Sussex Cricket – Sean Hunt and James Coles have signed contract extensions, while academy wicketkeeper Charlie Tear has signed his first professional contract.

Left-arm bowler Hunt joined Sussex in January 2019 after a spell at Surrey’s academy, where he was named the province’s academy player of the year in 2019.

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Sussex manager Ian Salisbury spoke of his delight with Sean: “Sean continues to show his promise, he’s only 20 and his potential is clear.

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“He has worked hard both tactically and physically over the past year, so I am excited to see him flourish as a Sussex cricketer.”

England international James Coles has signed a professional contract extension that will keep him at Sussex until at least 2023.

The 18-year-old is a product of Sussex Cricket’s player development partnership with the Oxfordshire Cricket Board, which has been in place since 2013.

“James made his debut as a 16-year-old and continues to impress every time he features in the team. He has bowled brilliantly for Derbyshire against top-class opposition this season.

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“Along with many others at our level, he is a key part of our strategy to develop home-grown talent who will one day form the core of our first-team squad.”

17-year-old Charlie Tear signed his first professional deal last week after successful seasons at the academy and his school, Seaford College.

Tear said of his first professional deal: “I’m so pleased to have signed my first contract with my home country of Sussex. I can’t wait to join the team in July.” Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the eight first-class county clubs within the England and Wales cricket structure. It represents the historic county of Sussex. His limited team is called the Sussex Sharks. The club was founded in 1839 as the successor to the Sussex County cricket teams, including the old Brighton Cricket Club. Having represented the county of Sussex since the 1720s, the club has always enjoyed premiership status. Sussex has competed in the County Championship since the official competition began in 1890 and has played in all of the country’s top cricket competitions.

The club colors are usually blue and white and the shirt sponsors are Galloways Accounting for the LV County Championship and Dafabet Royal London One-Day Cup matches and Vitality Blast T20 matches. His home ground is the County Cricket Ground, Hove. Sussex also play matches across the country at Arundel, Eastbourne and Horsham.

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Sussex won their first official County Championship title in 2003 and then became the dominant team of the decade, repeating their success in 2006 and 2007. In 2006, Sussex achieved the ‘double’, beating Lancashire to claim the C&G Trophy before winning the County Championship. After an emphatic victory over Nottinghamshire at Trt Bridge, in which Sussex defeated their hosts by an innings and 245 runs.

Sussex won the title for the third time in five years in 2007, on a close-fought final day of the season,

Sussex had beaten Worcestershire earlier in the day and had to wait until five o’clock as Lancashire’s title rivals narrowly missed out on beating Surrey, prompting quiet celebrations at the Hove County Cricket Ground.

Sussex enjoyed further limited success with Pro40 wins in 2008 and 2009, as well as beating Somerset at Edgbaston to lift the 2009 Twty20 Cup. The south coast district ended a decade without a title win in the year.

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On 1 November 2015, Sussex County Cricket Club (SCCC) merged with Sussex Cricket Board (SCB) to form the single governing body for cricket in Sussex, called Sussex Cricket Limited (SCL).

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Sussex is considered the birthplace of cricket along with Kt. Cricket is believed to have been invented by children living in the Weald during Anglo-Saxon or Norman times.

The first concrete notion of cricket in Sussex dates back to churchyard records from 1611, which state that two parishes in Sidlesham, West Sussex, did not go to church on Easter Sunday because they played cricket. They were each fined 12d and had to do penance.

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Cricket was established in Sussex in the 17th century. century and the first games in the towns were before the Civil War. The first district groups after the Restoration are believed to have been established in 1660. In 1697 the first recorded “big game” was 50 guineas, on two heights from the Sussex vue.

Two great Sussex patrons attended, Charles Lnox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet, who was first inducted in 1725. The earliest use in Sussex was in 1729. From 1741 Richmond sponsored the famous Slindon cricket. The club, its team was the representative of the region.

After Richmond’s death in 1751, Sussex cricket declined until the Brighton Club was founded in 1790 at his Prince of Ground. This club supported Sussex cricket during the Napoleonic Wars and as a result the county team was very strong. In the 1820s this included the great bowlers Jem Broadbridge and William Lillywhite.

On 17 June 1836 the Sussex Cricket Fund was established to support county matches following a meeting in Brighton. This led directly to the founding of the Sussex County Cricket Club on 1 March 1839, the oldest club in the county of Glendale. Sussex CCC played a first-class match against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord’s on 10 and 11 June 1839.

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The Sussex crest depicts a legless, mythological bird called the Martlet, and is similar to the coat of arms of Sussex. The champion players have six badgers on their jerseys, and a coat of arms with gold trim on their caps; Players without caps only have the club crest on their left chest and white trim on their caps.

In total, Sussex CCC have played at 17 venues, four of which are in Brighton and Hove. The country’s first match was played on 6 June 1872 against Gloucestershire at Eaton Road.

Currently the main focus of the club’s First and Second XIs is the County Ground in Hove, although matches are regularly played at grounds in Arundel and Horsham. Other grounds for first-class games include Sheffield Park, Chichester, Worthing, Eastbourne and Hastings.

This list includes Sussex players who have played in Test cricket since 1877, in One Day International cricket since 1971 or who have made a significant contribution (eg most runs or most wickets in a season).

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