Sussex Sharks vs Kent Spitfires

It's a quick turnaround for the Sharks at Hove and another opportunity to find a win as Kent Spitfires make the short hop across the border for more Vitality Blast action.

A final slice of T20 cricket before the whites and red ball return, the Sharks search to stop the four-game losing skid when the Spitfires make the short journey to Hove on Sunday.

Friday saw another difficult showing as both the men and women succumbed to defeat to Leicestershire Foxes in a doubleheader. There was promise again in the powerplay: Harrison Ward smacking his career-best T20 score of 69 before another middle-order collapse restricted the Sharks to a score of 179. It was ultimately a target too low as Sussex look for a first home win of the campaign.

Team News

It's just the one change in Paul Farbrace's squad from Friday, with Charlie Tear coming in for Fynn Hudson-Prentice.

Henry Crocombe and James Coles have both been featuring for England Lions and will also be absentees for this fixture, whilst Tom Clark and Brad Currie both continue to miss out through injury.

Men's Squad: Alsop, Briggs, Carson, Carter, Hughes, Hunt, Lamb, Leaning, Mills (c), Price, Simpson (wk), Tear, Thomas, Ward

The Opposition 

It's been a bright start to the competition for Adam Hollioake's side who sit nicely in second despite having played two games fewer than first-placed Hampshire and third-placed Surrey.

Losing one of their four matches - that coming at home to Essex - the Spitfires have recorded comfortable wins over Surrey at the Oval and Middlesex at Lord's, outside of claiming an impressive victory over the Sharks courtesy of a fine Zak Crawley innings.

They've looked good with the bat: Daniel Bell-Drummond, Sam Billings and Crawley all in good touch, with Tawanda Muyeye looking to return to the side following a spell out on the sidelines with concussion. Overseas Dian Forrester has looked good with both bat and ball, but will miss this match as he features for South Africa A. Another new addition, Jake Lintott, claimed excellent figures of 3-19 last time out against Surrey, whilst seamer Matt Milnes has improved with each game.

Previous Encounters

It's back-to-back victories for the Spitfires against the Sharks in this competition after Kent's win just a couple of weeks ago at Canterbury in a game that, at one moment, looked certain to fall in favour of Sussex.

The two sides have met in the Vitality Blast on 39 occasions, with Kent now winning 19 of those matches, two ahead of Sussex's 17 victories. The last meeting between the two counties in T20 cricket at Hove was a thriller, and one that ultimately led to the Sharks missing out on a spot in the Quarter Finals at the expense of the Spitfires - Joey Evison's 48 off 24 sealing a win in a remarkable chase for the visitors.

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The game gets underway at 2.30pm. 

Tickets

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