Having left Surrey, he joined
Sussex for the 1988 season, making his debut for the county in a List A match against Essex in the
1988 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made two further List A appearances in that season, against
Warwickshire and
Northamptonshire in the
Refuge Assurance League. His first-class debut for the county came against
Yorkshire in the
County Championship, with him making six further first-class appearances in that season, scoring 232 runs at an average of 16.57, with a high score of 58. The following season, he made two first-class appearances against Surrey and Warwickshire in the
County Championship, as well as a third first-class appearance against Cambridge University. He also made three List A appearances, two in the
Benson & Hedges Cup against Hampshire and Glamorgan, as well as one against Warwickshire in the
Refuge Assurance League. Falkner played a total of ten first-class matches for Sussex, scoring 308 runs at an average of 17.11, making one half century score of 55. In List A cricket, he made six appearances, scoring 33 runs at an average of 5.50, with a high score of 15. He played some matches for the Sussex Second XI in 1990, but thereafter he was released by the county. ==References==