Sussex County Cricket Club

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Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Sussex. Its limited overs team is called the Sussex Sharks. The club was founded in 1839 as a successor to the various Sussex county cricket teams, including the old Brighton Cricket Club, which had been representative of the county of Sussex as a whole since the 1720s. The club has always held first-class status. Sussex have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.[1]

The club colours are traditionally blue and white and the shirt sponsors are Galloways Accounting for the LV County Championship and Dafabet for Royal London One-Day Cup matches and Vitality Blast T20 matches. Its home ground is the County Cricket Ground, Hove. Sussex also play matches around the county at Arundel, Eastbourne and Horsham.

Sussex won its first official County Championship title in 2003 and subsequently became the dominant team of the decade, repeating the success in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 Sussex achieved ‘the double’, beating Lancashire to clinch the C&G Trophy, before winning the County Championship following an emphatic victory against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, in which Sussex defeated their hosts by an innings and 245 runs.[2] Sussex then won the title for the third time in five years in 2007, when in a nail-biting finale on the last day of the season,[3] Sussex defeated Worcestershire early in the day and then had to wait until past five o'clock as title rivals Lancashire narrowly failed to beat Surrey – prompting relieved celebrations at the County Cricket Ground, Hove.[4] Sussex enjoyed further limited overs success with consecutive Pro40 wins in 2008 and 2009 as well as beating Somerset at Edgbaston to lift the 2009 Twenty20 Cup. The south coast county ended the decade having won ten trophies in ten years.

On 1 November 2015, Sussex County Cricket Club (SCCC) merged with the Sussex Cricket Board (SCB) to form a single governing body for cricket in Sussex, called Sussex Cricket Limited (SCL).[5]

Honours

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Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005

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First XI honours

  • County Championship (3) – 2003, 2006, 2007 [6][7]
Division Two (3) – 2001, 2010, 2024 [6]
Division Two (2) – 1999, 2005

Second XI honours

  • Second XI Championship (3) – 1978, 1990, 2007
  • Second XI Trophy (1) – 2005

Notes

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Earliest cricket

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The Arthur Gilligan stand at Hove

Sussex, along with Kent, is believed to be the birthplace of cricket. It is believed that cricket was invented by children living on the Weald in Anglo-Saxon or Norman times.[11]

The first definite mention of cricket in Sussex relates to ecclesiastical court records in 1611 which state that two parishioners of Sidlesham in West Sussex failed to attend church on Easter Sunday because they were playing cricket. They were fined 12d each and made to do penance.

Cricket became established in Sussex during the 17th century and the earliest village matches took place before the English Civil War. It is believed that the earliest county teams were formed in the aftermath of the Restoration in 1660. In 1697, the earliest "great match" recorded was for 50 guineas apiece between two elevens at a venue in Sussex.

Matches involving the two great Sussex patrons Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet were first recorded in 1725. The earliest known use of Sussex in a match title occurred in 1729. From 1741, Richmond patronised the famous Slindon Cricket Club, whose team was representative of the county.

After the death of Richmond in 1751, Sussex cricket declined until the emergence of the Brighton club at its Prince of Wales Ground in 1790. This club sustained cricket in Sussex through the Napoleonic Wars and, as a result, the county team was very strong in the 1820s when it included the great bowlers Jem Broadbridge and William Lillywhite.

Origin of club

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The Pavilion at Hove

On 17 June 1836, the Sussex Cricket Fund was set up to support county matches, after a meeting in Brighton. This led directly to the formation of Sussex County Cricket Club on 1 March 1839, England's oldest county club. The side played its initial first-class match against MCC at Lord's in June 1839.[11]

Sussex crest

The Sussex crest depicts a mythological, footless bird called the Martlet, and is similar to Coat of arms of Sussex. Capped players have six martlets on their sweaters, and the crest with gold trimming on their caps; uncapped players instead have only the club crest on their left breast, and white trimming on their caps.[7]

Sussex grounds

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Exit of the County Ground at Hove

In total, Sussex CCC have played at 17 grounds, four of which have been in Brighton and Hove. The first County match was played at Eaton Road on 6 June 1872 against Gloucestershire.[7] Currently, the main venue for the club's First and Second XI is The County Ground in Hove, although matches are also played regularly at the grounds at Arundel and Horsham. Other grounds for first class matches have included Sheffield Park, Chichester, Worthing, Eastbourne and Hastings.[7]

Current squad

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
20 Tom Haines* Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Left-handed Right-arm medium
24 Zach Lion-Cachet Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm off break
27 Tom Clark* Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Left-handed Right-arm medium
30 James Coles* Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
35 Harrison Ward Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Left-handed Right-arm off break White ball contract
45 Tom Alsop* Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
64 George Thomas Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm medium
89 Daniel Hughes* Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player
All-rounders
10 Danny Lamb Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
13 Bertie Foreman Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Left-handed Right-arm off break
33 Fynn Hudson-Prentice* Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
40 Danial Ibrahim Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
42 Henry Rogers Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
9 John Simpson* Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Left-handed — Club captain
11 Oli Carter Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed —
28 Charlie Tear Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed —
Bowlers
5 Henry Crocombe Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
7 Tymal Mills* Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Left-arm fast T20 captain
White ball contract
12 Brad Currie Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium White ball contract
14 Jayden Seales* Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player
15 Nantes Oosthuizen Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
16 Jack Carson* Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm off break
18 Gurinder Sandhu Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player
21 Sean Hunt Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium
22 Jofra Archer* Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm fast England central contract
23 Troy Henry Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
25 Ollie Robinson* Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
36 Ari Karvelas Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
39 Ollie Moore Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
41 Archie Lenham Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm leg break
43 Nathan McAndrew* Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player
91 Jaydev Unadkat* Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr Template:Birth date and age Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Overseas player
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Coaching staff

Notable Sussex players

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This list includes those Sussex players who have played in Test cricket since 1877, One Day International cricket since 1971, or have made an outstanding contribution (e.g.: scoring most runs or taking most wickets in a season).

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Records

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Team

  • Highest total for – 742/5d v. Somerset, Taunton, 2009 [16][17]
  • Highest total against – 737 by Glamorgan, Hove 2023 [18]
  • Lowest total for – 19 v. Surrey, Godalming, 1830, v. Nottinghamshire, Hove, 1873 [19]
  • Lowest total against – 18 by Kent, Gravesend, 1867[20]

Batting

Highest partnership for each wicket

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Bowling

  • Best bowling – 10–48 C. H. G Bland v. Kent, Tonbridge, 1899[25]
  • Best match bowling – 17–106 G. R. Cox v. Warwickshire, Horsham, 1926[26]
  • Wickets in season – 198 M. W. Tate, 1925[27]

See also

Explanatory notes

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Citations

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Further reading

  • Timothy J McCann, Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century, Sussex Record Society, 2004
  • Playfair Cricket Annual: various issues
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (annual): various issues

External links

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