Sussex Surge Past Surrey with Fine All-Round Display

Sussex arrived at The Saffrons, Eastbourne, for a crucial D40 Quest - South fixture against Surrey knowing the stakes with absolute clarity. Win and climb to second with the league’s summit in sight, lose and the summer could turn sour. 

The mood, though, was buoyant. Several first-teamers returned after the Hampshire trip two weeks prior, and with them came a quiet confidence. Captain Owen Piper won the toss and backed his batters on a hard, used surface -calculated logic suggested the pitch would tire and take spin later.

The opening exchanges were anything but straightforward. On a two-paced strip where fuller balls could stop and keep low while the short stuff hurried through chest-high, Sussex stumbled to 19–2 after five. Both openers, Elliot Brown (6) and Ferguson (1), perished as the surface revealed some difficulties in nature. James Bunday, compact and composed, steadied the reply with precious early ballast before a lifting short ball exploded off the deck and ended his stay for a valuable 19—small on paper, significant in context.

That brought together two of Sussex’s most assertive stroke-makers in Eddie Spence and Alfie Pyle. They understood the day required tempo as much as technique and kept the rate healthy despite the early attrition. Pyle’s cover drives, crisp and authoritative, punctured the ring and reset the tone, nudging Sussex to 71–3 at the 15 over mark. Moments later, the pitch bit again: another misbehaving bouncer climbed awkwardly and Pyle spooned to midwicket, 71–4 with the balance perilously poised.

Sensing the game’s rhythm, Piper manoeuvred the order, delaying his own entry to target the softer, older ball, and sent in Aston Stuart and then Dan Gee to keep the board moving. Spence, at the other end, settled into his trademark front-foot rhythm, punching straight and pouncing on anything with width. Gee’s contribution was especially impressive, 32 off 25 built on judgment, picking moments to counter while respecting the good ball. When Spence finally fell with Sussex 143–6, the contest hovered on a knife edge.

It was then that Piper stamped the day with a captain’s innings. Surrey turned to former England international Taylor Young for a powerplay of their own; Piper went the other way. He detonated, launching 21 off a single over to hurl momentum Sussex’s way and transform an even contest into one bending decisively towards the hosts. With sturdy lower-order support from Jack Challen, Jake Vosloo and Declan Dexter, Piper’s surge lifted Sussex to 210 all out - above par on a surface that kept the bowlers interested. The tail’s contribution, though modest in runs, was rich in value: strike rotated, good balls respected, and just enough pressure reapplied to deny Surrey a cheap finish.

If Sussex edged the first act, they seized the second from the opening chords. Dan Gee and Dexter delivered an outstanding new-ball burst, hunting the top of off and letting the pitch’s natural variation do the rest. The pair suffocated Surrey’s start, conceding just seven runs and removing two in the first six overs. Dexter’s initial spell of 5 overs, 1–13, was as disciplined as it was incisive, a passage he himself judged his best yet in Sussex colours. Stumps were targeted, runs were rationed, and the chase was forced into survival mode.

Surrey’s middle order swung the pendulum back with a measured counter. Jonny Gale, as polished as ever, punished anything fractionally off line and cashed in after a couple of tough chances went down. Alongside him, Taylor Young muscled Surrey into contention as Sussex briefly loosened their lines. It felt like a hinge moment: remove Gale and authority returns; miss the window and the chase tightens.

Enter Pyle with a ball of cold-blooded precision. A brilliant yorker burst through Gale for 38, and with that one act Sussex reclaimed the day. The follow-up brought a taste of Surrey’s earlier medicine, short and hostile, and Young’s attempted hook off a bouncer resulted in a simple catch behind the stumps off the bowling of Fergurson, Aston Stuart taking cleanly for 22. At 95–4 after 19. Sussex’s speedsters had done their part; now came the squeeze.

