Charlie Tear Signs Contract Extension

Sussex Cricket is delighted to announce that Charlie Tear has signed a two-year contract extension with the Club.

The 20-year-old wicket-keeper batter is the latest in a long line of Sussex Academy products to sign a contract extension with the Club.

Tear, who was called up to represent Scotland at the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup, has represented his country on 10 occasions in white-ball cricket. 

Since making his Sussex debut in 2022, Tear has featured in three first-class and six List-A matches for the Club. 

In this year’s Metro One Day Cup campaign he played 4 matches, taking five catches and making a top score of 43 against Yorkshire. 

Speaking on the new deal, Tear, said: “I am really pleased to have signed an extension at Sussex. 

“The opportunity to continue working hard with the coaching staff and be a part of a squad that is doing really well is very exciting.”

Sussex Head Coach, Paul Farbrace, added: “We are delighted Charlie has committed the next two seasons to the club. He really has made great strides over the last twelve months. 

“Charlie’s involvement with the Scotland squad has provided opportunity for him to really grow as a player and person.”

Tickets On Sale Now for Fireworks at 

The 1st Central County Ground

Tickets for one of the biggest firework displays in Sussex at The 1st Central County Ground on Saturday 2nd November are now on sale, with all proceeds going to support the Sussex Cricket Foundation. 

This year's display is bigger and better than ever and will see the home of Sussex Cricket open its doors to 11,000 spectators for a night of fireworks, live music and winter entertainment. 

Doors will open for magical entertainment for the family from 5:30pm, with the display taking place at around 7:30pm. 

Two category of tickets are currently available. 

Standing | Adults £15 | Under 16s £10 | Under 3s Free*

Stand on the hallowed turf at The 1st Central County Ground and take in the atmosphere 

Seated | Adults £17.50 | Under 16s £12.50 | Under 3s Free*

Book yourself a guaranteed seat and sit back and enjoy the action 

*Please note: Under 3s still require a ticket, even though entry is free. All tickets must be purchased in advance, no tickets will be sold on the gate, on the night.

Read to book? Click here to secure your tickets today. 

Gloucestershire vs Sussex: Day One

Jaydev Unadkat claimed four wickets before lunch as Sussex took another step towards clinching the Division Two title with a dominant display on the opening day of the Vitality County Championship match with Gloucestershire at Bristol.

The runaway leaders bowled out the home side for just 109 after losing the toss, left-arm seamer Unadkat finishing with four for 32, while Ollie Robinson and Tom Clark claimed three wickets each. Tom Price top scored with 25 in a sorry Gloucestershire batting effort.

Sussex then put nature of the pitch at the Seat Unique Stadium in perspective by posting 147 for four in reply, Tom Haines making 40, Tom Alsop 37 and James Coles 36 not out. Off-spinner Ollie Price took two for 13.

Just three days after the euphoria of winning the Vitality Blast, Gloucestershire were on the back foot from the third ball of their innings when Joe Phillips, making his first Championship appearance of the season, edged a defensive shot off Unadkat through to wicketkeeper John Simpson.

Chris Dent soon followed, snapped up at second slip by Clark off Robinson to make it four for two. Miles Hammond looked in good touch and hit a six over mid-wicket off Henry Crocombe in moving to 22 before miscuing a catch to mid-on off Unadkat, who had switched to the Ashley Down Road End.

The experienced Indian seamer struck again with the total on 46 as James Bracey edged to third slip and it was 49 for five when Graeme van Buuren was caught behind aiming a pull shot off Clark.

With only two runs added Ollie Price, on 11, fell to a similar shot, a thicker top edge that sent the ball looping to Simpson and gave Unadkat his fourth wicket. At lunch, his figures were four for 29 from 11 overs and the scoreboard read 68 for six.

That became 75 for seven early in the afternoon session when Zafar Gohar was bowled by Robinson pushing forward and 89 for eight when the same bowler had Zaman Akhter caught behind off a back foot defensive shot.

