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CONTENTS 5 Welcome

23 Chris Nash

37 Guide to the Game

6 Tymal Mills

24 Junior Sharkz

38 Luke Wright

11 Ross Taylor

29 DIScoverABILITY Day

40 The Golden Age

13 Sporting Challenge

30 “The Bowler”

45 T20 in Numbers

15 Chris Jordan

32 Danni Wyatt

46 Sharks Squad 2017

19 Jofra Archer

35 Swing For The Stands

51 The Opposition

From chairman Bob Warren and CEO Rob Andrew

Sharks’ globetrotting fast bowler delighted to be back on Sussex soil

Your new T20 captain has high hopes for 2017

So, who came out on top when the players went go-karting?

T20 experience makes him a crucial member of the Sharks squad

A year after his explosive debut, the Sharks’ pace ace is ready for Blast off

The Sharks warmed up for T20 at Nashy’s testimonial day in Horsham

Puzzle fun

One of the largest sport participation events in the South East

Have you heard this year’s Sussex Sharks song?

England ace on the return of the Kia Super League and its first visit to Sussex

How you can win big during the half-time interval

All you need to know about the rules of T20

Sussex’s master blaster is ready for another summer of big hitting

Looking back on Sussex’s glory years

Sussex Sharks blast from the past

Getting to know some of your Sharks stars

Your guide to the teams we will face in the South Group

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FROM THE CHAIRMAN A warm welcome to Sussex Cricket for the 2017 edition of the NatWest T20 Blast.

As someone who has been involved in cricket in the county for over 30 years, before becoming chairman of Sussex Cricket earlier this year, I can appreciate the impact that T20 has had on the game, both at professional level and in the game’s grassroots as well, since its inception in 2003.

As a format that introduces people of all ages to the great game we all love, it’s hard to beat. These days there are a lot of other things competing with cricket for people’s time and attention. A game of T20, whether it’s played here by the best players in the country, at your local club or on the village green, only takes around three

hours, but that is still long enough to be competitive and give people new to the game – whether they are playing or watching – a taste of what our sport has to offer.

Ross Taylor is our new captain and he is leading a team packed full of big-game players capable of changing the fortunes of a match in an instant. T20 can be decided in a blink of an eye – one over can often make all the difference – and I’m confident Ross and the players, supported by our excellent cricket management team, can give us a team to be proud of this year.

Enjoy the cricket and your visit with us and be sure to make plenty of noise for the Sharks.

Good old Sussex by the Sea!

BOB WARREN

WELCOME TO T20

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A WARM WELCOME TO THE 2017 NATWEST T20 BLAST AND THANKS FOR COMING OUT TO SUPPORT THE SUSSEX SHARKS! Since T20 cricket started back in 2003 the tournament has constantly evolved and I believe we now have a fantastic product which appeals to a wide range of people, whether they are serious cricket fans or not.

A change for this year is that the fixtures are being played in a block rather than spread out during the summer. For the first time the majority of games will be played during the school holidays which hopefully means more youngsters – the cricket fans of the future – can come to the 1st Central County Ground for our floodlit midweek matches

and enjoy getting behind the Sharks.

The players prefer it as well because it means they can concentrate on the specific skills that are tested in the T20 environment, where the course of a match can change in the space of a few deliveries, over the next few weeks.

We’re delighted that Ross Taylor, a player with considerable captaincy experience with New Zealand, will be leading the Sharks during this year’s Blast.

Ross believes that we have a squad capable of beating any other team and he’s aiming for the knockout stages as a minimum target.

Everyone who was at Edgbaston back in 2009 will never forget that day when Sussex became T20 champions for the first time. We’d love to go back but it needs everyone involved to get behind Ross and the team during the next

few weeks. Let’s make The 1st Central County Ground our fortress!

Enjoy the Blast and please let us know what you think about your experience, especially if it’s your first visit. I’d love to get your feedback.

Best Wishes, ROB ANDREW

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TYMAL THE T20 GLOBETROTTER It is not so long ago that county cricketers would fill their winters with odd jobs to earn a few quid before they could rejoin their team-mates at the start of April.

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How times have changed. Sharks paceman Tymal Mills spent most of last winter on the road – or in the air to be precise – while making his name, and more than a few quid, as a globetrotting T20 specialist.

He had had a memorable summer in 2016. Last June, here at The 1st Central County Ground, he famously blasted out Somerset’s Chris Gayle, live on Sky Sports, with a yorker clocked at 93.3mph before making his England debut against Sri Lanka at the Ageas Bowl a month later.

From November until early March, Mills, who turns 25 in August, was away from home playing in four different T20 leagues and for

England in India. He then went back to India in April to compete in the money-spinning Indian Premier League.

First of all he turned out for Chittagong Vikings in the Bangladesh Premier League and then Auckland Aces in New Zealand’s Super Smash.

After Christmas he got a late call-up to the Brisbane Heat in Australia’s Big Bash before heading off to Dubai for the Pakistan Super League, where he represented Quetta Gladiators and finally Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. In amongst all that he played three T20 internationals for England in

India, a series that was handily scheduled just before the IPL auction.

He impressed in national colours in a 2-1 series defeat, nervelessly taking the new ball, he mixed serious pace with his cunning back-of-thehand slower balls.

