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Sussex County Cricket Club

One Day name	Sussex Sharks
Personnel
Captain	John Simpson
One Day captain	John Simpson (List A) Tymal Mills (T20)
Coach	Paul Farbrace
Overseas player(s)	Daniel Hughes Nathan McAndrew Jayden Seales Jaydev Unadkat
Team information
Founded	1839
Home ground	County Cricket Ground, Hove
Capacity	6,000
History
First-class debut	MCC in 1839 at Lord's
Championship wins	3
National League/Pro40 wins	3
FP Trophy wins	5
Twenty20 Cup wins	1
NatWest Pro40 wins	1
Official website	sussexcricket.co.uk
First-class One-day T20

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.

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. 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, 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. 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).

Honours

First XI honours

• County Championship (3) – 2003, 2006, 2007

Division Two (3) – 2001, 2010, 2024

• Friends Provident Trophy (5) – 1963, 1964, 1978, 1986, 2006
• Pro40 National League (3) – 1982, 2008, 2009

Division Two (2) – 1999, 2005

• Twenty20 Cup (1) – 2009

Second XI honours

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

Notes

1. Formerly known as the Gillette Cup (1963–1980), NatWest Trophy (1981–2000) and C&G Trophy (2001–2006)
2. Formerly known as the Sunday League (1969–1998)

Earliest cricket

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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.

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

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.

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.

Sussex grounds

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. 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.

Current squad

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• ‡ denotes players with international caps.
•  *  denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
20	Tom Haines*	England	(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
24	Zach Lion-Cachet ‡	Netherlands	(2003-12-15) 15 December 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
27	Tom Clark	England	(2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
30	James Coles*	England	(2004-04-02) 2 April 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
35	Harrison Ward	England	(1999-10-25) 25 October 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	White ball contract
45	Tom Alsop*	England	(1995-11-26) 26 November 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
89	Daniel Hughes*	Australia	(1989-02-16) 16 February 1989 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
All-rounders
10	Danny Lamb	England	(1995-09-07) 7 September 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
13	Bertie Foreman	England	(2004-05-13) 13 May 2004 (age 20)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
33	Fynn Hudson-Prentice*	England	(1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
40	Danial Ibrahim	England	(2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
42	Henry Rogers	England	(2006-04-01) 1 April 2006 (age 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
9	John Simpson* ‡	England	(1988-07-13) 13 July 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed	—	Club captain
11	Oli Carter	England	(2001-11-02) 2 November 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	—
28	Charlie Tear ‡	Scotland	(2004-06-12) 12 June 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
5	Henry Crocombe	England	(2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
7	Tymal Mills* ‡	England	(1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	T20 captain White ball contract
12	Brad Currie ‡	Scotland	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	White ball contract
14	Jayden Seales* ‡	West Indies	(2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 23)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
16	Jack Carson*	Ireland	(2000-12-03) 3 December 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
21	Sean Hunt	England	(2001-12-07) 7 December 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
22	Jofra Archer* ‡	England	(1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	England central contract
25	Ollie Robinson* ‡	England	(1993-12-01) 1 December 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
32	Jack Campbell	England	(1999-11-11) 11 November 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
36	Ari Karvelas ‡	Greece	(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
41	Archie Lenham	England	(2004-07-23) 23 July 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
43	Nathan McAndrew	Australia	(1993-07-14) 14 July 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
91	Jaydev Unadkat* ‡	India	(1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
Source: Updated: 2 October 2022

Coaching staff

• Head coach/Director of Cricket: Paul Farbrace
• Batting coach: Grant Flower
• Bowling coach: James Kirtley

Notable Sussex players

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).

Afghanistan

• Rashid Khan

Australia

• Jason Behrendorff
• Michael Bevan
• Alex Carey
• Michael Di Venuto
• Tony Dodemaide
• Ryan Harris
• Travis Head
• Steve Magoffin
• Josh Philippe
• Steve Smith
• Jason Voros