Sussex turned to left-arm wrist spin and their trump card and Vosloo struck in his first over, Green undone by drift and dip and smartly stumped by Stuart, whose glovework throughout was sharp. From there, the finish was systematic. Lines tightened, fields set the trap, and the wicket column began to roll. Pyle and Vosloo shared the honours in the close, three for Pyle, four for Vosloo. As Surrey were dismissed for 143, handing Sussex a 67-run victory that felt both hard-edged and fully earned. Fielding discipline told in the margins: angles cut off, singles denied, and the pressure of dots compounding into mistakes at exactly the right times.

What made the performance resonate wasn’t a lone headline act, but an 11-player contribution threaded through the afternoon. Bunday’s 19 in testing conditions, Gee’s intelligent 32, Spence’s front-foot authority, Piper’s explosive intervention, the discipline of Gee and Dexter with the new ball, Pyle’s game-turning yorker, Vosloo’s control and threat at the death, and Stuart’s handywork behind the sticks, each piece mattered. Challen’s composure in support roles also told of a group growing in confidence with every role fulfilled. The dressing-room takeaway was simple, play as a team and the wins will follow.

The table now reflects the effort: Sussex climb to second with a trip to Essex in two weeks’ time that will frame the back half of the campaign. On a used pitch that demanded craft and courage, Sussex found both, marrying intent with intelligence and showing the kind of adaptability that wins tight games, a trait that was lacking last year. 

No single superstar performance, then - just a composed, collective statement when the season asked a searching question. Sussex answered it.

View the full scorecard from the match here.

Match report courtesy of Elliot Brown (Vice-captain)

Coles double takes Sussex within touching distance of the top

Sussex star James Coles has been named Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round after a masterful unbeaten maiden Championship double-century helped his side to a crushing victory over Glamorgan at Hove.

Coles scored 224 not out from 226 balls, hitting 22 fours and 11 sixes, as Sussex replied to Glamorgan’s first-innings 155 with 521. He then took 3-34 with his left-arm spin to see Glamorgan bowled out for 268 and Sussex come out as victors by an innings and 98 runs.

“It’s pretty incredible, I didn’t think I was going to do that anytime soon,” Coles told ecb.co.uk about passing the 200 mark in first-class cricket for the first time. “It was a pretty special day.”

Going into the match, Coles had scored an unbeaten 63 for England Lions against South Africa A, a knock that stood him in good stead as he returned to four-day cricket.

“That Lions game helped because I did well against some seriously good bowlers. It gave me a bit of confidence. Netting before as well, I was feeling like I was in a good place.

“My main mindset going in after watching Glamorgan’s first innings was that the pitch was doing a fair amount, so I was conscious about making sure I left well. It’s probably the best I’ve left all season. I was pretty disciplined outside off, which I probably haven’t been for most of the season this year.”

On accelerating through the innings, he said: “Batting with the tail, you get a bit of a licence. That’s where I caught up a bit towards the end. I’d scored a double-ton once at school, but that’s a bit different!

“It didn’t actually cross my mind. The moment of realisation was when I took a single on 198 and took one off the third ball of an over and left Jaydev [Unadkat] with three balls. Prior to that, I’d only been leaving him with two balls. I thought ‘if I’ve left myself stranded here because he gets out because I’ve left him an extra ball, I’m going to be seething!’

“Before that, there wasn’t a lot of thought going into it. I reckon I was only on 130 when Jaydev walked out. I didn’t think 200 was really on the cards, but he played very well.”

Sussex now sit second in the Division One table, just one point behind leaders Essex despite starting the season with a 12-point deduction due to the club’s financial problems.

“We’re just rolling with it at the minute, but I think this game has given the boys a lot of confidence,” Coles said. “We’ve got a really nice balance to our team – two spinners and our seamers all have a bit of variety and are all bowling well.

“That third innings was the best bowling performance I’ve seen from us. We completely controlled the game. They batted well but then we got them in a cluster. That basically sums up four-day cricket and how you’re meant to play it.

“It was a pretty special game for us. Obviously, there’s a lot of cricket still to be played, but fingers crossed.”

Coles received the maximum of three votes for his brilliant innings. Durham’s Matthew Potts also received three votes and has gone top of the leaderboard after his 10-wicket match haul against Derbyshire, including second-innings figures of 8-66.

