Sharks vs Glamorgan in aid of Sussex Cricket Foundation
Sussex Sharks vs Glamorgan in Aid of
Sussex Cricket Foundation
Sussex Cricket is delighted to announce that the T20 Vitality Blast fixture on Friday 5th July between Sussex Sharks vs Glamorgan at The 1st Central County Ground will be played in aid of the Sussex Cricket Foundation, to help raise awareness and vital funds for the Club’s charitable arm.
The Sussex Cricket Foundation’s aim is to help actively change lives through the power of cricket, helping to inspire the next generation of cricketers, provide opportunities for people to play the game and make it accessible to all.
Before the game the Sussex Sharks Visually Impaired Team, who will be guests of honor, will take to the pitch to parade the BCEW Trophy which they won recently when they defeated Northamptonshire at The 1st Central County Ground.
The Sussex Cricket Foundation team will also be running various activities in their new look FamZone before and during the game.
It has been yet another hugely impactful year for the Sussex Cricket Foundation, who continue to be held in high regard by the ECB and other partners.
The Foundation continue to be classed as a ‘leading organisation’ in Disability Cricket, Women & Girls Cricket and Schools Cricket. The Foundation recently published their 2023 Impact Report, which can be read here and details all their work.
Gary Wallis-Tayler, Community Cricket Director for the Sussex Cricket Foundation, said: “The Foundation continues to be in the best possible position and the game continues to grow across all ages, abilities and genders across the County.
“Recreational Cricket in Sussex has never been in a stronger place. I am delighted that we are able to use one of our T20 fixtures as an opportunity to showcase the work of the Foundation which will help amplify our message to a wider audience.”
Tickets for Sharks vs Glamorgan on Friday 5th July
Tickets are selling fast for Sharks vs Glamorgan, and with the team hunting down a quarter-final place, now is the time to secure yours and help to see them across the line. Click here to purchase yours today.
Sussex Cricket Foundation Donations
If you would like to make a donation to the Sussex Cricket Foundation, you can do so when purchasing your ticket to the game online, before making payment.
Alternatively, if you can’t make the game and would still like to make a donation, you can do so by clicking here.
Any donation you can manage is greatly appreciated and will help to continue the great work the Foundation carries out across the County.
To support or find out more about the Foundation visit their website or contact Community Cricket Director, Gary Wallis-Tayler on gary.wallis-tayler@sussexcricket.co.uk
Northamptonshire vs Sussex
Northamptonshire vs Sussex: Match Preview
After a dramatic final day win against Leicestershire on Wednesday, Sussex travel to Northamptonshire tomorrow looking to consolidate their place at the top of Division Two in the County Championship. Sussex Head Coach Paul Farbrace has named a 13-player squad for the trip.
Squad
Alsop, Carson, Carter, Coles, Haines, Hudson-Prentice, Hughes, Hunt, Karvelas, Lamb, McAndrew, Robinson, Simpson (c) (wk)
Team News
Tom Clark remains unavailable and Dan Hughes comes into the squad.
How to Watch
As usual, you can watch every single ball, free of charge on our livestream via our Match Day Centre. First ball is at 11am tomorrow.
Blog: Engaging with the LGBTQ+ Community
“It’s about doing the right thing for Sussex as a whole.”
Sussex Cricket Territory Manager Matt Parsons reflects on a four-year effort to better engage with the LGBTQ+ community, as part of cricket’s commitment to becoming the most inclusive sport in England and Wales.
Back in 2020, we started devising our Urban Plan. It was launched in June 2021 and growing our engagement with the LGBTQ+ community has been a central part of our efforts.
Within our plan, we highlighted the need to open up our LGBTQ+ work, look at what challenges we had to overcome, and make considered judgments on what we needed to do to get to where we wanted to be.
The LGBTQ+ population is a very visible part of the Brighton and Hove community, although isn’t quite highlighted as much in Crawley and the areas surrounding Gatwick. But in my role, I’m responsible for all recreational cricket within the area, so I knew we had to do things right.
To begin with, our initial activity was about building links and trust with the area’s LGBTQ+ population. In those early days, the focus was on developing relationships rather than worrying about cricket activity.