When Clark completed the rout by dismissing Tom Price to a spectacular diving slip catch by Alsop and last man Dom Goodman caught at midwicket, Gloucestershire had been bowled out in just 43.4 overs under virtually cloudless skies. Clark finished with three for 17 and Robinson three for 33.

There appeared nothing in the pitch to account for Gloucestershire’s slump. It had more pace and carry than is often the case at Bristol, but Sussex soon found the ball coming onto the bat nicely.

Openers Haines and Oli Carter took the score to 27 in the tenth over before the latter was caught behind pushing forward to Akhter. By tea, the total had advanced to 54 for one, with Haines unbeaten on 25 and Clark 19 not out.

Having added just two to his score, Clark aimed to hit Ollie Price over the top off only the third ball of the final session and holed out to mid-on. The bowler then went from hero to villain, spilling a sharp chance at second slip offered by Haines, on 26, off Akhter.

Haines had another narrow escape on 34 when edging left-arm spinner Gohar to short leg where Philips just failed to cling onto what would have been a brilliant one-handed catch above his head. But, having added six to his score, the opener edged Goodman to second slip where Price this time made no mistake.

By then, Sussex trailed by only 19 runs. Coles reverse swept Gohar for four to put them in front at 111 for three before hitting three successive boundaries in a Tom Price over to bring up a half-century stand with Alsop off 14.3 overs in bright early evening sunshine.

Alsop played solidly for 101 balls, but surrendered his wicket tamely, cutting a short ball from Ollie Price straight to backward point with only two full overs left in the day.

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Daniel Hughes Returns to New South Wales

New South Wales have asked Daniel to return earlier than planned ahead of the Australian season and as such he is unavailable for selection for Sussex for the rest of the season.

We are immensely grateful for Daniel’s contribution to a successful season across the County Championship and T20 Vitality Blast and look forward to welcoming him back next year.

We are fortunate to have strength in depth in our playing squad and are confident of finishing the season as strongly as we have played all year.

Bertie Foreman has been added to the squad for the Gloucestershire match. 


 

Gloucestershire vs Sussex: Match Preview

With just two games left this season, Sussex travel to Bristol tomorrow to take on Gloucestershire with hopes of securing the points needed to guarantee promotion back to the Vitality County Championship Division One. Sussex Head Coach Paul Farbrace has named a 13-player squad for the game. 

Squad

Alsop, Carson, Carter, Clark, Coles, Crocombe, Haines, Hudson-Prentice, Hughes, Hunt, Robinson, Simpson (c, wk), Unadkat

How to Watch

As ever, you can watch every ball, free of charge, on our livestream via the Match Day Centre. The first ball gets underway at 1030am.

Can Sussex secure promotion?

With Gloucestershire beating Middlesex at Lords last week, Sussex now need 13 points to secure promotion to the top division of the County Championship.

Sussex have now won back-to-back games by an innings and will be travelling to Bristol knowing that they are in touching distance of not only securing promotion, but also winning division two. 

Sussex Sharks vs Gloucestershire: Semi-Final Match Report

Underdogs Gloucestershire will meet defending champions Somerset in the final of the Vitality Blast later after bowling out Sussex for just 106 on the way to an eight-wicket victory in the second semi-final at Edgbaston.

Sussex, who had scored 200 or higher six times in the group stages, were blown away in 18.1 overs as left-arm seamer Matt Taylor and left-arm spinner Tom Smith took three wickets each and David Payne raised his tally to 30 as the competition’s leading wicket-taker while conceding just nine runs in four overs.

Wicketkeeper James Bracey then hammered an unbeaten 49 off 28 balls with three sixes as Gloucestershire, looking for their first T20 title having been finalists just once, back in 2007, eased through to the decider with a yawning 38 balls to spare. Australian opener Cameron Bancroft had earlier hit 39 from 35.

Jack Taylor’s team qualified for the quarter-finals only on net run-rate after losing half their group games, including both clashes with Sussex, but sneaked through with wins in their last two before knocking out hosts Birmingham Bears on this ground to reach their fourth finals day.

