Warwickshire began this season as they played out most of last season at Edgbaston – with a draw, this time against newly promoted Sussex. The Bears drew all their first five County Championship matches in 2024, before ending the campaign in far more dramatic fashion with an innings victory over Kent, followed by an innings...
Warwickshire and Sussex appear destined to start their County Championship Division One season with a draw after three sun-soaked and run-heavy days at Edgbaston. Sussex closed the third day on 126-3 in their second innings, 200 ahead overall, having taken a first-innings lead of 74. It is a solid advantage that can be built on....
Bowlers continue to suffer in the Birmingham sunshine as an opening-round runfest unfolds between Warwickshire and Sussex in the County Championship Division One at Edgbaston. Sussex have returned to the top tier in style by amassing 528 all out after captain John Simpson added a superb unbeaten 181 to Tom Clark’s opening day century. Warwickshire’s...
Ethan Bamber, one of Warwickshire’s four debutants along with Kai Smith, Taz Ali and Vishwa Fernando, made a great start on a greenish pitch, taking three wickets in the morning session including two in two balls. Steaming in from the Cannon Hill Park End, the former Middlesex paceman trapped Tom Haines leg before wicket before...
Branwen Jeffreys Education Editor Getty Images The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 by the higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), for failing to uphold freedom of speech. It follows the case of Prof Kathleen Stock, who left the university in 2021 after being accused of transphobia for her views on sex...
Sussex are confident England bowler Ollie Robinson will be fit for their opening match back in County Championship Division One, head coach Paul Farbrace says. The south coast club won promotion back to the first tier last year and begin the season against Warwickshire at Edgbaston on Friday, 4 April. Robinson, who has taken 76...