Dan Lawrence of Surrey was awarded three votes for his incredible batting in Surrey’s draw with Hampshire that saw him score 218 and 101, while 18-year-old Thomas Rew received three votes for his 68 and 127 not out, his maiden first-class ton, in Somerset’s crushing win over champions Nottinghamshire.

There were also three votes for Yorkshire’s Will Luxton, who also hit his first first-class century, 167, in Yorkshire’s draw with Warwickshire, and three votes for England’s Jordan Cox who returned to Championship action with 204 in Essex’s six-wicket win over Leicestershire.

Northamptonshire’s Saif Zaib was given three votes for his knock of 142 in his side’s victory over Gloucestershire, Kent’s Bangladeshi international Hasun Mahmud received three for his nine wickets on debut in the win against Lancashire, including second-innings figures of 6-69, and Middlesex skipper Leus du Plooy picked up three after scoring 85 and 101 not out in a 141-run victory over Worcestershire.

Leaderboard: 10 – Matthew Potts (Durham); 8 – Leus du Plooy (Middlesex), Craig Overton (Somerset), Ben Raine (Durham); 7 – Tom Abell (Somerset), Ethan Bamber (Warwickshire), James Rew (Somerset); 6 – Matt Critchley (Essex), Jake Lehmann (Hampshire).

Round Eight votes

Division One

Surrey v Hampshire: 3 – Dan Lawrence (Surrey), 2 – Dom Sibley (Surrey), 1 – Jake Lehmann (Hampshire).

Sussex v Glamorgan: 3 – James Coles (Sussex), 2 – Jaydev Unadkat (Sussex), 1 – Tom Haines (Sussex).

Nottinghamshire v Somerset: 3 – Thomas Rew (Somerset), Craig Overton (Somerset), 1 – Jordan Hermann (Somerset).

Yorkshire v Warwickshire: 3 – Will Luxton (Yorkshire), 2 – Ed Barnard (Warwickshire), George Hill (Yorkshire).

Leicestershire v Essex: 3 – Jordan Cox (Essex), 2 - Lewis Hill (Leicestershire), 1 – Shane Snater (Essex).

Division Two

Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire: 3 – Saif Zaib (Northamptonshire), 2 – James Bracey (Gloucestershire), 1 – Calvin Harrison (Northamptonshire).

Lancashire v Kent: 3 – Hasan Mahmud (Kent), 2 – Keith Dudgeon (Kent), 1 – Harry Finch (Kent).

Durham v Derbyshire: 3 – Matthew Potts (Durham), 2 – Harry Came (Derbyshire), 1 – Kasey Aldridge (Durham).

Worcestershire v Middlesex: 3 – Leus du Plooy (Middlesex), 2 – Zafar Gohar (Middlesex), 1 – Sebastian Morgan (Middlesex).

ends

Sussex moved to the top of the First Division of the Rothesay County Championship with their fourth victory in seven matches when they beat Glamorgan by an Innings and 98 runs inside three days at Hove.

 Tom Haines, captain in the absence of England’s Ollie Robinson, led the way with three wickets for five runs with his tight medium pace but there were also three for James Coles and two for Dom Goodman on debut after England’s call-up of Henry Crocombe during the match. 

Determined Glamorgan batting frustrated the Sussex bowlers for much of the day but the visiting side lost two wickets just before lunch and three more shortly after tea which sealed their fate. 

Glamorgan resumed on 42 without loss, still 324 runs behind, but perhaps inspired by memories of their second innings score of 737 to save the match here three years ago after trailing by 358 on the first innings.

Openers Zain-ul-Hassan and Asa Tribe batted with great doggedness against a wide variety of Sussex bowlers.

Tribe reached fifty from 98 deliveries when he worked Jack Carson through midwicket for his sixth four. The hundred came up in the 35th over and ul-Hassan had scored just 25 at that stage.

Ten minutes before lunch Haines chucked the ball to spinner James Coles. Haines might have been thinking of improving his side’s -4 over-rate at the time.

But the move worked. With only his second ball Coles dismissed ul-Hassan, who clipped the ball firmly off his toes only to see Tom Alsop, at short-leg, pull off a fine reflex catch.

