Sussex, England

Sussex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. Its limited overs team is called the Sussex Sharks. Their kit colours are dark blue and the shirt sponsor is RDF.

The club plays most of its home games at the County Cricket Ground, Hove. The club also plays some games around the county at Arundel, Eastbourne and Horsham.

Sussex won its first-ever official County Championship title in 2003 after a wait of more than 100 years, and subsequently became the dominant team of the decade, repeating the success in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 Sussex achieved "the double", beating Lancashire CCC to clinch the C&G Trophy, before winning the County Championship following an emphatic victory against Nottinghamshire CCC, in which Sussex outplayed their hosts by an innings and 245 runs. Sussex then won the title for the third time in five years in 2007, when in a nail-biting finale on the last day of the season, Sussex defeated Worcestershire CCC, with rivals Lancashire CCC narrowly failing to beat Surrey CCC with the match going on to past 5 o'clock, - prompting relieved celebrations at the County Cricket Ground, Hove.

Origin of club
Although Sussex had been a major cricket centre since the 17th century, there had apparently been no move towards a permanent county organisation until 17 June 1836 when a meeting in Brighton set up a Sussex Cricket Fund to support county matches. It was from this organisation that Sussex County Cricket Club was formally constituted on 1 March 1839.

Coach: Mark Robinson

Squad

Batsmen

Joe Gatting, England

Murray Goodwin, Zimbabwe

Carl Hopkinson, England

Ed Joyce, Ireland

Chris Nash, England

Michael Thornely, England

All-rounders

Rory Hamilton-Brown, England

Robin Martin-Jenkins, England

Luke Wright, England

Michael Yardy (c), England

Ollie Rayner, England

Dwayne Smith, West Indies

Wicket-keepers

Andy Hodd, England

Matt Prior, England

Ben Brown, England

Bowlers

Ragheb Aga, Kenya

Will Beer, England

Corey Collymore, West Indies

James Kirtley, England

Jason Lewry, England

Christopher Liddle, England

Piyush Chawla, India