Sussex County Cricket Club

First XI honours • County Championship (3) – 2003, 2006, 2007 • Pro40 National League (3) – 1982, 2008, 2009 Second XI honours • Second XI Championship (3) – 1978, 1990, 2007 • Second XI Trophy (1) – 2005 Notes ==Earliest cricket==

Sussex, along with Kent, is believed to be the birthplace of cricket. It is believed that cricket was invented by children living on the Weald in Anglo-Saxon or Norman times. The first definite mention of cricket in Sussex relates to ecclesiastical court records in 1611 which state that two parishioners of Sidlesham in West Sussex failed to attend church on Easter Sunday because they were playing cricket. They were fined 12d each and made to do penance. Cricket became established in Sussex during the 17th century and the earliest village matches took place before the English Civil War. It is believed that the earliest county teams were formed in the aftermath of the Restoration in 1660. In 1697, the earliest "great match" recorded was for 50 guineas apiece between two elevens at a venue in Sussex. Matches involving the two great Sussex patrons Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet were first recorded in 1725. The earliest known use of Sussex in a match title occurred in 1729. From 1741, Richmond patronised the famous Slindon Cricket Club, whose team was representative of the county. After the death of Richmond in 1751, Sussex cricket declined until the emergence of the Brighton club at its Prince of Wales Ground in 1790. This club sustained cricket in Sussex through the Napoleonic Wars and, as a result, the county team was very strong in the 1820s when it included the great bowlers Jem Broadbridge and William Lillywhite. ==Origin of club==

On 17 June 1836, the Sussex Cricket Fund was set up to support county matches, after a meeting in Brighton. This led directly to the formation of Sussex County Cricket Club on 1 March 1839, England's oldest county club. The side played its initial first-class match against MCC at Lord's in June 1839. ==Sussex crest==

The Sussex crest depicts a mythological, footless bird called the Martlet, and is similar to Coat of arms of Sussex. Capped players have six martlets on their sweaters, and the crest with gold trimming on their caps; uncapped players instead have only the club crest on their left breast, and white trimming on their caps. ==Sussex grounds==

In total, Sussex CCC have played at 17 grounds, four of which have been in Brighton and Hove. The first County match was played at Eaton Road on 6 June 1872 against Gloucestershire. Currently, the main venue for the club's First and Second XI is The County Ground in Hove, although matches are also played regularly at the grounds at Arundel and Horsham. Other grounds for first class matches have included Sheffield Park, Chichester, Worthing, Eastbourne and Hastings. ==Current squad==

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. • denotes players with international caps. • denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap. ==Coaching staff==

• Head coach/Director of Cricket: Paul Farbrace • Batting coach: Grant Flower • Bowling coach: James Kirtley ==Notable Sussex players==

This list includes those Sussex players who have played in Test cricket since 1877, One Day International cricket since 1971, or have made an outstanding contribution (e.g.: scoring most runs or taking most wickets in a season). Afghanistan • Rashid Khan Australia • Jason Behrendorff • Michael Bevan • Alex Carey • Michael Di Venuto • Tony Dodemaide • Ryan Harris • Travis Head • Steve Magoffin • Josh Philippe • Steve Smith • Jason Voros Bangladesh • Mustafizur Rahman Bermuda • Delray Rawlins England • Chris Adams • Tim Ambrose • Jofra Archer • Ravi Bopara • Ted Bowley • Danny Briggs • Jem Broadbridge • Harry Butt • Henry Charlwood • George Cox senior • Mason Crane • Jemmy Dean • Ted Dexter • Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji • Steven Finn • C. B. Fry • George Garton • Ed Giddins • Tony Greig • Chris Jordan • James Kirtley • James Langridge • John Langridge • Jason Lewry • William Lillywhite • Robin Martin-Jenkins • Stuart Meaker • Tymal Mills • Richard Montgomerie • Peter Moores • Alan Oakman • Monty Panesar • Paul Parker • Jim Parks, Jr. • Jim Parks, Sr. • Tony Pigott • Matt Prior • K S Ranjitsinhji • Rajesh Rao • Dermot Reeve • Albert Relf • Ollie Robinson • Ian Salisbury • Phil Salt • Ajmal Shahzad • David Sheppard • John Simpson • John Snow • Martin Speight • Ken Suttle • Maurice Tate • Ian Thomson • Joe Vine • Alan Wells • Colin Wells • John Wisden • Luke Wright • Michael Yardy England / Sri Lanka • Gehan Mendis Greece • Aristides Karvelas India • Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi • Piyush Chawla • Cheteshwar Pujara • Ishant Sharma • Jaydev Unadkat Ireland • George Dockrell • Ed Joyce Italy • Grant Stewart Namibia • David Wiese Netherlands • Zach Lion-Cachet • Michael Rippon • Bas Zuiderent New Zealand • Tom Bruce • Brendon McCullum • Tim Seifert • Henry Shipley • Scott Styris • Ross Taylor • Lou Vincent Pakistan • Mushtaq Ahmed • Mohammad Akram • Yasir Arafat • Naved Arif • Faheem Ashraf • Umar Gul • Mir Hamza • Imran Khan • Javed Miandad • Saqlain Mushtaq • Rana Naved-ul-Hasan • Mohammad Rizwan • Mohammed Sami • Ashar Zaidi Scotland • Brad Currie • Matt Machan • Calum MacLeod • Charlie Tear • Stuart Whittingham South Africa • Peter Kirsten • Garth Le Roux • Wayne Parnell • Vernon Philander • Johannes van der Wath • Kirk Wernars • Kepler Wessels • Stiaan van Zyl Sri Lanka • Mahela Jayawardene • Nuwan Kulasekara West Indies • Corey Collymore • Vasbert Drakes • Obed McCoy • Dwayne Smith • Franklyn Stephenson • Jerome Taylor Zimbabwe • Murray Goodwin ==Records==

Most first-class runs for Sussex Qualification – 20,000 runs Most first-class wickets for Sussex Qualification – 1,000 wickets Team • Highest total for – 742/5d v. Somerset, Taunton, 2009 • Highest total against – 737 by Glamorgan, Hove 2023 • Lowest total for – 19 v. Surrey, Godalming, 1830, v. Nottinghamshire, Hove, 1873 • Lowest total against – 18 by Kent, Gravesend, 1867 Batting • Highest score – 344* Murray Goodwin v. Somerset, Taunton, 2009 • Most runs in season – 2,850 J. G. Langridge, 1949 Highest partnership for each wicket • 1st – 490 Ted Bowley and John Langridge v. Middlesex, Hove, 1933 • 2nd – 385 Ted Bowley and Maurice Tate v. Northamptonshire, Hove, 1921 • 3rd – 385* Michael Yardy and Murray Goodwin v. Warwickshire, Hove, 2006 • 4th – 363 Murray Goodwin and Carl Hopkinson v. Somerset, Taunton, 2009 Source: Bowling • Best bowling – 10–48 C. H. G Bland v. Kent, Tonbridge, 1899 • Best match bowling – 17–106 G. R. Cox v. Warwickshire, Horsham, 1926 • Wickets in season – 198 M. W. Tate, 1925 == Mascots ==

The main mascot of Sussex County Cricket Club is "Sid the Shark", an anthropomorphised animal that makes reference to the "Sussex Sharks" name. A female version, Sandy the Shark, has also appeared as a mascot. == See also ==