Leicestershire in town as Championship action returns to Hove

Sussex welcome Leicestershire to The 1st Central County Ground on Tuesday for the latest round of Specsavers County Championship matches (10.30am start).

Jason Gillespie has selected an unchanged 13-man squad for the fixture.

Despite a loss against Middlesex last week, third-placed Sussex are still well-positioned in the race for promotion from division two, just nine points behind Kent in second with four matches to play.

Jofra Archer’s eight wickets at Lord’s – including the fifth first-class five-wicket haul of his career during Middlesex’s second innings -  mean the all-rounder has raced to 29 wickets from just five Championship matches so far this season. His average of 15.55 is the second best in the division amongst bowlers with at least twenty wickets.

Ollie Robinson took six wickets in the game, taking him to 46 in this year’s Championship and placing him fifth on the list of wicket-takers across both divisions.

Despite a low-scoring game last week, no team in division two has more batting bonus points than Sussex’s 25. Luke Wells went past 7,000 first-class runs in his second innings against Middlesex.

Sussex CCC squad

26. Ben Brown (capt. & wk)

22. Jofra Archer

18. Will Beer

21. Danny Briggs

6. Harry Finch

20. Tom Haines

8. Chris Jordan

9. Delray Rawlins

25. Ollie Robinson

28. Phil Salt

31. Luke Wells

96. David Wiese

10. Luke Wright

Opposition

Leicestershire come into tomorrow’s match after two consecutive defeats. Nevertheless, four wins and two draws from their first eight games has put them amongst the contenders for a promotion spot. After ten games, they sit in fifth place, 39 points behind Kent in second.

Ben Raine – who will move to Durham at the end of the season – and Pakistani overseas player, Mohammad Abbas have been the pick of Leicestershire’s bowlers in the Championship this year, taking 45 and 35 wickets respectively.

Colin Ackerman leads the way with the bat for Leicestershire. His 749 runs put him third on the list of division two run-scorers, 48 ahead of our own Ben Brown in fourth. Opener, Paul Horton is also enjoying a reasonable season having made 556 Championship runs so far this season.

Match Details & Coverage

As we are now in September, the match against Leicestershire is scheduled to get underway at 10.30am on all four days.

Tickets will be available to purchase the gate, which will open at 9am on each morning of the match.

Those unable to attend the match can follow the action on our Match Day Centre, which include a live stream with commentary from BBC Sussex, a live scorecard, live statistics and text commentary from the @SussexCCC twitter feed.

Don’t forget to follow the @SussexCCC Instagram channel for all the best behind the scenes photos and videos from the match.