Bangladesh

• Mustafizur Rahman

Bermuda

• Delray Rawlins

England

• Chris Adams
• Tim Ambrose
• Jofra Archer
• Ravi Bopara
• Ted Bowley
• Danny Briggs
• Jem Broadbridge
• Harry Butt
• Henry Charlwood
• George Cox senior
• Mason Crane
• Jemmy Dean
• Ted Dexter
• Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji
• Steven Finn
• C. B. Fry
• George Garton
• Ed Giddins
• Tony Greig
• Chris Jordan
• James Kirtley
• James Langridge
• John Langridge
• Jason Lewry
• William Lillywhite
• Robin Martin-Jenkins
• Stuart Meaker
• Tymal Mills
• Richard Montgomerie
• Peter Moores
• Alan Oakman
• Monty Panesar
• Paul Parker
• Jim Parks, Jr.
• Jim Parks, Sr.
• Tony Pigott
• Matt Prior
• K S Ranjitsinhji
• Rajesh Rao
• Dermot Reeve
• Albert Relf
• Ollie Robinson
• Ian Salisbury
• Phil Salt
• Ajmal Shahzad
• David Sheppard
• John Simpson
• John Snow
• Martin Speight
• Ken Suttle
• Maurice Tate
• Ian Thomson
• Joe Vine
• Alan Wells
• Colin Wells
• John Wisden
• Luke Wright
• Michael Yardy

England / Sri Lanka

• Gehan Mendis

Greece

• Aristides Karvelas

India

• Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
• Piyush Chawla
• Cheteshwar Pujara
• Ishant Sharma
• Jaydev Unadkat

Ireland

• George Dockrell
• Ed Joyce

Italy

• Grant Stewart

Namibia

• David Wiese

Netherlands

• Michael Rippon
• Bas Zuiderent

New Zealand

• Tom Bruce
• Brendon McCullum
• Tim Seifert
• Henry Shipley
• Scott Styris
• Ross Taylor
• Lou Vincent

Pakistan

• Mushtaq Ahmed
• Mohammad Akram
• Yasir Arafat
• Naved Arif
• Faheem Ashraf
• Umar Gul
• Mir Hamza
• Imran Khan
• Javed Miandad
• Saqlain Mushtaq
• Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
• Mohammad Rizwan
• Mohammed Sami
• Ashar Zaidi

Scotland

• Brad Currie
• Matt Machan
• Calum MacLeod
• Charlie Tear
• Stuart Whittingham

South Africa

• Peter Kirsten
• Garth Le Roux
• Wayne Parnell
• Vernon Philander
• Johannes van der Wath
• Kirk Wernars
• Kepler Wessels
• Stiaan van Zyl

Sri Lanka

• Mahela Jayawardene
• Nuwan Kulasekara

West Indies

• Corey Collymore
• Vasbert Drakes
• Obed McCoy
• Dwayne Smith
• Franklyn Stephenson
• Jerome Taylor

Zimbabwe

• Murray Goodwin

Records

Team

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

Batting

• Highest score – 344* Murray Goodwin v. Somerset, Taunton, 2009
• Most runs in season – 2,850 J. G. Langridge, 1949

Highest partnership for each wicket

• 1st – 490 Ted Bowley and John Langridge v. Middlesex, Hove, 1933
• 2nd – 385 Ted Bowley and Maurice Tate v. Northamptonshire, Hove, 1921
• 3rd – 385* Michael Yardy and Murray Goodwin v. Warwickshire, Hove, 2006
• 4th – 363 Murray Goodwin and Carl Hopkinson v. Somerset, Taunton, 2009
• 5th – 297 Jim Parks and Harry Parks v. Hampshire, Portsmouth, 1937
• 6th – 335 Luke Wright and Ben Brown v. Durham, Hove, 2014
• 7th – 344 Ranjitsinhji and Billy Newham v. Essex, Leyton, 1902
• 8th – 291 Robin Martin-Jenkins and Mark Davis v. Somerset, Taunton, 2002
• 9th – 178 Harry Parks and Albert Wensley v. Derbyshire, Horsham, 1930
• 10th – 164 Ollie Robinson and Matt Hobden v. Durham, Chester-le-Street, 2015

Source:

Bowling

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

See also

• Cricket in Sussex
• Sport in Sussex

Explanatory notes

1. Mendis was eligible to play for either England or Sri Lanka, but did not represent either of them in international cricket.
2. Joyce has previously played International Cricket for England.
3. Wiese has previously played International Cricket for South Africa.

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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

• Official site

• Sussex County Cricket Club
• 1839 establishments in England
• Cricket in East Sussex
• Cricket in West Sussex
• English first-class cricket teams
• History of Sussex
• Sport in Brighton and Hove
• Cricket clubs established in 1839
• First-class cricket teams