“It was amazing,” beams Mills, as he reflects on a winter that effectively changed his life. “I spent my first Christmas away from home which was a bit strange, although Christmas isn’t a huge thing in my family.

“I was in New Zealand for Christmas and New Year and shared an apartment with the media guy from

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the Auckland Aces. He’s a young guy and got me involved with his mates and his family. They bought me presents for Christmas which was really nice.

“I had a great time in New Zealand – loved it. It’s one of the smaller competitions and is a bit under the radar but I had an awesome time and I was really pleased with how I did. Then to get a taste of the Big Bash was quality.”

The Brisbane Heat call-up was unexpected so it meant that he had to fly straight from there to Kolkata where he joined up with England’s white-ball squad – but without a visa or any of his England kit!

“I had to go to the visa office in Brisbane.” he explains “and they had to send my passport to Canberra and then get it back in time for my flight to Kolkata. My mum had to courier all my England kit from home in Norwich to Lord’s for the team psychologist, who was coming out for the T20s, to bring with him.

Luckily it all worked out fine.”

It was while in Dubai at the PSL that Mills watched with baited breath as the IPL auction took place out in India.

He recalls: “I spoke to my agent Tom Harwood the night before and we knew there was a good amount of interest – being available for the

whole tournament helped.

“It was 8.30am in Dubai and my best mate from home got up at 3am and we FaceTime’d each other so we watched it together. It was crazy.

“Stokesy went before me and the amounts of money were in lakhs and crore of rupees so I had to look on Twitter to see how much that was in pounds – £1.8m, wow!

“When I came up, the bidding was a bit slow to start with and I got a bit panicky. But then it started and didn’t stop!

“When the hammer came down I didn’t know how much it was. My phone started blowing up. I didn’t really know what to do.

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I was in shock to be honest. I went for breakfast with Luke Wright and Wrighty insisted I paid for it!”

Mills was picked up by Virat Kohil’s RCB for the princely sum of £1.4m.

Even though injury prevented him earning his full potential, the IPL cash has still allowed him to get on the property ladder for the first time.

At the IPL, he found himself in the same squad as Kohli’s, AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle – “they’re

treated like gods and rightly so” – and playing in front of 65,000 at Kolkata’s famous Eden Gardens colosseum. “That was pretty special.” he says.

The left-armer missed out on England’s recent three-match T20 series against South Africa after failing to recover from an injury picked up at the IPL. But with the NatWest T20 Blast returning to a high-summer

scheduling block, he is raring to go again.

“It [the scheduling change] has worked out nicely for me because it gave me some time off after IPL to get fit again.” he says.

“I recently signed a contract extension with Sussex which takes me to the end of 2019 when I’ll be 27 and hopefully able to play in the new T20 competition.”

But that is in the future.

For now, tearaway Tymal just wants to charge down the hill at Hove and send a few more batsmen like Chris Gayle back to the hutch.

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CAPTAIN’S STORY

CAPTAIN’S STORY IT’S A GREAT PLEASURE, ON BEHALF OF THE SQUAD AND TEAM MANAGEMENT, TO WELCOME YOU TO THIS SEASON’S NATWEST T20 BLAST.

It’s an honour to for me to be captaining the side. When I was asked to take over I had no hesitation.

I have got plenty of experience of leading a team in this format but the most important thing is that I already know a lot about the club, the players and the county from my time here last season.

I had an absolute blast, if you excuse the pun, and the family and I really loved exploring Sussex and the diversity of the county – from

the seaside just a six-hit away from The 1st Central County Ground to the English countryside a bit further inland. It reminded me a bit of New Zealand to be honest, and the comparisons with back home didn’t end there.

Conditions on the pitch are pretty similar too so I didn’t have to adapt my own game too much. In the Blast, in particular, I felt I made a solid contribution with over 400 runs but it was very frustrating for all of us that we missed out in a couple of tight games and ended up failing to reach the knockout stages.

Hopefully we can atone for that this year. I certainly believe the squad

is good enough. If you look at the personnel we tick a lot of boxes – real wheels with the ball up front in Tymal Mills, Jofra Archer and Chris Jordan, experienced spin bowlers Danny Briggs and Will Beer and real depth in our batting too. Our two South Africans, David Wiese and Stiaan van Zyl, have both played T20s for their country so I feel we have a really good blend with plenty of strength in depth.

We need to be mentally strong to win those big moments that can decide games and stay focused, but we’ve been practising hard under lights in the last few weeks and the way the tournament is organised

will help us too with no distraction of having to prepare for other formats.

All the teams in the South Group look ridiculously strong so we’re all set for what I hope will be a fantastic few weeks for the Sharks.

Needless to say, we need your backing, whether it’s at The 1st Central County Ground or at Arundel Castle, where we get started against Glamorgan on July 9 as part of the Rathbones Arundel Festival of Cricket.

I hope you have a Blast!

ROSS TAYLOR

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Chris Jordan laughs when it is suggested to him that his recent experience in the Indian Premier League wasn’t too strenuous.

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“You could say that” he smiles.

“I bowled one over and faced two balls in six weeks which was disappointing. I wanted to play in every game – I’m ambitious and thrive on the competition but there were a lot of good players who missed out.”

