Festival of Cricket gets underway this morning
Sussex make their annual pilgrimage to the Horsham Cricket and Sports Club and the match gets underway from 11am.
The match forms part of the prestigious festival, which also includes Sussex’s opening Royal London One-Day Cup match on Sunday.
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Hide AdSussex beat Northamptonshire at Hove in their last Championship outing, beating the bottom side by an innings and 85 runs.
Luke Wright hit 158 in that match, whilst Steve Magoffin took eight wickets, and the Aussie seamer will be relishing a return to the scene of his magical 12 for 31 last season.
The squad sees new signing Craig Cachopa and Chris Jordan added to the side that beat Northants, as the latter returns from the England squad.
James Anyon, Rory Hamilton-Brown and Michael Yardy are all still ruled out through injury, whilst Matt Prior is on England duty.
The Sussex squad is as follows: BC Brown (wkt), C Cachopa, LJ Hatchett, ME Hobden, CJ Jordan, EC Joyce (capt), SJ Magoffin, CD Nash, SA Piolet, JC Tredwell, LWP Wells, LJ Wright, SAA Zaidi.