Fixtures for the 2022 season have been announced and an action-packed summer of cricket awaits Delray Rawlins and his Sussex and Sharks teammates.
Cricket will return to the 1st Central County Ground, Hove with a pre-season friendly against Surrey starting on Wednesday March 23rd.
The competitive action begins a fortnight later with the new campaign returning to a two division structure in the LV= Insurance County Championship. Sussex will be joined by Derbyshire, Durham, Glamorgan, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire and Worcestershire in Division Two.
Ian Salisbury’s men will start their County Championship campaign with a home fixture against Nottinghamshire on Thursday April 7th. This match signals the start of an uninterrupted run of six County Championship matches across April and May before we welcome World Champions, New Zealand, to Hove in a four-day tourist match.
The game against the Kiwis will begin on Friday May 20th, as the visitors prepare for their three-match test series against England in June.
The Sharks will then launch their attack on the T20 Vitality Blast title with James Kirtley leading the team into the 20th season of the competition. An opening match against Glamorgan under the floodlights of Hove awaits on Thursday May 26th, before taking on the remainder of the tightly contested South group with the aim of booking the Sharks a place in the quarter-finals for the fifth consecutive season.
Another significant change to the schedule, compared with previous seasons, sees the T20 Vitality Blast Finals Day move earlier in the summer to Saturday July 16th. The Sharks will be hoping to be at Edgbaston for their third appearance in five seasons come mid-July.
Ian Salisbury will then once again take over the reins as the attention turns to the Royal London Cup where the side will face off against Durham, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey and Warwickshire throughout August.
Similar to the County Championship, Nottinghamshire provide the opposition for the opening fixture, with the match taking place on Tuesday July 26th at Trent Bridge. The ground will also host the showpiece final on Saturday September 17th.
Sussex will then conclude the 2022 season with a push for promotion in the County Championship with a visit from Glamorgan on Monday September 26th.
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