Three overs later, the last before lunch, Glamorgan lost their second wicket when Tribe was bowled by Carson. The ball spun sharply but Tribe should have played forward.

That last over before the break was something of a surprise. New batsman Kiran Carlson, the Glamorgan captain, had done some ostentatious gardening in the previous over and the clock appeared to be showing 1pm when the umpires allowed another over -possibly because of the time-wasting that had gone on.

From the fourth delivery of that last over before lunch Carlson had also taken a sharp single when the Sussex fielders thought the ball was dead. 

The ball had been fielded by Alsop and thrown to bowler Carson. Carson allowed the ball to hit him and run away a few feet while he rubbed his hand in the dirt to get more grip. 

The umpires allowed the single. But Tribe appeared to have mentally checked out for the interval when he played his false stroke. He had batted almost three hours for his 126-ball 64.

In an attritional afternoon session Glamorgan scored 92 runs for the loss of one wicket. While Carlson dug in Ben Kellaway, who had played an impressive cameo in the first innings, looked even better, hitting seven fours in his 55 before, half-forward, he was lbw to one that moved in from Haines. 

At 212-3 at tea, Glamorgan could have felt proud of their rearguard action. But then the Sussex fought back.

From the last ball of the first over after the break Colin Ingram edged Haines to Alsop at first slip for a pair. Two overs later Carlson was run out for 32 by Dom Goodman at square-leg, slipping after bing sent back by Sean Dickson.

And it was three wickets in four overs when Dickson, playing at a wide delivery from Haines, was caught by Jack Leaning at second slip.

A stand of 42 for the seventh wicket  was ended when Chris Cooke, who had been caught off a no-ball and dropped at slip, was lbw to Coles.

Goodman took his first wickets for Sussex when he had Tom van der Gugten and Tom Norton caught behind in the same over before Coles finished the game by bowling last man Ryan Hadley.

James Coles made a magnificent career-best 224 not out as Sussex built a commanding position after two days against Glamorgan in the Rothesay County Championship at Hove.

The 22-year-old helped Sussex’s last four wickets put on 232 in a total of 521, their highest of the season.

Glamorgan went in again with a deficit of 358 but openers Asa Tribe and Zain ul-Hassan reached 42 for 0 in 12 overs before the close, including three from Dom Goodman who has come into the Sussex team as replacement for Henry Crocombe who called into England’s squad for the second Test when his Sussex colleague Ollie Robinson reported soreness in his knee. 

Coles scored 1032 runs with four hundreds in his debut Division One campaign in 2025 but came into the game with a modest 253 Championship runs in 12 innings. There was a hint that he was coming back into form when he made an unbeaten 63 for England Lions against South Africa A earlier this week and it wasn’t until he homed in on his double hundred that he offered a chance today.

He struck 22 fours and took advantage of a short boundary to pepper the pavilion with the majority of his 11 sixes. 

Glamorgan must have hoped they could keep their first innings arrears down to manageable proportions when Tom Price was sixth out at 289 and the deficit 134.

But Coles and the lower order had other ideas and a punishing last-wicket stand of 103 – a new record against Glamorgan - between Coles and Jaydev Unadkat, of which the No.11 contributed 12, only added to their pain.

Coles timed the ball exquisitely from the start and he went to his fifty in the over before lunch by taking 15 off the otherwise parsimonious Tim van der Gugten, including two sixes. 

A century looked inevitable even then and a straight drive off the same bowler took Coles to his ninth first-class hundred, but he was only warming up. Carson contributed a solid 46 to a seventh-wicket stand of 114 and although Sussex lost three wickets in adding 15 runs Coles found a reliable ally in Unadkat as he went through the gears against a tiring attack.

Unadkat was dropped on eight and Coles took that as a cue to go for his shots. Two sixes off Tom Norton, one of which sailed out of the ground took the lead past 300 and even with a double hundred in sight he still attacked.

It ought to have led to his dismissal, but he was dropped by Mason Crane on the mid-wicket boundary in the same over that Crane and Sean Dickson nearly collided going for a catch which neither took.

