Sussex men's cricket team

The Sussex men's cricket team is based in Brighton and Hove. It represents the traditional English county of Sussex. Teams called Sussex have been active since 1728. Sussex County Cricket Club was formed in 1839 to take responsibility for organisation of the county team, and it is cricket’s oldest county club. Sussex have played in the County Championship since 1890, and have won the title three times, most recently in 2007. Their main home venue is the County Cricket Ground, Hove. Many great players have represented Sussex, including Thomas Waymark, Richard Newland, Edward Aburrow Sr, William Lillywhite, Jem Broadbridge, Thomas Box, Jemmy Dean, John Wisden, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, C. B. Fry, Maurice Tate, Ted Dexter, Jim Parks, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, John Snow, Tony Greig, Imran Khan, and Mushtaq Ahmed.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Playfair 2025, pp. 179–184.

Bibliography

  • Playfair (2025). Marshall, Ian (ed.). Playfair Cricket Annual. Headline. ISBN 978-1-0354-1179-5.


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