Sussex County Cricket Club

{{short description|English cricket club}} {{Use British English|date=October 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox cricket team |name = Sussex County Cricket Club |image = 200px |oneday_name = Sussex Sharks |coach = Paul Farbrace |captain = John Simpson Ollie Robinson (FC) |od_captain = Jack Carson (LA) Tymal Mills (T20) |overseas = Daniel Hughes Jaydev Unadkat |founded = {{start date and age|1839}} |ground = County Cricket Ground, Hove |capacity = 6,000 |first_fc = MCC |first_fc_year = 1839 |first_fc_venue = Lord's | title1 = Championship | title1wins = 3 | title2 = National League/Pro40 | title2wins = 3 | title3 = FP Trophy | title3wins = 5 | title4 = Twenty20 Cup | title4wins = 1 | title5 = NatWest Pro40 | title5wins = 1 |website = {{URL|sussexcricket.co.uk}}

}} thumb|260px|right '''Sussex County Cricket Club''' is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Sussex. Its limited overs team is called the '''Sussex Sharks'''. The club was founded in 1839 as a successor to the various Sussex county cricket team (pre-1839), including the old Brighton Cricket Club, which had been representative of the county of Sussex as a whole since the 1720s. The club has always held first-class status. Sussex have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles |year=1982 |publisher=ACS |location=Nottingham }}</ref>

The club colours are traditionally blue and white and the shirt sponsors are Galloways Accounting for the LV County Championship and Dafabet for Royal London One-Day Cup matches and Vitality Blast T20 matches. Its home ground is the County Cricket Ground, Hove. Sussex also play matches around the county at Arundel, Eastbourne and Horsham.

Sussex won its first official County Championship title in 2003 and subsequently became the dominant team of the decade, repeating the success in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 Sussex achieved ‘the double’, beating Lancashire to clinch the C&G Trophy, before winning the County Championship following an emphatic victory against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, in which Sussex defeated their hosts by an innings and 245 runs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/5370532.stm|title=Cricket - Counties - Mushtaq seals Sussex title glory|work=BBC Sport }}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/sussex/content/story/312026.html|title=Lancashire go down fighting as Sussex secure title|work=Cricinfo}}</ref> Sussex defeated Worcestershire early in the day and then had to wait until past five o'clock as title rivals Lancashire narrowly failed to beat Surrey – prompting relieved celebrations at the County Cricket Ground, Hove.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/sussex/content/story/312129.html|title='The best County Championship season ever'|work=Cricinfo}}</ref> Sussex enjoyed further limited overs success with consecutive Pro40 wins in 2008 and 2009 as well as beating Somerset at Edgbaston to lift the 2009 Twenty20 Cup. The south coast county ended the decade having won ten trophies in ten years.

On 1 November 2015, Sussex County Cricket Club (SCCC) merged with the Sussex Cricket Board (SCB) to form a single governing body for cricket in Sussex, called Sussex Cricket Limited (SCL).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/sport/cricket/new-integrated-body-to-run-sussex-cricket-1-7039644|title=New integrated body to run Sussex Cricket|publisher=Eastbourne Herald|date=30 October 2015|access-date=16 February 2016}}</ref>

==Honours== thumb|220px|Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005 {{See also|List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales}}

===First XI honours=== * '''County Championship (3) –''' 2003, 2006, 2007 <ref name="CC">{{cite web|url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/page/477366.html|title= County Champions 1890-2013 / County Championship|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="History"/> :''Division Two'' (3) – 2001, 2010, 2024 <ref name="CC"/> * '''Friends Provident Trophy'''{{refn|group=nb|Formerly known as the Gillette Cup (1963–1980), NatWest Trophy (1981–2000) and C&G Trophy (2001–2006)}}''' (5) –''' 1963, 1964, 1978, 1986, 2006 <ref name="History"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/ENG/TROPHY/GLTE_NWT_WINNERS.html|title= Knockout cups Winners|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/countycricket/engine/match/224999.html|title= Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Final: Sussex v Lancashire at Lord's, Aug 26, 2006|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> * '''Pro40 National League'''{{refn|group=nb|Formerly known as the Sunday League (1969–1998)}}''' (3) –''' 1982, 2008, 2009 <ref name="History"/> :''Division Two'' (2) – 1999, 2005 * '''Twenty20 Cup (1) –''' 2009<ref name="History"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/page/312342.html#winners|title= Six appeal / Twenty20 Cup|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref>

===Second XI honours=== * '''Second XI Championship (3) –''' 1978, 1990, 2007 * '''Second XI Trophy (1) –''' 2005

