Glamorgan vs Sussex Sharks: Match Preview

Sussex Sharks have another quick turn around in this year's Metro Bank One Day Cup, this time travelling to Neath to take on Glamorgan. Paul Farbrace has named an unchanged squad from yesterday's match against Yorkshire Vikings.

Squad

Campbell, Carter, Clark (c), Crocombe, Foreman, Haines, Hunt, Ibrahim, Karvelas, Lenham, Lion-Cachet, Rogers, Tear.

Team News

John Simpson, Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Jack Carson are all being rested for this match. 

Thank You Sussex Sharks Supporters

The Clubs, staff and players would all like to extend their thanks to the incredible away support you have given in this year's One Day Cup. Your support does not go unnoticed and is invaluable to the team! #GOSBTS

Our Opponents - Glamorgan

Preview by Peter Miller - ECB Reporters Network

Captain: Kiran Carlson

Overseas player: Colin Ingram (South Africa)

2023 finish: Fourth (Group B) 

2023 leading run scorer: Eddie Byrom (352)

2023 leading wicket taker: Ben Kellaway (13)

Key player: In the absence of Chris Cooke, and with no second overseas player signed up for this competition so far, there is a lot of pressure on Colin Ingram to perform for Glamorgan in 50 over cricket. His nine List A hundreds for Glamorgan puts him third on the all-time list for the county, him hitting double digits hundreds for this team would be a big boost. 

Keep an eye on: Ben Kellaway had a very good season for Glamorgan in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup last year to finish as top wicket taker. His opportunities with the ball have been limited to two overs in his six matches in the Vitality Blast, but expect him to take a more significant role in the 50-over format again.

Final thought: Going into the Vitality Blast the worry was that Glamorgan’s bowling would be the weak spot, but their attack has kept them in games at times this year. Where they have struggled is with consistency with the bat, the Metro Bank One-Day Cup is a chance for a white-ball batting reset as they look to claim the trophy they won in 2021. 

How to Watch

As ever, you can watch every single ball, free of charge on our livestream via the Match Day Centre. The first ball tomorrow is at 11am.

Sussex's Daniel Hughes Nominated for PCA Men's Player of the Month

The PCA have today announced that Sussex's Daniel Hughes has been nominated for the PCA's July Men's Player of the Month Award. 

Sussex fans can show their support for Daniel by visiting https://www.thepca.co.uk/ to cast your votes. Congratulations, Daniel! #GOSBTS

PCA Press Release

Heather Graham and Lewis Goldsworthy lead July’s MVP tables

• The Blaze & Trent Rockets’ Heather Graham picks up 79 MVP points in July
• Somerset & Leicestershire’s Lewis Goldsworthy secured 145 MVP points
• The PCA’s Most Valuable Player Rankings were developed in association with CricViz

The voting for July’s PCA Player of the Month is now open. 

The top four men’s and women’s domestic players have been announced using the PCA’s Most Valuable Player Rankings with the winners both set to receive trophies.  

Lewis Goldsworthy demonstrated his fantastic all-round skills for Leicestershire and Somerset with 145 MVP points in July, leading the way according to the stats. Somerset and Trent Rockets’ Tom Banton came just a single MVP point behind in second place. Glamorgan’s Kiran Carlson and Sussex and Southern Brave’s Daniel Hughes also finished a point off each other in third and fourth on the rankings. 

Australian all-rounder Heather Graham enjoyed a brilliant month, earning 79 MVP points in July and topped the monthly table. Compatriot Ellyse Perry sits second after impressing in The Hundred with Trent Rockets teammates Bryony Smith and Nat Sciver-Brunt completing an impressive top four nominees. 

The PCA’s Most Valuable Player Rankings picks out the game’s top performers across every single fixture. This then forms the rankings for each competition, as well as an overall table which is how the top four is selected. The MVP takes into account batting, bowling and fielding contributions as well as match defining contributions using a unique algorithm developed with CricViz.

The PCA Player of the Month is decided by a 50:50 split between the MVP and the public vote on thepca.co.uk – with the poll closing on 2 August at 10pm. With a short window to have your say, vote now to pick your winner of the July awards. 