Jordan’s team, Sunrisers Hyderabad, reached the semi-finals when he made his only appearance against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Coming in at No.7, he was caught and bowled off his second ball by the Australian quick Nathan Coulter-Nile and although he removed opener Robin Uthappa, it was his only over in the game as Knight Riders chased a revised target of 48 in six overs.

Jordan wasn’t the only big name who spent much of the tournament kicking his heels. “Kane Williamson didn’t play in every game for my team then he went to the Champions Trophy last month and got a hundred in his first match against Australia.” he said. “So, it was disappointing but it reflects the very high standard of the competition.”

The 28-year-old did make the most of his experience, even if actual match time was limited.

“In any situation, I try to learn and keep evolving.” he added. “On the sidelines, I was sitting and having conversations about the game with the other guys. You listen to different ideas about the game but you also pick up ways of implementing different things into your own game which will help you move forward.

“And I trained hard. I think the fitness work I was able to do showed when I came back and in my first

Championship game back for Sussex against Worcestershire I bowled ten overs on the trot and still felt fine afterwards. So, it wasn’t a waste of time at all.

“It’s a brilliant experience. You end up making friends for life and you can improve your own game in a very short space of time. You look at Ben Stokes, his whole aura is different now after a very successful IPL with bat and ball. Success and performing well breeds confidence.”

Jordan is one of several Sharks with top-level T20 experience, whether it’s in the international arena – both he and Tymal Mills have represented England in the past 12 months in the format – or the likes of skipper Ross Taylor and his predecessor Luke Wright, who will return to Australia’s Big Bash this winter with Melbourne Stars, where he has been such a big success.

Their know-how, especially in tight games, could be vital in what is likely to be another competitive South Group.

But while the Sharks can boast plenty of top-level T20 experience, Jordan is convinced a player who has only bowled four overs in the format might end up making as big an impact.

His fellow Barbadian Jofra Archer hasn’t looked back since making his Championship debut a year ago. He was Sussex’s leading wicket-taker going into this season’s Blast and Jordan, who has become something of a mentor for the 22-year-old, is expecting Archer to keep on improving, whether it’s with a red, a white or indeed a pink ball in hand.

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“He’s done brilliantly,” said Jordan.

“You can’t fault his attitude. At times, it’s hard for the captain to get the ball out of his hand. He wants to keep bowling, running in and trying to take wickets.

Ball control: CJ shows off his skills with a football during an England practice session

“I said it a year ago when he first came into the side – the sky is the limit for Jofra.

The good thing is he’s kept his feet on the ground. He’s not getting too far ahead of himself and if he keeps doing that he will keep moving forward in his career.”

In full flight: The fitness work he did during the IPL paid off when Chris returned to The Specsavers County Championship action with Sussex in May

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It might be too early to place Jofra Archer alongside Michael Holding, who was known as the Rolls-Royce of fast bowlers, but he has claims to be at least a Baby Bentley.

While fellow Barbadian Malcolm Marshall has strong claims to be the greatest fast bowler of them all, Archer points to Holding and Curtly Ambrose as the quick men he particularly admires.

“I would love to meet Michael Holding,” Archer says. “People say I have a similar, relaxed run-up to the crease, which is very flattering. I admire Michael very much.”

Until that time comes, however, Archer, who at 22 is one of the most exciting young cricketers in the country, is not short of mentors.

“Jon Lewis [Assistant Head Coach at Sussex] has helped me in all areas of my bowling.

“And, while he was here, Vernon Philander passed on some tips. In particular, he helped me with my

outswinger. Then there is Chris Jordan. He helps me with my cricket, but with other things too.

He gives me good advice on and off the field, tells me how to prepare my body in the gym and also picks me up if he sees that things are going badly and I need some encouragement.”

But Jordan, who played a big part in bringing Archer to Sussex, has not had to give Archer much encouragement this season. In the first six Championship matches of the year Archer took 35 wickets – second only to Kent’s Darren Stevens in the second division – at 23.03, topped by 11 wickets in the match in the victory at Leicester in June; the next most successful Sussex bowler in the averages was

Jordan, with 10.

He was also, at that stage, the fourth highest run-scorer in the side, with 251 runs, at 35.86.

Little wonder that great things are expected of him.

Lewis says: “I think there is a lot more to come from him, pacewise. He has spent time this winter working hard on his body and now we are exploring his run-up and how fast he can actually bowl.

“He already bowls at 85mph and he’s got a very easy, very high, relaxed action – his pace comes from nowhere. He gets a really good kick out of the pitch and he moves the ball both ways. He’s a very, very skillful bowler for a man of his age. He wants to play international cricket - that’s why he’s here - and I

“HE’S A VERY, VERY SKILLFUL BOWLER FOR A MAN OF HIS AGE. HE WANTS TO PLAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET - THAT’S WHY HE’S HERE AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THE POTENTIAL IS THERE TO DO THAT.” JON LEWIS, ASSISTANT HEAD COACH

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JOFRA ARCHER

firmly believe the potential is there to do that.”

The 6’ 3” Archer, who is described

by Sussex Head Coach, Mark Davis, as “an incredibly exciting talent,” has not said whether he would prefer to play for England or the West Indies. “I just want to play international cricket,” he says. He has already represented the West Indies at Under-19 level. That was in 2013, before a serious back injury set him back.

