Sussex Cricket launches live streaming service for men's matches at The 1st Central County Ground

Sussex Cricket is delighted to be able to provide a live stream of all our Specsavers County Championship, Royal London One-Day Cup group matches and non-televised Vitality Blast group matches at The 1st Central County Ground this season.

Access to the stream for Championship and One-Day Cup matches is included as a benefit of all our adult Membership categories (Sussex, Martlet & Executive). A stream for T20 matches is included as a benefit for all our adult ‘Blast Pass’ season ticket holders.

Eligible Members will have received an email from Sussex Cricket this morning with instructions on how to access the stream for the Championship match against Gloucestershire that has started today (Friday 27th April).

We know that we have thousands of followers around the world who can’t make it to the ground on a regular basis and who would also value the opportunity to watch Sussex CCC and Sussex Sharks via the live stream.

As such, we have made the service available to non-Members and non-Blast Pass holders on a ‘per-day’ or ‘per-match’ basis in exchange for a small fee. Access is available via our new online Match Centre, which also includes a live scorecard, live league tables, Manhattan and wagon-wheel graphs and the @SussexCCC Twitter text-commentary feed all free of charge.

Those who are able to attend some of our fixtures and would also like regular access to the streaming service may be interested in our Martlet Membership. For around half the price of a full Sussex Membership, this category offers significantly reduced priced entry to Sussex’s home Championship and One-Day Cup fixtures as well as full access to the live stream for matches in those competitions.   

The Sussex Cricket live streaming service is being offered in line with regulations set out by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB). These ensure that the terms of the deal agreed between ECB and their broadcast partners are adhered to.

The regulations state the following:

• Live streams may only be shot from two static cameras, one at each end of the ground.
• Live streams may only appear on a club’s website and may not be syndicated to any third-party platform, including any form of social media, streaming providers, or betting sites. 
• Live clips may only appear on a club’s owned social channels and may not be syndicated to any third-party platform, including social media.
• County team logos are permitted to appear on match clips or livestream.
• Commercial logos are not permitted to appear embedded or overlaid on any clips or livestream footage.
• Scorecard graphics are permitted to appear on match clips or livestream.

To conform with the regulations, Sussex Cricket have invested a significant amount of money in order to provide a live streaming service integrated into our own website. This has informed our decision to offer this service free of charge to our Members whilst offering a ‘pay-per-view’ option for our followers who do not hold a Sussex Cricket Membership.