Brighton Council had an LGBTQ+ steering group and initially we engaged with them to find out where to go and who to contact to get those initial conversations up and running. We deliberately took a very soft-touch approach, but the more we listened, the more found out how many of the local groups and organisations knew each other.
We spent so much time just sitting and meeting people. Sometimes we’d make notes, other times it was literally just listening to what people were talking about. The biggest thing I realised was that they wanted to trust who they were talking to. In order to build trust, you have to be able to demonstrate that you’re not just doing something for your own agenda.
After lots of coffees and meetings, word eventually started to spread and the local LGBTQ+ community was hearing more and more about us. As a community, they were intrigued. It felt like our months and months of building trust were starting to pay off.
That’s so important to me because we’ve had four years of discussions, networking, and building relationships so we can make a genuine difference, rather than just saying nice things, ticking boxes, but ultimately not delivering anything tangible. There’s a lot of focus on making sure that what we deliver is actually relevant, even if that might not directly mean that we’re going to get more Sussex cricketers. It's about being welcoming and showing all communities that cricket is a place to connect.
In December 2023, we launched our first Coffee, Cake and Cricket networking morning at County Ground. They run on the first Monday of every month and today we’ve got more than 35 members of the local LGBTQ+ community attending those events. Now we want to grow that and replicate them across the entire county.
We’ve had an approach of making it not about cricket, but maybe using cricket as a vehicle to raise discussion. That’s now got us to a stage where, for the rest of 2024, we’re working on setting up an LGBTQ+ team for the 2025 season.
Between now and then, we’re running taster sessions to get people involved. We’re having Sussex Cricket shirts redesigned for the Pride Weekend in August. And we’ll be permanently displaying the Progress Pride flag at the front of the County Ground.
We’re also launching a survey at clubs around the make-up of their LGBTQ+ membership. And we want to get a discussion going within our club network so we can show genuinely that when our clubs say they’re inclusive, they do actually welcome anyone.
In May, myself and my colleague Charlotte attended the LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Cricket Conference at Trent Bridge. Spending time with others, learning what was going on around the country, and talking openly gave us so much reassurance that we’re on the right track and filled us with ideas on the train ride home.
We genuinely want to use the platform we have to support the local LGBTQ+ community. We want to show Sussex is welcoming and inclusive to everyone.
Sussex Cricket’s annual Pride Game will align with Brighton Pride this year, on August 4 against Leicestershire Foxes.
The ECB and the wider game is also marking Rainbow Laces from June 29-July 7, with the LGBTQ+ in Cricket Employee Network marching at Pride in London on behalf of the whole game on June 29. To download a LGBTQ+ Inclusion Toolkit for Clubs and Leagues, click here.
Jack Carson receives County Cap
Jack Carson Becomes 160th Sussex Player to Receive County Cap
Sussex offspinning allrounder Jack Carson became the 160th Sussex Men's Player to receive his County Cap yesterday ahead of the final day of the County Championship match between Sussex and Leicestershire.
Another success story of the Sussex Academy Pathway, Carson made his First-Class debut for Sussex in 2020 and has gone on to make 56 appearances for the Club across all formats of the game.
In 44 First-Class matches, Jack has taken 120 wickets at an average of 36.45 and an economy of 3.43. He has also accumulated 1303 runs. including nine half-centuries, with a high score of 87.
His ability with both bat and ball have made him a mainstay in the Sussex team and has played a key role in Sussex's promotion bid this season.
Carson was presented his cap in front of his teammates and parents by Sussex legend Tony Cottey, a mentor and key figure in Jack's progression from the Pathway to the First Team.
Congratulations, Jack! #GOSBTS
Sussex vs Leicestershire: Day 4
Sussex vs Leicestershire: Day Four Match Report
Leicestershire’s Louis Kimber rewrote the record books with an astonishing 243 but it came in a losing cause against Sussex in a dramatic final day at The 1st Central County Ground.
The 27-year-old produced one of the best innings in County Championship history, scoring the fastest double hundred from balls faced (100), hitting the most sixes and the most runs in a single over.
Kimber was last out when he dragged a leg-cutter from Nathan McAndrew onto his stumps with only last man Josh Hull for company as Sussex squeezed home by 18 runs to strengthen their position at the top of the second division.
