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The spread of coronavirus travel restrictions has prompted Sussex County Cricket Club to plan to return to Hove early from a pre-season tour of South Africa. The club said: “Players and staff currently in Cape Town for Sussex Cricket’s men’s pre-season tour will return to the UK...

Sussex County Cricket Club has agreed to extend the contract of head coach Jason Gillespie, keeping the Australian at Hove until the end of the 2022 season. Gillespie said: “I’m absolutely delighted to extend my time at Sussex. I absolutely love the place and everyone at the club...

Graeme van Buuren hit the final ball of the match for six as Gloucestershire squeezed past Sussex by three wickets to secure a home tie in the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast. His side needed six off the final over but were restricted to four runs off the first five balls by...

Luke Wright has praised Sussex’s initiative in setting up as new midweek T20 tournament which aims to get more people playing cricket. The Sussex Slam will start next summer and is designed for players who struggle to commit to longer games at the weekend but still wants to play...

Stiaan van Zyl scored an unbeaten century to guide Sussex to their first Specsavers County Championship Division Two victory of the season, defeating Durham by six wickets at Emirates Riverside. Beginning the final day on 144-3, the visitors still had a challenge to score the 68...

Leicestershire won by 7 wickets Leicestershire made a winning start to their Specsavers County Championship campaign with a seven-wicket victory over Sussex at Hove. Half-centuries from captain Paul Horton and Championship debutant Hasan Azad set things up before Australian Mark...

Ben Brown admits some good players are going to be disappointed when he names the Sussex side to face Leicestershire in their Specsavers County Championship opener at Hove tomorrow (Friday 5 April). Apart from Jofra Archer, who is playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL),...

Sussex captain Ben Brown is experienced enough to know that pre-season performances will mean little when the action starts for real. But if their preparations for the new season are any sort of guide, Brown’s men could be in for a good summer. Unbeaten in four games in South...

Sussex captain Ben Brown believes that his side can channel the disappointment of missing out on honours and come back stronger in 2019. It was a “nearly” campaign for the county, with defeat in the final of the Vitality Blast and a third-place finish in Division Two of the...

Laurie Evans could get the opportunity to see if he can produce his outstanding limited overs form in the longer format of the game this week. The Sussex batsman has been included in a 13-man squad for the final game of the Specsavers County Championship campaign against...