He came to Sussex in 2014, when he played for the second team and also appeared in club cricket. “I’m a late bloomer,” he says, which is hardly the case.

“All the practice is finally paying off. The win over Leicestershire was particularly pleasing for me [he took

five wickets in the first innings and six in the second]. Normally, if I bowl well in the first innings I’m not so strong in the second, and vice versa.

“I think I have a good seam presentation,” he adds. “That means I can both swing and seam the ball, according to the conditions.

Since the back injury I haven’t really charged in, but I would like to do that again one day.”

He played just six County Championship matches last season, but took 23 wickets and finished third in the county’s averages. This year he not only been a regular fixture but has also been the team’s star player. In the first match of the season, in which Sussex were defeated by Kent, he produced

career best figures of seven for 67, and his form has not dipped since.

Lewis says: “He can catch well in the slips and he can bat too. He’s very orthodox for a Caribbean batter and I can see him batting as high as seven, maybe even six. Not this year, but over time.”

He scored 73, batting at No 8, on his Championship debut against Essex at Colchester last season but this year, not only has he been a regular in a team brimming with all-rounders, has been unlucky to bat at No.10. He regards himself as an “even” all-rounder.

He says he enjoys living in a county which – like his native Barbados – has a Worthing, Hastings and a Black Rock. He lives in the village of Hurstpierpoint and says: “I feel

very contented because I have been here for years now and know my way around.

“I’m also very pleased to be playing for a club where everyone seems to help each other. Everyone has taken such good care of me.

It’s a lovely club.”

A familiar sight for Sussex supporters as Jofra Archer sends the off-stump cartwheeling during the Specsavers County Championship win over Worcestershire last month

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CHRIS NASH TESTIMONIAL 2017 AFTER MANY YEARS SERVING HIS COUNTY, CHRIS WAS HONOURED TO BE AWARDED A TESTIMONIAL YEAR FOR 2017.

Chris has been a Sussex stalwart for more than a decade now and central to the many successes that Sussex Cricket has achieved during his career.

Chris hits out during his testimonial T20 day at home ground Horsham last month when the Sharks warmed up for the NatWest T20 Blast by playing two teams put together by Chris from the local Premier League teams

Will Beer bowls during Chris Nash’s testimonial T20 day

Horsham born and bred, from an early age all he wanted to do was play for his county at the highest level.

Chris also believes that it was important to put something back into the local community and as such has chosen three local charities to support Rockinghorse Children’s Charity, The Matthew Hobden Trust and the Sussex Cricket Foundation – during his testimonial.

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Original lyrics by Don Schlitz - words adapted by Colin Bowley On a warm summer’s eve On a train bound for Sussex I met up with the Sharks We were all too tired to sleep So we took turns a-­starin’ Out the window at the darkness Excitement overtook us, And we began to speak We said, “Sharks, we’ve made a life Out of readin’ people’s faces Knowin’ what their thoughts were By the way they held their eyes So if you don’t mind us sayin’ The Sharks are out to get you We’re 11 strong as we sing this song Down Sussex, by the sea CHORUS Every player knows That the secret to survivin’ Is knowin’ when to make that call The one that’s right for me ‘Cause every ball’s a winner And every ball could be a loser And the best that you can hope for is be the best that you can be

CHORUS You’ve got to know when to bowl ‘em Know when to hold ‘em...

Know when to walk away...

And know when to run You can count on Sussex Sharks, When you’re out there in the middle.

There’ll be time enough for having fun...

When the evening’s done

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HERE COME THE GIRLS SUSSEX AND ENGLAND’S DANNI WYATT LOOKS AHEAD TO THE KIA SUPER LEAGUE, WHICH COMES TO SUSSEX LATER THIS SUMMER

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The women’s World Cup will reach its climax as this season’s NatWest T20 Blast gets underway, but the summer is far from over for the best players on the planet.

The second edition of the Kia Super League starts on August 10th and the tournament culminates on Friday, September 1st when Finals Day will be televised by Sky Sports here at The 1st Central County Ground.

Children from a school in Portslade joined players representing the six teams on

Brighton beach to launch the competition earlier this summer including England off-spinner Danni Wyatt, from the Southern Vipers.

She said: “It’s a massive summer, probably the biggest we’ve ever had with the World Cup and then the Super League straight afterwards. But we know it’s a great chance to really increase the awareness of women’s cricket and that is a huge thing for us.”

Wyatt has joined the reigning champions after playing for Lancashire Thunder in 2016, when the competition took place for the first time, and the Vipers start the tournament against Western Storm in a repeat of last year’s final.

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The Kia Super League comes to Sussex on Saturday, August 26th when the Southern Vipers take on Yorkshire Diamonds at Arundel Castle.

“It will soon come around and I’m looking forward to it,” she added.

“The standard of the competition last year was good and with a lot of the top players staying on after the World Cup it will be even stronger this year.

“A lot of the games were really close and it has definitely helped bridge the gap between county cricket and playing for England and that can only be a good thing in the long term.”

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THE BALL

HOW TO SCORE RUNS

BOWLING AND OVERS

Two batsmen play together to score as many runs as possible.

FOUR

If the ball rolls over the rope at the edge of the pitch, it scores 4 runs.

