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It is already clear that Sussex's playing squad will look a lot different from 2027 onwards. Eva Gilbert / Sussex CCC

How Sussex could be left with a squad of just 17-18 players in 2027

As new chairman Ed Warner speaks to the media for the first time it looks increasingly likely that Sussex will be operating with a squad that is its smallest in recent years.

07.08.26, 07:15 Updated 07.08.26, 07:15 2 Minute Read

Bruce Talbot

Bruce Talbot

Sussex’s new chairman Ed Warner faces the media for the first time since he was appointed more than a month ago on Friday - and no doubt he will be asked just how depleted the playing squad will be next season.

The county’s playing budget of around £2m has to be slashed by around £400k and already Henry Crocombe, Tom Alsop and Fynn Hudson-Prentice have opted to move on at the end of the season.

Two - Crocombe and Hudson-Prentice - were out of contract but the futures of the other five whose deals expire then has still not been officially confirmed by the club. Tom Clark was also out of contract but he has signed a new one-year contract.

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