Kimber faced just 127 balls and 206 of his runs came in boundaries with 20 fours and 21 sixes, breaking Ben Stokes’ Championship record of 17 sixes set in 2022.
Every Sussex player warmly congratulated him and his teammates and the backroom teams from both sides formed a guard of honour as he walked off to a standing ovation.
It was the third time in three years that a Leicestershire batter had scored a double hundred in this fixture.
What made it even more remarkable was Kimber’s record until today. He made his only previous century against Sussex in 2022 and averages a modest 24.46 but he cut, pulled and drove the Sussex attack to distraction in an uninhibited exhibition of power and timing in the fourth-highest score by a No.8 in first-class cricket.
He offered a difficult chance on 17 to Tom Alsop at slip which burst through his hands and Jack Carson nearly hung on to a ball struck with ferocious power over deep mid-wicket which took Kimber to 150, but otherwise there was very little Sussex’s bowlers could do to stop the onslaught.
Kimber was circumspect initially and scored 26 off his first 30 balls before a calculated assault took him to a 37-ball fifty.
When Ben Mike lobbed up a simple catch to mid-off Leicestershire needed 29 to win and with No. 11 Hull, who averages 3.25, for company Kimber had no option but to go for broke. His 21st six off Robinson sailed over long on but in the next over McAndrew had the final word.
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Reaction from Paul Farbrace after another remarkable win for Sussex on day four
Sussex D40 vs Yorkshire D40
Sussex D40 vs Yorkshire D40: Match Report
Alfie Pyle's 89-ball century ensured Sussex beat Yorkshire by 6 wickets with nearly two overs to spare in their D40 Quest League match at Ansty.
Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat in beautiful conditions, and they would have been happy with their 208 runs after their allotted 40 overs and the early dismissal of their opening batters.
Wickets from Dan Gee and Charlie Ferguson ensured Yorkshire didn't make early headway in their innings. Owen Morris, coming in at three, top-scored for the visitors, posting an unbeaten 79 from 110 deliveries to ensure Yorkshire had a worthy total to defend.
He had great support from lower-order batter Camera Cooper, who made a quick 60 from 46 balls, until he was clean-bowled by Alfie Pyle.
Dan Gee bowled with discipline and got his reward of two wickets from the innings, returning figures of 2-47 from his 8 overs.
When Sussex came out to bat, their openers struggled to make early progress, with both Scott Ridge and Elliot Brown unable to make any runs between them.
Things changed when both James Dallaway (52) and Alfie Pyle (109) came to the crease. Dallway's 52 from 86 allowed Pyle to play more expansively in hot conditions.
Pyle, who was dropped three time on his way to a centure, began cramping up as he got closer to his century, but batted on through the pain to make yet another big score in Sussex colours.
Captain James Bunday (24*) and Dan Gee (4*) then saw out the innings to ensure victory for the hosts.
You can see the Sussex D40 fixtures and results here: https://sussexdisability.play-cricket.com/home
Half-Price Tickets Day 4 of Sussex vs Leicestershire
Sussex vs Leicestershire: Half-Price Tickets to Day Four
Tickets to the fourth and final day of the Vitality County Championship match between Sussex and Leicestershire at The 1st Central County Ground tomorrow are half-price.
Come and support Sussex in the sunshine as they look to secure victory and solidify their place at the top of the division.
To get your tickets, please click here.
Sussex vs Leicestershire: Day 3
Sussex vs Leicestershire: Day Three Match Report
Sussex took four wickets in the final hour to put themselves in a strong position to beat Leicestershire at The 1st Central County Ground and consolidate top place in the Vitality County Championship second division.
Off-spinner Jack Carson removed Foxes’ skipper Lewis Hill, makeshift opener Ian Holland and Lewis Goldsworthy after slow left-armer James Coles had made the breakthrough when he bowled Rishi Patel.
Ollie Robinson also claimed the key wicket of Australian Peter Handscomb as four wickets fell for 30 runs in 12 overs.
It left Leicestershire 139 for 5 and still needing 325 in their pursuit of a target of 464 and with the pitch at The 1st Central County Ground showing signs of uneven bounce and occasionally sharp turn for Carson, the hosts will fancy their chances of picking up the five wickets they need on the final day to claim their fourth win of the season.