In the middle of the pitch there are two sets of stumps. Batsmen can score runs by hitting the ball and running between these stumps or by hitting the ball to the boundary rope at the edge of the pitch.

The bowler bowls six times at a batsmen - which is called an over.

Extra balls can be bowled in the over if the bowler bowls a bad ball.

Each team can bowl up to 20 overs in a match - which is why it’s called T20 Cricket.

SIX

If the ball goes over the rope without touching the ground first, it scores 6 runs.

Most no balls result in a free hit. The batting team will get 2 runs added to their total and a free hit, where the only way the batsman can get out is being run out.

HOWZAT

OUTFIELD FINE LEG THIRD MAN

WAYS TO GET OUT

INFIELD

SQUARE LEG UMPIRE

PITCH

STRIKER

POINT

An umpire will signal a batsman getting out by rasing one finger in the air.

WICKET KEEPER BATSMAN

GULLY

BATSMAN

COVER

NO BALL A no ball is given for lots of reasons; one reason is the bowler has landed their foot over the line when bowling.

FREE HIT

THE PITCH

SLIPS

WIDE BALL A wide is given if the ball is bowled too far away from the batsmen so that they are unable to hit it.

NON-STRIKER

UMPIRE

MIDWICKET

DEEP SQUARE LEG

There are 10 ways a Batsman can get out, 5 of these are -

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WRIGHT UP THERE SUSSEX HAVE HAD SOME BRILLIANT T20 PLAYERS OVER THE YEARS, BUT HAS THERE BEEN ANYONE AS CONSISTENT AS LUKE WRIGHT?

BY BRUCE TALBOT Sussex supporters have had the pleasure of watching some of the world’s greatest exponents of T20 cricket over the years.

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The exploits of Brendon McCullum, Mahela Jayawardene, Matt Prior, Dwayne Smith, Murray Goodwin and Yasir Arafat at Hove are remembered fondly by those who follow the Sharks.

This summer another global superstar will be leading Sussex’s pursuit of a second T20 title in the form of New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor, while Tymal Mills spearheads the bowling attack following his lucrative spell in the Indian Premier League, where he was signed for an eye-popping £1.4million by Royal Challengers Bangalore.

However, Sussex’s hopes of making it through the notoriously demanding South Group and qualify for the knockout stages, could hinge on a

player who can rightly claim to be one of the most successful batsmen since the birth of T20 cricket in 2003.

Statistics rarely lie and Luke Wright is right up there with the very best when it comes to the shortest format of the game.

The former England international has amassed 6,295 runs in T20 cricket since making his debut as a fresh-faced 19-year-old against Surrey at Hove in July 2004.

To put that into context, only ten players have ever scored more runs and none of them are from England.

Owais Shah has the next highest tally of batsmen from these shores with 5,509, while Kevin Pietersen is lagging well behind on 5,258.

Wright’s record is even more impressive on closer inspection. The 32-year-old’s strike rate of 144.77 is only bettered by West Indies masterblasters Kieran Pollard and Chris Gayle of players with more than 5,000 runs to their name.

He is a proven match-winner too with his six centuries putting him joint third on the list behind Gayle and McCullum.

Of those hundreds, the sensational unbeaten 153 from just 66 balls against Essex at Chelmsford in 2014 will stick out most in memories of Sussex supporters, although his 44-ball century for Melbourne Stars against Hobart in 2012 – then a Big Bash record - was arguably as impressive.

WRIGHT UP THERE

A familiar sight for Sussex fans down the years as Luke Wright finds the boundary

Wright’s ability to bludgeon runs at a ferocious rate has allowed him to ply his trade in the biggest competitions around the world in England, Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand and Pakistan.

It also won him 51 caps for England who he helped win the World T20 along with Sussex’s current batting coach Mike Yardy in the Caribbean in 2010.

Considering his reputation as one of the finest ball-strikers in the game it is slightly surprising that he has become surplus to requirements on the international stage since March 2014.

England’s loss is definitely Sussex’s gain, however, with the Sharks

hoping he can rediscover his sensational form of 2015, when he smashed 564 runs at an average of 51.27 to help seal a place in the quarter-finals where they were beaten by a David Willey-inspired Northamptonshire at Hove.

Injury problems meant Wright’s powers were noticeably diminished last summer as he managed a relatively disappointing tally of 247 runs with his dip in form a big factor in Sussex’s failure to qualify for the knockout stages, despite an encouraging start to the group campaign.

The signs are promising that the 32-year-old is poised to return to his devastating best this year after regaining full fitness and opting to

step down from the responsibility of captaincy.

Wright openly admits he is at his best when he plays with freedom and now he has handed over the reins Sussex fans will be looking forward to seeing him really cut loose and underline his status as one of the best in the world in the most explosive format of the game.

Luke has been a big hit in Australia’s Big Bash for Melbourne Stars, whom he has represented since 2011

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Me and Mushy: Chris Adams and Mushtaq Ahmed enjoy the celebrations after the first of three Championship wins in 2003

THE GOLDEN AGE SEVEN TROPHIES IN SIX YEARS MADE SUSSEX THE BEST CRICKET TEAM IN THE COUNTRY – WITH THE EMPHASIS ON TEAM

BY BRUCE TALBOT

We love to talk about the golden age of Sussex cricket, those memorable years between 2003-09 when Sussex won seven trophies and were the best team in the country.

