Paul Farbrace appointed Sussex head coach

The former England assistant coach has spent the past three years working as Warwickshire's sporting director

Paul Farbrace has been appointed head coach of Sussex ahead of the 2023 season.

The club has opted to return to a single head coach after previously splitting the red and white-ball responsibilities between Ian Salisbury (County Championship and One-Day Cup) and James Kirtley (T20).

Farbrace has spent the past three season working as Warwickshire's sporting director, overseeing their double County Championship and Bob Willis Trophy triumph in 2021.

He previously served as an assistant coach to Trevor Bayliss with England between 2015 and 2019 and also served as head coach of Sri Lanka, steering them to T20 World Cup glory in 2014.

Commenting on his new role, Farbrace said: "I'm delighted to be joining Sussex and I'm really looking forward to helping everyone at the club to achieve their ambitions.

^{Farbrace worked alongside Trevor Bayliss in the England set-up [Shaun Botterill/Getty Images]}

"It is a fantastic club that has produced many fantastic players for both Sussex and England.

"I am really looking forward to the opportunity of working with the players and coaches to drive the performance of the team forward.

"We should be very focused on developing our own players, as well as developing players to play for England at all levels, but also winning trophies for the members and the club."

Sussex CEO, Rob Andrew, added: "We are all delighted Paul has agreed to join the club.

"His all-round experience is exactly what we have been looking for when we made the decision to return to one head coach across all formats and I am confident he will enable our team to fulfil its full potential.

"He shares the club’s ambitions to produce our own players, develop players for England and win trophies for Sussex.

"We have a very exciting few years ahead as we see the young talented players develop further in Sussex colours."