Derbyshire the visitors as Sussex return to Championship action

The Specsavers County Championship season resumes on Sunday with Derbyshire welcomed to The 1st Central County Ground for Sussex’s ninth match of the season (11am start).

As the division two promotion race hots up, the side are well-placed in second place, six points ahead of third-placed Kent and seven behind leaders Warwickshire.

Sussex go into tomorrow’s match on the back of a run of three Championship wins, two of them by an innings. Their last match – also at The 1st Central County Ground – saw Glamorgan bowled out in the 80s in both innings and resulted in victory by an innings and 154 runs.

Tomorrow’s eleven will be selected from the same 13-man squad that was named ahead of that win.

Luke Wright has come through Friday night’s Vitality Blast victory over Middlesex with only minor soreness in his lower back. He is not included in this Championship squad, however, to allow him to continue his rehabilitation and prepare for Friday’s quarter final against Durham Jets.

Sussex Squad

26. Ben Brown (capt. & wk)

22. Jofra Archer

18. Will Beer

21. Danny Briggs

5. Michael Burgess

6. Harry Finch

20. Tom Haines

8. Chris Jordan

9. Delray Rawlins

25. Ollie Robinson

28. Phil Salt

31. Luke Wells

96. David Wiese

Opposition

Derbyshire are sixth in the division with two wins, three draws and three defeats from their eight matches.

The second of those victories came in their previous match, a 39-run win over Northamptonshire at Chesterfield.

Wayne Madsen is Derbyshire’s leading Championship run-scorer having amassed 705 runs from his 15 innings in the competition so far this season.

The East Midlanders’ leading wicket taker, South African seamer Duanne Olivier is no longer with the club. He took 31 wickets in his seven matches for the club.Tony Palladino is next on the list with 22 victims.

The side are also missing wicket-keeper Gary Wilson who is on international duty with Ireland.

All-rounder Sean Ervine is in line for his first Championship appearance for Derbyshire having joined from Hampshire on loan, as is New Zealand quick Lockie Ferguson after he extended his stay with the club until the end of the season.

Squad: 26. Ben Slater, 1. Billy Godleman, 77. Wayne Madsen, 18. Alex Hughes, 87. Sean Ervine, 20. Matt Critchley, 16. Harvey Hosein, 65. Anuj Dal, 28. Tony Palladino, 7. Hardus Viljoen, 69. Lockie Ferguson, 75. Hamidullah Qadri, 41. Ravi Rampaul

Match Details & Coverage

Play on all four days is scheduled to begin at 11am. Tickets will be available on the gates, which open at 9.30am.

The match will be streamed live with commentary from BBC Sussex on our Match Day Centre, which also includes a live scorecard, live statistics and text commentary from the @SussexCCC twitter account.