Sussex Cricket

Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 first-class county clubs that make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the county of Sussex. The club currently compete in the County Championship Division One. They have played their home games at County Cricket Ground, Hove, also playing around the county at Arundel, Eastbourne and Horsham. The club took over Brighton Cricket Club and became Sussex County Cricket Club in 1839. The club's limited overs team is named the Sussex Sharks, traditionally playing in blue and white. As England's oldest county club, it is the world's oldest club currently playing the highest level of domestic first class cricket. 

While Sussex had been a major cricket centre since the 17th century, it took until 17 June 1836 before the decision was taken to set up a Sussex Cricket Fund to support county matches. It was from that organisation that Sussex County Cricket Club was formally born on 1 March 1839. Sussex CCC played their initial first-class match versus MCC at Lord's in June, 1839, making them England's oldest county cricket club.

Sussex had to wait until 2003 before winning its first ever County Championship title, 164 years after the birth of the club. Following their first ever championship title, Sussex went on to become the dominant team of the decade, repeating the success in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 Sussex achieved "the double" after beating Lancashire to clinch the C&G Trophy, before going on to win the County Championship following victory against Nottinghamshire. Sussex then won the title for the third time in five years in 2007. 

John Langridge holds the record as Sussex's all-time leading run scorer with 34,150 runs, including 76 centuries. Maurice Tate is the club's leading wicket-taker with 2,211, taking 10 wickets in a match on 44 occasions. 

Sussex have also experienced limited overs success with back-to-back Pro40 wins in 2008 and 2009, as well as clinching the 2009 Twenty20 Cup following victory over Somerset. Sussex ended the decade having won ten trophies in ten years, making them the most successful county side since the start of the millennium. 

Monty Panesar, Matt Prior and Luke Wright are all recent examples of Sussex players who have represented England. A number of international stars have played for Sussex, from Pakistani legends Imran Khan, Saqlain Mushtaq and Mushtaq Ahmed, to Australia's Michael Bevan and New Zealanders Brendon McCullum and Scott Styris. 

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