls

DJ Willey for Northamptonshire at Hove GR Napier for Essex at Chelmsford

2015 2008

FOR SUSSEX 159 for 4th 156 for 1st 144 for 1st 130 for 1st 129 for 4th 123 for 2nd 120 for 4th 120 for 1st 117 for 3rd 117 for 1st 116* for 1st 115* for 2nd 114 for 2nd 112* for 2nd 109 for 1st 108* for 2nd

LJ Wright and MW Machan v Essex at Chelmsford CD Nash and LJ Wright v Somerset at Hove PD Salt and LJ Wright v Glamorgan at Cardiff PD Salt and LJ Wright v Glamorgan at Hove MW Goodwin and SB Styris v Gloucestershire at Hove LJ Wright and LJ Evans v Glamorgan at Cardiff LJ Wright and D Wiese v Somerset at Edgbaston LD Nash and S van Zyl v Surrey at Hove MW Goodwin and MJ Prior v Surrey at Hove CD Nash and LJ Wright v Glamorgan at Hove CD Nash and LJ Wright v Glamorgan at Cardiff PD Salt and LJ Evans v Kent at Hove LJ Wright and MJ Prior v Hampshire at Southampton MJ Prior and CJ Adams v Essex at Chelmsford BC Brown and LJ Wright v Surrey at Whitgift School LJ Wright and CJ Adams v Hampshire at Southampton

2015 2016 2021 2019 2012 2018 2018 2017 2008 2015 2015 2019 2012 2004 2011 2007

AGAINST SUSSEX 187 for 1st 177 for 2nd 149* for 1st 130 for 3rd 124 for 2nd 124 for 5th 122 for 2nd 120 for 2nd 120 for 1st 119 for 3rd 118 for 2nd 115 for 1st 110 for 2nd 109 for 1st 105 for 2nd 104* for 2nd

DJ Malan and PD Stirling for Middlesex at Hove MH Wessels and MM Ali for Worcestershire at Hove HM Amla and JJ Roy for Surrey at The Oval CA Ingram and JR Rudolph for Glamorgan at Arundel JD Ryder and T Westley for Essex at Chelmsford Glenn Phillips and Jack Taylor for Gloucestershire at Hove PR Stirling and JA Simpson for Middlesex at Hove HJH Marshall and A Cockbain for Gloucestershire at Arundel James Vince and D’Arcy Short for Hampshire at Southampton GR Napier and JS Foster for Essex at Chelmsford T Westley and DW Lawrence for Essex at Hove GM Smith and HD Rutherford for Essex at Hove JHK Adams and SM Ervine for Hampshire at Southampton JM Vince and RR Russouw for Hampshire at Hove SM Davies and RJ Hamilton-Brown for Surrey at Whitgift School RWT Key and MJ van Jaarsveld for Kent at Hove

2015 2019 2014 2017 2014 2021 2018 2016 2021 2008 2020 2013 2009 2017 2011 2010

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS

BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCES FOR SUSSEX 5-11 5-17 5-17 5-18 5-24 4-7

Mushtaq Ahmed v Essex at Hove Rana Naved ul-Hasan v Essex at Hove CJ Liddle v Middlesex at Lord’s OP Rayner v Somerset at Hove D Wiese v Essex at Chelmsford CD Nash v Gloucestershire at Arundel

2005 2011 2012 2011 2018 2011

RECORDS

4-15 4-15 4-16 4-20 4-20 4-21 4-21 4-23 4-28 4-27 4-26

RJ Hamilton-Brown v Warwickshire at Hove CJ Liddle v Hampshire at Southampton GHS Garton v Glamorgan at Hove CJ Liddle v Middlesex at Lord’s RSC Martin-Jenkins v Middlesex at Lord’s GHS Garton v Essex at Chelmsford Yasir Arafat v Surrey at Hove MJ Rippon v Kent at Hove CJ Liddle v Kent at Hove GHS Garton v Middlesex at Hove A Lenham v Glamorgan at Cardiff

2009 2008 2016 2011 2003 2020 2006 2012 2008 2020 2021

AGAINST SUSSEX 5-14 5-14 4-12 4-14 4-15 4-17 4-17 4-17 4-17 4-20 4-21 4-23 4-23 4-23

AD Mascarenhas for Hampshire at Southampton KJ Abbott for Hampshire at Hove CP Schofield for Surrey at Hove AJ Hollioake for Surrey at Imber Court Howell for Gloucestershire at Hove F Klaassen for Kent at Edgbaston Yasir Arafat for Kent at Hove DR Briggs for Hampshire at Southampton T van der Gugten for Glamorgan at Cardiff JE Taylor for Somerset at Edgbaston NJ Dexter for Middlesex at Hove AJ Bichel for Essex at Chelmsford LJ Livingstone for Lancashire at Hove AD Mascarenhas for Hampshire at Southampton

2004 2015 2007 2003 2021 2021 2008 2011 2016 2018 2011 2006 2020 2006

v Middlesex at Lord’s v Glamorgan at Hove

2018 2018

AGAINST SUSSEX AD Mascarenhas for Hampshire at Southampton

2004

HAT-TRICK FOR SUSSEX JC Archer TS Mills

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Mon 18

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Mon 02

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Sat 14

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TBC

50 SCCC

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50 SCCC

Sun 12

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50 WLC

Sat 09

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Wed 27

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50 SCCC

Sat 30

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50 WLC

Fri 05

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50 SCCC

Thurs 11

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Blackstone

50 SCCC

Thurs 13

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TBC

50 WLC

Thurs 18

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TBC

50 SCCC

Fri 19

Best

TBC

50 SCCC

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Fri 09

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Sussex Cricket Yearbook 2022

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Sussex Cricket Society

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Remembering Stuart Ashby

Museum and Educational Trust

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