Cricket News

There are currently four England spinners on their tours of Bangladesh and UAE, but none of them are Monty Panesar which shows how far his star has fallen

Ollie Rayner, the Sussex offspinner, has joined the Zimbabwe domestic side Mid West Rhinos for their Twenty20 competition

Sussex will retain the services of Dwayne Smith, the West Indies allrounder, for this year's domestic Twenty20 competition. His signing is subject to his being granted a work permit, however, as Smith's Kolpak status expired in October last year and so he

James Kirtley, the former England seamer, has signed a one-year contract to stay at Sussex next season

After a protracted period of speculation and discussion, Sussex have confirmed the release of Rory Hamilton-Brown to join Surrey next season, where he will become captain

Michael Yardy has signed a three-year deal with Sussex which will keep him with the county side until the end of the 2012 season

Chris Adams, the Surrey coach, believes Rory Hamilton Brown, the 22-year-old Sussex allrounder, has the 'charisma and intelligence' to lead Surrey to the top of English cricket

Sussex have signed a new three-year contract with Will Beer, the 21-year-old legspinner, which will keep him at Hove until the end of the 2012 season

Sussex have confirmed that they have granted permission for Rory Hamilton-Brown to have talks with Surrey about a move to the Oval that will see Hamilton-Brown takeover as captain.

Luke Wright has signed a new three-year contract with Sussex, which will keep him at Hove until the end of the 2012 season

Surrey have made an audacious bid to lure Rory Hamilton-Brown, the Sussex allrounder, back to The Oval and are believed to be ready to offer him the captaincy

Surrey and Sussex will face IPL opposition when they travel to Dubai in March 2010 to participate in the Emirates Airline Twenty20 tournament

Sussex have signed 26-year-old paceman James Anyon on a two year contract.

Durham will launch their bid for a third consecutive County Championship title by taking on the newly-promoted Essex at Chester-le-Street

Monty Panesar has ended a ten-year association with Northamptonshire, after agreeing to join Sussex on a three-year contract in a bid to reclaim his England place

Ed Joyce has signed a three-year extension to his Sussex contract, and will remain at the club until the end of the 2012 season

Sussex have announced the development of new floodlights after the embarrassment of last season when they failed and forced a premature end to a Twenty20 Cup match against Kent.

Pepler Sandri, the South African-born pace bowler, has left Sussex after one year following just a single first-class match for the county in 2009

Sussex have expressed interest in signing Monty Panesar, whose career is now at a crossroads after a barren season