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Matt Prior has been leading the calls for change at board level at Sussex.
Matt Prior has been leading the calls for change at board level at Sussex. Getty Images / Sussex CCC

‘We’re going to do a Lester’. Will Tony Pigott’s passing spark another revolution?

It has been a turbulent few weeks at Hove as the fallout over Sussex's £1.33m losses continues ... and one man's name has never been far from the conversation...

04.03.26, 10:00 Updated 06.06.26, 23:28 4 Minute Read

Bruce Talbot

Bruce Talbot

It’s somehow ironic that it was the untimely death of someone inexorably linked with the last existential event in Sussex cricket, nearly 30 years ago, which fired the starting gun on this new crisis.

Sussex marked Tony Pigott’s death on 2 February on its website with a nice tribute which included the reflections of former captain Chris Adams, who only came to Hove because of Pigott’s persuasive powers.

A few hours later and the website was reporting the extent of ECB’s punishment for the financial mismanagement at the club that had first emerged in January.

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