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Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Sussex. Its limited overs team is called the Sussex Sharks. The club was founded in 1839 as a successor to the various Sussex county cricket teams,including the old Brighton Cricket Club,which had been representative of the county of Sussex as a whole since the 1720s. The club has always held first-class status. Sussex have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.
Ian James Gould is an English former first-class cricketer and a former member of the ICC Elite Panel of cricket umpires. He previously also served as the chairman of English football club Burnham FC. In April 2019,Gould announced that he would retire as an umpire following the 2019 Cricket World Cup. On 6 July 2019,Gould retired from umpiring,after standing in the World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka. However,he has since umpired in matches in the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Adam James Harrison is a Welsh cricketer. Harrison is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Newport,Monmouthshire. His father,Stuart,and his brother,David,are also cricketers. Harrison was educated at St Alban's RC High School,Torfaen. He now plays for Abergavenny Cricket Club in South Wales in the South East Wales Cricket League.
Norman Ian Thomson was an English cricketer who played in five Tests for England in 1964 and 1965. Thomson was only weeks away from his 36th birthday when he was selected for Test duties,a recognition of his performances in county cricket.
George Cox was an English first-class cricketer who played for Sussex. He was also a footballer who played for Arsenal and Fulham.
Ian William Hall is an English former first-class cricketer and professional footballer. He played cricket for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1972,and played football for Derby County F.C. from 1959 to 1962 and for Mansfield Town F.C. from 1962 to 1968.
Robert Ian Johnston is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,he played 15 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1979 and 1983,including three first-class matches and two List A matches.
Stuart Christopher Meaker is a former cricketer who played for Surrey and Sussex. His family came to England from South Africa in 2001,and he was educated at Cranleigh School. For cricketing purposes he is regarded as English. He is categorised by CricketArchive and Cricinfo as a right-arm fast medium bowler and a right-handed batsman. However,according to a 2011 article in The Observer in 2009 he was timed by the speed guns at the ECB's indoor school in Loughborough at 94 miles per hour (151 km/h),the highest figure for any bowler measured there. Surrey's coach Ian Salisbury said of him:"He's always been able to bowl quick and he is a 90mph bowler,but he can also swing the ball,conventionally or reverse later on."
Oliver Benjamin Cox is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire as right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.
Rupert Michael Fiennes Cox is a former English cricketer. Cox was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler.
David John Ellis is a former English cricketer. Ellis was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Middlesbrough,Yorkshire.
Henry Thompson Crichton was an English cricketer. Crichton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Edgbaston,Warwickshire and was educated at King Edward's School,Birmingham.
Richard Ian Smyth is an English school headmaster and cricketer.
Courtney Ian Oswald Ricketts is a former English cricketer. Ricketts was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Kennington,London.
Ian Charles Waring is a former English cricketer. Waring was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Chesterfield,Derbyshire.
Jack Andrew Leaning is an English first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right arm off-spin bowler,Leaning joined Kent County Cricket Club at the end of the 2019 season,having previously played all of his professional cricket for Yorkshire after making his professional debut in 2012.
Philip Dean Salt is a professional cricketer,who plays internationally for England and domestically for Lancashire County Cricket Club,and previously for Sussex. Primarily an aggressive right-handed opening batsman,he sometimes keeps wicket and,less frequently,bowls right-arm medium-pace. Salt made his international debut for England in July 2021. Born in Wales,he moved in his youth to Barbados and then to England. Salt was part of the England team that won the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup.
Jordan Matthew Cox is an English professional cricketer. He signed his first professional contract with Kent County Cricket Club in October 2018,having joined the county club at age 10,played for them at age-group levels and been a member of the club's academy programme,winning the John Aitken Gray award as the best academy scholar in 2018.
The 2020 Bob Willis Trophy was a first-class cricket tournament held in the 2020 English cricket season,and the inaugural edition of the Bob Willis Trophy. It was separate from the County Championship,which was not held in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The eighteen county cricket teams were split into three regional groups of six,with the two group winners with the most points advancing to a final held at Lord's. The maximum number of overs bowled in a day was reduced from 96 to 90,and the team's first innings could be no longer than 120 overs.