Women’s Player of the Month

To assist your decision on who to vote for in the women’s category, below is a quick glance at the performances of the four nominees for July as the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy continued and The Hundred got underway.

Heather Graham (The Blaze & Trent Rockets)

The Australian all-rounder produced an impressive month thanks to scoring 120 runs and taking nine wickets across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and The Hundred.

Averaging 20.5 with the ball, the 27-year-old picked up figures of 3-13 against the Northern Superchargers and scored a blistering 78 off 59 balls against Southern Vipers. 

Ellyse Perry (Birmingham Phoenix) 

Another Australian finds herself in second place, thanks to scoring 131 runs in three Hundred matches, earning 78 MVP points. 

The 33-year-old all-rounder picked up two Match MVPs, earning 36 points for 65 off 48 balls against London Spirit and 39 points for a rapid 66 off 34 balls, which included four sixes against Trent Rockets. 

Bryony Smith (South East Stars & Trent Rockets) 

The 2023 Player of the Month for June scored 217 runs across both competitions, averaging 36.2 with the bat and took five wickets with a brilliant average of 15, collecting 66 MVP points. 

The 26-year-old all-rounder secured a Match MVP against Sunrisers, picking up 29 points for her innings off 84 and impressive figures of 2-31.

Nat Sciver-Brunt (Trent Rockets)

From just three Hundred games, Sciver-Brunt has scored 151 runs and taken two wickets to propel her into the top four players in June. 

The 31-year-old secured 63 MVP points and won a Match MVP award against Manchester Originals thanks to an unbeaten 56 off 46 balls, earning 26 points. 

Men’s Player of the Month 

July was dominated by white-ball cricket with the continuation of the Vitality Blast and the beginning of the Metro Bank One Day Cup and The Hundred. There were also three days of Vitality County Championship action at the beginning of the month that are taken into consideration for the July award. 

Lewis Goldsworthy (Somerset & Leicestershire Foxes) 

Representing both Somerset and Leicestershire during July, the left-arm spinning all-rounder produced a phenomenal month, securing 145 MVP points. 

The 23-year-old scored 336 runs at an average of 48 and took 12 wickets at 22.8, as well as winning a Match MVP award against Notts for his 39-ball 67 and figures of 1-19, earning him 35 points. 

Tom Banton (Somerset & Trent Rockets)

A brilliant run-scoring month for Banton saw him amass 486 runs at an average of 60.8, earning him 142 MVP points. 

The 25-year-old wicketkeeper-batter picked up two Match MVP awards, firstly against Gloucestershire scoring an unbeaten 77 off 46 balls and then against Hampshire earning 29 points for 79 not out off 52 balls. 

Kiran Carlson (Glamorgan) 

The Glamorgan captain portrayed fine form in July scoring 324 runs at an average of 32.4, securing 135 MVP points. 

The 26-year-old won a Match MVP award by scoring his first ever T20 century as he smashed an unbelievable 135 off just 64 balls against Somerset, earning him a massive 65 MVP points – the highest Match MVP score of the Vitality Blast this season. 

Daniel Hughes (Sussex & Southern Brave) 

The Australian batter scored 325 runs at 54.2 during July, amassing 134 MVP points during the month. 

The 35-year-old won two Match MVP awards, against Glamorgan he took home 39 MVP points for a rapid 74 off 38 balls, as well as an unbeaten 96 off 54 balls against Middlesex, securing a further 40 points. 

Find out more about the PCA MVP Rankings and view the men’s and women’s tables.

Yorkshire Vikings vs Sussex Sharks: Match Report 

Yorkshire Vikings won a highly competitive and enthralling Metro Bank One-Day Cup clash with Sussex Sharks at York - by 49 runs - with a number of valuable contributions led by captain Shan Masood and spin-bowling all-rounder Dom Bess.

Both sides contributed significantly to this sun-kissed Group B fixture played out in front of a 3,417 crowd at the Minster City’s Clifton Park.

Masood underpinned Yorkshire’s 261 all out with a measured 63 off 79 balls, while seamer Henry Crocombe impressed for the Sharks with four for 47 from 9.4 overs.