Sussex had backed their batting power as the toss fell their way, but suffered a calamitous start, losing their first four wickets for 27 in 5.3 overs. 

Their troubles began when Daniel Hughes, the competition’s leading run-scorer, was bowled off a bottom edge by Payne for just a single,  worsened when Harrison Ward hit a Matt Taylor full toss straight to mid-off, and then doubled when the left-armer’s second over saw James Coles caught at short midwicket and Tom Alsop bowled through the gate from consecutive deliveries.

New batter John Simpson put away two short balls for four but at 35 for four from six Sussex needed to gather their senses. Instead, they had lost three more before they’d reached the halfway point at 65 for seven. 

Tom Clark, sweeping, was bowled by off-spinner Ollie Price, who picked up a second when Fynn Hudson-Prentice hauled six over deep midwicket but was caught there next ball. John Simpson departed leg before to the left-arm spin of Tom Smith, also missing the sweep.

Sussex at least negotiated the next five overs without losing a wicket, but any sense of achievement soon evaporated as Smith became the third bowler of the day to take two in two, Ollie Robinson heaving a slower delivery to long off after adding 38 with Jack Carson before a razor-sharp James Bracey gathered a leg-side wide to stump Tymal Mills. 

Shaw and Payne conceded just four between them from overs 18 and 19 before Carson’s failed attempt to clear deep midwicket gave Miles Hammond his fourth catch of the innings. 

Needing only 5.35 per over, Gloucestershire came out of the powerplay well on track at 41 for one. They had ridden their luck a little with airborne shots that just evaded fielders but their only casualty was Miles Hammond, who sliced to deep backward point.

Bracey pulled Tymal Mills for the first of his sixes and though they lost Bancroft at the start of the 11th over when he skewed a drive off left-arm spinner James Coles to be well taken at mid-on, by that point just 36 runs were needed.

That came down to 15 following an expensive over in which Mills conceded a second pulled six and a driven four by Bracey before a one-sided contest.

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Sussex Sharks: Finals Day Preview

The moment is finally here. Sussex Sharks will take on Gloucestershire tomorrow in the second T20 Vitality Blast semi-final at Finals Day at Edgbaston and Paul Farbrace has named a 14-player squad for the day.

Squad

Alsop, Carson, Carter, Clark, Coles, Crocombe, Currie, Hudson-Prentice, Hughes, Lenham, Mills*, Robinson, Simpson (wk), Ward

What time is the semi-final?

Sharks vs Gloucestershire will follow Somerset vs Surrey and will start at 14:30.

The final will take place at 18:45.

How can I watch?

All three games will be shown live on Sky Sports, this means our livestream will not be available, however you can still keep track of all the stats via our match day centre.

Re-live the Sharks beating Lancashire in the quarter-final at Hove

Listen to Paul Farbrace preview Finals Day

Daniel Oliver Funeral Information

On Sunday 1st September, Sussex Cricket learned of the death of former Director of the Sussex Cricket Board and friend of the Club, Daniel Oliver. His family have now provided details of his funeral.

Time and Date

Friday 11th October at 12:15pm

Location

The Oaks Crematorium, Havant, PO9 5NA. Followed by a Wake at Havant Rugby Club, Frazer Road, Havant, PO9 3EJ

Flowers

Family flowers only.

Dress Code

Please do not wear black. If possible, those in attendance are encouraged to wear a CPPC tie. 

Sussex vs Glamorgan: Day Three: Match Report

Sussex are closing in on a return to Division One of the Vitality County Championship after wrapping up their seventh win of the season with a day to spare against Glamorgan.

Having established a first-innings lead of 305 they bowled Glamorgan out for 218 to win by an innings and 87 runs at The 1st Central County Ground.

The second division’s leading run scorer Colin Ingram and Kiran Carlson scored half-centuries but Sussex’s relentless attack kept chipping away. There were three wickets each for Ollie Robinson, Henry Crocombe and off-spinner Jack Carson, the second division’s leading wicket-taker who took his tally to 45.

