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 

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 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

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 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

Bertie Foreman Picked for First Class Counties Select XI

Sussex spinning allrounder, Bertie Foreman, has been picked for play for the First Class Counties Select XI in a three-day match against the West Indies on Wednesday 3rd July.

Congratulations, Bertie! #GOSBTS

Full ECB Press Release

FCC Select XI squad named to face West Indies

A 13-man squad has been selected for the First-Class County Select XI’s three-day match against West Indies at Beckenham starting on Wednesday 3 July.

The squad features upcoming players from across 11 first-class counties and provides an opportunity to test themselves against international opposition.

ECB Men’s Performance Director, Ed Barney, said: “We’re delighted to have selected a high-potential group that we know will thrive against the West Indies. It is a brilliant opportunity for some of the most talented players to show their strengths as future stars of the game. We are looking forward to seeing them develop, perform and enjoy the occasion.”

FCC Select XI squad: Farhan Ahmed (Nottinghamshire), Sonny Baker (Somerset), Harry Duke (Yorkshire), Bertie Foreman (Sussex), Ben Geddes (Surrey), Josh Hull (Leicestershire), Eddie Jack (Hampshire), Will Luxton (Yorkshire), Ben McKinney (Durham), Jamal Richards (Essex), Hamza Shaikh (Warwickshire), Harry Singh (Lancashire), John Turner (Hampshire).

Sussex vs Leicestershire: Day One Match Report

Sussex captain John Simpson scored his third century of the season as he took control of a difficult situation against Leicestershire on the opening day of this second division county championship match at The 1st Central County Ground.

Leicestershire must be sick of the sight of Simpson, whose other two hundred came at Leicester, an unbeaten 205, and at his former home ground of Lord’s (167), so this was his first big score in front of his new supporters – and it was a crowd boosted by the club’s decision to grant spectators free admission.

This time, coming in at 34-3, he scored a chanceless 180 not out in a Sussex total of 431-7, batting almost all day and hitting 29 fours from his 251 deliveries.  But Oli Carter was arguably the real Sussex hero of the day.  

This was Oli Carter's first appearance since the opening match of the season.  He came in to open the batting for the injured Daniel Hughes and put on 156 with Simpson for the fourth wicket in just 34 overs.  

His 96 came off 142 balls, with 15 fours and a six off Scott Currie, flicked off his legs and onto the east-side scoreboard.  He was caught and bowled by Currie attempting a hook that would have given him only his second fist-class century. 

When Leicestershire won the toss it looked a very good one to win.  There was a pronounced green tinge to the pitch and the bright morning sunshine had given way to a heavy cloud cover, which lent humidity to the conditions.

It should have been an even better start for the Foxes.  Tom Haines had not scored when he edged the tall left-arm seamer Josh Hull only for Currie to spill the straightforward catch at third slip. 

But Holland, opening the bowling from the sea end, made up for that when he struck twice in four balls in the sixth over.

First, he had Haines caught at second slip by Louis Kimber, moving sharply to his right.  And the same combination accounted for Tom Alsop, with Kimber, on this occasion, taking a low catch.  

Holland bowled particularly well to the left-handers. Bowling round the wicket and wide of the crease, he slanted the ball into the stumps and then moved it away in the direction of his three slips.

Sussex lost their third wicket at 34 when James Coles, dropped on four, added just five runs before he was caught down the leg-side to give Holland his third wicket.  

The Wisconsin-born Holland is one of county cricket’s more interesting players, having been given his first chance with Victoria, after winning a reality TV show in Australia.  The all-rounder is on loan to Leicestershire from Hampshire. 

But Simpson, who promoted himself to No.5 in a rejigged batting order, then took charge with Carter.  

The lunch score was 84 for three after 29 overs but against some ragged bowling and shoddy fielding – four catches went down - Sussex, who are top of the table with three wins, ran amok in he afternoon session, when they scored 197 runs.