The Vikings then sealed their second win in three matches as Bess, who earlier hit 37 with the bat, struck twice with his off-spinners in Sussex’s 212 all out in 44 overs.

Their stand-in captain Tom Clark top-scored with 55 off 66 balls, but he couldn’t prevent a third straight defeat.  

The Vikings looked well set at various points on a pitch offering something for everyone having been inserted, only to lose wickets when acceleration looked likely.

New ball seamer Ari Karvelas struck after only six balls when he bowled Will Luxton, who played around one angled into the him - two for one.

Masood and Fin Bean shared a steadying 51 for the second wicket, while the captain later added 60 for the third with James Wharton, who contributed 38.  

But the cases of Bean and Masood best summed up Yorkshire’s progress. 

Bean was dropped on nought at deep backward point in the second over, but he couldn’t take full advantage - caught behind off Karvelas for 37, leaving the score at 53 for two in the ninth over. 

Masood, having reached a 68-ball fifty, was later run out coming back for two to deep backward square-leg - 170 for five in the 36th.

Harry Duke and Bess both batted positively for 38 and 37, taking their side up to 250 with a seventh-wicket 61.

While Karvelas struck twice, fellow seamer Danial Ibrahim was excellent for one for 29 from his 10 overs. But Crocombe was the pick.  

He had Matthew Revis caught at deep midwicket in the 40th over before adding his other three in the 48th and 50th, bowling Duke and getting Dan Moriarty and Ben Coad caught. Bess was also run out as one of three final-over wickets.

Yorkshire started their defence with two wickets in the opening seven overs - 23 for two.

Tom Haines was run out at the striker’s end by a direct hit from backward point having initially turned for a single before aborting mission, and talismanic seamer Coad bowled Henry Rogers for a duck.

But Sussex hit back, and with gusto as Clark and wicketkeeper-batter Charlie Tear added a dynamic 95 stand inside 17 overs for the third wicket.

Both were strong through the off-side, and Clark reached his fifty off 58 balls with a six over deep square-leg off Bess on his competitive captaincy debut in place of rested John Simpson.

However, Bess would gain revenge not too long afterwards.

In successive overs from the City End, he had a sweeping Tear caught at deep backward square-leg for 43 and then Clark caught at cover as Sussex slipped to 123 for four in the 25th over.

From there, Yorkshire put the squeeze on an inexperienced Sussex middle and lower order.

Coad had Zach Lion-Cachet caught behind and left-arm spinner Dan Moriarty trapped Ibrahim lbw in successive overs - 161 for six after 33.

Oli Carter played nicely for 43, but he couldn’t provide the dynamism the Sharks required. And when he tried, he holed out to deep square-leg off Moriarty, leaving the score at 198 for seven in the 42nd.

Revis, Hill and another run out followed as Yorkshire triumphed.

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Reaction from Tom Clark after his half-century

Yorkshire Vikings vs Sussex Sharks: Match Preview

Sussex Sharks travel to York tomorrow to face Yorkshire Vikings in the next group game of the Metro Bank One Day Cup, with the Sharks looking to bounce back from a 1-wicket defeat last time out. Sharks Head Coach Paul Farbrace has named a 13-player squad for the game. 

Squad

Campbell, Carter, Clark (c), Crocombe, Foreman, Haines, Hunt, Ibrahim, Karvelas, Lenham, Lion-Cachet, Rogers, Tear.

Team News

John Simpson, Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Jack Carson are all being rested for the next two matches.

Our Opponents

Preview by Graham Hardcastle – ECB Reporters Network

Captain: Shan Masood  

Overseas players: Shan Masood (Pakistan)

2023 finish: Sixth (Group A)

2023 leading run scorer: Shan Masood (217)

2023 leading wicket taker: Matthew Revis (10)

Key player: Young leg-spinner Jafer Chohan took five and four wickets in successive Vitality Blast games recently. The 22-year-old is yet to make his 50-over debut, having been with Southern Brave in last year’s The Hundred, and has been inspired to chase his England dream by seeing the emergence of Shoaib Bashir and Rehan Ahmed on the international stage.

