Rizwan and Pujara in Line to Make Sussex Debuts

Mohammad Rizwan and Cheteshwar Pujara are set to make their Sussex debuts when the team travel to Derbyshire for our second fixture in the LV= Insurance County Championship.

With plenty of positives to build on from the opening defeat to Nottinghamshire, Head Coach Ian Salisbury has included both Rizwan and Pujara in the matchday squad for the trip to The Incora County Ground:

Tom Alsop | 45

Jamie Atkins | 32

George Burrows | 31

Oli Carter | 11

Tom Clark | 27

James Coles | 30

Henry Crocombe | 5

Steve Finn | 44

Tom Haines* | 20

Archie Lenham | 41

Ali Orr | 6

Cheteshwar Pujara | 8

Mohammad Rizwan | 116

Salisbury is delighted to be able to call upon the two new overseas players who recently joined up with the team this week: “I am extremely excited to be able to bring in players of Rizwan and Pujara’s quality into the side. Not only are they absolute world-class cricketers that will boost our performances on the pitch, but to have them around the boys and in the dressing room can only be a positive.”

Delray Rawlins and Dan Ibrahim make way for the two overseas players, with Ibrahim likely to miss a number of games after picking up a shoulder injury in the field against Notts last week.

Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Sean Hunt, Jack Carson and George Garton continue to be unavailable for selection as they continue their rehabilitation programmes.

Looking ahead to the match itself, Salisbury is looking to see further improvement from the squad: “There was plenty for me to be happy about with our performance against Notts, but also there are areas in which we can improve. I am looking forward to the challenge and hope to see even more progression from the boys.”

All four days of the action will be livestreamed and is available via our Matchday Centre, where you can also find ball-by-ball updates, stats and highlights in real-time. Play is due to begin at 11:00am tomorrow.