A boundary through backward point off off-spinner Ben Kellaway took Coles to his double hundred and when he walked off after Unadkat was lbw to Crane every Glamorgan player sportingly shook his hand. He faced 226 balls and batted for a shade over six-and-a-half hours.

It ended up being a chastening day for Glamorgan, but to their credit it wasn’t until Coles and Unadkat came together that they started to look ragged in the field. 

During the first two sessions they had chipped away with van der Gugten and Kellaway going for less than three runs an over, a considerable achievement especially when Coles was finding his range.

Dan Hughes had made 72 before he was pinned by a grubber from Kellaway but that was one of the few balls which misbehaved in batting conditions that were in stark contrast to the first day when 12 wickets fell under heavy cloud cover.

That should give Glamorgan hope that they can still save the game as well as the knowledge that in this fixture in 2023 they conceded a first-innings deficit of 358 but escaped with a draw after scoring 737 in their second innings.

Sussex Sharks Women continue their Vitality Blast campaign at Horsham on Sunday, playing host to Gloucestershire Women.

The last time Alexia Walker's side donned the Sussex blue a thriller was witnessed, though unfortunately it fell in favour of the visiting Leicestershire Foxes on the final ball of the match. An excellent advert, though, as the two sides produced a brilliant affair that included a multitude of fine shots and excellent wickets.

Following the defeat, the Sharks have some work to do still if they are to progress further in the competition as they remain winless, welcoming a Gloucestershire side that have won two and lost two in the Blast. Mollie Adams finds herself in fabulous form, scoring 40 last time out but with three consecutive half-centuries prior to that in the competition.

Team News:

Formerly of Berkshire but in the Vipers Academy since 2024, Eliza Bristowe joins us from Hampshire. Anna Lewis misses out having fractured her finger, whilst seamer Anna Buckle continues to miss out after suffering a dislocated thumb last month. Lottie Curling, too, is an absentee with an ongoing ankle injury.

Squad: Mollie Adams, Sophie Beck, Eliza Bristowe, Darcey Clarke, Izzy Collis, Kali-Ann Docherty, Chiara Green (c), Bella Johnson, Faye Mullins, Eve O’Neill, Shristi Patil, Talitha Stanley, Phoebe Wilkinson

The Opposition

The visitors arrive into this one on the back of a solid seven-wicket victory over Worcestershire, placing them in good stead at this point in the tournament. It's been the bats of Rebecca Halliday and AC Munday that have propelled them to victory, whilst Alice and Charlotte Phillips have been the main points of attack with the ball, combining for nine wickets.

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Horsham Cricket Club

Horsham Cricket Club have designated this match as Ladies Day, where Horsham First XI will be in action at midday, before the Sussex Sharks take to the field for a 2.30pm start.

Bubbly Brunch will be available in the Clubhouse from 12pm, with promotions on prosecco, Pimms and cocktails. Afternoon Tea will also be on offer, with the Bar and Kitchen open all day.

Entry is free, and so is the parking! 

Indian left-armer Jaydev Unadkat took four wickets and spearheaded an impressive performance by Sussex’s bowlers on day one of their Rothesay County Championship match against Glamorgan at Hove.

Tom Haines, skippering Sussex for the first time since 2022 in the absence of Ollie Robinson, put Glamorgan in and his decision was fully vindicated when they were bowled out for 155 in 51.2 overs.

Unadkat picked up 4 for 29 and there were two wickets apiece for Henry Crocombe, who bowled with genuine pace, and Haines.

Haines fell for 48 when Sussex replied but the hosts were only 19 behind after reaching 136 for 2 at stumps.

The floodlights were on all day and there was some lateral movement under heavy cloud cover which Unadkat, who was playing his first first-class match since January, wasted no time in exploiting at the start of this third stint with Sussex.

In his third over he found some extra bounce with the new ball and Asa Tribe was caught behind forcing off the back foot.

Glamorgan had already lost opener Zain-ul-Hassan who gloved left-armer Sean Hunt’s first ball in Championship cricket this season which had bounced off an awkward length. 