===Notes=== {{reflist|group=nb}}

==Earliest cricket== {{Further|History of cricket to 1725}} {{For-text|information about Sussex county teams before the formation of Sussex CCC|Sussex county cricket team (pre-1839)}} {{More citations needed section|date=February 2015}} thumb|220px|The Arthur Gilligan stand at Hove

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.<ref name="Talk">{{cite web|url= http://www.talkcricket.co.uk/guides/sussex_county_cricket_club.html|title= Sussex County Cricket Club|publisher=talkCricket|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref>

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== thumb|220px|The Pavilion at Hove

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.<ref name="Talk"/>

==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.<ref name="History"/>

==Sussex grounds== {{See also| List of Sussex County Cricket Club grounds}} thumb|220px|Exit of the County Ground at Hove

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.<ref name="History">{{cite web|url= http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/club-history|title= CLUB HISTORY: THE OLDEST CLUB IN THE UK|publisher=Sussex CCC|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name="History"/>

==Current squad== * No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. * {{double-dagger}} denotes players with international caps. * {{Color box|#CFECEC|<nowiki>*</nowiki>|border=darkgray}} denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap. {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. ! Name ! Nationality ! Birth date ! Batting style ! Bowling style ! Notes |- ! colspan="7" | Batters |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|20|| Tom Haines* || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|1998|10|28|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm medium || |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|27|| Tom Clark* || {{cr|England}} || {{birth date and age|2001|2|27|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm medium || |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|30|| James Coles* || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|2004|4|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Slow left-arm orthodox || |- |style="text-align:center"|34|| Jack Leaning || {{cr|England}} || {{birth date and age|1993|10|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm off break || |- |style="text-align:center"|35|| Harrison Ward || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|1999|10|25|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm off break || White ball contract |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|45|| Tom Alsop* || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|1995|11|26|df=y}} || Left-handed || Slow left-arm orthodox || |- |style="text-align:center"|64|| George Thomas || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|2003|11|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm medium || |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|89|| Daniel Hughes* || {{cr|Australia}} || {{Birth date and age|1989|2|16|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm medium || Overseas player |- ! colspan="7" | All-rounders |- |style="text-align:center"|10|| Danny Lamb || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|1995|9|7|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium || |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|33|| Fynn Hudson-Prentice* || {{cr|England}} || {{birth date and age|1996|1|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium || |- |style="text-align:center"|40|| Danial Ibrahim || {{cr|England}} || {{birth date and age|2004|8|9|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium || |- |style="text-align:center"|53|| Tom Price || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|2000|1|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium || |- ! colspan="7" | Wicket-keepers |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|9|| John Simpson* {{double-dagger}} || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|1988|7|13|df=y}} || Left-handed || — || Club captain |- |style="text-align:center"|11|| Oli Carter || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|2001|11|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || — || |- |style="text-align:center"|28|| Charlie Tear {{double-dagger}} || {{cr|Scotland}} || {{Birth date and age|2004|6|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || — || |- ! colspan="7" | Bowlers |- |style="text-align:center"|4|| Danny Briggs {{double-dagger}} || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|1991|4|30|df=y}} || Right-handed || Slow left-arm orthodox || White ball contract |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|5|| Henry Crocombe* || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|2001|9|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium || |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|7|| Tymal Mills* {{double-dagger}} || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|1992|8|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left-arm fast || T20 captain White ball contract |- |style="text-align:center"|8|| Brad Currie {{double-dagger}} || {{cr|Scotland}} || {{Birth date and age|1998|11|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left-arm fast-medium || White ball contract |- |style="text-align:center"|15|| Nantes Oosthuizen || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|2006|1|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium || |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|16|| Jack Carson* || {{cr|Ireland}} || {{Birth date and age|2000|12|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm off break || LA captain |- |style="text-align:center"|21|| Sean Hunt || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|2001|12|7|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left-arm fast-medium || |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|22|| Jofra Archer* {{double-dagger}} || {{cr|England}} || {{birth date and age|1995|4|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm fast || England central contract |- |style="text-align:center"|23|| Troy Henry || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|2004|6|27|df=y}} || Left-handed || Slow left-arm orthodox || |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|25|| Ollie Robinson* {{double-dagger}} || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|1993|12|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium || FC captain |- |style="text-align:center"|83|| Dom Goodman || {{cr|England}} || {{Birth date and age|2000|10|23|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium || |- bgcolor="#CFECEC" |style="text-align:center"|91|| Jaydev Unadkat* {{double-dagger}} || {{cr|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1991|10|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left-arm fast-medium || Overseas player |- ! colspan="7" | Source:<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/current-player-profiles|title= PLAYER PROFILES|publisher=Sussex CCC|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> Updated: 15 March 2026 |}

