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"Our goal is to win Division One": Paul Farbrace says Sussex are in it to win it

HUW TURBERVILL: After gaining promotion and making the T20 Blast final in 2024, the club are ambitious ahead of their first season in the top flight since 2015

Older than his years, James Coles steps into Division One as 20-year-old senior player

NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: Coles only turns 21 on April 2, but the allrounder is approaching his 100th professional appearance on the back of a second England Lions tour, five years after debuting as Sussex's youngest-ever first-class player

Sussex spell out their desired 2026 fixture list

HUW TURBERVILL: The club plan will argue for two fewer County Championship matches, a reduction in T20 Blast group games, a full-strength 50-over comepietion held earlier in the season, and a spot in the second tier of The Hundred

Mark Robinson makes swift return to county coaching

Sacked as Warwickshire's head coach earlier in the year, he has accepted a short-term position as speculation grows over his long-term future

Tony Pigott: "I was meant to get married that weekend, but I'd have run through a brick wall to play for England"

HUW TURBERVILL: Pigott postponed his wedding to answer England's SOS call in New Zealand in 1983/84; the 66-year-old, a seamer for Sussex and Surrey, now lives in Wadhurst and pleasingly is all clear after a battle with oesophageal cancer

George Thomas: "I didn't want sympathy, just an opportunity"

NICK FRIEND – INTERVIEW: After Thomas was released by Somerset at the end of last season, he worked in a Melbourne factory over the winter and began planning for a life after cricket, only for Sussex to offer him a second chance last month

ACE spinner with "outstanding potential" signs landmark Sussex contract

As reported by The Cricketer last month, Division Two champions have signed former ACE captain Troy Henry on a one-year deal ahead of the 2025 season

Sussex sign former England Under-19 batter on two-year rookie deal

Sussex have handed a two-year rookie contract to former Somerset batter George Thomas and a one-year contract to Nantes Oosthuizen, who was recommended by Chris Adams, ahead of the 2025 season

Sussex to sign ACE captain after open trials at Hove

HUW TURBERVILL: The Cricketer understands that Sussex have offered a one-year deal to Troy Henry, a slow left-armer and left-handed, top-order batter

Unsuccessful investors in The Hundred auction direct attention to four counties

Groups who missed out on securing stakes in the eight teams, which were finalised last week, have turned their focus to the county teams who could yet be awarded a Hundred team in the not-too-distant future

How domestic cricket will spend The Hundred windfall: Nottinghamshire to Yorkshire

The third and final part of our series looking at how the 18 counties and the MCC will spend the money from the sell-off of stakes in the eight Hundred teams...

England Lions seamer extends contract at Sussex

The club have maintained the strong homegrown core that helped them gain promotion last season by handing a contract extension to Henry Crocombe

Middlesex and Sussex to hire full-time pathway managers as tier-two plans take shape

At Sussex, Paul Farbrace will continue as head coach of the men's team but has also become the county's overriding director of cricket

Sussex offer second chance on day of hope at Hove

HUW TURBERVILL: Under the watchful eye of Paul Farbrace, Sussex hosted open trials for their men's squad, with 90 players seen across two sessions; some coming from down the road, others as far afield as Germany

Sussex secure fifth overseas player for 2025 season

Queensland seamer Gurinder Sandhu has signed up for four County Championship matches across June and July and is also available for the T20 Blast if required