From 11 for two, Kiran Carson and Ben Kellaway led a partial recovery before Sussex struck in successive overs. Carlson got a thin edge to Tom Price’s 11th ball and gave wicketkeeper John Simpson his third catch and Henry Crocombe struck with his third delivery which Colin Ingram edged to second slip high off the bat.

Kellaway and Sean Dickson added 51 either side of lunch and seemed to have settled things down until Crocombe took a brilliant return catch in his follow through with his outstretched right hand when Kellaway offered a leading edge.

Unadkat returned, this time at the sea end, and picked up two quick wickets with Dickson and Timm van der Gugten both caught in the cordon playing at balls which nipped off the seam.

Chris Cooke and Mason Crane put on 32 for the eighth wicket without too many alarms before Sussex’s bowlers regained control again. 

Skipper Haines took two wickets, the second courtesy of a fine catch by Hunt hurtling in from the deep backward square boundary and diving full length, before Unadkat showed his athleticism to intercept Ryan Hadley’s drive by diving to his right in his follow-through and clinging onto the ball inches from the turf. For only the 19th time in first-class matches at Hove all ten wickets in an innings had fallen to catches.

Overhead conditions hadn’t improved when Glamorgan bowled but their attack struggled for consistency until the 21st over when Haines was well caught by Tribe diving to his left at second slip off 18-year-old Tom Norton two short of his fifty.

Tom Alsop, who was also making his first Championship appearance of the season, pushed at van der Gugten’s outswinger and Ingram snapped up the edge at slip, but Hughes and Jack Leaning saw Sussex safely to stumps. 

Sussex Cricket is pleased to announce that we are now accepting nominations for junior players to join our 2026/2027 season Pathway programmes.

If you would like to nominate a young player please find the full nomination details to download below.

• Boys Under 9s - Under 12s | Sussex Cricket Early Engagement Pathway Programme Nominations 2026-2027
• Boys Under 13s - Under 16s | Sussex Cricket Pathway Programme Nominations 2026-2027
• Girls Under 10s - Under 18s | Sussex Cricket Pathway Nominations 2026-2027

Further Information & Nomination Forms

• For the Boys Under 9s - Under 12s players will be asked to submit video evidence (all details will be sent on how to do this).
• For the Boys Under 13s - Under 16s and the Girls Under 10s - Under 18s players will be invited to attend assessments in person (dates & times will be sent).

If you would like any further information not included in the links above please email pathwayadmin@sussexcricket.co.uk and specify the details that you require.

Sussex Cricket Ltd. and the Sussex Cricket Foundation are delighted to confirm the extension of its partnership with the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) for a further 3 years, continuing its commitment to transforming state school cricket in Sussex.

The partnership which has been in existence for 10 years, has seen BACA become the gold standard for state school cricket, not only in Sussex but also across the Country. Led by ex-Sussex & England Head Coach, Mark Robinson, the schools’ programmes with support from Sussex Cricket are thriving, and provides participation and elite opportunities for people to access the game and fulfil their potential.

The development of state school cricket is of high priority for the Sussex Cricket Foundation, and exciting plans are in place using BACA as a central hub to further transform state school cricket across the county, with the launch of an exciting new programme due to be announced shortly.

BACA continues to evolve its offer including now having a close relationship with the Square One Cricket Centre based at the University of Brighton. Over 100 students are now benefiting from the cricketing offer which, is specifically designed to enable students to undertake their studies in the mornings and to concentrate on developing their cricketing skills in the afternoons.

BACA has recently launched the County’s first state school cricket programme for girls (for Years. 7 – 11). This will help support the growth and development of the Women & Girls game in Sussex, whilst also helping to identify new talent for the Sussex Womens Pathway & Tier 2 team.

As part of the partnership, the Aldridge Foundation, which has been a long-term supporter of Sussex Women’s and Girl’s Cricket, will also continue as front of shirt sponsor for the Sussex Women’s team until September 2028, another sign of its commitment to growing the game.

The Sussex Women’s team, who compete in Tier 2 of the new ECB structure, will be playing games this summer at Hove, Horsham & Arundel, which help create an improved connection between the team and supporters across the County.