==Coaching staff== * Head coach/Director of Cricket: Paul Farbrace<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/63834377], BBC Sport, 2 December 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.</ref> * Batting coach: Grant Flower * Bowling coach: James Kirtley

==Notable Sussex players== {{further|List of Sussex CCC 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''' {{flagicon|Afghanistan|2013}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Rashid Khan {{div col end}}

'''Australia''' {{flagicon|Australia}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Jason Behrendorff * Michael Bevan * Alex Carey * Michael Di Venuto * Tony Dodemaide * Ryan Harris * Travis Head * Steve Magoffin * Josh Philippe * Steve Smith * Jason Voros {{div col end}}

'''Bangladesh''' {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Mustafizur Rahman {{div col end}}

'''Bermuda''' {{flagicon|Bermuda}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Delray Rawlins {{div col end}}

'''England''' {{flagicon|England}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * 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''' {{flagicon|England}} / '''Sri Lanka''' {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Gehan Mendis{{efn|Mendis was eligible to play for either England or Sri Lanka, but did not represent either of them in international cricket.}} {{div col end}}

'''Greece''' {{flagicon|Greece}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Aristides Karvelas {{div col end}}

'''India''' {{flagicon|India}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi * Piyush Chawla * Cheteshwar Pujara * Ishant Sharma * Jaydev Unadkat {{div col end}}

'''Ireland''' {{flagicon|Ireland|cricket}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * George Dockrell * Ed Joyce{{efn|Joyce has previously played International Cricket for England.}} {{div col end}}

'''Italy''' {{flagicon|Italy|cricket}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Grant Stewart {{div col end}}

'''Namibia''' {{flagicon|Namibia}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * David Wiese{{efn|Wiese has previously played International Cricket for South Africa.}} {{div col end}}

'''Netherlands''' {{flagicon|Netherlands}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Zach Lion-Cachet * Michael Rippon * Bas Zuiderent {{div col end}}

'''New Zealand''' {{flagicon|New Zealand}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Tom Bruce * Brendon McCullum * Tim Seifert * Henry Shipley * Scott Styris * Ross Taylor * Lou Vincent {{div col end}}

'''Pakistan''' {{flagicon|Pakistan}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * 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 {{div col end}}

'''Scotland''' {{flagicon|Scotland}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Brad Currie * Matt Machan * Calum MacLeod * Charlie Tear * Stuart Whittingham {{div col end}}

'''South Africa''' {{flagicon|South Africa}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Peter Kirsten * Garth Le Roux * Wayne Parnell * Vernon Philander * Johannes van der Wath * Kirk Wernars * Kepler Wessels * Stiaan van Zyl {{div col end}}

'''Sri Lanka''' {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Mahela Jayawardene * Nuwan Kulasekara {{div col end}}

'''West Indies''' {{flagicon|West Indies}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Corey Collymore * Vasbert Drakes * Obed McCoy * Dwayne Smith * Franklyn Stephenson * Jerome Taylor {{div col end}}

'''Zimbabwe''' {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} * Murray Goodwin

==Records== {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} '''Most first-class runs for Sussex''' Qualification – 20,000 runs {| class="wikitable" ! Player!!Runs |- |John Langridge|| 34,150 |- |Ken Suttle|| 29,375 |- |Jim Parks junior|| 29,138 |- |James Langridge || 28,894 |- |Ted Bowley || 25,439 |- |Joseph Vine|| 24,120 |- |George Cox junior|| 22,687 |- |Henry Parks || 21,692 |- |Charles Fry|| 20,626 |- |Thomas Cook|| 20,176 |- |Alan Oakman || 20,117 |- !colspan=2 | Source:<ref name="RunsCareer">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Batting_Records/Most_Career_Runs.html| title= Most Runs for Sussex|publisher= Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> |} {{col-break}}

'''Most first-class wickets for Sussex''' Qualification – 1,000 wickets {| class="wikitable" ! Player!!Wickets |- |Maurice Tate|| 2,211 |- |George Cox senior|| 1,810 |- |Albert Relf|| 1,594 |- |Ian Thomson || 1,527 |- |James Langridge || 1,416 |- |Fred Tate || 1,306 |- |Albert Wensley || 1,067 |- |Jim Cornford || 1,019 |- !colspan=2 | Source:<ref name="WicketsCareer">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Bowling_Records/Most_Career_Wickets.html| title= Most Wickets for Sussex|publisher= Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> |} {{col-end}}