Yes, team. When Sussex fans chew over their memories with supporters of other counties they are inevitably met with a variation of the following sentence: “Well, it was only because

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you had Mushy / Murray Goodwin / Chris Adams that you won all those trophies,” (delete name as applicable).

Adams, who raised the silverware to the Sussex fans on each of those seven occasions, gets it himself even now, 14 years after Sussex won the first of their trophies when they clinched the County Championship in 2003 for the first time in their history.

“Look, there’s no doubt guys like Mushy and Muzza played a massive

part in the success we had. Any team who has the sort of sustained success we had will always rely on a few key individuals more than perhaps the others. It’s the same in any team game, whatever the era and whatever the sport. We all recognise that.

“But we were a team first and foremost. A really tight-knit group made up of individuals from all corners of the world who somehow gelled into this fantastic unit. We had a wonderful spirit. There were

times when we had rows and disagreements but when the going was tough and, believe me, there were lots of times during that period when it was very, very hard for us we came through.”

The stats back Adams up. Between that 2003 success and their third Championship in 2007 Sussex only used 29 players in five seasons.

A core of eight - Adams, Mushtaq, Goodwin, James Kirtley, Jason Lewry, Richard Montgomerie, Robin Martin-Jenkins and Mike Yardy –

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Lording it: Sussex beat Lancashire at Lord’s to lift their first one-day title for 20 years in 2006

were integral to all three titles.

While Adams still regards winning the Championship in 2003 as the best moment of his career – and remember he played Test cricket for England – the 2007 success was the one which gave him the most satisfaction. When Sussex beat Worcestershire in their final game to clinch the title they were down to their last 13 fit players.

By then Mushtaq, in particular, was struggling physically. He had taken more than 400 Championship

wickets after arriving at Hove in 2003 and also been an integral part of the team which won Sussex’s first one-day final at Lord’s for 20 years in 2006, but his knee was worn out and within a couple of years he had retired. In 2007, for the first time during the golden era, Sussex lost players to England with Yardy, Kirtley and Matt Prior all representing their country and missing games.

“In 2007 that’s when the team spirit and work ethic we had really shone through. I remember coming

back from our penultimate game at Durham when we lost and the coach was like a scene from Casualty,” says Adams. “Saqlain Mushtaq and Mushy were both hobbling and Rana Naved had dislocated his shoulder and was howling in pain every time the coach drove over a bump on the A1. But we got through. Like I said, when the chips were down we usually found a way.”

What made Sussex head and shoulders above their rivals at the time – many of whom were infinitely

better resourced financially – was that they were successful in all three formats.

By 2006 Adams and coach Mark Robinson, who had taken over from Peter Moores, had targeted one-day success to go with their Championship wins. The core of the team remained the same but players like Carl Hopkinson, Luke Wright and Yasir Arafat emerged to add their skills to the mix. That September Sussex won their second Championship but for many of their

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New man in charge: By 2009, when they retained their Pro40 title, Mike Yardy had guided Sussex to two one-day trophies in his first year in charge

supporters the highlight of that summer wasn’t the lap of honour at Trent Bridge, where victory over Nottinghamshire clinched the title, but their narrow success over Lancashire in the final of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy at Lord’s a few weeks earlier. Despite their recent record it was opponents Lancashire, serial one-day trophy winners, who were favourites, especially when Sussex could only cobble together 172. Thanks to

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Kirtley’s memorable five-wicket burst, Sussex squeezed home.

The National League title followed in 2008 and the success continued the following year when the Sharks retained the trophy and won the T20 crown for the first time, but by then it was Yardy rather than Adams who was going up to collect the silverware.

Adams stepped down at the end of the 2008 season, announcing his decision moments after Goodwin’s

heroic batting steered Sussex to a last-ball victory at Trent Bridge in the final game of the National League campaign. “Letting go of something that had defined my career and become my life and not just mine but my family as well was a more painful experience than I’d imagined it would be,” he later admitted. It truly was the end of an era.

Those players are still in touch. A reunion was held in 2013 to mark the tenth anniversary of that first

Championship and Adams hopes it won’t be the last time that special group of players get together to reminisce about old times.

One thing is certain. For Sussex supporters, that golden age is something they will never tire of talking about.

GOLDEN DECADE

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T20 IN NUMBERS

T20 IN NUMBERS SOME FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT YOUR SHARKS

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NUMBER OF T20 HUNDREDS SCORED

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242 HIGHEST TOTAL BY SUSSEX IN 2016 AGAINST GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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NUMBER OF SHARKS WHO HAVE TAKEN FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS – MUSHTAQ AHMED, RANA NAVED, CHRIS LIDDLE AND OLLIE RAYNER

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HIGHEST SCORER IN T20 BY A SUSSEX BATSMAN

LUKE WRIGHT V. ESSEX IN 2014

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NUMBER OF TIMES SUSSEX HAVE REACHED FINALS DAY

SUSSEX T20 TITLES, IN 2009 WHEN WE BEAT SOMERSET IN THE FINAL

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CHRIS JORDAN

JOFRA ARCHER

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LAURIE EVANS

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JOFRA ARCHER ROLE IN SIDE:E: All-rounder FAVOURITE T20 MOMENT: My first wicket FAVOURITE SHOT: Straight hit for 6 BEST T20 BOWLER YOU’VE FACED: Chris Jordan

