Sussex Cricket will be continuing their tradition of making Rothesay County Championship FREE for all spectators this coming Saturday (August 29th) for Day Three versus Somerset.

Entry will be free of charge to all spectators on Day Three at Hove on Saturday, the third such occasion this season with the initiative proving a roaring success over years gone by.

Claiming your free tickets is easy: just visit our ticketing website now to grab yours. You can also purchase tickets for all other home matches, including hospitality packages, via that link.

Please note: It is best to claim your ticket in advance, as this will help to reduce queues upon entry.

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Sussex Cricket can confirm that George Thomas will be leaving Sussex to join Worcestershire at the end of the season.

Joining from Somerset in 2025, Thomas featured in all but one Metro Bank One Day Cup fixture this season, scoring 156 runs in the competition. He also played in five Vitality Blast matches this year, top scoring at the Oval with a quickfire 57.

Since his arrival, the 22-year-old top-order batter has featured 16 times for the Sharks - nine times in the Vitality Blast, and seven in the One Day Cup.

On Thomas' departure from the Club, Paul Farbrace, Men's Head Coach at Sussex Cricket, said: "It is always disappointing to lose any player, and George is a player I would have loved to have kept at Hove."

"I explained a couple of months ago that because of our financials issues we would not be able to offer him a new contract. He played really well in the Vitality Blast and shaped up nicely in the One Day Cup, too. 

By the time we got to the position to offer him a new contract he had other offers. I don’t blame him for looking to continue his career and I really am delighted for him to be able to continue to develop his career.

He is a fantastic young man with a great work ethic and we all wish him in the next stage of his career."

Sussex Cricket is delighted to announce that Freddie Price has signed a Rookie contract from April 1st, for the 2027 season, following impressive displays for the Club during the Metro Bank One Day Cup.

Price, a 19-year-old all-rounder and former pupil at Millfield School, is another in a long list of players to come through the Sussex pathway and academy.

Making his debut at Durham in the opening fixture of the recently-completed One Day Cup, Price, facing an experienced batting cohort that housed Ben Stokes and Emilio Gay, quickly demonstrated his capabilities with a fine showing with the ball. He took his first wicket, too, by dismissing Ollie Robinson.

He featured in six of Sussex's eight Metro Bank One Day Cup fixtures this summer, taking at least a wicket in every match, and seven wickets altogether. With the bat, he improved as the tournament went on, finishing the campaign with a speedy 37 off 31 deliveries, and scoring a total of 85 runs.

This winter, he is set to travel to Australia to feature for Manly Warringah District Cricket Club in Sydney, where former player, Bertie Foreman, has played and, more recently, Sharks wicket-keeper batter, Mollie Adams. 

Chris Woakes steered Warwickshire over the line as they strengthened their Rothesay County Championship title bid with a thrilling one-wicket victory over fellow challengers Sussex in a magnificent match at Edgbaston.

Trailing by five runs on first innings, Sussex were bowled out for 207 in their second. Tom Haines compiled a skilful 67 (114 balls) but nobody else passed 22 against a seam attack which worked perfectly as a unit. Ethan Bamber took three wickets and Ed Barnard, Michael Booth and Woakes two apiece. 

A target of 203 was tricky on a pitch on which only one batter passed 50 in the first three innings. Sure enough, in a wonderful finale, Warwickshire edged to 206 for nine. Sean Hunt bowled superbly for five for 65 (nine for 95 in the match) but Vansh Jani (62, 82 - his maiden first-class fifty) and Dan Mousley (58, 83) scored crucial runs before Woakes (23 not out, 43) saw his side to a nerve-jangling victory. 

The Bears’ win sets up a mouth-watering clash with reigning champions Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston next week. Meanwhile, Sussex, who have done so well to build a title challenge in light of all their off-field turbulence, remain in what is a fascinatingly tight title race, but really need to beat Somerset at Hove.  

When Sussex resumed on the third morning, on 84 for three, James Coles’ lean spell continued as, having eked seven runs from 48 minutes, he left his leg-stump exposed and Woakes knocked it out. Haines remained solid and reached the game’s first half-century (from 93 balls) but Warwickshire’s bowling depth in this match showed its value. Woakes, Bamber and Booth having taken just one wicket in the first hour, Olly Hannon-Dalby and Barnard came on to add three more. John Simpson edged Hannon-Dalby to wicketkeeper Alex Davies and Barnard dislodged Haines, who edged to second slip, and Danial Ibrahim (match substitute for the injured Fynn Hudson-Prentice) lbw.

Bamber chipped in after lunch as Henry Crocombe and Scott Carson perish to fatal outside-edges. When Woakes pinned Jaydev Unadkat lbw, Warwickshire’s target was 203 in a minimum of 153 overs. 

Sussex needed to strike early and they did as Hunt hit Rob Yates’ leg stump, Zen Malik edged Unadkat behind and Crocombe ousted Will Young lbw. Mousley and Jani tilted the game their side’s way with a stand of 107 in 24 overs before Hunt powered Sussex back into the match with three wickets in 11 balls. Mousley skied a big drive to mid-off, Barnard edged behind and Jani was caught at second slip by Tom Clark - a brilliant take in moderate light. When Alex Davies edged Crocombe to slip, suddenly, the last three wickets had to find 47 in murky light against an attack with its tail up.

