Farbrace: 'I'm not looking forward to the off-field stuff'
03.06.26, 15:59 Updated 03.06.26, 16:00 2 Minute Read
Bruce Talbot
Director of cricket Paul Farbrace admits he ‘feels a huge weight of responsibility’ as the job of reshaping - and reducing - the size of Sussex’s professional squad for 2027 onwards begins.
Sussex have been told to trim £400k from their playing budget as part of the special measures imposed by the ECB in March. The county will have to make total savings of £1m after losing £1.33m in the last financial year.
The financial meltdown overshadowed pre-season but was pushed into the background when the season started in April.
But all that changed on Monday, when other counties could officially approach the eight players whose contracts are up at the end of the season.
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