Will Sussex look internally for their next head coach?
01.04.26, 20:35 Updated 04.04.26, 11:55 4 Minute Read
Bruce Talbot
It was no April Fools’ joke. In fact, smiles on the faces of Sussex supporters would have been hard to find when they read on Wednesday that director of cricket Paul Farbrace will leave at the end of the season after four years at Hove.
The timing seemed odd – and we will come to that later – but anyone who has kept even half an eye on what’s been happening at the club in the last few weeks will not be surprised.
As well as being a fine coach, Farbrace is also an excellent communicator and during every interview since the extent of Sussex’s financial plight became known in early January he has dropped heavy hints that his fourth year at Sussex would be his last. The five-year plan which became the four-year plan; an admittance that he is one of – if not the highest – paid employee of the club and therefore might be unaffordable.
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