Woakes and Booth found 23 before the latter played on to Hunt to give the bowler a richly-deserved five-for. In front of an enthralled crowd, Woakes and Bamber, playing and missing frequently, added another 23 before, with the scores level, Bamber edged Crocombe to the wicketkeeper.

Amid glorious, excruciating tension Hannon-Dalby and Woakes took their time - 13 dot balls – before Woakes edged Unadkat for the winning four.

Sean Hunt, Michael Booth and Chris Woakes led a collective display of top-drawer seam-bowling as title-chasers Warwickshire and Sussex delivered a gripping second day of their Rothesay County Championship match at Edgbaston.

In the morning, Sussex collapsed to 156 all out, losing their last seven wickets for 44 runs against an attack led by Woakes (four for 36) and Booth (three for nine). Warwickshire’s batters then fared little better for 161 all out, only tail-end resistance featuring Booth (34 not out, 45 balls) repairing damage caused by Hunt (four for 30) and Henry Crocombe (three for 60).

Trailing by five runs on first innings, Sussex closed on 84 for three (Tom Haines 32 not out, 64) in their second to leave the match perfectly poised. The Rothesay County Championship is widely regarded as the best red-ball competition in the world and the Edgbaston crowd was treated to a day which underlined that reputation: high skills, high drama and constant twists. 

Sussex resumed on the second morning on 99 for three and 45 minutes later had lost five wickets for three runs in 17 balls.  Woakes was almost unplayable. He trapped James Coles lbw and had Charlie Tear (who dug in for three in 44 minutes) and Fynn Hudson-Prentice caught in the slips. Sussex found no respite at the other end as Ethan Bamber removed John Simpson, caught at first slip, and knocked out Jack Carson’s off-stump.

Crocombe edged Olly Hannon-Dalby to wicketkeeper Alex Davies. Number eleven Jaydev Unadkat heaved Hannon-Dalby for two sixes but was denied the chance to land further blows when Hunt edged Booth behind.

In reply, Warwickshire soon lost Zen Malik, lbw to Hudson-Prentice, then advanced to 65 for one before Sussex hit back spectacularly with six wickets in 11 overs. Crocombe took the first two - Dan Mousley (29, 46), who top-edged a pull, and Will Young, caught at second slip. Hunt blasted out the next four, following the big wickets of Rob Yates (25, 57) and Ed Barnard, both caught by wicketkeeper Simpson, by removing Alex Davies and Woakes with successive balls.  

Vansh Jani’s obdurate 14 in 76 minutes was ended by a fine catch at third slip by Tom Haines off Unadkat. That left the Bears 102 for eight but against an attack deprived of the injured Hudson-Prentice, who has been replaced in the match by Danial Ibrahim, Warwickshire’s tail wagged. Booth and Bamber (24, 32) added 37 and, after Bamber lifted Crocombe to long-leg, Booth and Hannon-Dalby eked out 22 to take their side in front. 

In 23 overs before the close, Sussex lost Daniel Hughes, lbw to Bamber, to the first ball. Haines and Tom Clark (22, 41) added 49 but the irrepressible Booth was not finished. Clark nicked behind and Charlie Tear pulled to mid-wicket, the last twists of a tremendous day’s cricket.

By Brian Halford, ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay

Title-chasers Warwickshire and Sussex fought out a fascinating sliver of play on a heavily weather-affected opening day of their Rothesay County Championship match at Edgbaston.

Sussex, put in, were 99 for three from 30.3 overs when rain returned to wipe out the last session. They negotiated the new ball for the loss of only one wicket as second-wicket pair Tom Haines (49 from 85 balls) and Tom Clark (30, 57) added 69, but Michael Booth then removed both in his first 13 balls to even the contest right up.

With the weather set fair for the next three days, a compelling contest is in prospect with both sides knowing that victory would propel them among the front-runners of the title race.

There was early drama when a pigeon, having flown into the reception area of the Wyatt Stand, was skilfully and compassionately returned to freedom by a member of the Edgbaston maintenance team. The liberated bird watched appreciatively as, Warwickshire having chose to bowl with moisture in the air, Chris Woakes struck with his tenth delivery. Daniel Hughes sliced a drive and Ed Barnard took a stinging catch at gully to supply the all-rounder’s 379th first-class wicket for the Bears.

Woakes bowled skilfully and was unlucky not to add further early wickets in a morning session which included a visit from a glorious visit skein of geese which flew low across the ground before heading in the direction of Harborne. Haines, in particular, enjoyed some good fortune but Sussex survived without further loss to reach lunch at 50 for one.

Batting conditions eased for a while in the afternoon when the sun came out and Haines found his timing to collect nine fours. Haines and Clark were moving Sussex into control until Booth’s arrival in the attack coincided with the return of cloud cover. From his second ball, Haines was caught at second slip by Rob Yates. His 13th won an lbw decision against a well-forward Clark.

Rain then returned to keep the cricketers off the field which was left instead to 29 seagulls drifting like tiny white ghosts around the verdant green.