T20 Guide to the Game - Surrey

COWCORNER LONG ROOM & DINING ROOM FA MILY GENERAL NORT H STAN D 1 NORT H STAN D 2 SCOREBOARD BLOCK H BOARDROOM (UPPER SUSSEX CRICKET MUSEUM (LOWER (MEN ONLY GENERAL ADMISSION (INCLUDING T20 STANDS GENERAL AD M ISSION (INCL UDING T2 0 ST AND) CONTROL ROOM BURGER CE CREAM CHANGING PLACES FAC LI Y PARENT & BABY ROOM BURGERS GREEK FOOD DRINKS BURGER & CHIP FISH & CHIPS DR NKS PIZZA Z one SENSORY ROOM CLUB SHOP FAM Zone MAIN ENTRANCE NORTH EAST GATE WELCOME TO THE COUNTY GROUND �� End of Play 9:45pm approx. Catch the Cash with 1st Central 8:20pm Innings Interval 8:15pm approx. First Ball 7:00pm Toss 6:30pm Live Music in the Shark Zone 5:30pm Main Gates Open 5:30pm Hospitality Gates Open 5:00pm ORDER OF PLAY Welcome to The 1st Central County Ground | 3 2 | Order of Play

Zone INTRODUCING THE

A dedicated space for Sharks fans to turn up early and enjoy the build-up to Blast games!

LOCAL LIVE MUSIC

Warm up for the game with live music from local musician, Alfie Neale.

KIDS ACTIVITIES

FOOD OFFERS

Great food and drink offers that won’t break the bank.

Plus, plent of activities for kids while you soak up the atmosphere!

AND SO MUCH MORE!

SPECTATOR INFORMATION

CLUB SHOP AND NEW FOR 2024 THE SHARK POP-UP SHOP

As usual our Club Shop will be open from 5:30pm until the start of the 2nd innings. And new for 2024 is the Shark Pop-Up Shop, open during the same time, but located at the North end of the ground.

FREEBIES

Make sure you keep an eye out for all of the freebies we’ll have available to you. These include hairy headbands, Vitality Blast glasses and your 4 & 6 cards to help you celebrate every boundary. These giveaways can be collected in the Shark Zone.

FOOD AND DRINK

Spectators are not permitted to bring their own food and drink into the ground, but don’t worry, we know Sharks get hungry! Around the ground you will find a number of amazing food units, as well as numerous places to get yourself hot and cold drinks.

Check out the map on Page 3 to see where the food units are located.

FAMILY FUN

Kids can show their support for the Sharks by having their faces painted in Sussex colours, you’ll find the face-painting station located at the Cromwell Road End of the ground, located by the family and general stand.

Children aged 5-14 can also join our Foundation coaches in the FamZone for a range of cricket-based activities.

The FamZone will be in action from when gates open to the start of the 2nd innings.

SMOKING AND VAPING

Out of respect to fellow supporters we would remind you that smoking and vaping is only permitted in the outer perimeter road and strictly not within the seating areas of the venue. Thank you for your cooperation.

CRICKET IS FOR EVERYONE

Sussex is for everyone. Cricket is for everyone. Call it out! That’s why we are committed to our zero-tolerance policy when it comes to discrimination, anti-social behaviour and abuse in all its forms.

If you witness racist or homophobic abuse, or any form of discrimination or anti-social behaviour, you can anonymously text ‘SHARKS’ to 07840852792, including any details of the incident.

LOW ALCOHOL STAND

There is a low alcohol stand located in the north of the ground next to the family stand, which also includes a small section of seating where no alcohol is allowed. All tickets are allocated, and these areas need/should have been requested at the time of booking. Please contact a steward if you need assistance.

Spectator Information | 5 4 | Introducing the Shark Zone

JACK CARSON

IN FRONT OF OUR FANS THE BOYS LOVE PLAYING HERE

Having firmly cemented his place as the senior spinner in the Sussex red-ball side, this season Jack Carson made his T20 debut for the Sharks in the opening win against Gloucestershire at The 1st Central County Ground. He sat down to talk to us about that special night, his huge six in the final over and life under new skipper, Tymal Mills.

J ack Carson, your thoughts on how the Blast campaign has gone so far?

It’s been a good start obviously, 3 wins out of 4. You’d have taken that, being top of the table is exciting, but we are still disappointed by the loss at Glamorgan. But we’ve set a good platform to go and get a quarter-final place.

It’s your debut Blast season, on a personal note how do you think it has gone?

I think I guess my role in the team is to have those big moments, it might not be massive in terms of numbers, but hopefully to have moments that can help change the momentum of the game and force the games to go our way.

What are some of the challenges for an off spinner in the Blast compared to the red-ball format of the game?

It’s obviously really different, you know it can be difficult bowling to the right-handers spinning in. But I like the challenge, I watch lots of cricket when I’m not playing to help me work out different ways of getting batters out. It’s tough but I enjoy it.

Gloucestershire, first game of the season, what a way to win the game – that final over was so tense, what was it like when you hit that MASSIVE six over the pavilion?

I was just trying to get a set base and a strong swing for that six and it paid off! I watched the first innings and then watching us bat I kind of knew the pockets where I wanted to score my runs

and hit the ball. I guess I kind of got the right delivery for that six and thankfully it paid off!

The atmosphere and celebrations were crazy, Hove hasn’t been that loud in a long, long time, obviously the manner of the victory helped but it feels like a more optimistic place now? The staff, the players, the fans, it feels like a good moment for the Club?

Yeah it was pretty cool being out there at the end of the game for it, it was definitely the best atmosphere I have played under in my time at Hove. It’s amazing to play white-ball cricket here, we definitely felt the fans support behind us and the players love playing here under the lights on Blast nights.

Finally, skipper Tymal Mills is once again leading from the front with the ball, but what is life like under Tymal as captain? He seems to be getting a great tune out of the squad so far.

Yeah he is a class act. He knows so much about T20 cricket, he’s captaining the whole team in terms of bowling changes, he is so knowledgeable. He is also really good with the boys at training, he is so approachable and great for bouncing ideas off of.

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