Glamorgan had batted again 305 behind after finally dismissing Sussex for 491 and Jaydev Unadkat made the breakthrough in his first over, Asa Tribe collecting a pair when he under-edged the Indian left-armer.

Carson bowled just three overs after lunch before going off for treatment to a bad back and in his absence Robinson stepped up to bowl an excellent nine-over spell during which he had Ingram dropped at slip by Tom Alsop on 36.

But it was Crocombe who struck in his third over when Billy Root, promoted to owner, played on and lost middle and off stumps. 

Ingram took his aggregate for the season to 1170 runs at an average of 97.5 and had moved onto 71 when Carson produced a fine delivery which turned and Ingram, aiming to drive down the ground, got a leading to cover.

Glamorgan skipper Sam Northeast, coming in at No6 after spending time off the field with an elbow problem, became Crocombe’s second victim when he took on a well-directed short ball and picked out James Coles who didn’t have to move to take the catch at deep backward square. 

Carlson and Kellaway added 57 but Sussex were revived after a brief stoppage for rain. In the second over after the resumption Kellaway missed a reverse sweep and Carson struck again in his next over when Carlson, who had lodged his eighth fifty of the season, was caught at short leg propping forward to a ball which turned sharply.

Carson bowled 16 overs in tandem with slow left-armer James Coles to get Sussex’s over-rate back down and, having done so, Robinson was summoned to sweep away the rest of Glamorgan’s resistance, pinning Chris Cooke with his second ball back and bowling James Harris and Andy Gorvin in the space of 17 balls before Crocombe wrapped things up when he plucked out Dan Douthwaite’s middle stump. 

Earlier, Tom Clark completed his third first-class hundred and first since May 2022 before Sussex were bowled out 40 minutes before lunch for 491.

Clark and skipper John Simpson extended their sixth-wicket stand to 213 when Simpson, who’d added five runs to his overnight 112, missed a sweep at off-spinner Kellaway looking to accelerate the scoring rate.

A sweep off Kellaway for his 11th boundary took Clark to a 220-ball hundred made in four-and-a-half hours and he finished unbeaten on 112 while Kellaway completed a maiden five-for in only his fourth first-class match when Robinson missed a paddle sweep.

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Zach Lion-Cachet and Henry Rogers Sign Rookie Contract Extensions

Sussex Cricket is delighted to announce that both Zach Lion-Cachet and Henry Rogers have signed extensions to their Rookie contracts.

Both players have had their deals extended for another year at Sussex.

Zach Lion-Cachet is another product of the talent development partnership between Oxfordshire and Sussex Cricket, a partnership that has seen the likes of James Coles and Harrison Ward also break into the Sussex Men’s First Team in recent seasons.

Since signing as a Rookie at Sussex, Lion-Cachet has featured in 6 List-A games for the Sharks since 2023, making 85 runs at an average of 23.38. 

In 2023, he became the first player to hit centuries for Oxfordshire in all three formats of the game. 

Lion-Cachet said: “I’m very happy to extend my time at Sussex and have loved being a part of the squad this year.

“The team and coaching staff have created a great environment to be around every day and I’m looking forward to continuing to improve and learn from everyone. 

“Hopefully I can contribute to more success for Sussex in the future.”

Henry Rogers made his first-team debut for the Sharks in this year’s Metro Bank One Day Cup campaign, accumulating 75 runs, with a top score of 35 against Glamorgan at Neath.

He also made 5 appearances for the England U19s in 2023, making a half-century on his debut in a 209-run victory over Ireland. 

Rogers said: “I’m absolutely delighted to have resigned with Sussex for another year.

“Having been with the Club my whole life it’s a huge privilege to continue this journey. 

“The Club is in a really great place, and I look forward to being a part of it next year.”

Paul Farbrace added: “I am delighted that both Zach and Henry have extended their stay with us at Hove. 

“Both are very talented lads, and certainly have potential. This year has been about learning to be a professional, next year we will be looking at them both kicking their games on and challenging for a place in the first team squad. 

“It’s great having potential, and that has to be matched by hard work and desire, now is the test for both Zach and Henry to show they want to compete at the next level.”