Foxes’ openers Patel and Holland had settled in promisingly with a stand of 51 before Patel upped the tempo by twice hitting Carson over the mid-wicket boundary.
Slow left-armer Coles took over and broke through with his fifth delivery. Patel hit him for a six and four earlier in the over before he was bowled off an inside edge shaping to cut.
Carson returned at the sea end and removed skipper Hill with a beauty which turned just enough out of the rough to find the edge and Holland mistimed a reverse sweep, the ball looping off bat-pad to Ollie Carter at short leg.
Robinson got the wicket he deserved in his eighth over when Handscomb, who had been off the field earlier in the day with a sore shoulder, fended a short ball outside off stump into Carter’s waiting hands.
Just before the close Goldsworthy was caught at mid-wicket when he mistimed a slog-sweep to leave Leicestershire facing their first defeat of the season.
Earlier, nightwatchman Sean Hunt scored his maiden first-class fifty as Sussex scored 230 runs in 54 overs before declaring on 296 for 6.
Hunt, who has a career average of just 6.60 and a previous highest score of 22, cashed in after being dropped at slip by Handscomb off Goldsworthy when he’d made just nine.
He needed 69 balls to score his first 13 runs but then raced to 50 by smashing 37 off the next 20 deliveries, including two sixes off slow left-armer Goldsworthy over the short leg-side boundary.
Goldsworthy had opened the bowling with off-spinner Louis Kimber in an effort to improve Leicestershire’s over rate and between them they sent down 21 overs in 55 minutes and 38 in the morning session with Kimber eventually bowling 24 overs unchanged either side of lunch without reward.
Goldsworthy did pick up a wicket when Tom Haines, who’d added 64 for the third wicket with Hunt, chipped back a low return catch and there were two wickets for Scott Currie when Leicestershire reverted to seam.
Hunt spliced a pull to mid-off for a fine 65 off 118 balls and Coles, after scoring a run-a-ball 45, holed out trying to deposit Currie over long off.
Leicestershire employed nine fielders on the boundary after lunch and Tom Alsop took advantage with an unbeaten 81, including three sixes, before Sussex declared shortly before 3pm and left themselves 40 overs and the final day to take ten wickets. By the close they were halfway there.
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Reaction from Sean Hunt after his maiden first-class half-century
Available: State-of-the-art office space
Final State-of-the-Art Office Suite Available to Lease Within
The 1st Central County Ground
A unique opportunity to lease the final remaining office suite on the site of the home of Sussex Cricket in Hove is available immediately. This established location is poised for further regeneration, promising an even more enriched environment for business operations.
Two of the brand new three-storey office suites have already been handed over, with the final space available to be leased at once.
Location
Positioned in the heart of Hove, the new office accommodation is situated at the main entrance to The 1st Central County Ground.
Sussex County Cricket Club, formed in 1839, has played at the ground since 1872 and will continue to play host to the oldest county in English cricket. Alongside the summer fixtures, the club is a lively and well visited venue hosting several high-profile events throughout the year.
Hove has excellent transport links, regular, direct train services to London Victoria (80 mins) and Gatwick (30 mins), as well as up to six trains per hour running to Worthing (16 mins), Portsmouth (60 mins) and Eastbourne (56 mins). The A27 and A23 are easily accessible by car and public transport links within the city are frequent and reliable.
Features
- Excellent 3-storey new office / medical building (B1/D1 use)
- One of three floors available
- Located on a busy thoroughfare at the main entrance to the Sussex County Cricket Ground
- 3,443 sq ft (319m2)
- A total of 13 allocated on-site parking spaces (the Club reserves the right to reduce the parking spaces to 4 on match and event days)
- Contemporary, brand-new accommodation with a wide-aspect glass facade
- Built to highly efficient, sustainable standards
- A number of pay-and-display parking spaces available for customers within the vicinity of the site
- Part of the successful Phase One development comprises of 37 residential apartments (all sold)
- Ground Floor public house/restaurant (pre-let) and a purpose-built 9,902 sq ft (920 m2) office building
- Area to be further enhanced as part of a proposed master plan with purpose-built five-star conference facility and improved cricket facilities
Full specifications available here: https://www.gravesjenkins.com/property/tate-offices-sussex-county-cricket-club-hove-bn3-3an
Joint agents Graves Jenkins and SHW have already completed two transactions on the site, with Act iii and Damira Dental taking up two of the three suites, located at the prestigious newly constructed Tate offices.
