Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic

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structure of

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and

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. 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 Sussex county cricket teams have been traced back to the early 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket dates from much earlier times as it is widely believed, jointly with Kent and Surrey, to be the sport's birthplace. The most wi ...

, 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

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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

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matches and Vitality Blast T20 matches. Its home ground is the County Cricket Ground, Hove. Sussex also play matches around the county at Arundel,

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and Horsham. Sussex won its first official

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 Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancas ...

to clinch the C&G Trophy, before winning the

following an emphatic victory against

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

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 Surrey () is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant ur ...

– 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

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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'' (2) – 2001, 2010 * 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

Earliest cricket

Sussex, along with

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, 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 The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I (" Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of r ...

. 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 Slindon Cricket Club was famous in the middle part of the 18th century when it claimed to have the best team in England. It was located at Slindon, a village in the Arun district of Sussex. Cricket in the 18th century was funded by gambling i ...

, 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 The Prince of Wales Ground, also known as Prince's Ground, in Brighton, Sussex was the venue for top-class cricket matches in the closing years of the 18th century. Location The ground was on a site now occupied by Park Crescent and its surro ...

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 James "Jem" Broadbridge (1795–1843) was an English professional cricketer who is widely considered the outstanding all-rounder in England during the 1820s. He played mainly for Sussex teams and made 102 known appearances in first-class cric ...

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 on 1 March 1839 of Sussex County Cricket Club, England's oldest county club. Sussex CCC played its initial first-class match versus

Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influe ...

(MCC) at Lord's on 10 & 11 June 1839.

Sussex crest

The Sussex crest depicts a mythological, footless bird called the Martlet, and is similar to

Coat of arms of Sussex A heraldic shield has been associated with the historic county of Sussex since the seventeenth century. The device, displaying six martlets or heraldic swallows on a shield, later formed the basis of the flag of Sussex and the armorial bearings g ...

. 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 Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of ...

. 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 Chichester () is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. It is the only ...

, Worthing,

and

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

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.

Coaching staff

* Director of Cricket:

Keith Greenfield Keith Greenfield (born 6 December 1968) is the current Director of Cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club. Greenfield is a former English first-class cricketer, whose career for Sussex spanned twelve years between 1987 until 1999. He played 7 ...

* Head Coach:

Paul Farbrace Paul Farbrace (born 7 July 1967) is the Head Coach of Sussex and a former professional cricketer. He is also a former assistant coach to the England cricket team. Farbrace, nicknamed "Farbie", was a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman w ...

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* Academy Director: Vacant * Batting Coach: Grant Flower * Bowling Coach:

James Kirtley Robert James Kirtley (born 10 January 1975) is a former English Test cricketer. He is a right arm fast medium bowler and a right hand batsman. After prep school at St. Andrews School, Eastbourne, he was educated at Clifton College. Kirtley is p ...

* Fielding/Wicket-keeping Coach:
Sarah Taylor * 1st Team Scorer: Graham Irwin * Team Analyst: Luke Dunning * Strength & Conditioning Coach:
Matthew Spence * Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach: Dave McIlwaine * Head of Medical Management:
Jon Marrale

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 *

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* Alex Carey *

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Tony Dodemaide Anthony Ian Christopher Dodemaide (born 5 October 1963) is an Australian former test cricketer. After a three-year stint as Chief Executive of the Western Australian Cricket Association in Perth, he became the current chief executive of Cricke ...

* Ryan Harris *

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* Jason Voros Bangladesh *

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Bermuda *

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England * Chris Adams * Tim Ambrose * Jofra Archer * Ravi Bopara *

Ted Bowley Edward Henry Bowley (6 June 1890 – 9 July 1974) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Sussex County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. A forceful opening batsman, Bowley played just one season of regular first-class cr ...

* Danny Briggs *

Harry Butt Henry Rigden Butt (27 December 1865 – 21 December 1928) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1890 and 1912. Butt also played three Test matches for E ...

Henry Charlwood Henry Rupert James Charlwood (19 December 1846 – 6 June 1888) played cricket professionally for England in the first two Test matches ever played, against Australia in 1877. He played for Sussex from 1865 to 1882. Life and career Harry Ch ...

