Hero Alfie rewarded … Arun lose out
Sussex will start the 2024 season with a home county championship tussle with Northamptonshire – and they will return to Arundel Castle for a one-day friendly.
The opening championship fixture, starting on April 5, begins a block of six four-day games, all starting on Fridays, concluding with a trip to Lord’s on May 24 to take on Middlesex, who were relegated from Division One last season.
Two more County Championship will take place in June and two more in August, with the red-ball season concluding with three Championship games in September.
The final game of the season will start on Thursday 26th September, when Sussex
host John Simpson’s former side, Middlesex to wrap-up the campaign.
The T20 Vitality Blast campaign will get underway on the evening of Friday, May 31, with the Sharks taking on Gloucestershire at Hove.
More Blast fixtures in 2024 will be played over weekends.
The Blast campaign will be split into two sections, the first running until June 21.
Rivals Week will see a total of 10 of county cricket’s closest rivals competing against each other over seven days.
The next block of group games will start on Friday, July 5 and will conclude on Friday, July 19, with the "Friday Finale" fixture against Middlesex at Hove.
Meanwhile, Sussex say they are delighted to confirm the men’s team will return to Arundel Castle this year, when they take on Hertfordshire in a 50-over friendly to prepare for the Metro Bank
One Day Cup. This fixture will take place on Sunday, July 21.
The Southern Vipers also playi at Arundel Castle – on Monday, May 27 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.
The Metro Bank One Day Cup will start on Friday, July 26, Sussex opening with a trip to take on the Notts Outlaws.
The first home game will take place at Hove on Sunday, July 28 when the Sharks welcome Warwickshire.
The England Women’s team will return to Hove once again, taking on New Zealand Women in an IT20 on Tuesday, July 9.
The England U19s will play two IT20S at Hove, on July 1 and July 3.
A cricketer from West Sussex has been named the Lord's Taverners Disability Cricketer of the Year Award at the annual Cricket Writers' Club awards.
Sussex D40 batteralfie Pyle has completed a special year that has seen him win both team and individual trophies, as well as making his England debut.
Pyle, who recently made his debut for the England Learning Disability XI, has become something of a hero on and off the field.
He lifted the Disability Premier League trophy with the England Hawks after they beat the England Pirates in the final, live on Sky Sports.
And he has since become the first Lord's Taverners Super 1s participant to go from a hub setting through the county system and on to England honours.
Pyle is now also putting something back into the system that helped him gain international recognition as a coach.
"I am so happy that I'm doing the Lord's Taverners (Super 1s coaching),” he said. "People are going to be looking up at me doing coaching.”
BOWLS
Arun District Indoor Bowling Club had a great return match versus Victory IBC from Portsmouth at home.
It was a very close game and was touch and go right to the end with Victory winning by 99-94.
Victory were cock-a-hoop as it was the first time that they had beaten Arun on Arun territory for many years, completing the double.
Arun will hope for better fortunes next year.