Keep an eye on: Eighteen-year-old top order batter Noah Kelly started the summer on Yorkshire’s Academy but signed his maiden rookie professional contract earlier this month. A left-hander the county are very excited about, he has scored heavy runs for the Academy and second team. Could get his first-team chance in the coming weeks. 

Final thought: Captain Shan Masood’s unavailability for any potential quarter and semi-final because of Test match commitments would be an inconvenience, but Yorkshire look well stocked with young and exciting batters. Will Luxton, for example, scored a century for the County Select XI against the touring West Indians at the start of the month.

How to Watch

As ever, you can watch every single ball, free of charge on our livestream via the Match Day Centre. The first ball tomorrow is at 11am.

Jofra Archer and Ollie Robinson Sign Contract Extensions

Sussex Cricket is delighted to announce that Ollie Robinson and Jofra Archer have both signed one-year contract extensions with the Club.

Archer has been with Sussex since 2016 and has taken 181 first-class wickets, as well as 44 T20 wickets and 42 Test wickets for England in 13 matches. 

The explosive fast-bowler was also the leading wicket-taker for England in the 2019 ICC World Cup, where he bowled the historic super-over to help England beat New Zealand to the trophy. 

This year, Jofra made his return from injury in a Second XI game for Sussex before joining the England Men’s T20 squad at the ICC T20 World Cup, where his 10 wickets helped England to the semi-finals. 

Jofra has also been made available for selection by the ECB for the home T20 quarter-final against Lancashire Lightning on 4th September.

Archer joins fellow seamer, Ollie Robinson, who has also signed a one-year contract extension.

Robinson joined Sussex in 2015 and has since featured in 97 First-Class matches taking 423 wickets at an average of 21.11.

The England Test bowler has been a key figure in the Sussex attack in both the County Championship and T20 Blast this season. 

In the County Championship in 2024 Robinson has taken 27 wickets at an average of 24.33 and has also picked up 16 wickets in the Blast, helping the Sussex Sharks to secure a quarter-final place. 

Robinson has also taken 76 Test wickets in 20 matches at an average of 22.92.

Speaking on signing an extension, Jofra said: “I am delighted to have signed another contract with Sussex, Hove feels like home to me, and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.”

On his new deal, Ollie Robinson, said: “I'm very pleased to extend my contract at Sussex for another year, the cricket we've played this year shows that we are going in a great direction as a team.

"I am looking forward to being a part of that for another year and to see us push on again as a Club.”

Sussex Head Coach, Paul Farbrace, added: “I am delighted that both Jofra and Oliver have extended their contracts with the Club for another year. 

“It is fantastic to see Jofra back playing and being able to enjoy his high level of skill on the field. 

“He has made a significant contribution to club, even when he has not been able to play, and the pre-season camp to India was a great example of this.

“Oliver has played a key role for the team this season in both the County Championship and the Blast, and he has contributed hugely to the on-field progress we have made as a Club. 

“We look forward to him continuing to help the club win games and continue to develop our talented squad.”

Sussex Sharks VI vs Berkshire VI: Match Report

On Saturday 27th July Sussex hosted Berkshire in the quarter finals of the David Townley Memorial T20 cup. Sussex were looking to defend the trophy they won last year and on paper it looked a tough ask for Berkshire who play in the 3rd tier of Blind cricket, the Southern Development league.

Sussex won the toss and T20 skipper Ian "Tiny" Morris asked Berkshire to have a bat. 

The opening Partnership of Berkshire skipper Tom Froud (30) and Chris Wallace (20) safely negotiated the first 10 overs, with Berkshire 44 without loss at the break, it was clear they needed to accelerate to post a challenging total.

With the score on 54 Chris Wallace fell to a regulation catch in the deep by Joe Harrison and this led to a flurry of wickets. 

Totally blind bat Mushfiq Ahmed was run out without facing a ball and this was the first of three run outs as the sharpness of Sussex ground fielding was a world away from what Berkshire usually experience in the development league. 