* George Cox senior *

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* Jemmy Dean * Ted Dexter *

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* Steven Finn *

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* Ed Giddins *

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* Chris Jordan *

James Langridge James Langridge (10 July 1906 – 10 September 1966) was an English cricketer, who played for Sussex and England. He played in eight Tests than spanned either side of World War II. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted, "a great servant of Sus ...

John Langridge John George Langridge MBE (10 February 1910 – 27 June 1999) was a cricketer who played for Sussex. His obituary in ''Wisden'' called him "one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century never to play a Test match". Born into a cricketi ...

* Jason Lewry * William Lillywhite *

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* Tymal Mills * Richard Montgomerie * Peter Moores *

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* Monty Panesar * Paul Parker * Jim Parks, Jr. *

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* Tony Pigott *

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* K S Ranjitsinhji * Rajesh Rao *

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* Albert Relf * Ollie Robinson *

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* David Sheppard * John Snow * Martin Speight * Ken Suttle *

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* Ian Thomson *

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* Colin Wells * John Wisden *

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* Michael Yardy England / Sri Lanka * Gehan Mendis Greece * Aristides Karvelas India * Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi * Piyush Chawla *

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* Ishant Sharma Ireland * George Dockrell * Ed Joyce Italy * Grant Stewart Namibia *

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Netherlands *

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New Zealand * Tom Bruce *

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* Ross Taylor *

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Pakistan * Mushtaq Ahmed * Mohammad Akram * Yasir Arafat *

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* Umar Gul *

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* Javed Miandad * Saqlain Mushtaq * Rana Naved-ul-Hasan * Mohammad Rizwan *

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Scotland *

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* Calum MacLeod *

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South Africa *

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* Garth Le Roux *

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* Johannes van der Wath *

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* Vasbert Drakes *

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* Franklyn Stephenson *

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Zimbabwe *

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Records

Most first-class runs for Sussex
Qualification – 20,000 runs Most first-class wickets for Sussex
Qualification – 1,000 wickets

Team

* Highest total for – 742/5d v. Somerset, Taunton, 2009 * Highest total against – 726 by Nottinghamshire, Nottingham, 1895 * Lowest total for – 19 v. Surrey, Godalming, 1830, v. Nottinghamshire, Hove, 1873 * Lowest total against – 18 by Kent, Gravesend, 1867

Batting

* Highest score – 344*

v. Somerset, Taunton, 2009 * Most runs in season – 2,850 J. G. Langridge, 1949

Highest partnership for each wicket

* 1st – 490

and

v. Middlesex, Hove, 1933 * 2nd – 385 Ted Bowley and

v. Northamptonshire, Hove, 1921 * 3rd – 385* Michael Yardy and

v. Warwickshire, Hove, 2006 * 4th – 363 Murray Goodwin and

Carl Hopkinson Carl Hopkinson (born 14 September 1981) is a former English cricketer and current coach. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He was also an extremely talented fielder. Born in Sussex, he attended Brighton Colleg ...

v. Somerset, Taunton, 2009 * 5th – 297 Jim Parks and Harry Parks v. Hampshire, Portsmouth, 1937 * 6th – 335

and Ben Brown v. Durham, Hove, 2014 * 7th – 344 Ranjitsinhji and

Billy Newham William Newham (12 December 1860 – 26 June 1944) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club. He also played one Test match for England against Australia in 1888.Robin Martin-Jenkins Robin Simon Christopher Martin-Jenkins (born 28 October 1975) is an English former cricketer who played for Sussex County Cricket Club and British Universities. He is tall. He is the son of cricket writer and journalist Christopher Martin-Je ...

and

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v. Somerset, Taunton, 2002 * 9th – 178 Harry Parks and

Albert Wensley Bert Wensley (24 May 1898 – 17 June 1970) was an English first-class cricketer. In 400 first-class matches, mainly for Sussex from 1922 to 1936, he took 1,135 wickets with his medium pace bowling and scored more than 10,000 runs. He did ...

v. Derbyshire, Horsham, 1930 * 10th – 164 Ollie Robinson and

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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

Explanatory notes

Citations

External links

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