Phil Graves from Graves Jenkins commented: “It has been a success story for the scheme from the start with 37 residential units virtually sold off plan, the public house leased to Indigo on a pre-let and now the offices. The innovative design by ECE Architects and the quality of the build by Roffey Homes has made the scheme a great success and a delight to advise on throughout the project. “
Pete Fitzboydon, Chief Executive at Sussex Cricket added: “We have been delighted with the success of this scheme, with massive demand for the residential, public house and most recently, office spaces.
“This forms part of a wider modernisation of our historic Hove ground, to create a vibrant place to live, work and play all year around.
“We look forward to welcoming our final tenant over the coming months, to bring to a close a hugely successful phase of the development.”
If you are seeking high specification modern offices in Hove, please call Graves Jenkins on 01273 701070 or view the information on the website www.gravesjenkins.com
Sussex vs Leicestershire: Day 2
Sussex vs Leicestershire: Day Two Match Report
Peter Hanscomb continued his fine form with 92 but Leicestershire are up against it against second division leaders Sussex at The 1st Central County Ground, thanks to an exceptional evening spell from seamer Sean Hunt.
The Australian took his tally to 640 runs in this season’s Vitality County Championship, but the visitors lost their last four wickets for 18 runs after Handscomb was seventh out with the score on 257.
Left-armer Sean Hunt profited handsomely after switching to bowl down the slope at The 1st Central County Ground, picking up Handscomb, Ben Mike, Scott Currie and Josh Hull in 11 deliveries as Leicestershire were bowled out for 275.
It gave Sussex a lead of 167 but they elected not to enforce the follow-on and in 15 overs before stumps they lost Oli Carter – squared up by Ian Holland – and nightwatchman Jack Carson, closing on 66 for 2 – a lead of 233.
The second day had started encouragingly for the Foxes after they took Sussex’s last three first-innings wickets for 11 runs in 23 balls with skipper John Simpson finishing unbeaten on 183, although he was only able to add three runs to his overnight score in a total of 442.
Holland finished with 4 for 64 after claiming last man Hunt but his day took a turn for the worse when Ollie Robinson removed him during a high-class new-ball spell of 3 for 23 from eight overs by the England pace bowler.
Bowling a fullish length, Robinson found enough movement to find Holland’s edge in his second over. Lewis Hill and Rishi Patel took advantage of some wayward bowling by Hunt before 45 for 1 quickly became 51 for 4.
Hill was leg before trying to work Robinson through the leg side and Robinson struck again when he found some extra bounce and Lewis Goldsworthy gave Tom Alsop the first of four catches at slip.
In between, McAndrew picked up the important wicket of Patel who lost his off stump shouldering arms to an in-ducker.
Handscomb and Wiaan Mulder rebuilt the innings during a hot afternoon, adding 108 in 20 overs with few alarms although Handscomb had an absorbing battle with fellow Australian McAndrew.
Robinson bowled another five-over spell without reward, and it was Fynn Hudson-Prentice who made the breakthrough when Mulder edged the next ball after reaching his fifty low to second slip.
Sussex belatedly introduced off-spinner Jack Carson in the 50th over and he struck with his 11th delivery, an arm ball which Louis Kimber – who dropped down the order after struggling in the opener’s role – fatally played back to.
Handscomb looked untroubled but Hunt, whose first nine overs cost 62, was a totally different proposition when he came back on at the Cromwell Road end.
Handscomb made a rare misjudgement playing too far away from his body and giving Alsop an easy catch before Hunt swept away Leicestershire’s tail.
Extra bounce defeated Ben Mike’s defensive prod and Simpson took an outstanding one-handed catch diving to his left to remove Scott Currie. In his next over Hunt had Hull leg before and walked off with figures of 4 for 70.
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Reaction from Ollie Robinson after day two
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