===Team=== * Highest total for – 742/5d v. Somerset, Taunton, 2009 <ref name="2009Records">{{cite news|url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/8212717.stm|title= Goodwin breaks records at Taunton|work=BBC Sport|date=2 August 2009| access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Team_Records/Highest_Team_Total_For.html|title= HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS FOR SUSSEX|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> * Highest total against – 737 by Glamorgan, Hove 2023 <ref>{{cite web|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Team_Records/Highest_Team_Total_Against.html|title= HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS AGAINST SUSSEX|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> * Lowest total for – 19 v. Surrey, Godalming, 1830, v. Nottinghamshire, Hove, 1873 <ref>{{cite web|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Team_Records/Lowest_Team_Total_For.html|title= LOWEST TEAM TOTALS FOR SUSSEX|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> * Lowest total against – 18 by Kent, Gravesend, 1867<ref>{{cite web|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Team_Records/Lowest_Team_Total_Against.html|title= LOWEST TEAM TOTALS AGAINST SUSSEX|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref>

===Batting=== * Highest score – 344* Murray Goodwin v. Somerset, Taunton, 2009<ref name="2009Records"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Batting_Records/Highest_Innings_For.html|title= MOST RUNS IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> * Most runs in season – 2,850 J. G. Langridge, 1949<ref>{{cite web|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Batting_Records/Most_Season_Runs.html|title= MOST RUNS IN A SEASON FOR SUSSEX|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref>

===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<ref name="2009Records"/> * 5th – 297 Jim Parks and Harry Parks v. Hampshire, Portsmouth, 1937 * 6th – 335 Luke Wright and Ben Brown v. Durham, Hove, 2014 * 7th – 344 Ranjitsinhji and Billy Newham v. Essex, Leyton, 1902 * 8th – 291 Robin Martin-Jenkins and Mark Davis v. Somerset, Taunton, 2002 * 9th – 178 Harry Parks and Albert Wensley v. Derbyshire, Horsham, 1930 * 10th – 164 Ollie Robinson and Matt Hobden v. Durham, Chester-le-Street, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-championship-div1-2015/engine/match/804173.html|title=Durham v Sussex at Chester-le-Street, Apr 26-29, 2015 - Cricket Scorecard - ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo}}</ref>

Source:<ref>{{cite web|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Partnership_Records/Highest_Partnership_Each_Wicket_For.html|title= HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EACH WICKET FOR SUSSEX|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref>

===Bowling=== * Best bowling – 10–48 C. H. G Bland v. Kent, Tonbridge, 1899<ref>{{cite web|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Bowling_Records/Best_Innings_Bowling_For.html|title= MOST WICKETS IN AN INNINGS FOR SUSSEX|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> * Best match bowling – 17–106 G. R. Cox v. Warwickshire, Horsham, 1926<ref>{{cite web|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Bowling_Records/Best_Match_Bowling_For.html|title= MOST WICKETS IN A MATCH FOR SUSSEX|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> * Wickets in season – 198 M. W. Tate, 1925<ref>{{cite web|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Sussex/Bowling_Records/Most_Season_Wickets.html|title=MOST WICKETS IN A SEASON FOR SUSSEX|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref>

== Mascots == The main mascot of Sussex County Cricket Club is "Sid the Shark", an anthropomorphised animal that makes reference to the "Sussex Sharks" name.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10474298.some-fin-strange-at-brighton-beach-as-sid-the-shark-pays-a-visit/| title=Some fin strange at Brighton beach as Sid the Shark pays a visit| work=The Argus| date=10 June 2013| access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref> A female version, Sandy the Shark, has also appeared as a mascot.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/winter-plans-sid-sandy-sussex-sharks-partner-brighton-family-panto| title=Winter plans for Sid & Sandy as Sussex Sharks partner with Brighton Family Panto| publisher=Sussex County Cricket Club|date=7 October 2019| access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref>

== See also == * Cricket in Sussex * Sport in Sussex

== Explanatory notes== {{notelist}}

== Citations== {{reflist|2}}

==Further reading== * Timothy J McCann, ''Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century'', Sussex Record Society, 2004 * ''Playfair Cricket Annual'': various issues * ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' (annual): various issues

==External links== * [http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/ Official site]

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