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Rod Bransgrove: 'I really feel for Sussex. They are a proper county club.'

"It’s catastrophic what’s happened at Sussex - I really feel for them"

Former Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove questions the ECB's actions over Sussex's financial losses and says non-international counties need to use their...

08.04.26, 07:00 Updated 12.05.26, 20:34 3 Minute Read

Paul Weaver

Paul Weaver

Why is the England and Wales Cricket Board picking on Sussex? That’s the question I’ve been asked by so many supporters in recent weeks.

And now Rod Bransgrove, Hampshire’s dynamic former chairman, has joined their angry number.

Sussex were put in special measures by the game’s governing body in February after announcing losses of £1.33m. They were also hit by a points deduction across all three competitions, losing 12 in the County Championship and one each in the white-ball tournaments.

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