When Tom's battling innings ended with the score on 84 the runs dried up and the 20 overs yielded Berkshire 97 for 7, with just two boundaries.

The Sussex innings started with a bang as Mark Bond (31) and Si Ledwith (40 not out) worked the ball into gaps and were scoring at well over 10 an over. 

When Bond got a leading edge to give Tom Froud a caught and bowled it brought totally blind Dave Daniels to the crease, and his 12 not-out off just six balls saw the Sharks home after just 7 overs.

Whilst the gulf in class was evident Berkshire were unlucky to come up against a Sharks side that are in top form now, and they showed they are probably ready to step up into the 2nd Division of the National League.

That result meant the Sharks have qualified the Dave Townley Memorial T20 Finals Day taking place at Wolverhampton CC on 21st September 2024. 

The Sharks will face Somerset VICC in the first semi-final, with London Metro and Northants Steelbacks fighting out the other. 

Sussex Cricket launches Foundation Pathway Development Programme

Sussex Cricket is delighted to announce the launch of the new Foundation Pathway Development Programme, a significant update to the Club’s Talent Development Framework.

The new programme is a response to a number of recommendations made by the ICEC Report in relation to delivering a more localised Pathway that requires cricketers from U9s to U12s to travel less to play cricket and provide them with even more opportunities to access the game. 

Previously managed by the Cricket Performance Department, the new setup will now be run by the Sussex Cricket Foundation, and will see programmes running in North, South, East and West Sussex.

The new programme will then lead into the County Age Group Programme from U13s upwards, as designated by the ECB and will continue to be run by the Cricket Performance Department.

The Girls Cricket Pathway will continue to run as normal in 2025 whilst we continue to discuss how the programme will operate in the future following Sussex Cricket becoming a ‘Tier 2’ county.

These changes will come into effect from September 2024.

The Foundation Development Programme will be managed by Matt Parsons, Territory Manager for the Sussex Cricket Foundation, and will involve coaches already involved in the existing programme.

Sussex Cricket and the Sussex Cricket Foundation are extremely excited by the changes and are fully committed to delivering even more high-quality programmes, developing homegrown players and helping to provide outstanding local talent for the Sussex Men’s and Women’s First Teams in the future. 

Gary Wallis-Tayler, Community Director for the Sussex Cricket Foundation, added: “We are excited to be relaunching our area cricket programme, a programme that was successful previously. 

“The Foundation is committed to making cricket accessible to all, providing opportunities for people to play and breaking down barriers associated to the game.”

Keith Greenfield, Director of Pathways and Cricket Partnerships added: “This programme will help break down barriers, whilst creating an accessible pathway to help talented cricketers across the county to fulfil their potential. 

“We are looking forward to working closely with our Professional Cricket Department to deliver a high-quality programme.”

Further details of the programmes for this coming winter will be provided in due course. 

New Pathway Structure

Sussex Women Triumph Over Essex and Hertfordshire

Sussex Women beat both Essex Women and Hertfordshire Women yesterday to cement their place at the top of Group 3 in the Women’s County T20 competition.

In the first match of the day, Sussex won the toss and elected to put Essex into the field but having lost openers Izzy Collis (4) and Lucy Western (2), hosts Essex would have been the happier of the two sides with the decision. 

Wicket-keeper Mollie Adams and batter Nancy Harman responded well, building a useful partnership of 27 runs to stem the flow of early wickets.

Harman scored quickly as she reached 43 from 35 balls, before skipper Chiara Green smashed her way to an unbeaten 48 to give Sussex a score to defend. 

Essex would need 136 to win but the Sussex bowlers managed to contain them by taking wickets at regular intervals. 

Anna Buckle and Beth Harvey picked up two wickets a piece and the final wicket of Essex’s Scarlett Hughes came by run-out from Lucy Western. Sussex eventually won by 19 runs.

In their second outing Sussex lost the toss and their opponents Hertfordshire elected to bat.

The Sussex bowling attack obliged by restricting Herts to just 66-6 from their 20 overs.

Beth Harvey was among the wickets once again, taking 3-9 from her 3 overs, including two maidens. 

