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Jon Lewis, the former England seamer, has been appointed Sussex's assistant head coach

James Anyon, the Sussex fast bowler, has retired from first-class cricket due to persistent injury problems

Somerset will feature the two highest run-scorers in the history of World T20 cricket in their NatWest Blast campaign this season following the signing of Mahela Jayawardene

Sussex Women have signed England allrounder Danielle Wyatt to help bolster their spin-bowling department

Sussex appointed their former batsman Murray Goodwin as their new batting coach

Monty Panesar will take another step towards resuming his professional career on Wednesday when he embarks on Northamptonshire's pre-season tour to Barbados

The County Championship will be trimmed to 14 rounds in 2017, with a top division of eight teams and a second of 10, while the NatWest T20 Blast will revert to mid-summer blocks

Sussex have signed Mustafizur Rahman, the Bangladesh left-arm pace bowler, as their second overseas signing for 2016

A city-based T20 competition could be back on the agenda in England and Wales after a group of county chief executives called upon their colleagues to embrace more radical change

Sussex have named Keith Greenfield as their first director of cricket

shar Zaidi, the former Sussex allrounder, has joined Essex on a one-year deal, and will be available in all three formats after impressing in the recent Bangladesh Premier League

The family of Matthew Hobden, the Sussex pace bowler, has said he died while celebrating New Year with friends in Scotland

Matthew Hobden, the Sussex pace bowler, has died at the age of 22. The news was announced by his county club late on Saturday evening

Sussex have signed New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor as their overseas signing for the first half of the 2016 season, a move made possible by Steve Magoffin's application for a UK passport

The Royal London Cup will begin earlier in the 2016 season, a subtle tweak to the county fixtures ahead of the more overarching restructuring of the domestic schedule which has been pushed back to 2017

Sussex have again questioned the viability of cricket festivals at Horsham and Arundel, suggesting that at least one of them could be dropped next season unless there are more indications of commercial and community interest

Gloucestershire have signed former Sussex seamer Chris Liddle on a two-year deal

Mark Davis has been promoted to Sussex head coach following the appointment of Mark Robinson as the new coach of the England Women's team

Danny Briggs, the left-arm spinner who was once hailed as the answer to England's one-day spin bowling needs, has sought to re-energise a faltering career by switching to Hampshire's south coast neighbours Sussex