Sussex have signed South African seamer Keith Dudgeon on a two-year contract. Dudgeon, 30, took 42 wickets in Kent’s promotion-winning County Championship Division Two campaign in 2026. “He is just the quality of player and person we have been looking for to help us to continue to grow and compete in Division One of the
Sussex have announced the departures of five more players at the end of the 2026 season, including Australian batter Daniel Hughes. The 37-year-old has been an overseas player at Hove for the past three seasons and was the county’s leading run-scorer in the County Championship in 2026. In a club statement,, external Hughes described his
Adrian Harms, BBC Radio Sussex’s cricket reporter Paul Farbrace took a season to assess the weaknesses in the Sussex squad when he took the reins in 20023. His assessment was stark, Sussex had forgotten how to win, and despite an array of young developing talent, they needed, in his words, ‘some gnarled old pros’ to
Outgoing Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace is “so proud” of the team after finishing third in the County Championship despite a season of financial turmoil. The club were handed a 12-point deduction before the 2026 Championship campaign following losses of £1.3m in 2025. They went on to win seven of their 14 Championship matches, drawing
With the lead already at 332 runs going into the third morning, Sussex looked to get a move on with half an eye on having Sunday off. The visitors batted for just over an hour, with spinners Felix Organ and Andrew Neal bowling all but two overs of the session, and in that time they
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Utilita Bowl, Southampton (day two) Sussex 244: Leaning 78 & 216-5: Haines 99*; Neal 3-59 Hampshire 128: Unadkat 5-32 Sussex (3 pts) lead Hampshire (3 pts) by 332 runs Match scorecard Jaydev Unadkat claimed the 25th first-class five-for of his career and second for Sussex in the County Championship as