Nancy Harman followed up her performance with the bat in the first game by taking two wickets in the second, with Daisy Gibb also picking up a wicket. 

Sussex went out to bat knowing they would need just 67 runs to make it two wins from two on the day, however the Hertfordshire bowlers ensured the task never looked a simple one.

The Sussex top-order found the chase difficult initially, as they fell to 24-4. It was left to the middle-order to secure the win, with Millie Taylor finishing on an unbeaten 19. 

She shared a fifth wicket stand of 38 with skipper Chiara Green to ensure Sussex won the game by 3 wickets. 

Photo credit: Saud Ahmed

Sussex Sharks vs Warwickshire: Match Report

Warwickshire continued their fine start to the Metro Bank One-Day Cup competition when they made it three wins out of three in five days – and all away from home, with the Test match taking place at Edgbaston.

But they made hard work of this victory, scraping home by one wicket after looking clear favourites, having dismissed Sussex for an under-par 173.  

They slumped to 76 for five to put the match in the balance.  And then, with the job done once more, they lost three wickets with the score on 149 to set up a nail-biting finale, before last man Oliver Hannon-Dalby edged Jack Carson for two to win the game.

Sussex won just one match in this competition last season and their chances of progressing from Group B already look doubtful after defeats in their opening two games.  But they fought to the end in this one.

Warwickshire were runaway favourites after dismissing Sussex in just 35 overs. But Sussex broke through in the third over, when Rob Yates skied Ari Karvelas to backwaed square-leg.

It was 13 for two in the sixth when Ed Barnard edged Henry Crocombe to the keeper and 27 for three when Hamza Shaikh, who had survived a confident appeal for caught behind on one, added just a single before lifting the same bowler to mid-on.

Once again the bowlers were on top. Former Sussex player Michael Burgess was lbw to Fynn Hudson-Prentice for 11 and when Karvelas yorked Chris Benjamin for 12 the Bears were struggling at 76 for five after 19 overs.

But then a partnership of 73 in 16 overs between Will Rhodes and Kai Smith put Warwickshire in charge once more.  

Rhodes, on the day after he announced he would be departing for Durham next season, showed the Bears what they will be missing with an obdurate 60 from 102 deliveries.  

And Smith took the attack to the bowlers a run-a-ball 44.  But then Smith mishit to mid-off and Hudson-Prentice produced a double wicket maiden next over, dismissing Rhodes and Michael Booth.  When Tazeem Ali was ninth out at 168 they still needed six runs, but Jake Lintott and Hannon-Dalby held firm to see their side over the line.

Warwickshire decided to bowl first but captain Barnard must have reflected on his choice after Sussex openers Tom Clark and Tom Haines put on 70 in the first 10-over powerplay. But Sussex lost all ten wickets for 72 runs in 25 overs. 

Neither Clark (32) nor Haines (38) was able to build on a promising beginning, both falling lbw to Booth, who generated some nippy pace bowling up the hill from the sea end.  

Returning to the Warwickshire team – along with Yates – Booth was the quickest and most threatening of the Warwickshire bowlers.  

He dismissed Clark with the last ball of his first over, Haines with the second ball of his third.  And when Oli Carter ran himself for 11 the match had changed shape.

There would be no substantial recovery. Hudson-Prentice, Danial Ibrahim and John Simpson all failed to make double figures, although the very promising Henry Rogers scored an unbeaten 25 as he attempted to shepherd the tail. 

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Reaction from Fynn Hudson-Prentice 

Sussex Sharks vs Warwickshire: Match Preview

The Metro Bank One Day Cup returns to The 1st Central County Ground tomorrow, with Sussex Sharks welcoming Warwickshire for the first home game of this year's competition. Paul Farbrace has named a 16-player squad for the first home game of the campaign.

Squad

Campbell, Carson, Carter, Clark, Crocombe, Foreman, Haines, Hudson-Prentice, Hunt, Ibrahim, Karvelas, Lenham, Lion-Cachet, Rogers, Simpson* (wk), Tear

Team News

Charlie Tear and Jack Carson are added to the squad that played against Notts Outlaws. 

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