BEST T20 BATSMAN YOU’VE SEEN OR BOWLED TO: Jason Roy SHARKS PLAYER TO WATCH: George Garton WHO WILL WE BEAT IN THE FINAL? Northants

Roy of the Rey: Surrey’s big hitter Jason

TYMAL MILLS ROLE IN SIDE: Opening bowler FAVOURITE T20 MOMENT: Bowling the first ball in IPL 2017 in front of a packed house

FAVOURITE SHOT: Any I manage to hit BEST T20 BOWLER YOU’VE FACED: Chris Morris

BEST T20 BATSMAN YOU’VE SEEN OR BOWLED TO: David Warner SHARKS PLAYER TO WATCH: Phil Salt WHO WILL WE BEAT IN THE FINAL? Anybody

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LUKE WRIGHT ROLE IN SIDE: Opening batsman FAVOURITE T20 MOMENT:

Winning 2010 World Cup T20 with England and a century for Melbourne Stars in front of an 80,000-plus crowd

FAVOURITE SHOT: Any six BEST T20 BOWLER YOU’VE FACED: Lasith Malinga

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BEST T20 BATSMAN YOU’VE SEEN OR BOWLED TO: Brendon McCullum SHARKS PLAYER TO WATCH: Danny Briggs WHO WILL WE BEAT IN THE FINAL? Surrey

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CHRIS NASH ROLE IN SIDE: Batsman and off-spin bowler FAVOURITE T20 MOMENT: My hundred against Somerset at Hove in last season’s Blast

FAVOURITE SHOT: Pull shot BEST T20 BOWLER YOU’VE FACED: Shahid Afridi

BEST T20 BATSMAN YOU’VE SEEN OR BOWLED TO: David Miller SHARKS PLAYER TO WATCH: Jofra Archer WHO WILL WE BEAT IN THE FINAL? Surrey

Miller time – Big-hitting South African David Miller

DAVID WIESE ROLE IN SIDE: All-rounder FAVOURITE T20 MOMENT: Making my debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka in Colombo

FAVOURITE SHOT: Straight drive or cover drive BEST T20 BOWLER YOU’VE FACED: Sunil Narine

BEST T20 BATSMAN YOU’VE SEEN OR BOWLED TO: AB de Villiers and Virat Kholi, who are both amazing players!

SHARKS PLAYER TO WATCH: Luke Wright WHO WILL WE BEAT IN THE FINAL? Doesn’t matter

One to watch – Sunil Narine

LAURIE EVANS ROLE IN SIDE: Slogger FAVOURITE T20 MOMENT: Winning the 2014 final with Warwickshire and being named man of the match

FAVOURITE SHOT: Cover drive BEST T20 BOWLER YOU’VE FACED: Junaid Khan

BEST T20 BATSMAN YOU’VE SEEN OR BOWLED TO: Brendon McCullum SHARKS PLAYER TO WATCH: Jofra Archer WHO WILL WE BEAT IN THE FINAL? Warwickshire

Pakistani passion – Junaid Khan

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Will be buoyed by their second place finish in last year’s South Group, with eight wins, although they then lost heavily against Yorkshire in the quarter-finals.

Jacques Rudolph, the 36-year-old former South Africa batsman, continues to lead the team in one-day cricket despite handing over the four-day captaincy to seamer Michael Hogan recently after announcing his retirement from all cricket at the end of this season.

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PLAYER TO WATCH Colin Ingram – a big-hitting South African who hit 502 runs at 41.83 in last season’s Blast, including a wonderful 101 against Essex at Chelmsford.

HIRED GUNS Timm van der Gugten, the Netherlands seamer from Sydney who plays on a Dutch passport, impressed with 19 wickets at 14 runs apiece last year. Lefthander Rudolph is their official overseas player

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HAMPSHIRE BLAST CHANCES Endured a near-disastrous campaign last season, when they finished second from bottom of the South Group and were a shadow of the side which has won the T20 title twice in recent years, in 2010 and 2012, and were serial Finals Day attendees until 2016. But, with a squad overhauled and much strengthened during the winter, they should be a real force this summer.

WED 12TH JULY PLAYER TO WATCH Mason Crane might only be 20 but he is clearly ear-marked for great things; England’s selectors recently picked him for the T20 international series against South Africa and his leg spin has already won many admirers, both at home and in Australia, where last winter he won selection for New South Wales.

HIRED GUNS George Bailey, who has captained Australia in T20 cricket, and Shahid Afridi, Pakistan’s ‘Boom Boom’ who are both back for another stint at the Ageas Bowl.

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DID YOU KNOW? LIAM DAWSON TOOK 22 T20 WICKETS LAST SEASON, INCLUDING 5 FOR 17 AGAINST SOMERSET.

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BLAST CHANCES Will want to do better than in 2016, when they started badly and never really recovered in time to launch a quarter-final bid. One of the best shortform teams around in recent seasons, but can the likes of Darren Stevens and James Tredwell keep doing the business deep into their cricketing autumns? Not to be underestimated, and have a number of proven homegrown talents in Sam Billings, Sam Northeast, Daniel Bell-Drummond and Alex Blake.