Carter was fourth out at 190.  Then Fynn Hudson-Prentice was brilliantly caught by Peter Handscomb at slip for a quick-fire 26 and when Danny Lamb was surprised by Currie’s bounce Leicestershire (third in the table after drawing all seven games) looked back in it at 260-6. 

But Jack Carson, dropped twice on the way to 25, and  Nathan McAndrew (51 not out) helped put Sussex well on top at the close.

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Reaction from John Simpson after his remarkable unbeaten 180

Sussex Sharks VI vs Northamptonshire VI: Match Report

Yesterday Sussex hosted Northants in Blind Crickets National Division 1. Northants had drawn their first two games and Sussex's only outing had also ended in stalemate but “Play Cricket’s” win predictor was giving a 55% win chance to the visitors.

 Sussex won the toss and asked Northants to have a bat. Scoring proved tricky and despite the loss of 2  early wickets Northants saw off the Sussex opening bowlers and progressed to 63 for 2. 

Sussex threw the ball to Marcus Kipling who then turned the course of the match. First Opener Asif Ali (35) holed out to square leg, then Northants skipper, David Howells (17), was spectacularly caught at long on running backwards by Alex Towers. 

Northants innings then fell apart. Kipling took another 2 wickets to return figures of 4 wickets for just 5 runs off his 4 overs. 

The Northants innings then concluded as England's Mark Turnham swept powerfully straight into the arms of Dan Field at square leg, with it being the birthday of both players this was a dismissal for the trivia buffs. Northants' innings ended on 82 all out.

Callum Weir (21) was promoted to open and set a solid platform at a run-a-ball. With 42 overs to get the runs, Sussex knew that sensible batting was all that was needed. 

However, when Northants tried to entice Dan Field to hole out with short pitched bowling, he brought the game to an early close blasting 36 not-out off just 13 balls, with Sussex completing the chase in the 11th over.

The result moves Sussex to within 1 point of London Metro at the top of the table.

Sussex will host London Metro on July 6th at Blackstone in an enticing fixture, which will complete the first half of the season.

Sussex vs Leicestershire: Daniel Hughes Replaced in 

Squad by Dan Ibrahim

Daniel Hughes has been replaced in the Sussex squad for today's game by Dan Ibrahim. The opening batsman injured his hand in Friday night's T20 Blast match against Hampshire. 

Updated Sussex Squad

Alsop, Carson, Carter, Coles, Haines, Hudson-Prentice, Hunt, Ibrahim, Karvelas, Lamb, McAndrew, Robinson, Simpson* (wk)

Photo credit: Saud Ahmed

Sussex vs Leicestershire: Match Preview

The Vitality County Championship returns tomorrow, with Sussex hosting Leicestershire at The 1st Central County Ground. Sussex sit top of division two and will be hoping to pick up where they left off before the Blast began. Paul Farbrace has named a 13-player for the game. 

Squad

Alsop, Carson, Carter, Coles, Haines, Hudson-Prentice, Hughes, Hunt, Karvelas, Lamb, McAndrew, Robinson, Simpson* (wk)

Team News

Tom Clark remains unavailable due to a shoulder injury. Daniel Hughes and Nathan McAndrew replace Jayden Seales and Cheteshwar Pujara as overseas players.

Free Entry to Day One

Entry will be free of charge to all spectators on day one of the next County Championship match at The 1st Central County Ground between Sussex and Leicestershire. 

Claiming your ticket is easy, just visit our ticketing website now to grab yours. 

Please note: It is important you claim yours in advance, as this will help to reduce queues upon entry.

Sussex Cricket Foundation Donation

As the game is free of charge we would like to encourage spectators to make a small donation to the Sussex Cricket Foundation. This can be done when claiming your free ticket online, through the ticketing website.

Any donation you can manage is greatly appreciated and will help to continue the great work the Foundation carries out in the County. Find out more by visiting their website.

How to Watch

If you can't make it to the game tomorrow, you can catch every ball, free of charge, via the Match Day Centre on our livestream. The first ball is at 11am.