Clubs gearing up for start of cricket season
2022 fixtures are released
The scheduled start of the Sussex Cricket League is just over three months away – and the fixtures for the 2022 campaign are out.
Premier Division champions Preston Nomads kick off their season at home to Eastbourne on Saturday, May 7.
Newly-promoted Bognor Regis and Horsham will begin their campaigns on the road. Bognor travel to East Grinstead while the Lions make the trip to Hastings & St Leonards Priory.
The other two opening Premier Division fixtures are Middleton v Three Bridges and Roffey v Brighton & Hove.
The new Division 2 campaign, which begins on the same day, kicks off with two Mid Sussex derbies.
Burgess Hill host relegated Cuckfield and St James’s
Montefiore entertain Lindfield in a tasty start to the season.
Promoted pair Findon and West Chiltington & Thakeham meet at Long Furlong. Division 3 East champions St Peters start life in Division 2 at home to Chichester Priory Park.
Haywards Heath, who were relegated from the Premier Division last season, visit Mayfield.
The opening fixtures in Division 3 West on May 7 are: Ansty v Worthing; Broadwater v Slinfold; Chippingdale v Billingshurst; Littlehampton, Clapham & Patching v Pagham; and Steyning v Roffey 2nd XI.
And Division 3 East kicks off with Bexhill v Ifield; Crawley Eagles v Seaford; Crowhurst Park v Glynde & Beddingham; Portslade v Preston Nomads 2nd XI; and Rye v Buxted Park.
The full set of fixtures from across the Sussex Cricket League can be found via a link from this story in the cricket section of our website.
In total there will again be 36 divisions of the league across West and East Sussex.
The premier division and division two divide down into east and west divisions three and four.
Then from divisions five down to ten there are west, central and east leagues. Divisions 11 and 12 each have six regionalised leagues to cut down on the travelling necessary for smaller outfits.
League fixtures run from May 7 through to September 3 with various knockout competitions to be played along the way.
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