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PLAYER TO WATCH Sam Northeast. Never seems to be in the frame for international call-ups but latterly has been consistently the most prolific of young English batsmen in this format.

HIRED GUNS Adam Milne, a fast bowler from New Zealand who is capable of sending down 90mph thunderbolts, and was the quickest bowler in the recent Champions Trophy.

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DID YOU KNOW? DARREN STEVENS HAD HIT 168 SIXES IN HIS T20 CAREER BEFORE THIS TOURNAMENT, BESIDES SCORING AROUND 4,000 RUNS AND TAKING MORE THAN 100 WICKETS.

Kent captain Sam Northeast has been in prolific form in all formats this season – and always seems to do well against the Sharks!

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MIDDLESEX BLAST CHANCES Put years of underachievement behind them last season, finishing third in the South Group before losing to eventual winners Northants in the quarter-finals. Daniel Vettori, the former New Zealand left arm spinner, has been brought in as a specialist T20 coach, and they should be contenders again this time with a number of high-class short-form players to support England one-day captain Eoin Morgan, when he is available, and the talented overseas duo of Brendon McCullum and Tim Southee.

FRI 28TH JULY PLAYER TO WATCH Brendon McCullum. Returns to Middlesex’s T20 team and is second only to Chris Gayle among all-time T20 run-scorers, with almost 8,000 runs and seven hundreds. It’s the style, as well as the volume of runs, which is associated with McCullum.

HIRED GUNS Brendon McCullum and Tim Southee, two stalwarts of New Zealand cricket in all formats but both highly effective in T20 combat

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BLAST CHANCES Narrowly missed out on a quarter-final place last year, but will be among the favourites to win the short form title this time. Powerful batting, including the returning Kevin Pietersen, is supplemented by a hard-working and proven bowling attack in which the likes of Jade Dernbach, Ravi Rampaul and the youthful but old-beyondtheir-years Curran brothers stand out. Zafar Ansari’s shock early-summer retirement is a blow to them, across all formats, however.

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PLAYER TO WATCH Kevin Pietersen is back and it will be difficult – as ever – to ignore him. KP will be motivated, so look out bowlers. He may be 37 now, but he has more than 5,000 T20 runs behind him – and 200 sixes from 181 short form games worldwide coming into this tournament.

HIRED GUNS Aaron Finch returns for another hit-out with Surrey after impressing last season, and his fellow Australian, all-rounder Moises Henriques, also returns to the county.

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DID YOU KNOW? AARON FINCH SMASHED NO FEWER THAN 14 SIXES AND 11 FOURS IN HIS MATCHWINNING 128 FOR AUSTRALIA AGAINST ENGLAND IN A T20 INTERNATIONAL AT THE AGEAS BOWL IN 2013.

Even at 37, Kevin Pietersen still has the ability to play matchwinning innings and will play a key role for Surrey in this season’s Blast

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE BLAST CHANCES The loss of Perth Scorchers’ death-bowling specialist Andrew Tye, who took 18 wickets last season but picked up a bad shoulder injury at the Indian Premier League, is a blow to Gloucestershire’s ambitions to follow up 2016’s table-topping South Group finish – they had ten wins from their 14 matches – with another successful campaign.

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PLAYER TO WATCH Michael Klinger – the prolific Australian T20 international is an inspirational captain and no one beat his 548 Blast runs at 49.81 last summer. The 37-year-old has scored six T20 career hundreds, including 101 against Somerset at Taunton in 2016, and only master-blasters Chris Gayle (18) and Brendon McCullum (7) have hit more.

HIRED GUNS Klinger, of course, plus Cameron Bancroft, a Western Australian keeper-batsman who also played for the county in 2016.

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DID YOU KNOW? IAN COCKBAIN, THE UNHERALDED 30-YEAR-OLD LIVERPUDLIAN WHO HAS BEEN AT GLOUCESTERSHIRE SINCE 2011, HIT 499 T20 RUNS AT 55.44 LAST SEASON. ONLY KLINGER, JASON ROY AND COLIN INGRAM SCORED MORE.

Michael Klinger leads from the front for Gloucestershire, scoring 548 Blast runs in 2016

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BLAST CHANCES As ever, they will be aiming high but although Essex are always serious T20 contenders they have never won the competition and have been three-times losing semi-finalists in 2006, 2008 and 2010. In Ravi Bopara, veteran captain Ryan ten Doeschate, Tom Westley and Adam Wheater they have a core group of experienced and proven short-form performers.

PLAYER TO WATCH Ashar Zaidi – the left-arm spinning all-rounder may not be one of the stellar names in an exciting Eagles line-up, but the stocky Pakistan-born 36-year-old gives the ball a fearful whack with the bat and also bowls highly effectively in this format. His 363 lower middle-order runs last year came at an average of 40.33.

HIRED GUNS Mohammad Amir, the Pakistan left-arm fast bowler and useful tailend batsman comes in for Neil Wagner as overseas player for the second half of the season.

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DID YOU KNOW? ALL-ROUNDER TEN DOESCHATE WAS AS HIGH AS TENTH ON THE ALLTIME LIST OF T20 RUN-SCORERS AT THE START OF THIS YEAR’S COMPETITION, WITH 5642.

As well as bowling effectively, former Shark Ashar Zaidi is a handy middle-order batsman who hits the ball long distances

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