The exit interview (part 1). Fynn Hudson Prentice leaves Sussex with a heavy heart

Fynn Hudson-Prentice could have been forgiven thinking that by the end of 2025 he’d established himself as a core player in Sussex’s team and that he’d see his playing days out at his boyhood club, challenging for titles and entertaining all of us in the deckchairs.

Instead, as the scale of Sussex’s financial problems became evident this year, the offer to stay at Hove when his contract expired at the end of the season was only for one year. Where would that leave him if he suffered a bad injury or he fell out of favour? With three-year offers on the table from elsewhere there was only one choice.