It’s an exciting year for the Women & Girls game with the ICC Women's T20 World Cup having now started in England this summer. The Sussex Cricket Foundation will be using the World Cup this as a tool to help engage and inspire women & girls to play, watch or volunteer in the game. As part of England’s preparation for the tournament, they beat New Zealand in front of a sold-out crowd on Monday 25th May at The County Ground, Hove.

Sir Rod Aldridge, Founder of the Aldridge Foundation: “This year is the 20th anniversary of the Aldridge Foundation and the cricket programme at BACA has demonstrated the power of cricket to develop attributes which enable our students not only to perform well on the pitch but to prepare well for a fulfilling and successful life.”

Gary Wallis-Tayler, Director of Sussex Cricket Foundation: “We are delighted to continue our partnership with BACA, which is a key part of our mission to transform state school cricket in Sussex. The high-quality opportunities BACA provide, not only help make cricket accessible but also helps identify talented players for our Sussex Men, Women & Disability teams which ensures everyone has opportunity to fulfil their potential”.

Shaun Simmonds, Marketing Manager of Sussex Cricket: "Having attended Falmer High School before it became BACA, I have seen the positive change that Brighton Aldridge Community Academy has made to the local community first-hand. The partnership between Sussex Cricket, Sussex Cricket Foundation and BACA has inspired thousands of children from state school backgrounds, and BACA's continued commitment to women and girls' cricket in Sussex, for a further three years, is something to really celebrate."

To find out more about the offerings at BACA please visit their website https://www.baca-uk.org.uk/ or please contact Clara Bowden - cbowden@baca-uk.co.uk To learn more about Sussex Cricket https://sussexcricket.co.uk/ or the Sussex Cricket Foundation please visit their website or contact foundation@sussexcricket.co.uk

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Sussex search to make it three wins in as many matches at Hove in the County Championship this season as Glamorgan travel down to the coast following the Vitality Blast pause. 

A positive start for Paul Farbrace's side with the red ball who, without the 12-point deduction, would be on the same points total as Nottinghamshire at the top of the division. Though with six matches ticked off and only two of those played at Hove, it's been a solid start in the competition.

And despite losing Tom Clark and Fynn Hudson-Prentice to injury - all the while Ollie Robinson puts on a show for England - there is rejuvenation once again in the bowling department with seamers Jaydev Unadkat, Sean Hunt and Dom Goodman all in a red ball squad for the first time this campaign.

Team News

Fresh from claiming Sussex Sharks' most economical T20 figures since 2004 (4-1-9-3), Sean Hunt is back in the red ball squad for the first time since last year having missed the opening third of the season through injury. Tom Alsop, too, features in a County Championship squad for the first time this season, alongside Dom Goodman who, much like Hunt, has been absent with injury since pre-season.

Jaydev Unadkat is back for the fourth consecutive season, this time for the final eight rounds of the County Championship, and slots timely into the squad with Ollie Robinson away on international duty with England.

Tom Clark will be out for 8-10 weeks with a knee injury, with Fynn Hudson-Prentice also an absentee through injury.

Squad: Alsop, Carson, Carter, Coles, Crocombe, Goodman, Haines, Hughes, Hunt, Leaning, Price, Simpson, Tear, Unadkat.

The Opposition

It's been a strong start for Glamorgan on their return to Division One for the first time since 2018, with the Welsh-based county currently occupying third position - four points ahead of Sussex.

Important wins over Somerset and Hampshire have put Richard Dawson's side in fine stead as we take a pause from the white ball stuff, as they make the trip down to Hove for red ball cricket for the first time since September 2024 - Sussex claiming an empathic innings victory on their way to the Division Two title.

Kiran Carlson has enjoyed early success out in the middle, racking up 542 runs at an average of 54.20. Asa Tribe, Ben Kellaway and Sean Dickson have all added healthy runs, too, with Colin Ingram also impressing, though he could miss out having only featured in the opening Vitality Blast match.

With the ball, Timm van der Gugten and Ryan Hadley have been most effective for Glamorgan combining for 43 wickets after the opening six-match block.

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